As I walk through the halls of a school building, I am always looking for evidence of the culture and beliefs of the learning that takes place there. When I open a classroom door and peek my head inside, there is a lot of data: the furniture arrangement, where the teacher's desk is (or isn't),
While recently introducing Polish theatre practitioner Jerzy Grotowski to my Year 11 Drama students, we began by first understanding a key element of his
Explore how some substances can change forever using this interesting reversible irreversible changes worksheet!
With my latest winnings (from back in August) from the SmARTteacher website, I was excited to buy this Vincent van Gogh action figure doll!! This really made my day when I found it in the catalog...a little something to start decorating my high school room with! This is one of the other things I purchased with my winnings... a perspective book that has some really great illustrations and explanations of perspective in it. As I grade the 7th graders final sketchbook tags from the graffiti unit, we will start up a perspective unit. This unit will correspond a bit with Common Core math, particularly the idea of proportion. I have created a unit packet that deals with 1-point perspective and 2-point perspective. I plan on having the students do two projects for this unit, and they will have at least one sketchbook assignment per each type of perspective to do at home for practice. Along with my pages, I found these really great perspective practice worksheets on Pinterest, which lead me to the website Dawn's Brain. There are a ton of PDF files you can download for free that have to do with perspective practice! For the first project, students will be asked to illustrate a noun using 1-point perspective. I have included the following practice PDF's from Dawn's Brain in my packet for students to complete before beginning the project: boxes, shapes, letters and the room PDF (for extra credit). They will be doing this project in colored pencils. For the second project of the unit, students will have to use value, so the first thing they will do is practice value scales. Again, I have included the following PDF's from Dawn's Brain in my packet for practice before beginning the final project, which will be to do an architecture drawing of some sort (may be interior or exterior): boxes, room, house, and buildings. For this project, I will have students draw out their architecture on regular drawing paper. Then, we will lay some vellum over the top to retrace (so all of the poorly erased orthogonal lines aren't showing) with black Sharpie. Finally, students will add their value on the vellum. I have shared this unit on the SmARTteacher, so you can view a better version of my packet on there!
I think the revised Bloom’s Taxonomy is wrong. I agree that the taxonomy accurately classifies various types of cognitive thinking skills. It certainly identifies the different levels of complexity. But its organizing framework is dead wrong. Here's what I propose. In the 21st century, we flip Bloom's taxonomy. Rather than starting with knowledge, we start with creating, and eventually discern the knowledge that we need from it.
Well, we’ve done it… We finally started our Revit Project Template after years of procrastination! Last week we looked at line types and line weights. This week we are going to revise…
Are you an art enthusiast looking to hone your skills in creating realistic textures using pen and ink? If so, you've come to the right place. This blog post introduces a pen and ink texture worksheet designed specifically for individuals eager to explore the various techniques and intricacies involved in replicating textures with precision.
We designed the Empathy Map at XPLANE many years ago, as part of a human-centered design toolkit we call Gamestorming. This particular tool helps teams develop deep, shared understanding and empathy…
Steve Jones, International Director at JLL, shared how retailers can engage customers by viewing consumer behavior through the lens of Maslow's Hierarchy.
It wasn't that long ago when I thought my parents and other adults were completely lame for getting up early when they didn't have to. Now, here I sit at 6:30 in the morning, because I now know that
Summary: The spelling matrix can be adapted to suit any year level/any class. It is designed to provide students with a range of activities that will help to develop their skills in spelling. The matrix is aligned to Blooms Taxonomy as well as Gardner’s multiple Intelligences. The use of the matrix allows students to take […]
Are any of these ineffective teaching methods still part of your practice? Time to reconsider.
That’s the whole goal I wanted to accomplish for myself when I started taking Alex Woo (Pixar) Gesture Drawing Class for Schoolism, an awesome online school for all things drawing and painting. What…
Guest blogger Lori Desautels translates Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs into a blueprint for classroom practice that can set the stage with comfort, care, and self-reflection to optimize brain-compatible learning.
This post and sequence was created by Leena as a follow up to last week’s post on #Selfcare, Restorative Yoga & Community Acupuncture. The first few weeks of September are this funny in-between…
Provide explicit instruction on how to use Talk Moves during conversations and engage every student with this simple strategy.
These practice sheets were designed to be used as homework, extra practice, or as a quick assessment of skills students have learned. The questions are similar to the format of the Texas Tornado Spiral Review. They review 3rd Grade skills that are taught in the middle of the school year. Part 2 includes 8 Sets or 8 Weeks. Part 1 is also available in my TPT store. For each week, there is a sheet with several spiral review problems on the front and an optional UPS-Check sheet on the back for the students to use to work out the 2 word problems from the front page. I give the homework to students on Monday and it is due on Friday. We check it in class together. Other Uses: Spiral Review Quiz, Extra Practice for Intervention/Work Stations If you do not give homework or already have something else you use for homework, you could also use these as extra practice for students in class or during work stations. You could also use them to during intervention time to review skills. You could also give the sheets as a quick spiral review assessment on Fridays if you use the Texas Tornado Spiral Review Monday-Thursday. Because the sheets can be used in so many ways, I have made multiple copies with different titles, so you can use them in any way you would like. The page titles included are: “Homework,” “Extra Practice,” and “Spiral Review Quiz.” Another option could be…you could use the quiz pages to assess the previous week’s homework. Please download the Preview of Set 13 to see what is included. Part 1 is also available at this link if you are interested in having it as well: Part 1 (Sets 1-8) Weekly Spiral Review Homework, Quiz, or Extra Practice If you have any questions, please let me know. Thank you, Erica Hennigh [email protected]
Well, we’ve done it… We finally started our Revit Project Template after years of procrastination! Last week we looked at line types and line weights. This week we are going to revise…
Use STEM engineering activities in elementary school as a fun, engaging, and meaningful way to tackle the Next Generation Science Standards.
Ed. note: Much like AHTR, but non-art history specific, Purposeful Pedagogy is a grassroots peer-led group that actively supports pedagogical inquiry for higher education teachers. PP is specific…
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I am so excited about our next engineering project in our STEM related curriculum. We made Rube Goldberg machines! First, there are some...
This post is based on a talk I gave at ResearchEd in Rugby. The paper in question is Barak Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction published in American Educator in 2012, downloadable in full…
Formative assessment in literacy
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This model and template will help college, high school, and middle school teachers put together a syllabus that sets you and your students up for a great year.
