Explore where the ideas for laws in Australia come from with this Australian government mini-unit. With a refresher on what laws are, an exploration of where ideas for laws come from and a look at lobbying, this resources includes a wide range of HASS teaching and learning resources including fact sheets, activities, interactive notebook resource and an assessment task This mini-unit is also available as part of the Creating Laws in Australia Mini-Unit Bundle and the Creating Laws in Australia Complete Bundle This mini unit is written to suit the Australian Curriculum and is written for Australian students. Elements will work for other parts of the world, but check the preview to see if it will work for you This resource includes: ⭐ Extended Teaching Notes ⭐ Cover Page ⭐ Introductory Activity - Brainstorm (Worksheet and Task Cards) ⭐ 2 Note Taking Sheets ⭐ What is a Law? - Information Sheet (in colour and black and white), Note Taking Sheet, Interactive Notebook Resource, Task Cards and Quick Check Activity ⭐ Laws, Bills and Rule of Law - Worksheet and Interactive Notebook Resource ⭐ Why Do We Need Rule of Law? - Task Sheet, Interactive Notebook Resource and Task Cards ⭐ Where Do Ideas for Laws Come From? - Information Sheet (in colour and black and white), Note Taking Sheet, Interactive Notebook Resource, Task Cards and Quick Check ⭐ Where Do Ideas for Laws Come From - Worksheet, Interactive Notebook Resource and Task Cards ⭐ Identifying Law Ideas - Worksheet, 4 News Articles and Task Cards ⭐ What is Lobbying? - Information Sheet (in colour and black and white), Note Taking Sheet, Interactive Notebook Resource, Task Cards and Quick Check ⭐ Create a New Law Campaign - Worksheet, Pamphlet Template and Task Cards ⭐ Should Lobbying Be Allowed? - Worksheet, Writing Sheet and Task Cards ⭐ Pamphlet Activity ⭐ Quick Check Cloze Activity ⭐ Create Your Own Law Ideas - Worksheet and Task Cards ⭐ Create Social Media Posts - Worksheet, Design Sheet and Task Cards ⭐ Flip book ⭐ Assessment Task ⭐ Answer keys and marking rubric This resource contains Australian spelling in A4 format. It is a PDF file, 77 pages long. ✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫ There's more fabulous Galarious Goods resources available including: ⭐ Australian Citizenship Pledges (Year 6 HASS) ⭐ Global Citizenship (Year 6 HASS) ⭐ Law Making in Australia (Year 6 HASS) ⭐ Levels of Government Working Together (Year 6 HASS) ✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫ Be the first to know about new Galarious Goods products by becoming a follower! If you enjoy this resource, don't forget to leave feedback so you receive credit and other teachers can find it too!
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I just got back from spending four days at a friend's house on the James River. Beautiful river, wonderful hostess, fun with the kids, quiet, relaxing evenings sitting on the porch, and the house was just adorable! But there was no wifi. Completely disconnected. For four days! No blog or FB or e-mail! The horror! Somehow, we survived our technological blackout and the giveaway went just fine without me:) We have our three winners! Amanda, Cheryl, and Andrea will receive e-mails soon:) Thanks to all the wonderful TPT teachers who donated products! Go visit them and see what they have to offer! Mrs. P's Ed Tech Talk The Meek Moose KTP on TPT Mizell Multiage Whimsy Workshop Miss V's Busy Bees Hardcore Teacher Resources I Teach, What's Your Super Power? Common to the Core Mrs. Richards' Musings 2 Peas and a Dog Comprehension Connection Enchanted Kindergarten Jungle Learners To thank you all for participating and following along, I made a little math mat while I was at the river:) You only need a handful of counters and a target number! Click the picture to download:)
Teach this retelling strategy to your students for a complete retell every time! Using this retell activity and retell anchor chart, your primary students will share a complete account of their fiction text. When an oral retell has been mastered, move on to written retell skills with these resources! #readingteacher #reading #retelling #classroom #teaching
This is the basic structure for every 11-Minute Essay: Essentially, the minutes are broken down like this: ✅ Students react to the truism = 1 minute ✅ Students connect their belief about this truism to something they've read = 3 minutes ✅ Students connect their belief about this truism to someth
Whew...it' s been a crazy 5 months since my last post. Glad to be back! Inferencing has always been a challenge for me and for my students. This year it has particuarly challenging due to the make up of my class. I have very diverse levels in my class and am having to find ways to meet the needs of these students on many different levels. Believe it or not, I think in the end it has helped me think more deeply about each lesson I teach, and how to intervene when the students do not get it. I digress...Inferencing is a challenge no matter who you are or the students you have due to the fact that it is not stated right in the story and the children have to actually think through the "why" something is happening. As we started inferencing this year...my kids were all over the place. Part due to the concept being new to them; part due to lack of connection. I did not know this at the time though. I found this great anchor chart a few weeks ago...and printed it for my kids to put in their reader's notebook...and the real teaching began! We went back and had a discussion about personal experience and how those tie into inferencing. One of my students used the word "schema"--I was so proud considering we had been talking about schema all year and no child had ever used it correctly in a sentence. First time for everything right? I was beaming! I did not create this anchor chart but I did use a file folder as an example for their brain. They are always commenting on the fact that I use file folders for everything...I thought this fit quite nicely. Of course, I had to tie inferencing back into their schema so we began to talk--just talk about personal experiences and how those help us answer questions. The kids responses were amazing. The children may not have that many personal experiences...but they have enough to make connections. Once we talked about how our schema helps us infer...we had to talk about text evidence. In 3rd grade we really stress the importance of going back in the story to find text evidence (proof) of their answer. The common misconception is inferring has no text evidence...well you can see why I like the anchor chart I posted above. There is always text evidence with inferring...it may not be directly stated but there are clues to lead you to the correct answer. Finding the clues is the key! On to the final piece of our inferencing puzzle! Our 3rd grade team has been focusing less on multiple choice answers this year, and more about getting the kids to think through their answers and WRITE!! We have been getting the students to do what we call "I know" statements. The students have a question (that would typically be a multiple choice question) but instead of ABCD...they have to write the following after answering the question: I know this because the text says... I also know this because when I... We have the students find the text to support their answer and then they have to make a personal connection to their answer. (Meaning, many times we answer a question because of a certain experience we've had...we can relate to a character because we have also felt that way...we can infer because we know we would do that same thing if we were that character...etc.) Here is an example of the template the students have. We are doing this activity this week on Wednesday...it is inferencing for non-fiction! (Obviously it has a story that goes along with it.) Now the students may have never experienced an Earthquake...but they know that broken glass hurts--there is their the personal connection. These "I know" statements work with almost any skill but they are amazing for inferencing! Since inferencing does not give you the text evidence directly...the students are forced to think more about personal experiences and they way the author worded the story. Having the students write down their text evidence (or clues) and their personal connection leads to an almost full-proof solution to inferencing; besides it actually makes the kids think and write instead of just marking an answer. There are great ways to modify or do Tier I interventions for inferring. On the "I know" statements...I give them an answer to choose from (smiliar to a multiple choice answer) but then they have to tell me why by providing text evidence and a personal connection. I believe this helps the students focus more on the thinking of "why" rather than "what is the right answer..." with any hope, you can eventually remove this option and the students that are struggling will be able to do the complete "I know" statement. I am still doing this intervention in my room...and will continue for a while I am sure, but at least they are getting the thought process in... I also bought this set of inferencing task cards that are on a lower level. I needed these desperately for my class this year...they have done wonders! I only use them for small group instruction, not for an actual assignment since they are not on grade level, but they do help with getting the kids thinking...we always tie back to their personal connections! The kids love these! Another way to do modifications or Tier I interventions for inferring is to have the students practice looking at pictures and inferring from the pictures what is happening. We obviously want more reading and writing going on...but this is great for just focusing on thinking...and observing. I also put this graphic organizer in stations...it is very simliar to the "I know" statement but does not have a specific question on it. The students can make their own inferences from a story they read during stations. I will usually pick a character or certain section of the story and then let them make their own inference. I would reserve this for the kids that are not struggling...or peer partner with this graphic organizer. If the students are struggling forming their own thoughts on inferencing...they will struggle with this; otherwise it is great for your group that doesn't need as much help. I believe the bottom line to teaching this difficult skill is to remember these are children. Hounding on them to find the clues in the story isn't the only way. Dive into their personal experiences and the connections they can make. Make the kids think, and push them to connect...it will help!
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Hi there! It’s Deb Hanson from Crafting Connections, and I've decided to share an adverbs anchor chart and free printable with you today. First, however, allow me to express my dismay. Did you know that adverbs are specifically mentioned in the 2nd grade Common Core State Standards, but are not named in 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade standards?!? This puzzles me. To fully understand the purpose of adverbs, students must first have a firm grasp on nouns, verbs, and adjectives. I must admit, I don't know many second graders who possess that strong necessary foundation! In fact, I have found that most upper elementary and middle school students are easily tripped up by adverbs. Just a few weeks ago, I overheard my daughters (a 5th grader and a 7th grader) moaning about adverbs. My fifth grader was really struggling to complete her language assignment (that focused on adverbs), and my seventh grader stated how "bad at adverbs" she was, too. After helping Brooke complete the homework exercises, it was apparent that she still had no real grasp of what an adverb was. She definitely needed a LOT more practice. Each day that week, I helped her with her homework, and I paid close attention to the concepts that were causing her the most difficulty. (I must admit that I used her as my own little case study!) These are the three adverb concepts that were most challenging for her: Yes, adverbs modify verbs. However, they can also modify adjectives and other adverbs, too. The -LY rule! Many adverbs end in -ly, but there are also many adverbs that do NOT end in -LY. Furthermore, there are words that end in -LY that are NOT adverbs. When adverbs modify verbs, they can answer the question where. However, words like "park", "hospital", and "school" are nouns, not adverbs. Adverbs that answer where tend to be more general in nature, like "here", "there", "high", "low", "outside", "inside", "backward", and "forward". I observed Brooke's understanding of adverbs increase with each passing day, and by the end of the week, she aced her adverbs assessment. Furthermore, I put my case study to good use, and I created a line of adverb resources for my TpT store that directly address the "problem areas" listed above. I also decided that this would be a good topic for a blog post to share with all of you, which leads us here today. :) I created this adverbs anchor chart. It directly addresses the first two challenging concepts listed above. I created a blank anchor chart for you to give to your students. I suggest creating an anchor chart similar to the one shown above prior to the beginning of class. After you discuss your anchor chart with your students, you can distribute the student printable (shown below). I recommend requiring students to write their own example sentence in each box. This will allow you to check their true understanding of each category of adverbs. After you have checked their anchor chart, you may wish to have your students glue it into an interactive notebook for future reference. Click HERE to download this FREE printable! Here is an example of a finished anchor chart. If you'd like to view some of the adverb resources that I created, just click on the image below. The resources pictured can be purchased as one bundle, or all of the images are available for individual purchase, as well. Finally, I ran across a fabulous read aloud book that focuses on differentiating between adjectives and adverbs. Hop over to my blog to view the book, and discover how I plan to use it when I teach about adverbs! Thanks for stopping by today! FREE Newsletter! Blog TpT Store Instagram Facebook Pinterest My YouTube Video
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Are you stuck trying to find a way to innovate your teaching and learning practices for analyzing information texts? This package of analytical essay examples uses thought-provoking, AI-written essays on influencer culture to guide students in giving masterful text-dependent responses that empower them to become critical thinkers in the digital age. There is no prep work required! Just follow the step-by-step teacher's guide and PowerPoint Slides with clear instructions for guiding discussions and activities. You’ll be able to teach analytical skills without having to sacrifice your prep time. This package of Analytical Essay Examples helps your high school ELA, ELL and ESL students build their creative and analytical skills by using guided questions showing how to craft superior text-dependent responses. If you are an English teacher looking for ways to get your students learning higher-order skills, this package is for you! This resource provides three thought-provoking essays exploring influencer culture from diverse perspectives – all written by AI. Students will first analyze each essay independently using close analytical reading activities. Then, they engage in a comparative analysis at the lesson's conclusion. The entire process is designed to foster critical thinking, with questions and tasks that encourage students to deep dive into the writing style, arguments, and evidence presented in each essay. Your students will become future-proof in no time! Each essay comes in its own PDF file, and there are guiding questions for each paragraph throughout. Use the lesson plan for excellent instruction in analytical thinking and project the slides for your class to see highlights in the text and answers for each question. OVERVIEW The digital landscape is rapidly evolving, and Artificial Intelligence (Al) is playing an increasingly prominent role in content creation. Gone are the days when the ability to write a well-structured essay was the sole indicator of academic success. Today, with Al capable of generating human-quality essays on a variety of topics, the focus in education is shifting towards a more critical skill set: analytical thinking. Key Features of this Package: Side-by-side essay and guiding questions Guided instructions for students Graphic organizers for essay analysis and critical thinking Comprehensive lesson plans with step-by-step instructions & scaffolding PowerPoint presentation providing scaffolding and answer keys BOTH Print & Digital Versions! (Google Slides®) Here's what makes this resource unique: AI-Generated Essays: Explore three diverse viewpoints on influencer culture with thought-provoking essays written by AI. Step-by-Step Teacher's Guide: No prep required! Just follow the clear instructions for leading discussions and activities. There’s even a section for what to say, so you’ll never be without guidance. Interactive Learning: This package comes with a dynamic PowerPoint presentation that sets the pace for the lesson and keeps students engaged with visuals and answer reveals. This interactive approach promotes participation and self-assessment, making learning truly engaging. Not to mention prep-free! Focus on Critical Thinking: Move beyond essay writing and equip students with essential critical thinking skills, an incredibly important skill during the digital age. Perfect for All Learners: This resource is adaptable for high school English Literature classes and caters to ESL/ELL students as well. Free up your time, empower your students, and watch them develop into critical thinkers with this comprehensive and easy-to-use analytical skills resource. The future belongs to those who can think for themselves, not just write essays. This package comes with 6 different files, all compressed into a single Zipped PDF file that can be opened using your preferred PDF reader. Three separate essay packets (for students) Lesson plan booklet (for the teacher) The comparative analysis worksheets PowerPoint Presentation (20 Slides Total) You’ll also get information and guides on how to use the entire resource effectively. The PowerPoint provides support for the teacher's lesson plan, and the answers within are all editable. There are animations built into each slide and it is not recommended to change the animations or layers. In the lesson plan PDF there is a link to access the Digital Version of this resource on Google Slides®. *You will be asked to make a copy into your own Google Drive. Therefore, you must have your own Google Account in order to use this digital option. If you're looking for more resources and material for essays, you may also be interested in my Essay Writing Bundle. Terms of Use: This resource was created by Landon S. Seigler of ESL Lifeline, all rights are reserved. The original purchaser is permitted to use it for a single class only. 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As part of our twilight INSET programme this year I am delivering a CPD session on marking. It’s a great opportunity to bring together lots of ideas from lots of superb bloggers, teachers and…
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Does the following story sound familiar to you? For years, the Social Studies teacher and I banged our heads against a wall with getting our students to fully explain their answers, support their ideas with evidence, and then explain and/or analyze that evidence. We used witty acronyms, taught it consistently across the curriculum, modeled examples... and yet, students still under-performed. My solution... So this year, I decided to make a keepsake/reference tool that our eighth grade students could use all year long (in all content area classes) and even take with them to high school. And voila - the analysis booklets were born. The first (black) booklet is a crash course on what analysis IS and what it LOOKS like in different genres (like on tests, essays, and science lab reports/technical writing). The second (gray) booklet breaks down the 5-step process of fully leading into, stating, analyzing, and transitioning out of a direct quote or fact. After initial instruction, my 8th graders used them to write timed, "open-booklet" literary analysis essays... and, for the first time in five years, a majority of the class could fully embed and analyze direct quotes that logically supported the topic sentences in body paragraphs. (...Imagine my kind-of-freaking-out face inserted here...?!) These worked so well that I just HAD to post them to TpT... My philosophy is, if it works, then other teachers and students could probably use it too, right? ... Enter my friend Nouvelle, another secondary ELA teacher, who bought the booklets and decided to use them in her classroom, too. She made this awesome video to show her kids how to put the booklet together (which we agreed only takes about 20 minutes of total assembly on average), and she gave me permission to share the video with you! She's getting awesome results from her students, and to date, about 20 other teachers seem to feel the same way. Also, in response to a teacher's request, I made an interactive notebook anchor page (so that students can "frame" and keep their booklets safe in their notebooks forever!)... ...and a zoomed-in sample page/poster, ready to print, photocopy, put under a doc camera, or blow up into poster size... I'm really excited to see how these booklets continue to help my students over time, and I hope they make a visible difference in your students' writing, too! Let me know what you think! ;-)
There have been some huge changes around here! First, you may have noticed that I got a new look! AnD I CouLdn't be MorE in LOVE! Megan from A Bird in Hand Designs seriously went above and beyond what I asked, to create more than I even knew I was looking for! I would highly recommend her to anyone looking for a brand new or blog redesign such as mine! You may have also noticed that we tweaked my title a bit and added the whole "...beyond" component as well! As those following lil ole' me know, I am no longer in the classroom with my sweet second graders, but rather, this year, I am working as the Dual Language/ELL coach for our building and have the opportunity to thus work with all grade levels and the teachers on a day to day basis :)! I am so excited to unveil this new blog design to go along with my first official post sharing some of the things I have been doing with the kiddos in my new position! This past week, I set up with each of the dual language staff members an hour long classroom visit in which I did a read aloud/lesson with the students and then stuck around to see how they interact and work with their teachers as well! I had so much fun getting to know all of the classes and wanted to share some of those lessons I did with you all! In the primary grades (K-2) I read the story "El Libro Fantástico" by Leonid Gore. This is a story about a group of animals that find a book and use it in a variety of silly ways (hat, table, house, etc.) as they are not sure what its purpose is. Then a little boy comes along and shows them that books are for "reading" and sits and reads the story to them. This is a great story to use as a review of book purpose at the beginning of the year with the little ones! Before reading, I thought I would do a little sort with the classes to activate their background knowledge. I had a blast recruiting one of our staff members to help me in taking a variety of silly photos enacting the different animal scenarios in the text. These photos were then used in the sort before reading our story! Here is what one of the finished sorts looked like: After doing our sort we of course read the story reflecting back on our sort as a reminder throughout of what the purpose of a book is! In our intermediate (grades 3-5) classrooms, I did a different activity/lesson that I thought was a little more grade appropriate :)! I selected one of my favorite poems entitled "Me x 2" written by Jane Medina. This poem is one compiled in a collection of poems from the text "Amazing Faces". Take a moment to read it...I think you will see immediately why I love it so much. Isn't it beautifully written...and I may add so incredibly fitting for all of the students and staff that I work with? After reading the poem, we had a discussion in each of the classrooms about the "Author's Message". Students worked to think-pair-share their ideas using the key phrase "The author wants me to understand that...". After sharing out as a class we then brainstormed ways in which being bilingual truly is a gift and a "blast" and created this chart together! (I apologize you can see a bit of my other chart behind!...that's what happens when you travel from room to room ;)!) I told the teachers they were welcome to hang these posters in their rooms and as the students thought of more reasons throughout the year as to "Why being bilingual is a blast..." they could add them to them! Hoping it is a good refresher/reminder of why they are taking part in the dual language program! Looking forward to sharing more with you all as the year progresses! Every week truly is a new adventure :)!
by Ryan S. Bowen Print Version Cite this guide: Bowen, R. S. (2017). Understanding by Design. Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching. Retrieved [todaysdate] from https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/understanding-by-design/. Overview The Benefits of Using Backward Design The Three Stages of Backward Design The Backward Design Template Overview Understanding by Design is a book written by Grant Wiggins and Jay...
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The Socratic style of discourse lends itself quite well to establishing critical thinkers due to the fact that Socrates believed that enabling students to think for themselves was more important than filling their heads with knowledge. With so much talk about the Common Core standards and truly increasing our student's argumentative powers and critical thinking skills, I decided to launch a Socratic Seminar style of instruction in my sixth grade classroom this week. Our Seminar The Text My approach began by engaging in a guided reading of a novel titled I Can't Believe I Have To Do This by Jan Alford. Throughout the course of the week we read the novel and discussed story events and critical vocabulary associated with the readings. The Questions Students were given a Socratic Seminar "Prep Sheet" at the beginning of the week. The sheet asked the students to do the following: #1. Summarize the assigned reading #2. Identify 3 compelling quotes or statements from the reading #3. Develop one Knowledge based question #4. Develop one Application style question #5. Develop one Synthesis style question Download at: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Socratic-Seminar-Packet The Set Up I then arranged my room in a double horseshoe configuration and assigned five students to be the inner circle. The inner circle students were slated to be the ones discussing and interacting. The outer circle of students were slated to observe and reflect and provide a 'backchannel'. The Discourse Relinquishing control was the MOST DIFFICULT thing!! Once the seminar began I truly had to force myself not to jump in and facilitate. Initially, it was truly awkward. Students nervously giggled and looked down at their papers. No one seemed willing to emerge as a leader. Once they realized that no one was coming to their rescue, the dialogue began and WOW. DID YOU KNOW?? A website called blockposters.com can take any .jpg or .gif image and turn it into a larger printable poster with overlapping edges for assembly?? Backchannel To occupy my outer circle, I distributed 5 ipads (1 for every 3 students) and allowed them to connect on todaysmeet.com. There they posted thoughts, questions, comments and even prompts to assist the inner circle. This back channel scrolled on the Smartboard throughout the seminar. (Admittedly, I didn't love the lack of grammar conventions demonstrated in the statements below.) Reflection/Assessment Without a doubt, we will do this again. Once the awkwardness ended, the dialog went FAR beyond what I've ever experienced with this novel. Students shared events that related DEEPLY to the characters, the character's choices and experiences. They also extrapolated character traits and applied them to new situations. As an assessment tool, each student completed an Exit Slip paragraph where they exercised their argumentative writing skills by completing a one paragraph reflection on the grade they deserved as a result of their participation in the seminar. Socratic discourse....making the kiddos use THEIR Smarticles!! All of my materials are available at: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Socratic-Seminar-Packet
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Support exploration of 'Beowulf' with StoryboardThat's lesson plans, summaries, and vocabulary. Activities on plot and Scandinavian themes for students.
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This is a Tennis Speaking Game that comes with 1 game board. This board can be printed in color or black and white. It is a fun way to increase dialogue and build speaking skills amongst your learners. Students will move from one space to the next reading and then answering the questions. Tennis Speaking Game
Scaffold your instruction with these teaching scaffolding strategies to help bridge readiness and mastery for your elementary students!
