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Reminders:

 * 8th Grade Tour Guides - Watch for training session this week
 * December 15 - MYTHBUSTERS FIELD TRIP - You must be passing all classes!
 * Crafternoons begin after Thanksgiving - This is when we will be working on holiday thank you gifts for your field site teachers.
 * NTHS Induction Meeting on Wednesday, November 19 after school
 * NTHS Service Project Assembly, November 19 after school
 * NTHS dues deadline: November 19
 * Are you taking pictures of yourself in action at your field site? Don't put it off!

**Celebrate a Job Well Done! **
Congratulations are in order for the following TAFE members who qualified for state competition and will be advancing to the TAFE Teach Tomorrow Summit in February at Texas Tech in Lubbock.


 * [[image:jump for joy.jpg width="179" height="179" align="left"]]Children's Literature: Cierra Hickson and Berkley Walker - 4th place
 * Lesson Plan - Humanities: Ashley Marshall - 1st place
 * TAFE/FEA Moment: Ana Avalos - 2nd place
 * Portfolio: Hannah Beam
 * Chapter Yearbook: Rebekah Beaver, Taylor Conklin, Alix Rivera
 * Project Visualize: Jourdan Rivera and Arely Baez

The deadline for submitting entries to the TAFE State Office is <span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Friday, December 19 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">. Learn from the stress of the last few months so that you can avoid a last-minute submission. Review the judge's scores and comments so that you can edit and spice up your entry so it is top notch for the Teach Tomorrow Summit in Lubbock.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">[|Click here] for updated TAFE competition information

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">[[image:it's time.jpg align="left"]]Time To Teach!
<span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Year II Interns <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">You will need to plan a lesson (in writing on the lesson plan form), schedule it on the calendar, and video your lesson. I will evaluate your lesson so don't wait until the last minute! Suggestion: Try to get it in prior to the holiday break.

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<span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Year I Interns <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">You will need to plan an activity (a part of a lesson) that you will execute in your classroom during this six weeks. You will need to video your activity and write a reflection about the experience. See the rubric to complete this assignment.

= Tuesday, Wednesday & (Thursday- YII) November 18 and 19, 2014 =


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">All Interns to site schools
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Remember to dress appropriately at your field sites
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">All interns should have all contact information of their mentor teacher by now in your phones
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Follow the transportation rules!

= **Thursday** November 20, 2014 =

// Discover Your Inner Teacher With Discovery Education //

Discover [|Discovery] BCTAL passcode 46BB - ABC9

Set up your own Discovery Education Teacher account. Listen for details.
 * Write your login and password for Discovery Education in your folder / green sheet.
 * Navigate throughout the website following the guide of your EAT teacher.
 * Visit BoardBuilder and determine how you can use this as a teaching tool and as a device to create learning stations and lessons.


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">TABLE TALK **
 * Break into table groups by grade/content area. Follow the directions of your EAT teacher for doing so.
 * As a group, plan activities and search for resources that will fit into the 3rd six weeks and the 4th six weeks. You should all be talking and sharing as you come across items that will work for your group.
 * Place your items on your personal Discovery Education Board Builder so that you can access them easily.
 * Use folders to determine the scope and sequence for your grade level / subject

Link to Mrs. Stevens' Lesson Planning page of resources. Click here Link to Mrs. Kallas' lesson planning page for resources. Click here

Link to [|Texas Education Agency]

Good resources to use for planning curriculum in your classroom

 * [|TEA - Texas Education Agency]
 * [|Education and Training TEKS]
 * Blooms Taxonomy
 * [|Smart exchange]
 * [|Discovery Education]
 * [|Scholastic]
 * [|Smithsonian]
 * Steven's Lesson Planning page
 * [|Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything]

Strategies and Activities


 * [|Discovery Education] - Strategies
 * Paper Slides
 * Paperslides wiki
 * Graphic Organizers
 * Foldables
 * [|Classtools.net]

Friday November 17, 2014


Rah Rah Sis Boom Bah! It's College Day at BCTAL

== ** Visit with college recruiters from the Universities listed below and find out the skinny on how to get in to your college of choice. Deadlines to Dollars - today is your chance to ask the pro's. ** ==

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">[|The University of North Texas] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">[|Stephen F. Austin State University] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">[|University of Texas, Arlington] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">[|Tarleton State University] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">[|Texas Wesleyan University]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">If you are absent today, you will need to print out the following guide and research the information on the university websites to complete it.

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Due: Monday, December 1

<span style="color: #ff6200; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving Break!