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Urban Dictionary - definition of amped - fired up, awaiting big thrill, ready to roll!

 * Greetings GES Faculty!**
 * The purpose of this Wikispace is to share information about TRC at GES (Tag in the Regular Classroom)**
 * At our recent TAG Team meeting we discussed our application for EGATE. In order to reduce the amount of stress and increase the amount of success - we've decided to focus on a few important improvements in how we deliver instruction in all subject areas.**
 * This does not mean you need to do everything on the list. It does mean that you can select areas you excel in and document your success in those areas.**
 * In addition - you can target one or two areas that you want to try to implement in your classroom and document, discuss, and reflect upon that implementation.**
 * Please share your work with the TAG team - Gaines, Novick, Page, Hancock, Sheiman, Barber, Maydag and anyone else who is willing to join the team!**
 * We need to document the work we are doing. Room 13b will be the TAG Resource Room next year. There is a box near the window - drop any pictures, student work, lesson plans in that box (put a post-it on them with a description and your name). You can also email work/info to anyone on the TAG team.**
 * In addition - you can target one or two areas that you want to try to implement in your classroom and document, discuss, and reflect upon that implementation.**
 * Please share your work with the TAG team - Gaines, Novick, Page, Hancock, Sheiman, Barber, Maydag and anyone else who is willing to join the team!**
 * We need to document the work we are doing. Room 13b will be the TAG Resource Room next year. There is a box near the window - drop any pictures, student work, lesson plans in that box (put a post-it on them with a description and your name). You can also email work/info to anyone on the TAG team.**
 * We need to document the work we are doing. Room 13b will be the TAG Resource Room next year. There is a box near the window - drop any pictures, student work, lesson plans in that box (put a post-it on them with a description and your name). You can also email work/info to anyone on the TAG team.**
 * We need to document the work we are doing. Room 13b will be the TAG Resource Room next year. There is a box near the window - drop any pictures, student work, lesson plans in that box (put a post-it on them with a description and your name). You can also email work/info to anyone on the TAG team.**

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__**Reading/Language Arts**__
 * **Author studies**
 * **County Write-A-Book Project**
 * **Writing Across the Curriculum (Schoolwide Writing Program)**
 * **Junior Great Books -- quarterly or more (requires training - sign up!)**
 * **Accelerated Reader - and enrichment opportunities for students who read beyond this level**
 * **Vocabulary study (by unit in all subject areas)**
 * **Jacob's Ladder (requires training - sign up!)**
 * **Project Based Learning**
 * **Units of Study**
 * **Interdisciplinary Studies**

__**Math**__
 * **Preasses - daily, weekly, by unit**
 * **Compact the curriculum and provide enrichment experiences for advanced learners**
 * **Substitute the curriculum (third graders who test AGL - learn fourth grade math)**
 * **Use curriculum extensions and projects found in the curriculum**
 * **Centers and independent study opportunities**
 * __Science__**
 * **Interdisciplinary Studies**
 * **KWl - to document learning throughout the unit of study**
 * **Unit pre-test and post-test**
 * **Vocabulary**
 * **Lab Based Curriculum - weekly experiences**
 * **Demonstrations**
 * **Hands On**
 * **Science Fair**
 * **Science Bowl**
 * **Clubs - Robotics, chess, nature club, gardening**
 * **Destination Imagination**
 * **STEM**
 * **Field Trips - the match curriculum studies**

__**Technology**__
 * __Social Studies__**
 * **Debates and discussions**
 * **Historical Research**
 * **Biographies**
 * **Web-Search**
 * **Interdisciplinary units of study**
 * **Current Events - TFK**
 * **Class newspapers**
 * **Museum trips (virtual and real time)**
 * **Revamp First in Math - schoolwide norms and expectations - communicated to parents**
 * **AR - differentiated reading instruction**
 * **Projects and websearches**
 * **Equitable access to professional development and tools (Smartboards, computer lab time, library)**
 * **Use blogs, Edmodo, and other online communication tools**

__**All subject areas (including specials)**__
 * **Collaborate - interdisciplinary studies**
 * **Differentiate: product, choice, materials of instruction, questioning**
 * **Class visitors - who provide real-life examples of "life beyond school"**
 * **STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) integrated in all subject areas and lessons**
 * **Field trips**
 * **Centers - to offer choice to students who are ready to go above and beyond the daily lesson**
 * **Higher Level Questioning (HOTS - higher order thinking)**
 * **Small group instruction for students who need remediation or acceleration**
 * **STudent choice**
 * **Active learning**

Note- I (beth novick) have been teaching the homeroom with special education students and students who often struggle with school issues for the past three years. I have used the same methods I use when I teach TAG students- with some modification. It works.for everyone. All students are most engaged when they are active, challenged, and believe the teacher and their classmates care about their success.