How to strengthen the home-school connection:
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We incorporate our Power Words into instructional objectives.
Please reinforcement them at home.
School-Wide POWER Words
Identify
Analyze
Illustrate
Describe Justify
Evaluate
Determine
Summarize
Compare
Contrast
Interpret
Relate
Investigate
Distinguish
Discuss
Decipher
Design
Explain
Clarify
Prove
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Letters sent home to families
We empower the students to be cognizant and active learners in their classes by incorporating Cunningham Principles of Learning.
MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS
I SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN WHAT I KNOW TO OTHERS
I USE EVIDENCE AND REASONING TO SHARPEN MY THINKING AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS
ACADEMIC RIGOR IN A THINKING CURRICULUM
I CHALLENGE MYSELF TO BE A RISK TAKER AND PROBLEM SOLVER
I AM ENCOURAGED TO BE REFLECTIVE ABOUT MY LEARNING STRATEGIES
CLEAR EXPECTATIONS
I KNOW AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS EXPECTED OF ME IN EVERY CLASSROOM
ORGANIZING FOR EFFORT
I WILL KEEP TRYING UNTIL I UNDERSTAND.
*ACADEMIC SUCCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS!*
W.A. Cunningham’s Instructional Bottom Lines
*Specific academic intervention
*Using data to drive instruction
- Promoting literacy throughout ALL content areas
- Incorporating Technology
- Analyzing student work
- Using Task-Specific Rubrics for ALL Assessments