WHEW....What A Week!!!

Hi guys! It seems as if I have been away for a lifetime. The students and I have had numerous opportuntities to participate in many learning activities during the past week. If there's one thing I've learned over the course of my years in education, creating a memorable learning experience is KEY in the succeess of one's experience as a lifelong learner. As adults, we can all attest that memories make lasting impressions on how we develop as  individuals. Therefore the same holds true for students and their learning experience.  As educators we should remain aware that we have the "power of the platform" which can make or break innocent lives. Allow the following questions to serve as your guide: "How relevant is the lesson to real life"?  and "How do I create rigourous, engaging lessons for my students"?

EAGLEGRAM

So here's a run down of last week's activities. First we took a journey into "Eaglegram" - A Snapshot of Constructed Reponse".  The students did very well overall creating social media posts on a selected character from the novel Monster.  The posts included adejctives to describe a selected character, textual evidence supporting the character's description, a vivd scene from the book involving the character along with dialogue.

HANK STEWART - POET

We were also honored to hear a few wonderful pieces written by Mr. Hank Stewart, world renowned mentor, author and poet. Mr. Stewart talked about how he began his poetry career as well as what inspires him on a daily basis. Mr. Stewart's message of "stay true to yourself and embrace your dreams," rang loud throughout the gymnasium as students listened attentively.