Title 1 School How to Motivate!!! PLEASE READ!!! It's more than just motivating. Buttercup53 , Sixth grade social studies teacher in Texas Posted 11/10/2012 8:12AM | Last Commented 06/11/2014 7:01PM 2604 Views Hi, My name is Linda and I've been teaching at a sixth grade campus for eleven years now. I make sure that I have procedures set up at the beginning of the year, but it seems like things just fall apart pretty fast. We now have a new curriculum that was bought from another district and I now found out that that district is looking for a new curriculum.
Goal: 12 Resources for Giving Constructive Feedback Posted by Shelly Terrell on Saturday, January 23rd 2010 Part of the Goals 2010 Challenge Series, Goal 22 and the Cool Sites series In the former school I taught at some of the students rallied together and complained to the principal about the previous teacher. The instructor thought it was because of the low grades they received in the class. When I was receiving the same group of students the following year I was really nervous. This experience made me reflect on my grading practices. Why do only a few instructors provide constructive feedback? I believe this is due to two main reasons. specific- the student knows exactly what you thought was positive and what needed improvement.private- make sure the other students do not know who made the worst grades.immediate- provide the feedback as soon as possible when the assignment is still in the student’s mind.helpful- We want students to strive to improve and to learn. Grading Resources Brain Honey- Free online curriculum mapping. Challenge:
Parent Technology Letter Giving Good Praise to Girls: What Messages Stick How to praise kids: It’s a hot topic for many parents and educators. A lot of the conversation around it has stemmed from studies by Carol Dweck, professor of psychology at Stanford who has been researching this specific topic for many years. “My research shows that praise for intelligence or ability backfires,” said Dweck, who co-authored a seminal research paper on the effects of praise on motivation and performance. “What we’ve shown is that when you praise someone, say, ‘You’re smart at this,’ the next time they struggle, they think they’re not. It’s really about praising the process they engage in, not how smart they are or how good they are at it, but taking on difficulty, trying many different strategies, sticking to it and achieving over time.” But what some might not know is that this paradox is strongest for girls. “Of all the subjects on earth, people think math is the most fixed,” Dweck said. [RELATED READING: Girls and Math: Busting the Stereotype] Katrina Schwartz
Resources and Downloads for Differentiated Instruction Tips for downloading: PDF files can be viewed on a wide variety of platforms -- both as a browser plug-in or a stand-alone application -- with Adobe's free Acrobat Reader program. Click here to download the latest version of Adobe Reader. Click on any title link below to view or download that file. Resources On This Page: Lesson Plans & Rubric - Reteach and Enrich Sample materials used to teach, assess, reteach, and enrich one week's fifth grade math objective: differentiating prime and composite numbers. Back to Top Tools for Data Assessment Teachers at Mesquite meet weekly with the student achievement teacher to review the most recent assessment data and plan instruction for each student accordingly. 5th Grade Math Formative Assessment Tracking Sheet Sample spreadsheet used to track student performance on each objective. Culture Websites & Readings
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10 books to help boost young boys' reading On Tuesday, the government announced its plan to get more children reading. It takes the form of a competition, aimed at seven- to 12-year-olds and slated to kick off in September, that will reward the young readers who devour the most books: the clear intention, as schools minister Nick Gibb put it, is "to give a competitive spur to reluctant readers". Both boys and girls will be eligible, but as boys make up the majority of these "reluctant readers" – one in 10 British boys are now leaving primary school with the reading-age of a seven-year-old – Gibb added that he hoped boys in particular would be inspired "by a bit of healthy competition". So which books should the nation's boys be reading if they want to get a headstart? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Can you do better?
Teaching Relaxation to Children with LD « Smart Kids With LD By Marcia Eckerd, Ph.D. All of us experience anxiety when faced with tasks or situations that feel out of our comfort zone. This is especially true for children with learning challenges who face both academic and peer pressure at school. Studies by Harvard researcher Dr. If we train our bodies to relax, we learn to calm down more easily and react less strongly to stressful situations. The good news is that this training is free, easy, and portable. Tips for Tapes Keep it short—even five minutes if that is all your child can tolerate.Talk to him about what relaxes him (video games don’t count). Daily practice has many benefits beyond the relaxation at that moment. Learning to relax is a lifelong skill that’s good for the whole family. The author is an evaluator, consultant, and therapist who specializes in working with children with NLD.
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The Teacher’s Survival Kit for Lesson Planning! Tips & 1000s of Free Lesson Plans Posted by Shelly Terrell on Saturday, August 18th 2012 Goal 16: Plan An Engaging Lesson of The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think. – Socrates Lesson planning is stressful and time-consuming, but is important in giving us an action plan for the entire school year. A Few Tips … When planning a lesson, I think we need to keep objectives in mind but there are other factors that make up a great lesson. G- group dynamic R- relevance to learners’ lives and needs E-emergent language and ideas focus A- attentiveness T- thoughtfulness To this list I would add flexibility. Templates Some of us will need a framework from which to build our lessons. Structured Templates: Another idea: Map our your lesson plan in a mindmap More Lesson Planning Tips: 1000s of Free Lesson Plans Here are a few places to find free lesson plans to teach English in any subject or to any age level! Lesson Plan Sites for Other Subject Areas Bookmarked Resources Important News
Parents' Guide to Student Success | PTA The Parents’ Guides to Student Success were developed by teachers, parents and education experts in response to the Common Core State Standards that more than 45 states have adopted. Created for grades K-8 high school English language arts/literacy and mathematics the guides provide clear, consistent expectations for what students should be learning at each grade in order to be prepared for college and career. Parent Guides Parents' Guide to Success BookletTwo-page Parents' Guides (Color)Four-page Parents' Guides (BW)Four-page Parents' Guides (Color)Parents’ Guides to Student Success—Frequently Asked QuestionsState Education Agencies The guides include: Key items children should be learning in English language arts and mathematics in each grade, once Common Core Standards are fully implemented.Activities that parents can do at home to support their child's learning.Methods for helping parents build stronger relationships with their child's teacher. What PTAs Can Do
Behavior 101: Super Student Drops! I just finished "updating" the cover and instructions for the first product that I posted on Teachers Pay Teachers. Here is the first cover. I know...blah! Here is the updated cover...Boy, that's better, but I still have lots to learn! Super Student Drops is a behavior management tool that I have used in the past with my students. What are some simple behavior tips that work wonders for you in your classroom? Share with us by leaving a comment! Thanks for stopping by! Jennifer Check out TONS of other freebies!
Kids Speak Out on Student Engagement A while back, I was asked, "What engages students?" Sure, I could respond, sharing anecdotes about what I believed to be engaging, but I thought it would be so much better to lob that question to my own eighth graders. The responses I received from all 220 of them seemed to fall under 10 categories, representing reoccuring themes that appeared again and again. So, from the mouths of babes, here are my students' answers to the question: "What engages students?" 1. Working with their peers "Middle-school students are growing learners who require and want interaction with other people to fully attain their potential." "Teens find it most interesting and exciting when there is a little bit of talking involved. 2. "I believe that when students participate in "learning by doing" it helps them focus more. "We have entered a digital age of video, Facebook, Twitter, etc., and they [have] become more of a daily thing for teens and students. 3. "I believe that it all boils down to relationships. 4.