Week 5-September 17,2018

Wildcat Connect Besteiro Middle School – Vol. 05 09/17/2018

Besteiro Middle School (956) 544-3900
6280 Southmost Road Teresa Nuñez Principal
Brownsville, Texas 78520 Doug Tolman Assistant Principal
Nina Garcia Assistant Principal
Lourdes de la Fuente Dean of Instruction

Wildcat Connect Besteiro Middle School – Vol. 05 09/17//2018

Word of the Week

Definition Characteristics

The ability to Part of Speech

predict, or the
action of Foresight Noun

predicting what Synonym

will happen, be Atrocious, deplorable
needed in

the Syllables

future Fore-sight (2)

Example Non-example

Forethought, Ignorance, neglect,
vision, planning, indiscretion,

anticipation carelessness, hindsight

Targeted Teaching Strategy of the Week:

Literacy Groups

What is it? Literacy groups provide students with a collaborative structure for understanding a variety of

texts and engaging in a higher level of discourse. Group roles traditionally drive literacy groups by giving each
student a role to play and a defined purpose within the group. The specific roles or discussion guidelines may vary
for different content areas, lengths of texts, or student level of sophistication using this strategy, but the purpose
of literacy groups is to raise student engagement with texts by creating a structure within which they may do so.

Advantages

 Generate group discussions around a text
 Encourage students to read
 Invite readers to interact with one another
 Create active structure for group work
 Enable struggling readers to successfully interact with texts
 Offer opportunities for students to read from multiple and varied texts

Actually they……

 Support collaboration and cooperation among students
 Support the development of multiple perspectives
 Make readers out of students
 Become sophisticated practice when used consistently
 Engage students in critical thinking and reflection
 Support scaffolding for texts and for content
 Develop independence, responsibility, and ownership
 Require teacher/facilitator ongoing supervision and support

Wildcat Connect Besteiro Middle School – Vol. 05 09/17/2018

Besteiro Leaders
promoting Literacy
among elementary

students.

Celebrating International Literacy Day!

INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS

Small groups - Regardless of the group size the learning environment should provide an opportunity for
students to obtain a deep understanding of the material, notes that in order to gain a deeper learning the
following four components are important:
− Motivational context: intrinsic motivation, students need to see both learning goals and learning processes as
relevant to them, to feel some ownership of course and subject.
− Learner Activity: students need to be active not passive, deep learning is associated with doing rather than
passively receiving. − Interaction with others: discussion with peers requires students to explain their thinking,
this, in turn, can improve their thinking.
− A well-structured knowledge base: the starting point for new learning should be existing knowledge and
experience. Learning programmes should have a clearly displayed structure and should related to other
knowledge and not presented in isolation.

Wildcat Connect Besteiro Middle School – Vol.05 09/17/2018

Monday Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
September 19th September 20th September 21st September
September 17th September 18th
Lesson plans due RTI Meetings by Writing 22nd
Fluency Campus Meetings during for the week of Department in room Journals submit
Initiative Department period September 17-21 First Day of
New passage pick Think win -win 120 according to
up your set a Friday by Mrs. Melissa Workshop # 99504 calendar #7-8 Autumn
before @ Front Hernandez from 4th period.
Office “Common Algebra TURN IN AT
Instructional Tutorials FRONT OFFICE
EDGENUITY 3:00-4:00
Training from Frameworks- CIF”
Workshop #98894
3:30 pm – 5:00
C.A.B. Room SBDM meeting
#220Workshop room 120
#98105 3:00-4:00
Workshop
#98895

If we keep doing what we are doing, we are going to keep getting what
we are getting. -Steven Covey

Happy Birthday to our Wildcat Teachers!!!!!

Steven September
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Davenport 18

Edith September

Cano 21