Malala, The Powerful

Hello O. L. Smith Community,

Today, we reviewed our pre-writing activity and tomorrow we are jumping into the article! The students are eager to begin reading, especially since we spent a week discussing vocabulary, the pictures, and the subheadings. We really want our students to be able to analyze the format of what they are reading before they begin. These skills are especially handy in college so students are able to focus on the important parts of the text and simply skim over the less pertinent sections.

During our department meeting after school, the Language Arts Department discussed ways of using the Promethean board and Google Classroom with our students. I plan on implementing what we learned immediately, starting with the Malala article. When reading, the students will be performing a class talk to the text with the Promethean board. It is a great way to allow students to be hands-on with a text and allow for deeper class discussion.

Google Classroom will be set up shortly and students will log in for the first time during class so we can navigate the app together. I will post when this will be happening along with a bit more about the program next week!

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to contact me,

Ms. Timpf