Curriculum Connections - Fairbanks North Star Borough School
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Curriculum Connections - Fairbanks North Star Borough School
Curriculum Connections Supporting Alaska State Standards Volume 2: October 2014 K-8 Parent Math Night An event for parents to learn more about the new EnVision math and Go Math! curriculum is being held on Tuesday, October 28th, from 6 – 8 pm at the Admin. Center Board Room. For flyer and other math resources please visit the Curriculum Website: http://www.k12northstar.org/departments/curricu lum-department/studentparent-info/envision-mathsupport ThINKing About Art 2014 Art Conference Hosted by: Alaska Art Education Association Delightful Read-Aloud Resources Fun! Free! Loaded with excellent stories with activity guides for books such as Enemy Pie and Stellaluna. Featuring authors like – Patricia Polacco, William Steig, Mem Fox, Kevin Henkes and more. Need we say more? http://www.storylineonline.net/ Featuring: Guest Artist – Ray Troll Register at: http://alaska-aaea.org/stateconference/register-online/ Professional Development UAF Classes (registration through ESS) Integrating Google Apps (K-12) – 10/2 – 10/25 – Instructor: Chris Carlson– 1 credit Write from the Beginning (K-6) – 10/9 – 1/29 – Instructors: Patti Carrington (K-2), Stephanie Garroutte (2-3), Karen Hancock (4-6) – 2 credits Canvas: Your Online Classroom (6-12) – 10/9 – 10/30 - Instructor: Christina Hum – 1 credit Differentiated Instruction for Secondary Teachers (7-12) – 10/15 – 11/19 – Instructor: Margaret Salisbury – 1 credit Other Professional Development Opportunities New Teachers – if you need to take the Alaska Studies and Multicultural Education course for your certification, you can take the classes through the Alaska Staff Development Network (ASDN) The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District is an equal employment and educational opportunity institution and a tobacco and nicotine-free learning and work environment. A Communi K-12 from Library Media Services A new addition to the databases provided to FNSBSD students and staff this year is Culturegrams. This product includes four modules with “concise, reliable, and up-todate reports on more than 200 countries, each U.S. state, and all 13 Canadian provinces and territories.” There is the Kids Edition with country information targeted at elementary; the States Edition providing information on the United States for K-12; the World Edition, which has country information geared more for secondary; and the Provinces Edition providing resources for K-12 about our neighbor Canada. Included for teachers is a 162 page Training Activities download with ideas broken down into grades K-5, 6-8 and 9-12. A feature of the database well worth investigating is the Graphs and Tables Tool, where students may build their own comparison charts of data they select either about one or multiple countries or states. The extensive collections of videos, slideshows, interviews and recipes are delightful adding considerably to the information about each culture represented. If you want to access this product from home, log in to the district web page and then go to the LMS Homework Help page for Culturegram login and password, which we are required to keep behind the firewall. Enjoy!! Homework Help Word Clouds Teaching Channel has visual warm-ups to introduce academic vocabulary prior to a unit study. Create a word cloud of that vocabulary. Watch the video (about a minute) and TRY IT! The idea is not limited to science; social studies, English, or even a foreign language class can have fun with this literacy strategy. https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos /reading-teachingstrategy?utm_campaign=digest&utm_med ium=email&utm_source=digest English Language Learners (ELL) – Teaching Academic Language Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (DEED) has provided The Academic Language Training Module #1: Introduction to Using the WIDA CAN DO Descriptors. This is a resource for both ELL and general education instructors. http://www.livebinders.com/play/pla y?id=1483042 http://www.k12northstar.org/departments/lms/homework-help New & Returning Science Fair Coordinators October 16, 2014 from 5 – 7 pm Admin. Center Board Room Coordinators are invited to a workshop to get some tips and resources to host an AMAZING school SCIENCE FAIR! There will be door prizes, resources, freebies, food (Thank you Pioneer Realty!), and lots of sharing. Please come and learn about running your science fair and all about the Interior District Science Fair! Contact Michelle Daml for more information at: [email protected] Fairbanks North Star Borough School District – Curriculum Department 520 Fifth Ave., Fairbanks, AK 99701 ~ 452-2000 x 11474 The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District is an equal employment and educational opportunity institution and a tobacco and nicotine-free learning and work environment.