28th Fall District Math Meet

MSAD 6 District Fall Math Meet was held this Saturday on November 5, 2016 at the Buxton Center Elementary School.  We had 57 attendees from 5th and 6th grade.  Here is a list of winners from the meet.

Congratulations to all who participated and thank you for your hard work and dedication.

Learning at 120 Beats-Per-Minute

The MSAD 6 District Wellness Committee has been making a concerted effort to promote movement while learning.  Research is clear in advocating for the benefits of movement during class, during learning. It doesn't take a long disruptive workout, but rather short breaks of movement to get the blood pumping and helping kids to focus and increase their learning capacity!

"It's in the Cards" and Other Movement Activities

Move with Purpose: Four Approaches to Making Content Kinesthetic

Mandarin at SAD6

MSAD 6 is highlighted on the Teachers of Critical Languages website!

http://tclprogram.org/content/news-article/success-stories-tclp-host-schools

Balanced Literacy day 2!

Check out #MSAD6Lit on Twitter!

Balanced Literacy

Great workshop going on at Buxton Center Elementary School!

District Arts Night 2016

Thank you to all the parents, families, and friends who attended the MSAD #6 District Arts Night last evening!  The visual art, music, dance, and theater showed off the incredible talent of Bonny Eagle students, from kindergarten through grade 12.  A special thank you goes to all of our Visual and Performing Arts teachers who provided the community with an impressive exhibition!

Old Chevy by Eric Morse, '16

Repurposing old games!

Brilliant idea.
http://temeculablogs.com/spelling-games/

Formative Assessment

Summer Symposium 2016

PBE Symposium, Level 2

June 21 & 22, 2016

This 2-day workshop will focus on developing instructional practices that promote learning toward standards.   Teachers will begin to explore specific instructional strategies that promote student learning, refine methods for tracking student progress and begin to develop lesson plans to address specific standards and indicators, as well as unit plans that will incorporate multiple standards or indicators. Teachers will have time to reflect on current practices and develop goals to further instruction in the 2016-2017 school year.

*Level 1 training must have been taken previously.​  

Some things to note:

• each day will be 8:00 to 3:00
• location most likely BEHS, but still to be determined
• attendance at both days is expected
• attendees will receive payment according to contract
• attendance sheets will be sent to the certification offices for certification hours
• Registration deadline is May 31st.

Please click here to register:

https://docs.google.com/a/bonnyeagle.org/forms/d/1Xm-79NiHzoqskpwv6wYP583xUPPgTGqj1unri36zV4I/viewform?c=0&w=1&usp=mail_form_link

Congratulations to the 28th Annual Bonny Eagle Spring Math Meet Winners!

This year we had 115 students participate in the Math Meet.  The students consisted of 4th through 6th graders.  Also a huge thank you to all who volunteered for this event.  Without them this would not be a success.  Here are the winners of this year's Math Meet.

MSAD #6 is moving in the right direction

Fair grading?

Grading is changing, for sure.  This article delves into why, and helps to make some sense of it all.

http://www.edutopia.org/discussion/our-grading-system-fair?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

Future Workforce

What are employers looking for in their future employees?

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

12 Rules

Teaching IS a craft, and it IS always changing.  Keep kids at the center of it all.

12 Rules of Great Teaching

Writing Contest results

We have the winners of our 31st annual District Writing Contest!!!  This year we had 435 participants and are proud to say we have an array of creative minds within our district.  Thank you to all of our participants this year.  Congratulations to this year's winners.

Helping your child with math homework?

If word problems are difficult for your child, this might prove helpful.

http://www.scholastic.com/parents/blogs/scholastic-parents-learning-toolkit/using-bar-models-to-solve-word-problems?eml=PAR/smd/20160217/twitter/mathhomeworkhelp/PAR/content/&linkId=21358571

Student Reflection

When a student OWNS the learning, rather than doing things for the teacher or the GPA.

http://www.competencyworks.org/insights-into-implementation/classroom-practice/reflections-on-learning/?platform=hootsuite

Formatively Assessing?

I would argue that formative assessment is more important than summative assessment.  Here are some ways to do it...

http://www.edutopia.org/discussion/10-fun-filled-formative-assessment-ideas?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

Student Engagement

"...students may be behaviorally and/or emotionally invested in a given activity without actually exerting the necessary mental effort to understand and master the knowledge, craft, or skill that the activity promotes."

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/golden-rules-for-engaging-students-nicolas-pino-james?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

Language and Culture in MSAD #6

I am so proud to work in this school district!  See Mrs. Feng in action...

http://www.pressherald.com/2016/02/01/buxton-kindergartners-excel-in-chinese-language-class/

Response to Intervention

RtI...getting it right.

http://www.edutopia.org/practice/response-intervention-safe-spaces-math-and-literacy?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

Fostering critical thinking!

10 Tips for Teaching Kids to Be Awesome Critical Thinkers

http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2015/12/28/10-tips-for-teaching-kids-to-be-awesome-critical-thinkers

Productive Struggle

There is a lot to be said for the "productive struggle."

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/harnessing-power-of-productive-struggle-ellie-cowen?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

Moving makes the brain ready for learning

A DREAM classroom!

Click to see:
http://wapo.st/1RmaNNS

5 Teaching Practices to Kick to the Curb

http://www.cultofpedagogy.com/ineffective-teaching-methods/