T he Titan TellAll Friday, October 31, 2014 Edition 5
The Titan Tell-All is a bi-weekly newsletter highlighting the awesome instruction and events going on around TSMS. There are SO many great things going on, it is hard to catch them all! If you, or someone you know, has an outstanding idea that should be showcased, please let Ashley Roberts know! UPDATE: Thank you for all of the emails, IMs, texts, and phone calls, telling me to get my camera to your neighbor’s room asap! Keep them coming!!!
Hats off to being drug-free!!
Drugs are CrAzY! (socks)
Red ribbon week
Team up against drugs!
Red ribbon week.
Join the fight against drugs! Drugs are a fashion disaster!
Green out pep rally
Band wins the Spirit Stick! Honorary Cheerleaders
Mrs. Stewart wins the Cheeto game!
National day on writing
On Monday, October 20th all students were invited to STOP, DROP, and WRITE!
Thanks to the ELA department and Sara Jo from Haute and Gaudy for making the first luncheon of the year AMAZING!!
Current happenings
United Freestyle Stunt Team put on an impressive show to promote a drug-free lifestyle!
Showcase classrooms
Coach Cooperman is using the Doceri app to turn his Ipad into an active slate for his Promethean board. This allows him the freedom to move around the room while adding notes to the screen.
SHOWCASE CLASSROOMS
Mrs. Coyne’s students participate in “Silent Day” to discover the strategies of mimes.
For National Day of Writing, Mrs. Stewart’s students script their most memorable book quotes using sidewalk chalk.
Showcase classrooms Hundreds of 8th grade science students strain to get a picture of the chemical reaction experiments in the lab; a fried pickle and elephant toothpaste to name a couple.
Showcase classrooms
After taking a vow of secrecy, Mrs. Micocci’s 8th graders whisper in a dark, candle-lit room, to help write the constitution.
Dia de los muertos
Art students and Mrs. Crow’s Spanish students, honor Spanish culture by celebrating Dia De Los Muertos and making memory alters.
Showcase classrooms continuous improvement Mrs. McDaniel gathers feedback from her students using a status check to see how prepared for the test they felt.
Students reveal a deeper meaning of “values” by completing a concept of definition map in Mrs. Stewart’s class.
Check out Mrs. Newchurch’s Data Wall! What an easy and informative way to hold students accountable for learning!
Quality Tool of the month
October: Data Folder
Have you tried one this month?
Need an idea or help? Let Roberts know!
A final reminder to have a happy Halloween:
Have a great weekend! Keep up the awesome instruction!