Our Reader's Notebooks Today we had a 6th grade Language Arts teacher planning day. I was really excited about it, but I am bummed at the lack of things we actually got planned today altogether. I wish I could have just had a whole day to plan alone because I know I could have at least gotten a 6 weeks taken care of. I was actually excited to dive into the C-SCOPE materials because I have really struggled with not having a real scope and sequence to use this year. Well, I know what I am going to be doing over the Christmas break! I know that I have blogged about our reader's notebooks a few other times, but I just love them. Sorry for the bad quality, they are from the phone.
David Didau: The Learning Spy | Brain food for the thinking teacher Microsoft Word - Karen Yager ICT to inspire writing and creativity.doc, page #9 Page text: Characterisation ? Build your wild self (primary): - create a half-human half animal character and download them so that they can become the main character in a narrative or blog story. ? Voki: - create an avatar for a blog story or students can play with the crafting of a character. Document info: Source url: ➤ YAGER-49_ICT_to_inspire_writing_and_creativity.pdf Author: KathyTitle: Microsoft Word - Karen Yager ICT to inspire writing and creativity.docFile size: 726250 bytesCreation date: 06/27/2010Page size: 595.22 x 842 pts (A4)Total pages: 15 Current page: 9
All-in-One Teacher Binder {printable} I just love binders! I like how everything can be sorted into neat little, hidden files, then stowed away oh so nicely on the shelf. However, I think I might like binders (as in the plural form) a bit too much. See photo evidence here. Thanks to the fabulous Leslie, from Kindergarten Works, I have decided to consolidate my system. Leslie just posted an incredible entry on her blog about how she keeps everything important together in one binder, in her post on Binder Basics. Anyhow, I have kept my lesson plans and district standards together in the past, but usually kept other items in different binders and folders. I started by making my own laminated tabs, so they could be a bit bigger and color-coordinated the way I want. I made four larger tabs for the basic categories: Planning, Assessing, Grading, and Info. Planning Yearlong Calendar (Leslie shares a fantastic one on her blog!) Lesson Plans (an old template from last year) Standards and GLE's Assessing District Assessments to be given
Free English resources for students and teachers Updated Facebook Template For the last couple of years, we've been using a PowerPoint Facebook page as a final product for a research unit. When we used the template last year, my students were quick to point out that the template was "old school" - Facebook has made major tweaks to the layout and design of its site, which weren't reflected in this version. This year, I finally got around to updating the template to reflect Facebook's current look. Heads up - I did customize parts of the template to meet our research project needs, like adding a "Resources"/"Favorite Sources" section to the Info page, and including captions underneath photos in an album. [UPDATE: Here's a link to download the rubric we used to grade the project. [UPDATE 5/1/12: Here are more versions of the page, plus the "extras" we use to support the projects: World Religions Project Global Studies VIPs Project]
Microsoft Word - 12_things.doc - 12_things.pdf How have international experiences influenced you as a teacher? | Teacher Network Blog | Guardian Professional Adam Otway, history teacher, Manor Church of England Academy, York My school has links with Canberra school in Singapore and in previous years some members of the SLT have been to visit their school and vice-versa. Last year for the first time they decided to send a member of the teaching staff to experience their education system and to do some teaching. That was to be me. Last February I made my way to Singapore and after a grueling 24 hours of travelling, alone, (including an amusing but embarrassing incident with an Indian man on one of the flights) I arrived, to find some of the most hospitable people on the planet. I teach some of my history lessons dressed up in character (see my Twitter profile pic). While out there I learnt how they use technology and in particular the iPad with their teaching. Going to Singapore is something I will never forget and I have made some very long distance friends that I intend to keep. Chris Ewing, head of PE, Ridgewood High School, Stourbridge