This unit of inquiry into rules, rights, and responsibilities contains 4-6 weeks of engaging lessons created to welcome students back to school, establish the classroom essential agreements, and focus on guided reading and writing instruction. Students will reflect upon character traits through the analysis of literature, and the application of the IB Learner Profile Traits and Approaches to Learning. Included in this bundle: - Google Slides Provocations - Literary analysis - Close reading lessons for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry - Novel study for The Tale of Despereaux -The Three Branches of Goverment activity - Four STEM activities - Unit Summative Assessment One Pager (directions and rubic)
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SAVE $$$ with this MEGA BUNDLE! If you bought each craftivity individually, it would cost $40. It is like getting 2 craftivities for FREE! If you are looking for fun, engaging, hands-on, and authentic activities for IB, look no further! These craftivities are designed to go with teaching the IB Le...
Created for passionate teachers who love to inspire their students, this series visually depicts the International Baccalaureate "Key Concepts". These fundamental elements of learning and understanding look just as great in a kid's room as a classroom, so even non-teachers can enjoy them! This set is optimized to be printed at A4, but can be reasonably printed at A3 with slight (but likely not noticeable) quality loss.
Dyslexie: dat is toch dat je moeite hebt met lezen en schrijven? Dat klopt. Daarom is voorlezen in de klas echt niet fijn als je dyslectisch bent. Ook gaan instructies vaak net te snel voor kinderen met dyslexie. Het onderwijs is nu eenmaal heel talig, terwijl veel kinderen met dyslexie in beelden denken. Zo moeten kinderen met dyslexie vaak extra hard werken en ligt het gevoel dom te zijn altijd op de loer. Deze poster laat zien dat dyslexie geen stoornis is maar een andere manier van denken en leren. En dat je met dyslexie ver kunt komen, als je een beetje wordt geholpen op school. Deze poster is ontwikkeld in samenwerking met Impuls & Woortblind, vereniging voor mensen met AD(H)D, dyslexie en dyscalculie.
Dieses Material enthält 13 Übungen zum Indefinido und Imperfecto. Einsetzbar in fortgeschrittenen Spanisch-Klassen.
The Starry Night (1889) “This morning I saw the countryside from my window a long time before sunrise, with nothing but the morning star, which looked very big,” wrote Van Gogh to his brother Theo,…
These exit ticket ideas to help students reflect on learning are a great formative assessment to help with the learning process and ensure that students understand the learning material. Teachers can use these exit slips as an informal assessment when they have students respond to the prompt. Stude
We’ve been back to school for a total of 6 days. I started the year as a 3rd grade teacher with 27 students. I am now a 2nd & 3rd grade blend teacher with 31 sweet and wonderful smarties. Needless today these 6 days have felt like 6 years. I’ll be honest, when I received the news I was not so optimistic. There was crying,
Teaching growth mindset can be done with read-alouds! Rosie's Glasses is a great book for this. Get ideas for using this book to teach being positive.
A guide for IB PYP teachers because building an understanding of the learner profile traits can turn out to be a brain strain when thinking of all of the ATLs and how to get it all to blend perfectly in six weeks. So teachers, here is your guide to understanding, teaching and modelling the IB Learner Profile Traits with a few text suggestions, of course. After all, mentor texts are a powerful teaching tool for learners of all ages.
These IB MYP (International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program) global contexts posters hang up in my classroom all year long! They are so helpful in my teaching of my freshman and sophomore MYP English courses. I reference these posters constantly and move them around the room for stations activities also. I often print these posters on colored paper (or border them in colored paper). I'll then have my students color-code their annotations in the books we are reading using the corresponding colors. It's so helpful! Culture, identity, & community - pink Beliefs, values, & education - purple Politics, power, & justice - blue Art, creativity, & imagination - yellow Science, technology, & environment - green More IB resources: IB Learner Profile posters: click here! IB DP Literature Global Issues posters: click here!
From making a graph paper "person" to making your own mosaic, here are creative ways to teach area and perimeter activities.
I am so excited to launch my first "series" of blog posts! It's making me feel all grown-up and blogger-like :)My first series is going to be on increasing student engagement in the classroom. Over
Writing instruction often fits into a small corner of the day. This makes it so challenging to find time to teach grammar, spelling, punctuation, and all the other foundational skills students need to be more effective writers. While working through the writing process is an important piece of writing instruction, many
Want a fun way to teach measurement that can be adapted for all students? Let me introduce MEASUREMENT TAG!
Project-based learning design workbook for IB and/or enriched/advanced ESL learners. These are rewarding student-centered projects that allow learners to use their creativity. This resource can also be used to develop students' entrepreneurial skills. If you are teaching IB learners for the first time and you must come up with a design project idea but you don't know where to start, this workbook is an ideal starter kit for you. The workbooks are mainly for IB (International Baccalaureate) learners, but they can be used in Multimedia/Design or ESL/ELA classes. It is useful if you like Project-Based Learning or simply use it as an interdisciplinary project or cooperative learning activity in your English class. ⭐What is included? Two copies of My design workbook - IB Design and Interdisciplinary Workbook (Project workbook for your students) Each workbook includes a creative project idea that your students will certainly enjoy. a. Project 1: Environmental Consciousness/How to make our school greener? b. Project 2: Teen Dilemma – Career Guide ⭐The document follows the Design cycle (IB program) preparing students to use appropriate research methods that can come in handy when they need to write various research papers. Inquiring and analyzing Developing ideas Creating the solution Assessment (evaluation of the final product) The final project report could be a written production that evaluates writing skills in both ESL and ELL. In addition, you may also evaluate students' answers in the Design Workbook because they need to answer questions and write quite enough. This resource is for grade 9-12 students; however, it might also be appropraite for learners below or above these grade levels. Please check out the preview to make sure this resource is appropriate for your students. ⭐Other useful information about this document: Design specifications are already given to students. The estimated time frame for completing each project is 1 month if your students work only on this activity. It can be more or less, depending on where and how fast your students work or when you expect your students to finish it. Learners may work individually or in pairs/teams. However, these projects have been planned to be carried out in pairs or teams. ⭐Assessment: There is also an assessment form that evaluates the final product, taking into account the design specifications given to students at the beginning of the project. The evaluation form is on a scale of 1-5, totaling 60 points in the case of the first project, and 20 points in the case of the second project. Of course, you can use your own evaluation criteria. As for the IB evaluation criteria, you should use the Design and Interdisciplinary evaluation criteria given by your IB project coordinator in your school because these IB documents are updated periodically. The teaching duration may vary depending on how much time you wish to spend on these projects. This resource might be used in a semester or the entire year. ⭐FILE DETAILS: Paper size: 8.5" x 11" (Standard US Letter). Documents are not editable unless otherwise stated. Resources are available either in a PDF or PPT file. ❤️SATISFACTION: Before downloading a product, read the product description and check out the preview document to determine if the resource is appropriate for your students. Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. ✨TERMS OF USE: ©️ Versatile Teacher Toolkit - ESL and ELA Resources. All rights reserved. For personal or educational use. You may make copies for your personal or classroom use. Sharing, posting, redistributing, or selling this resource or any part of it on the Internet is prohibited. You can read my full TOU here: Terms of Use ☀ Follow me on TpT ☀ Don't forget to leave feedback to earn TpT credits.
From making a graph paper "person" to making your own mosaic, here are creative ways to teach area and perimeter activities.
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Help students reflect on their choices and their consequences through one of these 5 engaging activities for elementary students.
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This IB PYP Learner Profile collaborative research project is filled with all you need to teach about the Learner Profile attributes through well known, global explorers across place and time brining the learner profile to life through the concepts of exploration and investigation Highly engaging, this collection of Learner Profile posters is a unique application of collaborative research activities. The children work together to connect the explorer with the specific attribute as they apply their Approaches to Learning Skills. You will find: •Note taking graphic organisers to support developing research skills • Reflection and assessment sheet to guide self/peer assessment with the ATL Skills as the children work collaboratively on their project. Print in either letter/A4 size for portfolios, working binders and wall posters OR create a large, poster sized version, perfect for showcasing the focus attributes. •Each poster is designed to be worked on collaboratively in small groups of 2-3 students. The create your own Learner Profile posters set includes 20 diverse, global explorers including: •Mae Jemison •William Kamkwamba •Jane Goodall •Ferdinand Magellan •Sacagawea •Marco Polo •Tom Crean •And more. •For each attribute, you will find a female & male example, providing 20 examples PLUS blank templates for the children to select their own characters to research, to fit with each Learner Profile attribute. ★ Features images all in line art for your students to add their own creativty and design. ★ Printed at 250% full size, posters are approximately the size of easel chart paper. (65cm x 75cm ) ★ Self/Peer assessment rubric ★ Reflection questions relating to the ATL Skills applied. ★ Student handouts and planning sheets explain each part of the body biography project ★ The teacher set up directions, background & suggestions for use. ★Classroom Décor ★Bulletin Board ★Hallway ★Showcase Display If you are looking for a set of collaborative Learner Profile posters for younger children, you can take a look at this set here. Look at the complete bundle here, perfect for a whole school project bringing the Learner Profile to life. You may also be interested in my MANY tools for bringing the IB PYP Learner Profile to life, right here. Enjoy! Susan Powers PYPteachingtools.com
Kids will have fun learning about the parts of their body and what it is called with this easy-to-make, FREE My Body Mini Book.
From The Art of Ed Website! NEWSELA ARTICLES Definition In fine art, the term ‘landscape’ – from the Dutch word ‘landscape’, a patch of ground – describes any pa…
Our silhouette mural is finished! It went pretty quickly once we got started. Each of the figures represents different subject areas at school. Students in grades 4-6 did most of the painting and I had some students in 7-8 grade do touch-ups, edging and fine details. I made a video slideshow of the steps we made to paint the mural to show for the whole school. The school presentation has lots of photos of students in it. I made … Read more... →
I can confidently declare that an IBDP is one of the more difficult curriculums out there. Here are 8 signs that you or are definitely an IB student!
