This week, not much of actual teaching will be done. However, I’m excited for this week because it’s jam-packed with activities! Today, we had a professional development meeting, which really focused in on student feedback and how to make it more clear and beneficial for students to see and understand where there are concerns, where they meet the standards, and where they are exceeding expectations. The presenter offered many different styles of rubrics that I believe has helped me understand how to give proper student feedback.

This week, students will be presenting their projects to their classmates, which they have been working on for the past three weeks. Students picked a broad topic, such as “travel”, asked 5 questions about their topic and surveyed 50 people. They collect and analyze their data based on who they surveyed (gender/age) and made conclusions about their data. I’m excited to see what the students have done with their presentations!

On Thursday and Friday, the sixth graders are going on a field trip to the city to help homeless shelters, parks, etc. They will be giving up their time to learn more about communities outside of their comfort zone and there will be a panel held by people who were previously homeless. I believe this will be an eye-opening experience, and I can’t wait to see how it goes!