I tried to host another WBT chatroom Pep Rally today! I wouldn't call the conversation I had a Pep Rally... but the collaboration time with a fellow 3rd grade WBT teacher was priceless. I have copied and pasted the conversation here for your information. We did a lot of great brain storming! I hope this helps someone!
4:20 PM daisydee226: Be sure to join me in an hour
and a half for the SECOND EVERY WBT Chatroom Pep Rally!
4:21 PM daisydee226:
We will officially start at 7pm Central time!
4:29 PM Southern
Teacher: I'll be here too!
4:32 PM daisydee226:
WAHOO!
4:32 PM daisydee226:
I am looking at some old webcasts and trying to catalog the "hidden
gems" on each video!
4:33 PM Southern
Teacher: That's cool. That will be very helpful.
4:35 PM Southern Teacher: My parents are wanting me to do
more interventions with their kids
4:36 PM daisydee226:
Use super speed games as intervention
4:36 PM Southern
Teacher: I've start SS math, but it's skills that won't be helped by that.
4:36 PM daisydee226:
As long as you can document growth... (or no growth) on a graph... it can be
used
4:37 PM daisydee226:
What type of interventions are they wanting?
4:37 PM Southern
Teacher: Like using a vocabulary word in the context of a give sentence. They
have no problem matching the word to a def. but they can't tell you which sentence
it would fit in.
4:38 PM Southern
Teacher: They don't really say. They've hinted at/asked if I reteach skills
that they majority of the students don't understand.
4:38 PM Southern
Teacher: I do, when necessary, but not with vocabulary words.
4:38 PM daisydee226:
Would Genius Ladder help with that? You could use content vocabulary as part of
the sentence frames
4:39 PM Southern
Teacher: I'm not sure. This week they will start doing an extra homework assg. That I used to use. They have to write a sentence
using each of the 10 vocab. words.
4:39 PM Southern
Teacher: They can memorize well but of course that's not what the entire test
will be!
4:40 PM Southern
Teacher: I'm spending about 1hr and half each day on reading lessons.
4:41 PM daisydee226:
That isn't a bad thing... are you using oral writing with the vocabulary... you
could award SPECIAL SIW/SIT stars for using vocabulary in ORAL writing!
4:41 PM daisydee226:
I just don’t want you to have to lean on worksheet type work... that is more work
for YOU!
4:41 PM Southern
Teacher: I was going to try something like that on Mon when we review the 10
new words.
4:42 PM Southern
Teacher: Ask them to give me a sentence using the word but not with the
sentence I've given.
4:44 PM Southern
Teacher: Well, I plan to have the partners talk about the sentences and then I
would choose some of them to share their sentence with the class to discuss
that way.
4:44 PM Southern
Teacher: I wouldn't always ready their sentences myself. Just maybe every other week.
4:45 PM daisydee226:
SOUNDS like a GREAT idea!
4:46 PM daisydee226:
Could you do a green/red marker type activity with that... circle in green when
the sentences are good... red... when it doesn't agree or make sense
4:46 PM Southern
Teacher: It's just stressful. I mean, we've only been in school for about 4
weeks because of the 4 day hurricane holiday.
4:47 PM Southern
Teacher: I could go around and do that while they are reviewing them with their
partners!
4:47 PM Southern
Teacher: Then I could ask students to share their green ones.
4:47 PM daisydee226:
That's what I was thinking!
4:47 PM daisydee226:
YES!
4:48 PM Southern
Teacher: I've been thinking about how to use that more.
4:48 PM Southern
Teacher: I did it a few times for cursive handwriting sheets I gave as review
at the start of the year, but haven't really done much of that since.
4:49 PM daisydee226:
I love red/green marker!
4:49 PM Southern
Teacher: I wish there was a red/green for behavior lol
4:50 PM Southern
Teacher: I have a very talkative class who can be sneaky. I caught one sending
little notes to another one.
4:50 PM daisydee226:
there could be!
4:51 PM Southern
Teacher: They've been together since K pretty much as 1 class. I think1st was
the only time they were split.
4:51 PM Southern
Teacher: So they are such good friends they love to talk and want to all the
time!
4:51 PM daisydee226:
I think once you get more fluent with WBT that will help... we BOTH know that
we have to step up the scoreboard!
4:52 PM daisydee226:
I know that I have WAY less behavior issues when I am ping ponging on the
scoreboard all day!
4:52 PM daisydee226:
The scoreboard will NOT be the death of us... it will be our redemption!
4:53 PM daisydee226:
I got up to 30 marks on each side of the board the other day! WAHOO!
4:53 PM Southern
Teacher: Well, see that's where I'm concerned. Even on days where I use the
scoreboard and have 40-50 marks, it's still out there
4:54 PM Southern
Teacher: I don't want to move to practice cards yet, so I guess I need even
more marks.
4:56 PM daisydee226:
hmmm...
4:56 PM daisydee226:
There has to be something that will work!
4:57 PM Southern
Teacher: I've tried using more/less homework problems as reward. That doesn't
do much.
4:58 PM Southern
Teacher: I can't use recess time because that's a set schedule for our PE
teacher who takes them out for that.
4:58 PM Southern
Teacher: I'm considering 1 minute of free talking time.
5:00 PM daisydee226:
that might work!
5:01 PM daisydee226:
I can't really use recess either... they have lunch, lunch recess, then at 1:10
the third grade teachers go out and for 15 mintues we have our "second
recess" the kids don't understand
5:01 PM daisydee226:
that they are actually getting two recess times!
5:01 PM Southern
Teacher: Mine get a 30 min recess and 35 min PE
5:01 PM Southern
Teacher: lunch is a 20 min chowdown
5:01 PM daisydee226:
EVERY DAY?
5:01 PM Southern
Teacher: yep
5:02 PM daisydee226:
WOW!
5:02 PM Southern
Teacher: but that's the only "specials" they have.
5:02 PM daisydee226:
only PE... you are music and art teacher!
5:02 PM Southern
Teacher: We have a spanish lesson 1 time a week with our hs teacher.
5:02 PM Southern
Teacher: Yeah, we sorta don't have music or art.
5:02 PM daisydee226:
that is so sad!
5:03 PM Southern
Teacher: We do some art as part of projects we do for some subject areas, but
there isn't a lot of time for that.
5:04 PM Southern Teacher:
I pull out some stuff for major holidays too, but that's about it.
5:05 PM daisydee226:
I noticed in your video that the kids call you Ms. Julie
5:05 PM Southern
Teacher: Yep.
5:05 PM daisydee226:
Do the other teachers at your school go by first names?
5:06 PM Southern
Teacher: Some do. some don't.
5:06 PM Southern
Teacher: Our 2nd grade teacher does. She got married after she started teaching
in our school and she didn't want to confuse them with a different name lol
5:10 PM daisydee226:
So... I know other people are on here... they must just be watching videos...
5:10 PM daisydee226:
A couple people are logged on!
5:10 PM daisydee226:
Of course this is 2 hours early... LOL!
5:11 PM daisydee226:
I think I am going to step away for a while and watch some videos... I need to
watch the Test Prep and Prove it videos!
5:14 PM Southern
Teacher: OK. I'll be in and out.
5:15 PM daisydee226:
:)
5:39 PM daisydee226:
AHH! I think I know what I want my first submitted video to be about!
5:39 PM daisydee226:
I am watching the State Test Prep video... I think I am going to video myself
TEACHING the kids test taking strategies!
5:41 PM Southern
Teacher: OH, I'd like to see that
5:41 PM Southern
Teacher: I could let my kids see it too.
5:41 PM Southern
Teacher: I'm not sure what I'm going to do next.
5:42 PM daisydee226:
I would stick with math / graphing lessons so that the feedback Coach gives you
can be consistently about one content area... or focus
5:42 PM daisydee226:
We teach graphing through out the year so I know I could continue video lessons
about graphs.
5:43 PM daisydee226:
I will be teaching the test taking skills throughout the year... so I can
continue to video THOSE lessons
5:43 PM daisydee226:
If I video EACH one... that would be a great resource for other teachers!
5:44 PM daisydee226:
My first substitute said I should make "BLUE'S CLUES" type videos for
other teachers to show to their kids.
5:44 PM Southern
Teacher: Well, we took a test on it already.
5:44 PM daisydee226:
She can't get over the fact that I looked / sounded like the Blue's clues guy
5:45 PM Southern
Teacher: I might try using the compounds lesson I have in English on Monday
5:45 PM Southern
Teacher: Blue's clues, Blue's clues
5:45 PM Southern
Teacher: Find the pawprint, that's the first clue.
5:46 PM daisydee226:
LOL.... that is doubly funny with the PAW print because of my classroom theme!LOL
5:47 PM daisydee226:
I should do a video JUST for your class on something! I could talk to you like
I talked with my sub in the videos I already did!
5:48 PM Southern
Teacher: Well, I might be joining a planning committee that would mean I'd be
out of the class 3-4 times this year. If I do accept, I thought about making
some.
5:48 PM Southern
Teacher: But it would be kinda neat to have another teacher do that.
5:49 PM daisydee226:
MY KIDS LOVE THEM... and keep begging to watch them even when I am there!
5:49 PM daisydee226:
:)
5:49 PM Southern
Teacher: LOL, that's cute
5:50 PM Southern
Teacher: Do you have your students stand up to respond?
5:50 PM daisydee226:
I can see it now... me coming on camera... looking around... saying... WHOA...
hey Toto... I am not in Missouri anymore... hey... wait... Ms. Julie... is that
you... am I in Louisiana? ... LOL
5:50 PM daisydee226:
that would be fun!
5:51 PM daisydee226:
I don't have the kids stand up to respond all the time... but they focus very
good when I do!
5:51 PM Southern
Teacher: Coach mentioned they should be doing that when I call on them
5:51 PM Southern
Teacher: I haven't done that before.
5:52 PM daisydee226:
They really like... my kids EVEN remind me if we haven't done it that day!
5:52 PM daisydee226:
I don't do it all the time though!
5:53 PM Southern
Teacher: See a lot of mine are "shy" when I call on them to answer my
question so I'm worried about having them stand up.
5:53 PM daisydee226:
My shyest students are now the best...
5:53 PM daisydee226:
I can't explain it!
5:53 PM Southern
Teacher: Maybe you could do that in your video from Missouri
5:54 PM
daisydee226: I could... you mean... I could explain to them how that
works?
5:55 PM daisydee226:
That might be tough not being able to see them.
5:55 PM daisydee226:
I wouldn't know how long they are talking...
5:55 PM Southern
Teacher: yeah, but if I decide to film my compounds lesson Mon. I guess I'd
need to do that anyway.
5:55 PM Southern
Teacher: I do like the Zork! idea.
5:55 PM daisydee226:
I always forget about the planet Zork!
5:55 PM Southern
Teacher: I wish I had something to go with it...costume like
5:56 PM daisydee226:
make a tinfoil hat! LOL!
5:56 PM Southern
Teacher: some alien ears or something
5:57 PM Southern
Teacher: I might go on a hunt at our local Walmart. It's prob time for them to
have Halloween stuff out!!
6:24 PM daisydee226:
It is almost time for the PEP RALLY!
6:24 PM Southern
Teacher: Yay!
6:24 PM daisydee226:
I wonder if we will have new PEP RALLY ROCK STARS!
6:25 PM Southern
Teacher: That would be cool.
6:25 PM daisydee226:
I figure not many will be here because I advertised so late! I didn't know if I
would be someplace that I could host a Pep Rally!
6:40 PM daisydee226:
You should come up to Missouri this summer... if it is in Warrensburg (like I
hope it will be) you could stay with me!
6:41 PM Southern
Teacher: That would be kinda neat.
6:43 PM daisydee226:
CORE 4 is Class-Yes, Teach-Okay, Scoreboard, and Mirrors...
6:45 PM Southern
Teacher: I have that on a sticky right here lol. I wrote it down one day during
a webcast and stucky it there.
6:45 PM daisydee226:
the other three are Hands and Eyes, Switch, and Classroom RULES
6:45 PM daisydee226:
LOL
6:45 PM Southern
Teacher: HERS
6:45 PM daisydee226:
I almost forgot the rules just now
6:45 PM Southern
Teacher: Hands & Eyes, Rules, Switch = HERS
6:45 PM daisydee226:
AWESOME!
6:46 PM daisydee226:
that will help me!
6:46 PM Southern
Teacher: I just noticed that
6:46 PM daisydee226:
AWESOME!
6:47 PM Southern
Teacher: Sometimes I feel like I know a lot of WBT and other times I feel like
I know nothing. lol
6:47 PM daisydee226:
I have been copy and pasting our conversation this time as I go along so that I
don't forget any good ideas!
6:48 PM Southern
Teacher: I think I reviewed the main stuff in my blog post.
6:48 PM Southern
Teacher: I might have missed something though
6:48 PM daisydee226:
I feel the same way sometimes!
6:49 PM Southern
Teacher: I think working towards certification has made me feel like that.
Especially since I've made that first class video
6:50 PM daisydee226:
I think that is part of the idea... Coach wants to really push us to be our
best!
6:53 PM Southern
Teacher: True
6:58 PM
carolinealexius: HI guys
6:59 PM daisydee226:
Hello!
6:59 PM daisydee226:
We have another PEP RALLY ROCK STAR!
6:59 PM daisydee226:
Julie and I have been hanging out for the last two hours!
6:59 PM daisydee226:
We are over achievers! LOL!
7:00 PM Southern
Teacher: Hi carolinaalexious
7:01 PM Southern
Teacher: I'll admit it. I'm a WBT webpage stalker lol
7:02 PM daisydee226:
Julie... we may be WBT sisters... we are so similar!
7:03 PM Southern
Teacher: I know! It's just way too funny how similar we really are!
7:04 PM daisydee226:
We have got to meet up this summer... NO MATTER WHAT!
7:04 PM
carolinealexius: I used to be a stalker, but then I began my
instructional time student teaching
7:04 PM Southern
Teacher: I have one trip to Vegas already booked.
7:04 PM
carolinealexius: My supervising teacher put the no on me using Mr. Doofus
and Mr. Smarty. I have to say Mr. Smarty
and his friend or something like that.
7:05 PM Southern
Teacher: I'll have to plan my summer a lot this time lol
7:05 PM daisydee226:
I wondered about the doofus thing... but I am forging ahead with it!
7:05 PM daisydee226:
I don't have any summer plans yet... because of my big February trip!
7:05 PM
carolinealexius: the students loved it, but teacher worried about
parental calling.
7:06 PM Southern
Teacher: I mentioned it to my kids too. Haven't heard anything from my parents
yet
7:06 PM daisydee226:
I figured I would cross that bridge when I get there... they are enjoying it
too much right now!
7:06 PM Southern
Teacher: Trust me, if anyone is going to hear about it, I surely will.
7:06 PM
carolinealexius: ha
7:06 PM daisydee226:
LOL... you are proably right Julie!
7:06 PM daisydee226:
probably
7:07 PM daisydee226:
I wish Coach would pop in and surprise us! I know he has a conference all day
and will probably be meeting with board members tonight... but I think it would
be cool if he dropped in!
7:07 PM Southern
Teacher: I have a group that likes to voice their opinions this year caroline.
We were talking about that earlier
7:08 PM Southern
Teacher: They might still be in conference right now with the time difference
7:09 PM daisydee226:
The mini conference in Missouri went well today!
7:09 PM daisydee226:
We covered the Core 4 and Big 7... plus the parts of the brain
7:09 PM Southern
Teacher: It's so cool to be able to have these conferences all over the place.
7:09 PM daisydee226:
We even introduced Super Speed 100 and Super Speed math
7:09 PM Southern
Teacher: Have you don't that with your kids? the parts of the brain?
7:10 PM daisydee226:
not yet... but I want to!
7:10 PM daisydee226:
We may do that RIGHT before P/T conferences and video it to put it in the hall
for parents to watch while they wait!
7:11 PM Southern
Teacher: Well, we have a grandparents day coming up - done in evening hours for
first time.
7:12 PM Southern
Teacher: I think I might tape a little - where are we now - 20 yrs later kinda
thing to show
7:12 PM daisydee226:
of course I am not sure if the kids that parents don't want them on YouTube would
want their kids in it!
7:12 PM Southern
Teacher: All of mine said yes to doing it.
7:13 PM Southern
Teacher: I told them that it would be a way for them to see what their child is
doing in the classroom.
7:13 PM daisydee226:
I have two... one even wrote a note saying school yearbook is the only picture
we can publish of her!
7:16 PM daisydee226:
WELL! RAH RAH GO WBT!
7:16 PM Southern
Teacher: Sis boo bah!
7:16 PM daisydee226:
ummm... our virtual stadium is a little empty!
7:16 PM Southern
Teacher: Boom
7:16 PM Southern
Teacher: Maybe too many college games tonight?
7:17 PM Southern
Teacher: LSU is playing but they aren't on TV lol
7:17 PM daisydee226:
I HAVE to advertise in advance... but I haven't been sure when I can do it!
7:17 PM daisydee226:
I know that Saturday isn't the best night for this ... but every other night I
am busy with school stuff!
7:18 PM Southern
Teacher: yeah, lot of us are
7:18 PM daisydee226:
Plus... this was originally 3rd grades GRADE LEVEL night... and I am not sure
if others are still meeting or if those meetings fizzled out too!
7:18 PM Southern
Teacher: I haven't seen anyone else chatting during the week
7:20 PM GataGirl:
What has been working for y'all?
7:20 PM Southern
Teacher: Hi buddy
7:21 PM daisydee226: RAH
RAH!
7:21 PM Southern
Teacher: Deanna this is my coworker from school.
7:21 PM Southern
Teacher: She teachs K.
7:21 PM daisydee226:
hello!
7:21 PM GataGirl:
Hey, Jewels
7:22 PM GataGirl:
Hello All
7:22 PM daisydee226:
I was just about to say the third grade and K teachers seem really active!
7:28 PM daisydee226:
Okay... so I really got some good stuff from the State Test Prep video!
7:29 PM Southern
Teacher: Oh, do tell
7:29 PM daisydee226:
I like the acronym... DVR... Daily Practice, Visual Behaviors, Rewards
7:29 PM daisydee226:
Something that REALLY caught my attention is that he said we should start DVR
the SECOND WEEK OF SCHOOL!
7:29 PM Southern
Teacher: I remember something about that at national
7:29 PM daisydee226:
OOPS!
7:29 PM daisydee226:
I guess I will start next week! :0
7:30 PM Southern
Teacher: I don't remember what visual behaviors is
7:31 PM daisydee226:
DVR is for Test taking strategy practice
7:31 PM Southern
Teacher: oh - the prove it kinda stuff
7:31 PM daisydee226:
YES!
7:31 PM daisydee226:
Visual behaviors are the underlining and such!
7:31 PM Southern
Teacher: I've modeled it some with our grammar practice book, but that's about
it.
7:31 PM Southern
Teacher: I didn't call it Prove it or anything.
7:32 PM daisydee226:
I need to start more
7:32 PM Southern
Teacher: me too but there's so much other things to work on - like those
vocabulary words
7:33 PM daisydee226:
you can use those strategies for your vocab words!
7:36 PM Southern
Teacher: If they have some multiple choice in their practicing I can
7:37 PM daisydee226:
you can use DVR with matching and constructed response!
7:37 PM Southern
Teacher: I need to go back and review all that. I don't really remember it
much.
7:38 PM daisydee226:
I found the video very beneficial!
7:38 PM Southern
Teacher: Which one was it
7:39 PM Southern
Teacher: 521
7:39 PM Southern
Teacher: ?
7:39 PM daisydee226:
yep!
7:39 PM daisydee226:
I was also going to try to watch the prove it video
7:39 PM daisydee226:
506!
7:40 PM Southern
Teacher: I almost hate to watch that. I'm thinking I should watch the
Class-yes, Teach-Okay, and Hands and Eyes
7:40 PM Southern
Teacher: Since that's part of what we need to work on.
7:40 PM daisydee226:
Might be a good idea... if you feel you need practice with that... then I would
do that!
7:40 PM daisydee226:
OR... you could watch some of kate bowski's videos... so is AWESOME!
7:40 PM daisydee226:
and at our grade level!
7:41 PM Southern
Teacher: It's difficult. I know what it's supposed to look like, but it's
getting them to do it that way.
7:41 PM Southern
Teacher: I've started making the entire class practice things when it's not the
way it should be.
7:42 PM daisydee226:
I think you are doing the right thing... are you approaching it like this...
"Thank you for reminding me that we need to practice that! Can someone
show the WRONG WAY to.... " Then give a smiley for that
7:42 PM daisydee226:
then practice the right way
7:43 PM Southern
Teacher: I have a feeling that we will be doing that often on Monday before we
film our lesson that afternoon
7:43 PM daisydee226:
If you don't show frustration... and seem really thankful for the need to
repeat the kids are thrown off and they like that they get to "practice
the wrong way" and not be in trouble
7:43 PM daisydee226:
:)
7:44 PM Southern Teacher:
I just hope that the wrong way practice doesn't stick.
7:44 PM Southern
Teacher: I have some "sillies" who would continue to do the wrong way
just because.
7:44 PM daisydee226:
It won't...only have ONE student show the wrong way... whole group practices
the right way
7:45 PM Southern
Teacher: That's true.
7:46 PM daisydee226:
Did we scare our fellow PEP rally rock stars away?
7:46 PM daisydee226:
They can chime in too!
7:46 PM Southern
Teacher: See, having a pep rally is helpful
7:47 PM daisydee226:
I am by no means an expert... I am just thinking out loud... I plan to use
these ideas for my class too!
7:47 PM daisydee226:
RAH RAH!
7:47 PM Southern
Teacher: Not sure - Hello out there! You're all welcome to join us and ask
questions
7:50 PM daisydee226:
Okay... what next... ?
7:50 PM daisydee226:
Did you say that you changed rule 1?
7:50 PM daisydee226:
I can't remember if that was one of the things we both did!
7:50 PM Southern
Teacher: Yes I did
7:50 PM Southern
Teacher: They picked up on it pretty quick.
7:51 PM Southern
Teacher: I even changed my rule signs, I just have to put them up
7:51 PM daisydee226:
Mine too! My librarian LOVES that change!
7:51 PM daisydee226:
I just but a red strip of paper with the word immediately over the old
poster... I think that helps them remember more!
7:52 PM Southern
Teacher: I did a little work in Paint to get mine changed.
7:52 PM Southern
Teacher: They look just like the original ones, but have the change.
7:52 PM daisydee226:
It is the one ... I "randomly" grabbed the day "we" decided
to change the rule!
7:52 PM Southern
Teacher: I did it not long after we talked about it
7:53 PM Southern
Teacher: Needed a little something after that extra long Labor Day break
7:53 PM Southern
Teacher: I'm going thru my packet of stuff from the conf. and I found the one
with the leadership buttons
7:54 PM Southern
Teacher: I bought them all and pinned them on a smiley face lanyard I had.
7:54 PM daisydee226:
Yes... I need to start using those!
7:54 PM daisydee226:
GREAT IDEA!
7:54 PM Southern
Teacher: My student leader wears it
7:54 PM Southern
Teacher: that student gets to lead us in rules reivew, take down our
attendance/lunch choices and other odd jobs I might need
7:54 PM daisydee226:
So ... you have one student leader for all jobs... or one for each button?
7:55 PM daisydee226:
Coach talks about having one for teach okay, class yes, hands and eyes!
7:55 PM Southern
Teacher: I was thinking about that.
7:55 PM Southern
Teacher: I'm considering having one for teach-okay
7:55 PM daisydee226:
I don't think I could keep up with that... the buttons would have to be HUGE!
7:55 PM Southern
Teacher: I'll leave the buttons on the lanyard. The kids kind of like it.
7:56 PM Southern
Teacher: I've only had 2 student leaders. I tell the class that I'm looking for
a new one, but I need that person to show they can be a good leader.
7:56 PM Southern
Teacher: Not so easy to do
7:56 PM daisydee226:
I have some smiley face lanyards... from dollar tree awhile ago... I could have
a lanyard for each job!
7:57 PM Southern
Teacher: That's cool
