Scaffolding is an important technique to use with students of all levels. Learn the difference between scaffolding & differentiation at StoryboardThat.
Teamwork in the classroom is essential in order to have a high functioning and welcoming environment for students. Check out three easy ways to build teamwork with your students.
Below is a grid from Kathleen Cushman’s Fires in the Mind: What Kids Can Tell us About Motivation and Mastery. It is a clear and concise review of teaching objectives, traditional homework assignm…
These sheets are simple in design but allow for extended periods of learning through COLLABORATIVE DISCUSSION, either with PARTNERS or TEAMS of students. There are differentiated open-ended pages for: Beginning Sounds Ending Sounds Rhyming Words Word Families / Rimes Fiction and Nonfiction Text Analysis Back to School Ice Breakers Team Building Activities The team-building prompts are great for the beginning of the year as everyone is getting to know one another, but I have also used them throughout the year as our class community shows needs for reconnections. These prompts are standards-based and work well: In Independent Centers As Small Group Warm-Ups During Word Study Blocks For Test Reviews As Homework Click on the PREVIEW to see several sample pages from the set. TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Really fun resource! Used at the beginning of the year to get to know each other better and then throughout the year in small groups and centers. Will use again and again. Thank you!" (Deborah A.) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “This was such a fun resource to have at my finger tips! Kids love to play with dice. It never gets old. Thanks!" (Jill A.) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Very good resource and it is easy to use. Combines math and language arts, and there are some really great ice breakers in it too! Worth the money!" (Taylor L.) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Fun way to encourage deep thinking and practice speaking skills." (Sandra F.) Thank you for your interest in this item. After purchasing, REMEMBER TO LEAVE FEEDBACK. Each review leads to TPT CREDIT you can use for future purchases! Copyright © Andrea Knight All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only.
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December, 2014 A few days ago we shared with you a set of useful tips to help you integrate Twitter in your instruction. Today, we have come across this wonderful rubric created by University of Wisconsin that can be a very good addition to the resources we have been featuring here on the educational use of Twitter. This rubric is designed specifically to help teachers assess students' Twitter use in instructional assignments. It focuses on five key areas: 1- Content This one evaluates the content of students' tweets and whether these tweets add value to the classroom discussion or not. 2- Frequency This one assesses the frequency of students' tweets: whether it exceeds the required number of tweets per week or not. 3-Hyperlinks This category is about the quality of the links embedded in students' tweets: are they relevant to the topic, do they enhance it..etc 4-Mechanics Tweeting is also a form of writing and as such this category assesses the mechanics of writing in students' tweets. It covers things such as grammatical errors, use of capitalization, punctuation and spelling. 5-Comments and Contributions This one assesses how students communicate, interact and respond to each other's tweets. This rubric is available for free download in PDF format from this link. Follow us on : Twitter, Facebook , Google plus, Pinterest . This post originally appeared in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning ( www.educatorstechnology.com ).
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Teaching drama is difficult because many students have no background knowledge in it. Use my anchor chart to engage students with colorful pictures and simple definitions that matches a classic drama that is easy to understand. You can customize your poster to make it fit the needs of your class as well.
This resource can be used on its own as a weekly assessment to guide instruction. However, is it particularly effective if used as a Friday assessment in conjunction with my 5-A-Day Math Review. My 5-A-Day Math Review contains 5 daily math tasks for (Monday-Thursday). This resource is now EDITABLE!!! Easily edit the student pages using PowerPoint
Classroom introductions. The ICEBREAKER! The moment your students (and YOU!) have been waiting for all summer. But the butterflies, they are in the pits of your students stomachs. How do you make it effortless for everyone? Well, here are 5 different ways to break the ice and say “hello!” the easy way. Start by breaking your… Continue reading →
This worksheet is a great way for students to practice choosing the correct homophone for a sentence. The word bank is a helpful tool for students who are struggling with homophone recognition. Choosing Homophones Worksheet
**These worksheets are included in my complete Grammar Worksheet Pack** Contractions, Conjunctions, Abbreviations - Grammar Worksheets with Answers Each worksheet contains a hint box with instructions on the particular grammar focus. The sheets are then scaffolded to cater to different learning abilities. They begin with a beginner activity, followed by an intermediate activity, and finish with a challenge. Grammar worksheets included: Contractions Conjunctions Abbreviations This resource includes a digital (Google Slides) version. See the end page of the resource for the details and the link to access the digital version. This resource includes detailed answers. ________________________________________ For more grammar worksheets in this set, click the links below: Homophones and Homographs - Grammar Worksheets with Answers Complex Sentences and Sentence Variation - Grammar Worksheets with Answers Their, Too (Homophones), and Compounds Words - Grammar Worksheets with Answers Commas for Clauses, Commas for Lists - Grammar Worksheets with Answers Apostrophes and Speech Marks - Grammar Worksheets with Answers Nouns, Pronouns & Capital Letters - Grammar Worksheets with Answers Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs and Tense - Grammar Worksheets with Answers Antonyms and Synonyms - Grammar Worksheets with Answers ________________________________________ For more English and grammar resources, click the links below: Nouns Worksheet Pack - Common, Proper, Abstract, Collective, Pronouns Compound Words - Worksheet Pack Understanding Nouns Worksheets - No Prep Printables Add The Adjective To The Sentences - Worksheet Pack Add Punctuation to the Sentences - 10 Worksheets Reading and Grammar Pack, Google Slides Parts of Speech Grammar Workbook Homographs PowerPoint - Guided Teaching Parts of Speech - Fill The Blanks Worksheets Verbs PowerPoint - Interactive ________________________________________ Follow Me Click the green star at the top of my page to be the first to receive updates about new products and discounts. ________________________________________ Feedback Please help me to improve my products by leaving valuable feedback. Simply click the 'Provide Feedback' button on your purchases page and leave a rating and a comment. You will also gain credits to use for further purchases. ________________________________________ Copyright Information This product is not for commercial use, individual use only. If you plan to share this product with others, please purchase extra licenses at the 50% discounted rate. The fonts used in my resources are from: Babbling Abby and Kimberly Geswein Fonts The clip art used in my resources is from: Krista Wallden Creative Clips and Whimsy Clips ________________________________________ writing | grammar | contractions | conjunctions | classroom | English | literacy | literature | warm up | reflection | sentence | no prep | printable | homework | teacher | education | answers | booklet | learning tool | elementary school | learning | primary school | abbreviations | homeschooling | homeschool
Esta entrada es para los que les gusta aprender visualmente. Os ofrezco algunos gráficos sobre la Taxonomía de Bloom que tienen mucho interés. Hay un ejercicio que, a ... Leer más
Last summer I attended a GT training and was introduced to choice boards! I LOVE THIS IDEA!!! I think that students are more engaged and even challenge themselves more when they are given choices. The great thing is....they aren't just for GT students. Choice boards work similar to tic-tac-toe; the student completes 3 activities in a row {up, down, diagonal} They can be adapted for ALL students and actually lend themselves well to differentiated instruction. On Tuesday, I will be attending another GT training specifically on choice boards and differentiated instruction {I'm super pumped about it!} I can't wait to learn more about these learning tools! {I promise to share what I learn!} Choice boards can be set up in many different ways. You can base them off of abilities, learning styles, intelligences, and even levels of questioning. I have found it easier, if I focus on just one of these types. When creating the board, you want to plan out what type of activity each square will focus on. {You don't want to have 2 of the same type of activities in a row} The goal of the CBs are to have equally acceptable activities that you want the students to complete that are similar end products, but have varying ways to accomplish the final product. {For example, you are studying the Alamo. Students could choose activities from writing a diary from the viewpoint of being in the battle, recreating a model of the Alamo, creating a movie, etc.}The wonderful thing about CBs though...students can choose an activity they are willing to complete {taking into consideration their own likes/learning style/intelligence}, but they will have 2 other activities they will need to complete that will focus on other skills that they possibly may need to strengthen {but at the very least they're practicing other skills}! It's a win-win situation! I recently put the choice boards I created for my homework reader's responses in my shop. My students are required to read 20 min nightly, however I found that many of them weren't really reading every night! These choice boards give student's different options to respond to their books, while focusing on varying skills. I've also included 4 blank {editable} choice boards so that you can create your own boards! .....And I used the adorable sneakers clipart to jazz them up from KPM Doodles {love her stuff!} Here is an example template of how to begin creating a choice board based on Multiple Intelligences: Source: Dare to Differentiate Here are some great resources: Dare to Differentiate (AWESOME site for resources!) PVUSD Choices based on intelligence
Welcome back to Part 4! We're over halfway through the management series and I really hope you all are learning some new tips to take back with you to your classrooms! I apologize for missing my deadline for this post. I was not feeling well after lunch yesterday and so I went to bed early. The focus of this post is on getting kids to listen to you while you are talking so that they can follow directions when they begin working. This is one of the most frustrating things to experience as a teacher. I hate it when students ask me what to do when I literally JUST explained it. I know you all feel me on this...I have several things that I am going to share that I have done in my classroom that have been helpful. One of the best things to do at the beginning of the school year is to give students one of the trick quizzes. This is an excellent way to assess which of your students struggle with following directions! I like these from Halle Across the Hall. She offers two versions {one for lower and one for upper elementary.} You can grab these for FREE from her TPT store HERE. One fun way that I love to teach students to listen to directions is through directed drawing. What kid doesn't love art!? Even if they aren't great at drawing, that's the beauty of this! All of them come out looking great...IF they follow directions that is. I usually give some speech about how everyone can be great artists and have masterpieces that look like {holds up completed drawing} and they all GASP. Buuuuut I tell them, you HAVE to listen and pay attention closely the whole time so you can make sure you don't miss a step while I am showing you exactly what to do. They all nod furiously and most of them are tuned in closely the WHOLE time. I love these from Amy Lemons on TPT! Aren't these adorable!?! You can grab each one separately by clicking the images above. One of my all time favorite ways to build active listening is through auditory listening activities. I have used these for years and students LOVE them! They don't even know they are honing their listening skills. You give students these coloring pages and tell them that they will have to listen VERY carefully to the directions you will give. They will only hear them one time. You will say things like put a circle around the apple. Color all of the stars blue. Put an x on all of the clouds. I love this resource from Fluttering Through First Grade because she offers two levels of the directions {a beginner and intermediate}. I always start the year with the beginner directions and we build up to the harder which is more two step. We also track the number of mistakes they make on a graph so students can see their listening skills improving. You can grab SET 1 of her resource HERE! She does have 3 different sets and then a bundle of all 3. I promise you won't be disappointed! Another thing I have found to be really helpful AND SIMPLE for students is to repeat the directions 2 times and then have the students repeat the directions to a partner. You can also have the students shout the directions out loud if it's something small. For example, If I said, after you are done working on your reading journal assignment, please read silently. What are you going to do when you are done with your assignment students? They would shout out read silently. I shared about the secret code strategy in Part 1, but it also works really well for helping students listen to your every word. You can read about Secret Code HERE. The Five Finger game is another easy little trick that I learned about last year. For this game, you explain to students that they will have the opportunity to earn some chat time if they can listen quietly while you are teaching your mini lesson or giving directions. You hold up 5 fingers while you are talking. For every time a student talks, is not listening or paying attention, you put a finger down. If students lose no fingers, they earn 2 minutes of chat time. If they lose 1-2 fingers, they earn 1 minute. If they lose 3-4 fingers, they earn no chat time and have a class discussion. If they lose all 5 fingers, the students/class get a consequence. This is up to the teacher. This game is great because students start holding each other accountable for their behavior. The last strategy I want to share is helpful for students who can never remember what you just said to do...You know which friend I'm talkin' about. You have 1 or 2 every year who ALWAYS ask you what to do RIGHT after you just explained it because they weren't listening...Insert eye roll. Well, this is something that I plan on doing this year! You just post some visual numbers with steps for students. You don't have to get that creative with it. You can even just type the directions up on the board if you have a smartboard. Here is a great example although I'm not sure exactly where the picture is from. Lucky to Be in First, maybe?? Anyway, I hope you were able to take away something from the post today! Let me know your favorite strategies for teaching kids to listen and follow directions! Part 1 {Talking} Part 2 {Blurting} Part 3 {Tattling} Part 5 {Transitions} Part 6 {Classroom Organization}
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I absolutely love this post from great maths teaching ideas for a trigonometry-pile-up. However, I don't teach trigonometry in my 8th grade math classes but I do teach Pythagorean Theorem. I decided to make triangle stacks that cover this topic. The first unit for my Algebra students is Pythagorean Theorem. It isn't a topic we usually cover in Algebra but the students are eighth graders and they will be tested on this material so we will cover it at the beginning of the year. Toward the end of the school year I will use this activity with my Pre-Algebra students as well. Silly students, don't look for answers here. You will not find them as I don't post answers that can be copied. (The diagram is definitely not to scale.) The correct worksheet is the downloaded copy. It has the corrections. Sorry for the confusion. I need to update that picture one of these days. All of the answers are integers so I may use this in conjunction with the Pythagorean Triple lessons that I will be doing with the students. Students will place numbers in each of the triangles starting at the bottom so it will be easy to follow their work. They willstart at the bottom of the puzzle to find answers and work their way up to the top triangle to find the missing side. I plan to have the students place this in their interactive notebooks. I can't tell you how many times I made this diagram. I thought it was perfect until the area where the green, blue, yellow and purple triangles intersect. I was 1 cm off, Yikes! So I adjusted the picture and hope you understand what it means. All in all I am very pleased with how it turned out. It will be interesting to see how it works with the two different groups of students. My concern is that it will be too easy for the Algebra kids but too hard for many of the Pre-Algebra kids. I'll let you know. Click here to download the Pythagorean Stacks worksheet. Hope you all are enjoying your summer! School starts in one month for us. Too much planning to do and so little time. UGH! Til next time, Jan
I made up a few FREE Contraction Printables for teaching contractions to ALuv {6 years old} and wanted to share them! {Find the download link at the end of this post.} *This post contains affiliate links. FREE Contraction Printables for Teaching Contractions In the free printable pack, you’ll find: 1. Contraction Concentration: The cards ... Read More about FREE Contraction Printables for Teaching Contractions
Creative writing can seem difficult to some students, but if they will just buckle down and begin the assignment, the words will flow. Make it easy on your student by picking a topic that interests him...like Minecraft! The map worksheet is two pages and will help your student organize their ideas by giving thoughtful instructions.
With this fun, creative infographic project, students practice using comma rules and hone their research skills. Students get the chance to research a topic of their choice and design a poster about it. You get an engaging commas review activity and an attractive display for your classroom walls.Pro...
Hi friends! I am so excited to announce that I just finished Empathy in my Character Education Curriculum! It is my favorite packet so far, and I totally believe in […]
Your economics activities should not be boring. There are SO MANY fun ways to make it engaging for students, as well as teach vocabulary.
Some exercises to practice this structure. Students complete the sentences with the correct verb and then match them to the pictures. I hope they do it correctly. - ESL worksheets
Got a little artist on your hands? Give her coloring time a little more educational value with this lesson in following directions!
Succinct and beautifully illustrated, these Doodle Notes bring the concepts of non-Mendelian genetics to life! Your students will LOVE completing them, coloring in the results of different types of inheritance. Focusing on definitions and examples, this is a great way to recap this content & is the perfect addition to your Genetics unit. My Doodle Notes are super easy for you to use. They make differentiation effortless, with multiple versions to choose from. An answer key presentation is included, so you can reveal the answers one by one. >>> Check out the preview above to see more details! Content covered: Codominance Incomplete dominance Multiple alleles Polygenic inheritance Pleiotropy Lethal alleles My Non-Mendelian Inheritance Doodle Notes include: 2 illustrated pages in the following versions: - Black and white - Color - assign digitally with a PDF markup tool - Scaffolded versions - fill in the blanks A completed example An answer key presentation - Google Slides & PowerPoint options A quick start guide How do I use these Doodle Notes? After checkout, you can immediately download the Doodle Notes Then you’ll choose which version you want students to use Simply print & copy one set of notes for each student Let students work through the Doodle Notes independently, or complete together as a class by projecting a blank copy on your board Present the answer key slides - students complete any remaining gaps in their notes Benefits of my Doodle Notes: Low prep and easy for you to use Age appropriate - I create my own custom pictures Differentiation is easy, with multiple versions included They are rigorous and driven by content Visually stimulating - students LOVE them! They can be used as a review, graphic organizer or note-taking activity, test prep lesson, worksheet alternative, sub plan, or homework assignment. Note: these are secured PDFs - the content within cannot be edited, so please ensure it fits your class and curriculum needs before completing your purchase. View all of my Doodle Notes HERE ⭐⭐⭐ Follow my store for updates and giveaways! ⭐⭐⭐ If you like this, you may also enjoy: Non-Mendelian Inheritance - Google Slides and Quiz Dihybrid Crosses - Doodle Notes Sex-linked Traits - Doodle Notes Mendel and Punnett Squares - Doodle Notes Copyright ©Emmatheteachie - All rights reserved. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Doodle notes is a trademarked term used with permission. Please visit doodlenotes.org for more information.
I’m a teacher. Now what do I do? There are several ways to engage learners in the classroom. Here are a few ideas if you get stuck. Additional resources: ~Mia
Too many classroom icebreakers require students to take big social risks with people they barely know. Or they don't really help students get to know each other. Or they are just plain cheesy.
