WEEK OF OCTOBER 26TH - OCTOBER 30TH

IT'S A MARVELOUS MONDAY TEAM CENTRAL!

WELCOME BACK! 

• Major Pabalan for incorporating close reading and an open -response writing task in his ROTC class - "Operation Literacy.
• Staff members who participated in our "Anti-Bullying" Day Orange Out!
• Ms. Hall, Ms. Clark, Ms. D and Ms. Wright Price for winning the Class Orange-Out Day!!

5 Ways to  Incorporate Literacy in the Classroom

A CHS Blog Series

This Week.... 

Writing

When was the last time your students had sore hands from writing in your class? Just like conversation, writing helps us make sense of what we are learning and helps us make connections to our own lives or others' ideas.

You can't avoid thinking when you write.

Students need to be writing every day, in every classroom. How about adding to your instruction more informal and fun writing activities like:

• quick writes - The strategy asks scholars to respond in 2–10 minutes to an open-ended question or prompt posed by the teacher before, during, or after reading.
• stop and jots - Stop and jots are an opportunity for students to stop and jot their thinking while they read. They are meant to be quick, so the reader can keep reading! 
•  one-minute essays - Click for more info
  graffiti conversations - Click for more info
  
   Not all writing assignments need be formal ones. Students need frequent opportunities to write informally and formally.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • It is important that we are ALL speaking the same language to our scholars. Please DO NOT allow any student to sit in your classroom out of uniform, listening to music, texting, or with ear phones or ear buds in their ears.
  • No hall passes should be issued the first 15 or last 15 minutes of each class period! During the class period, passes should be issues for EMERGENCIES only!
  •  Please make sure you are lesson planning each day, and using the school-wide lesson plan template. Lesson plans should be in a binder, and in an area that is accessible for visitors. 
  •  All SLO's were due in Teachscape by October 19, 2015. Department Chairs will be requesting information from you if you have not uploaded your SLO's.   
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  MONDAY, 10/26"A DAY"

  • 10th Grade SIT Meeting
  • First Generation College Bound -College Admissions Workshop @ 6:30pm

  
  

  TUESDAY, 10/27 "B Day"
  

  • 11th Grade SIT Meeting @ 12:00pm

  • Foundations of Technology Collaborative
  • World Languages Collaborative Planning
  • World Languages Collaborative Planning
  •  9th Grade Nation Meeting @ 2:30pm

  • Literacy Team Meeting @ 2:45pm Rm. 100

  
  WEDNESDAY, 10/28 "A" DAY

  • IEP Meetings (All day) 

  • Family and Consumer Sciences Collaborative Planning
  • Math Collaborative Planning
  • English Collaborative Planning
  • Social Studies Collaborative Planning
  • French Immersion Collaborative Planning
  • Science Collaborative Planning 
  • IB 12th Grade Teacher Meeting @ 2:30pm

  • Admin/ABIS/Security/PGC Meeting  - 2:45pm - 3:15pm
  • Admin Meeting 3:30pm (Upstairs Conference Room) 

  
   THURSDAY, 10/29 "B" DAY 
  GOOGLE CLASSROOM TRAINING DURING ALL PLANNING PERIODS - MEDIA CENTER
  

  •  Cross Country @ Ft. Washington Park- Regionals @ 3:00pm
  • College Fair Night @ 6:00pm

  
  
  FRIDAY, 10/30 "A" DAY
  

  • End of First Quarter (45 days)

  • 1/2 Day for Scholars
  • 1/2 Day Professional Development beginning @ 12:45pm

  
  

  SATURDAY,  10/31 

  • JV Football @ Central vs. Fairmont Heights @ 9:00am

  
  

  • (V) Football @ Fairmont Heights @ 2:00pm

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

WEEK OF OCTOBER 12TH - OCTOBER 16TH

IT'S A MARVELOUS MONDAY TEAM CENTRAL!

WELCOME BACK! 

• Ms. Kaplun for her hard work in getting over 90 Juniors to sign up for the PSAT! A 50%+ increase from last school year!!!
• Mr. Nichols, Dr. Fuller, all Sponsors, and the entire SGA Team for a very organized and fun Homecoming Week!!
• Ms. Warner and her team of Senior students for assisting with Homecoming Week and decorating the cafeteria for the dance.
• Ms. Claggett and Ms. Holston and the AWESOME Central High School BLUE THUNDER MARCHING BAND! They were OUTSTANDING!
• All staff members who attended the Homecoming Game and Dance!! Thank you for your assistance!!
• Dr. Jones for sharing a parents' compliments regarding Mr. Nichols tutoring a student, in need of additional Math support, after school! We support each other!!!!
• Ms. Hogans for bringing Dwayne Myko and his Team to help us kick-off PSAT Testing!!
• Ms. Chavez and the ESOL team for providing us with information about prominent Hispanic men and women as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!
• The entire staff for your support during Homecoming Week!! Teamwork makes the dream work!!!

5 Ways to  Incorporate Literacy in the Classroom

A CHS Blog Series

This Week.... 
Speaking

Students having academic or high-level conversations in small and large group settings does not happen overnight. It takes time -- and scaffolding -- to create a Socratic Seminar setting in your classroom.

In order for our students to engage in academic conversation, or accountable talk, they need plenty of practice with informal conversation in pairs and triads. Use the following strategies frequently for building students' oral skills: 

• think-pair-share
• elbow partner
• shoulder share
• chunk and chew
• Kids should be talking and not sitting passively in their seats. 

For every 5-8 minutes you talk, give them 1-2 minutes to talk to each other. You can walk around and listen, informally assessing and checking for understanding.

Conversation helps immensely when processing new content and concepts. Students also will surely have more fruitful answers to share (be sure to always provide wait time when asking questions of students).

*Alber, Rebecca. "How Important is Teaching Literacy in all Content Areas?" Edutopia.15 January 2014.
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/literacy-instruction-across-curriculum-importance. 11 October 2015.

• WE ARE BACK IN UNIFORMS THIS WEEK! PLEASE ENFORCE THE UNIFORM POLICY, INCLUDING JACKET COLORS BEGINNING MONDAY, 10/12!
• No hall passes should be issued the first 15 or last 15 minutes of each class period! During the class period, passes should be issues for EMERGENCIES only!
•  Student Services Videos should have been watched and the assessments completed by October 9, 2015. If you have not done so, please complete ASAP.
•  All SLO's are due in Teachscape by October 19, 2015. (REVISED DATE) See your Department Chair for more information.
•  Please make sure you are lesson planning each day, and using the school-wide lesson plan template. Lesson plans should be in a binder, and in an area that is accessible for visitors. 

MONDAY, 10/12 "B DAY"

• Girls V Volleyball vs. Largo @ CHS - 5:00pm

TUESDAY, 10/13 "A Day"

• Family and Consumer Sciences Collaborative Planning (PD 1A - RM 221) 
• Math Collaborative Planning (PD 2A - RM 212)
• English Collaborative Planning (PD 3A - RM 100)
• Social Studies Collaborative Planning (U.S. His - RM 312; LSN Gov - RM 105; World History - RM 118)
• French Immersion Collaborative Planning (PD 4A - LIB 1)
• Science Collaborative Planning (PD 5A - RM 219)

• Literacy Team Meeting @ 2:45pm Rm. 100
• New Teachers Meeting  @ 2:45pm
• Boys Soccer vs. Forestville @ CHS - 3:30pm
• Girls Soccer @ Forestville - 3:30 pm

WEDNESDAY, 10/14 "B" DAY 

• PSAT DAY
• IEP Meetings (All day) 

• Foundations of Technology Collaborative Planning (PD 1B)
• World Languages Collaborative Planning (PD 1B - RM 201A)
• World Languages Collaborative Planning (PD 5B - RM 204)

• Admin/ABIS/Security/PGC Meeting  - 2:45pm - 3:15pm (Location TBA)
• Admin Meeting 3:30pm (Upstairs Conference Room) 
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• THURSDAY, 10/15 "A" DAY
• CHROME OS TRAINING DURING ALL PLANNING PERIODS - MEDIA CENTER

• Instructional Leadership Meeting @ 2:45pm Media Center
• Boys Soccer vs. Parkdale @ CHS
• Girls Soccer @ Douglass @ 5:00pm
• Girls V Volleyball @ Douglass @ 5:00pm

FRIDAY, 10/16 "B" DAY

• NO SCHOOL FOR SCHOLARS
• NO SCHOOL FOR 10 MONTH EMPLOYEES
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SATURDAY,  10/17

• (JV) Football vs. Forestville @ 9:00am
• (V) Football @ Forestville @2:00pm

MAKE IT A GREAT WEEK...BY CHOICE!!