December 8, 2017 Educator Blog Post

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January 8th PD Day
We are looking forward to learning together on January 8th! Below is the document with the description for PD on January 8th.

Here are the locations and times:
Grades TK-2, Gates Elementary, 8:30-3:30
Grades 3-5, Thomas Jefferson Elementary, 8:30-3:30
Grades 6-8, Bayside Blue Oaks, 10000 Alantown Drive, Roseville 95678. 8:00-3:00
All K-8 Special Education Staff, including instructional aides Destiny Community Center, 6850 Five Star Blvd. , Rocklin, CA 95677 8:00-3:00

Eich teachers helping out at the Tommy Apostolos shopping day on Saturday morning.  

Coding at Cirby.
Amazing art at Eich.
Writing Project Super Saturday
  • January 27th:  Join Area 3 Writing project for a Super Saturday of training on best practices in writing.
  • More information and registration can be found December 15th at the website below.  
  • We hope to see some RCSD teachers for a fun  day of learning together.  
Area 3 Writing Project Information  

Mr. Calkins with a special Texas Longhorn's guitar he (and a few of his students) made.
Spreading kindness at Fiddyment Farm.

Project Lead the Way at Stoneridge

Interesting Articles We Read
Why Students Forget and What You Can Do About It- Edutopia 5 Strategies to Help: Peer-to-peer explanations, the spacing effect, frequent practice tests, interleave concepts, combine text with images.
A school once known for gang activity is now sending kids to college- Hechinger Report
"Ocon proposed a radical change, moving the entire school to a standards-based grading model that emphasized skill acquisition over rote memorization tested at rigid intervals. At Juarez there are no Ds or Fs. And no deadlines. Students progress through a related series of tasks, each meant to develop a discrete skill. If a student fails to demonstrate mastery of a given skill, they are provided with additional resources and time."

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