KARCHER STAFF BLOG
Karcher Character Students of the Week
All 6 of these students displayed positive character behaviors within our 8 focused traits:
Be... responsible, respectful, kind, safe, honest, loyal, compassionate, courageous.
Students: (left to right) Katelyn Deephouse (Onyx), Cyrue Shine (Diamond), Ryan Koeppen (Karcher Bucks), Alex Peterson (Applied Academic), Cora Anderson (Hive), Megan Way (Silver)
Ms. Pruszka's class working on utilizing Google Forms and understanding the use of surveys.
Mr. Ferstenou and Mr. Rummler with the 8th grade girls basketball team on Thursday night. Both of our teams (7th grade/8th grade) won!
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Kudos
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- Nicolas Buendia was chosen as the KCB STAFF OF THE WEEK! Congrats and thank you all for continuing to reinforce our 8 character traits.
- Thank you Jenny Geyso, Molly Ebbers, and Patti Tenhagen for all of your time and a great PLC lesson for our staff on Wednesday. Your planning and preparation for our literacy professional development is very appreciated!
- Marilee Hoffman for taking our student counsel to Camp MacLean on Monday - awesome opportunity and team building experience for students!
- Thank you Grace Jorgenson for stepping up and being willing to take on Thursday school.
- I want to give a HUGE appreciation to all of our aides for your flexibility and collaboration as we work through all of the changes with your schedules.
- Thank you Mike Yopp for assisting as Kaylyn Waki's long-term sub. You did a GREAT job and I enjoyed being in your classroom. We will see you this week in Stacy Stoughton's room!
- Welcome back Kaylyn Waki! I am sure you enjoyed your time with Casen. Let any of us know if there is anything you need to feel "caught up" and "up to speed" for the school year.
- THANK YOU ALL for the the luncheon and gift card on Friday. The food was awesome! I am truly blessed to be working with such a collaborative, reflective, and fun staff. As we continue to work together throughout our first year Matt and I look forward to continuing to learn and grow with all of you to help benefit the students here at Karcher. Thank you for making Matt and I feel welcomed to join the Karcher team :)
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Reminders
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- Staff Meeting on Monday, October 19th at 2:40. I apologize for this schedule change and hope you will understand. The meeting will be short 10-15 minutes.
- PLCs - we will be meeting in the library with our advisory teams going over the DRTA literacy tool everyone will be using for the iTime literacy lessons on October 26th and 27th.
- Flu Shot October 20th from 2:00 to 5:00 @ Dyer.
- Huddle Time:
- Conferencing with students - 10-15 minutes with each student setting goals for the rest of the term.
- Other students should be SSR or working on any homework they have.
- Huddle time sheets you can use if you would like:
- SLOs - you will have some time on November 5th (half day in-service) to work on your SLO. They will be due on November 9th. Please see the document I placed in all of your EE folders I sent to you last week - the document explains what everyone needs to complete and when.
- Kim will be gone for a Skyward Conference on October 19th and 20th.
- October 20th (Hive) and October 22nd (Silver) have field trips to Madison State Capital and Vet's Museum.
- Picture re-take day is October 21st. The all-call will be utilized to call students to the U-Lab. If students are needing re-takes because their initial picture is disliked or if they missed picture day these students should come to the U-Lab when their alphabet letter is called.
- October 25th is the spaghetti dinner fundraiser from 4:00 - 7:00 in the cafeteria. See Mike Jones for details or last weeks post.
- Here is a list of email addresses everyone can use to assist with emails being sent to the correct/necessary people.
- kmsteachers@basd.k12.wi.us
- (teachers, counselors, admin)
- kmsaides@basd.k12.wi.us
- (all special education aides)
- kmsblt@basd.k12.wi.us
- (BLT team and admin)
- kmsspedstaff@basd.k12.wi.us
- (sp. ed., Erika Fons, & Stephanie Schmidt)
- diamondadvisory@basd.k12.wi.us
- (next four - advisory teams)
- hiveadvisory@basd.k12.wi.us
- onyxadvisory@basd.k12.wi.us
- silveradvisory@basd.k12.wi.us
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Pictures from the week
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Mr. Ferstenou and Mr. Rummler with the 8th grade girls basketball team on Thursday night. Both of our teams (7th grade/8th grade) won!
Article of the week:
The below reading is the next section of the article: Knowing your learning target
The below reading is the next section of the article: Knowing your learning target
Knowing Your Learning Target
The first thing students need to learn is what they're supposed to be learning.
The Power of Meaningful Sharing
Learning targets have no inherent power. They enhance student learning and achievement only when educators commit to consistently and intentionally sharing them with students. Meaningful sharing requires that teachers use the learning targets with their students and students use them with one another. This level of sharing starts when teachers use student-friendly language—and sometimes model or demonstrate what they expect—to explain the learning target from the beginning of the lesson, and when they continue to share it throughout the lesson. Here are two powerful ways to do that.
Designing a Strong Performance of Understanding
The single best way to share a learning target is to create a strong performance of understanding—a learning experience that embodies the learning target. When students complete the actions that are part of a strong performance of understanding, they and their teachers will know that they have reached the target.
When introducing the lesson, the teacher should explicitly share the learning target for the day and explain how each of the tasks that are part of the lesson will lead students toward that target. Remember the lesson on Jane Eyre? Consider this lesson introduction:
Today we will learn more about how Brontë uses her characters to explore the theme of being unwanted. Remember, a theme is an underlying meaning of the story. Yesterday, we examined Jane Eyre's life experiences as they relate to the theme of being unwanted. Today we will do the same for Adele, Mr. Rochester's ward. As you read, find examples of Adele being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, or forgotten. Then, in your learning groups, discuss your examples and your reasons for choosing them. At the end of class, use your notes to draft a short paragraph that answers the question, How does the character of Adele deepen Brontë's theme of being unwanted in the novel Jane Eyre?
Note how the teacher explains what students will learn that day and how each task explicitly connects to that target. If students perform all of these actions, they will better understand how Brontë uses her characters to explore the theme of being unwanted. The tasks clearly lead students to the target, and the students can see how each task leads them to their goal. A strong performance of understanding helps students understand what is important to learn, provides experiences that will help them learn it, and gives them a chance to observe their growing competence along the way.
Calendar for October & November:
