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Establishing consistent accountability when using the workshop approach to teaching and learning may seem daunting at first. After all, your students are producing, and consuming an immense amount of content during workshop on a daily basis…far more than you can (and want) to grade. The good news is, you don’t have to grade every activity. I know what you’re thinking…”If I stop grading every single thing…there won’t be enough accountability.” The reality is, there are other far more efficient ways to establish accountability and boost meaningful student growth. One of these ways is routine student self-reflection. If you’re ready to bring more student reflection to your classroom, these tips can help you establish routines that maintain consistent accountability in your workshop classroom. Creating Rubrics Together A foundational rubric will help you and your students create a common language that can make ongoing assessment more meaningful and fluid in your classroom. Begin by pulling the rubric your district requires you to use, or write a rubric that communicates your parameters for each level of understanding in your classroom. Rewrite this rubric in your own student-friendly language so you can share these parameters with your class. Making a slide or poster for each level on your rubric so it is easier for students to digest may be helpful. Set aside time in your schedule each day to create a one-week series of work sessions when you and your students can rewrite the rubric again as a class using language that is actually produced by your students. You may opt to: Have all slides/posters on display simultaneously while students rotate to stations where they work in groups to make meaning of each level of understanding. Students can then write their interpretations on the slides/posters, which can be aggregated on the final day. Display one slide/poster each day and host a class conversation that facilitates meaning-making for each level of understanding. Record student ideas as you work toward a common, and final definition for each level of understanding. At the end of these series of work sessions, you and your students will have a rubric that is unpacked by them, rewritten by them, and ready to be used by them. Working together as a class to write a final rubric that will be adopted as the foundation makes conversations about assessments more meaningful and productive. Rubric Drawers Once your class rubric is created, you can make it easy for students to consistently reflect on their work by submitting any assignments to “rubric drawers” that are marked with the definitions for each level of understanding. This built-in practice of self-reflection builds students’ intrinsic motivation to reach higher and produce quality work. If you notice your students have a tendency to submit work to the “wrong” drawer, this signals they need a follow up lesson on the type of work quality required to achieve each level of understanding. Using exemplars (examples of each level of understanding from a particular subject area or activity) can help students build a stronger definition for what work quality looks like. As students build their ability to accurately assess themselves, you can also have them attach a short note of justification for their self-scoring. This will provide insight about any misconceptions they may have about their work or the rubric levels your class has written. If you want to track the score students give themselves on an activity, provide a special pen or stamp that allows them to mark their score before placing it in the drawer. In addition, you can have students submit work with the help of a partner. Once an activity is complete, a student can briefly confer with their assigned partner to get feedback, and make a decision about which drawer a piece should be submitted. This provides an additional layer of motivation for students to reach higher, as they know a peer will be reviewing their work quality. Reflection Letters Another routine that can boost student growth through self-assessment is the writing of reflection letters on a routine basis. Students thrive when they know they have an important role in their assessment process, and will be eager to read your response. Begin by creating a prompt that asks students to reflect specifically on different areas of the assignment that will support their goal setting and goal progress. Also direct students to refer to their rubric to self-assess, and provide justification for their assessment as part of their reflection process. This routine will remind students the importance of keeping the rubric in mind as they complete their work each week, which will foster stronger performance. Set aside time to read these reflection letters and write brief responses which may include your own score using the same rubric, and comments that support your scoring. This written dialogue further emphasizes the value you place on student work and growth. If you find the need to differentiate this letter writing process to support the unique needs of students in your classroom. Here are some differentiation ideas: Have students dictate as you record their reflection. Have students circle their score on a rubric and mark evidence with color-coding or sticky notes. Provide sentence frames to scaffold independence. Self Assessment & Reflection In Your Classroom Ready to give self-reflection a try in your own classroom? Here are a few editable tools to help you get started. Once you’ve established student self-reflection routines in your classroom, stop by and share your experience. I look forward to hearing about the growth your students make, and the freedom you feel from teaching in a workshop classroom where accountability and engagement are off the charts.
Hello, lovely people :D There are some Harry dirty imagines, so enjoy. This book contains mature content, so don't read if you don't like it. You can request an imagine. ♥ Cover made by: @Vania_Devine ♥
I just created this amigurumi doll pattern and I’m pretty happy with it. There are corrections I’ll make next time around, but I think it’s really cute. I’ve been crocheting for 6 months now and everything is a bit intimidating at first — and such a fun ride by the end. I read and watched… Read More »Amigurumi Doll – Basic Body. FREE Patterns Too!
Sunday, March 22nd, 2020 READ Read Mark 2:1-12 with your family. WATCH Watch one or both of the videos below created just for kids. The first one is great for toddlers and the second touches on concepts that are good for pre-k to elementary age. https://youtu.be/8cmppSIQUX4 https://youtu.be
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Book 2 is out now!! 'I've been spending the last eight months, thinking all love ever does is break and burn and end. But on a Wednesday in a café I watched it begin again' When Elle is introduced to her best friend's boyfriend's teammate Lando Norris at a party in Monaco, they develop an instant connection. They spend the next week in Monaco taking a break from their normal lives. But what happens when the week ends and Elle goes back to her real life?
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Perfect art/craft activity to accompany the children's book, "We Don't Eat Our Classmates" by Ryan T. Higgins, a quirky read about making friends and being a kind friend. Great for Reading Centers for all grade levels! Read aloud the story "We Don't Eat Our Classmates" or watch MaiStoryBooks FREE interactive read aloud video, and then encourage students to create a Friendship Sandwich to review activities friends do together, and characteristics of a good friend~ all of the *ingredients* to a lasting friendship! Product includes: - Black and White/ or Color-printed version of the Sandwich and ingredient templates (black and white version to color in your self or to print onto colored paper) - Includes fill-in-the-blank sentence frame templates with drawing space, or blank templates for your own *ingredient* descriptions and pictures (in both black and white and color) - Templates include the following ingredients with blank versions or sentence-frame versions: 2 bread pieces Tomato slice Lettuce Cheese slice Deli Meat Slice - Directions- both visual step by step and written - FREE interactive Read aloud video of the book by MaiStoryBook~ read with questions integrated throughout the reading to prompt discussion throughout the story! Ways to use the craft: Share your friendship sandwich with family and friends to discuss what makes a good friend and what some of your favorite friend activities are. Use your sandwich as a reading buddy as you re-read the story and talk about what Penelope could do differently to be a good friend *instead of eating her classmates* Hang up your friendship sandwich to remind you of how to be a good friend. Share a friendship sandwich with a friend and choose an activity from your sandwich to do! **Does not include glue, scissors, whole puncher, string/pipe cleaner, or crayons/colors** You must provide these materials. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Learn More about MAISTORYBOOK: creating reading resources to inspire in children a love for books and a curiosity for the world of reading. Blog:www.maistorybook.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/maistorybook Instagram: @maistorybooklibrary Facebook: @MaiStoryBook
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Hi! this is all about my experiences with tramadol, both on it and coming off it. You can watch my video on this topic or read the transcript below it. Don't forget to read some of the comments where you will get a wider understanding of tramadol for fibromyalgia from many people. TRANSCRIPT: Tramadol is a centrally acting analgesic which is prescribed for moderately severe pain. It works in the brain to change both the perception of pain and the response to pain. It is not an opiod but it has some opiate like characteristics. When I started taking this medication it was explained to me that it needed to be taken at a regular time once a day and that I would probably have nausea at first for about a week and to make sure to take it with food. I did as prescribed and sure enough I had nausea for one week and then it subsided. I used Tramadol regularly for a long time and it did relieve the pain and helped me to lose a little weight but it also helped me to lose interest in life. The main reason I lost weight was that I had no interest in food or in cooking or in looking after myself. I became like a drug addict but did not realise it. One day after about a year my daughter said she felt like she had lost her mother - she cried and said I was behind a cloud and she could not get to me. This made me realise that I was just sitting on the lounge all day doing nothing and I decided to stop taking Tramadol. At this point I made a very foolish mistake and decided to go cold turkey. OMG I experienced 7 days of extremely bad withdrawal symptoms the worst of which was the muscle pains and irritability. There was also watering eyes and a runny nose like a bad flu, nausea and sweating and shaking all over. These are all known symptoms if you suddenly stop using this medication but obviously, because of the drug itself, I was not thinking right when I made the decision to just stop taking it without consulting my doctor. He would have told me to come off it slowly in increments. In retrospect I could see that the Tramadol was causing major drowsiness in me. When it was completely out of my system I realised that many of the symptoms I had started taking it for had gone - that is the nature of Fibromyalgia, I think, it changes all the time. Also I feel it is essential to remind you that when taking any medication, especially long term, that you should be made aware of the possible side effects. "When choosing between equally effective analgesics, relative safety is important. In the case of tramadol, adverse effects are common and sometimes serious. Tramadol binds weakly to opioid receptors, so at normal doses constipation and respiratory depression occur less frequently than with opioids. However, these effects can, and do, occur at higher doses. Tramadol is metabolised in the liver and excreted by the kidneys, so doses should be adjusted in patients with impaired liver or kidney function, and in the elderly." ~ NPSMEDICINEWISE Side effects associated with use of Tramadol, according to RxList, include the following: constipation nausea dizziness vertigo headache drowsiness vomiting agitation anxiety mood swings euphoria hallucinations nervousness muscle spasms or stiffness indigestion weakness itching diarrhea dry mouth sweating feeling unwell (malaise) menopausal symptoms rash urinary frequency urinary retention dilation of blood vessels visual disturbances abnormal gait amnesia cognitive dysfunction depression For a complete list please visit RxList If your medical doctor is using this medicine to treat your pain, your doctor or chemist may already be aware of any possible drug interactions and may be monitoring you for them. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with your doctor, health care provider or pharmacist first. Severe Interactions of Tramadol Include: Alvimopan Procarbazine Rasagiline Selegiline You might also be interested in reading my experiences with Cyclobenzaprine for Fibromyalgia and all the natural treatments I have tried. There are many interesting comments below that show people's differing experiences with tramadol for fibro. I hope you have time to read some of them.
Introducing a back-to-school read about staying true to yourself and sharing your story, featured in the MaiStoryBook Library Collection: “The Day You Begin” by Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael Lopez …
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