This past school year I tried something new in the mornings with my students for lunch count. In previous years, students had moved their little icon on the SmartBoard to mark what they were having for lunch, but I realized I wanted more information from them when they arrived. Since we are a GAFE district, I decided to utilize a Google Form for this task. As we started, I changed the questions every few days until I got to a set that I felt were accomplishing what I wanted. Here is a screen shot of what we used for most of the year. As you can see, from the data I got from this form I was able to complete my lunch count, but also, I was able to see how my students were coming into my classroom. I could instantly know if I needed to check-in with any students based on how they were feeling. Allowing them to set a goal for themselves was an interesting process. Some students started off by writing, "have a good day." Well, what does that really mean or look like? Over the course of the year, we worked on setting goals that were more clearly defined. Data Example:This snipit of my data shows you some of the goals my students were coming up with (names and id numbers have not been included). Is spelling great? No, but that wasn't the purpose of this task. Over time, my students grew to be thoughtful about the goals they were choosing. For example, you can see a goal in the data that says, "not scare students." That particular student had an outburst the day before that scared some younger students and we had met and talked about that. I could tell from this goal that he had really thought about our discussion and wanted to make a change. There are also a lot of "picking up trash" goals because our principal was making frequent morning announcements about the amount of trash at lunch. An unexpected result of the morning check in form was the practice of tech skills! I had my kindergartners through third graders working on this form. They "checked in" on desktops, Chromebooks, and iPads. I wanted to help them become fluent on many types of devices. And guess what? Even kinders can use a trackpad on a Chromebook! Have questions? Don't hesitate to ask!
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Ventura County Teacher of the Year 2016.
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