June, 2016
The day before the LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!! It's the perfect time for our final STEM Quick Fire challenge of the year.
The Task: design and build a wind chime that can be heard from 2 meters away.
Even on the last days of school, students gave it their all!
The day before the LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!! It's the perfect time for our final STEM Quick Fire challenge of the year.
The Task: design and build a wind chime that can be heard from 2 meters away.
Even on the last days of school, students gave it their all!
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June, 2016 - 8th Grade Activities
Here's a mini video that I created using Magisto - year in review for my 8th grade students who are being promoted and moving on to high school.
www.magisto.com/video/agEZK0IZRTQhTR5hCzE
Here's a mini video that I created using Magisto - year in review for my 8th grade students who are being promoted and moving on to high school.
www.magisto.com/video/agEZK0IZRTQhTR5hCzE
April, 2016
Two of my students participated in the city-wide Money Fair competition at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. This event was sponsored by BMO Harris Bank and the Canadian Foundation for Economic Education in celebration of Money Smart Week. My students had a great time, the organizers sent chauffered transportation to the school to pick us up--what a great experience for my students to mix and mingle with other students from all over Chicago. Students presented their projects to financial industry professionals... I was extremely proud of all the students that participated.
Two of my students participated in the city-wide Money Fair competition at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. This event was sponsored by BMO Harris Bank and the Canadian Foundation for Economic Education in celebration of Money Smart Week. My students had a great time, the organizers sent chauffered transportation to the school to pick us up--what a great experience for my students to mix and mingle with other students from all over Chicago. Students presented their projects to financial industry professionals... I was extremely proud of all the students that participated.
April, 2016
Spring Break Assignment: Use any technology tool (powtoon, voki, infographic, etc.) to explain the 27 Constitutional Amendments.
Check out this creative and informative technology product:
www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/dibPdd2SC17/?mode=movie#/
Spring Break Assignment: Use any technology tool (powtoon, voki, infographic, etc.) to explain the 27 Constitutional Amendments.
Check out this creative and informative technology product:
www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/dibPdd2SC17/?mode=movie#/
March, 2016: TECHNOLOGY QUICK FIRE CHALLENGE:
Students had 20 minutes to Create a Powtoon to summarize the Jr. Scholastic article "Extreme Poverty"
(Note: these are draft versions... movies are still being edited... stay tuned for final versions!)
HIGHLIGHT LINK and RIGHT CLICK!
www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/dwQGJ1sE7UH/?mode=movie#/
www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/dwQGJ1sE7UH/?mode=movie#/
www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/dkZeSAQz3a2/?mode=movie#/
www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/diySfsmELFW/?ode=movie#/
Students had 20 minutes to Create a Powtoon to summarize the Jr. Scholastic article "Extreme Poverty"
(Note: these are draft versions... movies are still being edited... stay tuned for final versions!)
HIGHLIGHT LINK and RIGHT CLICK!
www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/dwQGJ1sE7UH/?mode=movie#/
www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/dwQGJ1sE7UH/?mode=movie#/
www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/dkZeSAQz3a2/?mode=movie#/
www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/diySfsmELFW/?ode=movie#/
March, 2016 - - STEM Skating Trip - Students participated in teacher-guided STEM lessons exploring the science of light and the Pythagorean Theorem. Led by a former teacher, students completed hands-on learning labs followed by roller skating fun!
February 2016 - Adler Planetarium - Middle School Behavior Incentive Field Trip
December 2015 - Determined to tackle long division, students formed small groups and helped each other with long division strategies using practice problems from IXL and Khan Academy.
December 2015 - Students were tasked to create an INFOGRAPHIC using Picktochart to summarize facts about continents and/or geographic regions
https://magic.piktochart.com/output/9803771-dontavis-duncan
https://magic.piktochart.com/output/9803771-dontavis-duncan
December 2015 -Family Math Night - An evening of math fun games for our students and their parents. Thanks Ms. Mallory and Mr. Hearon for teaching me the integer version of "Headbands".
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December 2015 Students play the Integer Product Game Great way to practice multiplying integers |
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November 2015 - Parent Teacher Conference - Great to see all the families that came out to meet with the middle school team
November 2015 - Professional Development Day - Diving Deeply into Data! Sharing bright spots and identifying areas for
targeted small group instruction with co-workers.
targeted small group instruction with co-workers.
November 2015 - Annual Food Drive - The first public service project planned and executed by the 8th graders. Students created flyers, decorated and distributed collection boxes, composed emails and other messages distributed on social media to inform the community about their Food Drive and solicit donations. Once the donations were collected, the students sorted and organized donations to provide well-balanced meals for donation recipients.
November 2015 - FLUENCY CHALLENGE - Middle School computation fluency competition using KAHOOT IT !! This technology allowed students to use digital devices to answer computation questions. Results were competitor rankings were displayed for all to see. The audience excitedly cheered on contestants--the leader board was updated after every question making for an exciting time for al!! Congratulations to the winners: Davianna-6th grade, Rokia-7th grade and Shamar-8th grade.
November 2015 - 8th graders analyzing transformations using patty paper - great manipulative for creating images and studying rotations, reflections and translations.
October, 2015 - Chinatown Field Trip - An extension of student learning about immigrants & other cultures in their reading/literature class, we took students on a historical & cultural tour of Chinatown.
October 2015, CARDBOARD CHALLENGE Students were tasked with creating a robot using cardboard and other materials. Time was limited so creativity and efficiency were a must. You can view their work from start to finish...
October, 2015 - Our first "Book Buddies" meeting. This year, the 8th graders are teaming up with 3rd graders for reading activities on the first Thursday of every month. Ms. Sarah Reardon, an awesome 3rd grade teacher, prepares tasks for her 3rd graders to complete with the assistance of my 8th graders. This is awesome opportunity for the 8th graders to display their leadership skills and actively serve as role models in an educational setting.
September, 2015 - STEM PLC meeting- getting prepared for the upcoming Cardboard Challenge. My team created a game-- you have to toss the ball into a cup to win. STEM Teacher Kendra Mallory is rolling out the cardboard challenge for our school -- 5th graders will make games, 6th-8th graders will make robots.
September, 2015 - New Chromebook Cart in use during 7th grade math class!
September, 2015 - 6th Graders use Unifix cubes to develop conceptual understanding of ratio relationships
September 18, 2015 - Field Trip to Celebrate Peace Day in Chicago, IL -- Daley Plaza
September, 2015 - Students completed their first technology task, creating an "All About Me" Wordle. Meet the Class of 2016:
September, 2015 - 8th Graders started the school year by taking Back-to-School photos,
creative photos and introduced themselves by creating "All About Me" Wordles.
1st week of School - Students complete a scavenger hunt to familiarize themselves
with classroom rules, procedures and expectations
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Back to School!
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