2. All School Meetings
All school meetings provide opportunities
beyond the classroom for learning and
achievement which are tied to our core
values.
Students learn to translate classroom
behavior expectations:
★ into audience behaviors,
★ to practice leadership and public
speaking,
★ to grow a vision of themselves as
contributing members of a larger
community.
Jefferson All School Meeting Topics:
September: Service dog informational assembly
October: 5th graders created a video of expected
bus riding behaviors
December: Students read their original
poetry.
4. Promoting positive math attitude
UnCommon negative phrases spoken
about reading by adults:
❖ I was never good at reading either.
❖ I don’t like to read.
❖ Reading is too hard.
❖ Reading is only for really smart
people.
Common negative phrases spoken about
math by adults:
➔ I was never good at math either.
➔ I don’t like math.
➔ Math is too hard.
➔ Math is only for really smart people.
5. Math Workshop: Differentiating Instruction
Math workshop: An instructional model in which teachers create and facilitate
learning experiences for individuals, partners, and small-groups.
Math learners cultivate deep conceptual understanding, fluency with numbers,
and problem solving strategies.
6. Student engagement
Students are self-directed and engaged in working on activities individually and
in groups. Teachers are able to spend time observing, questioning, and
communicating with students.
7. Math lesson components
Math workshop can take a variety of forms, but the math class period is typically
divided into three distinct components:
● Mini-lesson
● Activity/exploration
● Student reflection/ lesson summary
8. New Outdoor Learning Space!
● Suggested by a Jefferson parent, Mrs. Kenzie Blackwell, in 2014
● Coordinated with Carlos Rebelo and DPW to choose and prepare a space
● Funds provided by the Jefferson PCC in September 2015
● 6 benches ordered October 2015 and installed December 2015
● Available to all classes to use; online sign up for teachers
10. Zones of Regulation
● “A curriculum designed to foster self-regulation and emotional control”
● Originally used by the school adjustment counselor, OT, and school
psychologist in select classrooms or small groups, or with individual
students
● Presentation to all teachers in December, with more follow-up to come
● Goal for this year is to establish common language amongst students and
staff
● Ties in with the Responsive Classroom curriculum
12. Zones of Regulation
● Students learn to identify what they are feeling and what zone they are in
● Strategies are identified to help students move from the blue, yellow, or red
zone back to the green zone, which is ready to learn
○ Class wide strategies
○ Strategies for individual students
● Classrooms are beginning to have identified spots for students to go to
when they need to take a break and get back into the green zone
