Fontana Unified School District
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Sample Distance Education Mini-Lesson
(This post is designed to meet the requirements for the Distance Education Mini-Lesson as assigned by GCU TEC 571) Lesson Format: Hybrid “A hybrid lesson is a combination of modalities and technology with face to face instruction.” I chose this format as it is closest to my actual teaching environment. The lesson is designed as…
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The Imagination Machine
We recently had an assembly by “The Imagination Machine” brought to us by our PTA. The students really enjoyed it and afterward they were tasked with writing their own stories. After we brainstormed of “who, what, where” students wrote, and had a good time doing so. They practiced the writing process and improved their pieces.…
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Yoobi
We were recently were gifted with a box of supplies from Yoobi. The class was surprised and thrilled to get such lovely new school supplies. They were just in time too, we were about to color and sort triangles and quadrilaterals! Thank you Yoobi!
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Objective Assessments
Are tests the only objective assessment of student learning? “If assessment is to be a positive force in education, it must be implemented properly. It cannot be used to merely sort students or to criticize education. Its goals must be to improve education. Rather than ‘teach to the test,’ we must ‘test what we teach.’”…
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Technology Infused Classroom
When thinking about what a technology infused classroom looks like, I found I agreed with what the Innovative Designs for Education Corporation published as it’s 10 core principles of successful “learner-active, technology-infused” (LATI) classrooms: Learning from a Felt Need High Academic Standards Higher-Order, Open-Ended Problem-Solving Student Responsibility for Learning Connected Learning Collaboration Individual Learning Paths…
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3rd Annual Target Sports Lunch
Hello Families, Tomorrow we will have Target visiting us at lunchtime to teach the kids new games to play at recess. Please send them dressed ready for activity (sneakers, no sandals). Please click the link below for full details. Target Sport Lunch ~Mrs. Ruiz
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Grading
Hello Families, Since we have adopted the Common Core, our grading and scoring have changed. One of the more noticeable changes will be the lack of letter grades. In primary, you were likely used to seeing Outstanding (O), Satisfactory (S), Needs Improvement (N) and Unsatisfactory (U). Once you receive your first progress report (which you should this…
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Visual Literacy & the Internet
Visual Literacy is not a new concept. As a matter of fact it was concept given a name in 1969 by writer and educator John L. Debes. To put it simply, visual literacy is defined as the ability to make meaning from what we see. The fact that this concept was around before the Internet…
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International Space Station
We have some exciting news at DGE today! Our 2014 Teacher of the Year and HAM Radio Club advisor Beverly Matheson has made it so that our HAM Radio Club students are making contact with the International Space Station today! The whole campus is abuzz with excitement and you can view the contact from home via Ustream:…
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