2B Establishing a Culture for Learning

This module is intended to provide an overview of the program and how school teams can prepare for success implementing Ready for Kindergarten.

This module supports a collaborative book study for LSSD administrators.

Use this module to earn clock hours when going on a learning walk to explore how others create a culture of learning in their classrooms.

This module is created to support a collaborative book study of the book, Mathematical Mindsets, in the summer of 2018.  

This module will explore how to support students in meeting CCSS Math Practice Standard 3: constructing viable arguments and critiquing the reasoning of others.

Help students improve their analytical reading, thinking, and writing with a variety of texts and strategies.

In our preschool and kindergarten classrooms, play is a critical component.  Children learn through play - not just about social emotional skills and problem solving, but also how to use the language and math skills in action.

Explore ways to use questioning and classroom routines to shed a light on the thinking happening "under the hood." From the author of Making Thinking Visible: "When we demystify the thinking and learning process, we provide models for students of what it means to engage with ideas, to think, and to…

Explore Math Practice Standard 1.   How might we encourage students to persevere in mastering math concepts while normalizing mistakes? 

Explore Math Practice Standard 6.  How do we encourage students to attend to precision in their math computations and problem solving?  

Math Practice Standard 4 states, "Mathematically proficient students can apply the mathematics they know to solve problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace... They routinely interpret their mathematical results in the context of the situation and reflect on whether the results …