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The Elementary Good Work Toolkit | The Good Project The Elementary Toolkit is a work in progress. To access our most updated draft, click here! Despite the versatility of the Good Work Toolkit, one space to which it was not immediately adaptable was the elementary classroom. At the annual Project Zero Summer Institutes, elementary school teachers frequently asked if we had materials for their students. To develop the Elementary GoodWork Toolkit, we began by revising the narratives and activities in the Toolkit, altering word choices and ideas for younger students. Amy developed a set of lesson plans, starting with introductory lessons on each “E,” and subsequently moving on to word mapping lessons and narrative writing lessons that culminated the year. If you are using this toolkit, we’d like to hear about it!
10 Point of View Activities For the Classroom 1. Anchor Chart Anchor charts are a great tool to use for lots of reading lessons. Once I make an anchor chart (using my favorite Mr. Sketch Scented Markers) it becomes a good focal point for a class discussion. It's also a great reference for kids who need extra support. 2. Rather than diving into the text right away, it's helpful for kids to get some experience with point of view in a more concrete way. After that, I ask the kids for examples using people we know, like the principal or the custodian. Next, students write something about themselves (without showing anyone) on two small pieces of paper (one for 1st person and one for 3rd person). 3. You don't have to have a Flocabulary account to hear this free, point of view rap. 4. I love using mentor texts for just about everything and point of view is no exception. As students become proficient distinquishing between 1st and 3rd, then we repeat the activity including some books with different types of 3rd person. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Late Work Policy Options for Secondary Classrooms | Reading and Writing Haven Late work is of the most annoying classroom management challenges for middle and high school teachers. If your late work policy is not working out for you, there are alternate options. Let’s look at a few of the most common classroom management solutions. Student: “Can I turn this in?” Teacher: “When was it due?’ Student: “September.” Teacher: “No, I’m sorry. Student: “What do you mean? Teacher: “Jeremy…it’s December. Student: “Oh. Teacher: Sigh. Maybe that conversation comes across as comical, but when it happens in real life (and it does), it’s enough to send us into a little bit of a crank fest. A consistent late work policy helps students to learn responsibility and timeliness…both important skills for real life. In today’s post, we’re exploring a handful of late work policy options for the secondary classroom. Before choosing a course of action, make sure to consider both your teaching philosophy and the expectations of your administration. Option #1 Don’t accept late work. Why? Why?
Mentor Texts: The What, Why and Where - Oz Lit Teacher Narissa Leung We’ve just moved houses and, after living in a rental house with a complete mishmash of furniture (like uni students who haven’t really even grown up), my husband and I have decided to try our hand at living like proper grown-ups by getting ourselves some matching furniture. Unfortunately, neither of us have any interior design skills so it’s going to be a long and potentially arduous process for us (despite how many episodes of The Block we’ve watched). Our first step has been to seek out examples of styling designs we like. We’ve realised that there are some that float our boat and others that certainly don’t suit our style (I’m looking at you Hollywood Glam). We’ve scoured the internet for room styling photos that we can use to help us craft just the right look in our house. In other words, we need someone to “show” us, rather than “tell” us. We need a worked example. A mentor. It’s exactly the same for writing instruction. This is where mentor texts come in. Everyone. They’re free
Essay Writing Guide made by academic writers | EssayPro Table Of Contents What Is The Aim Of This Guide? Our goal is to orient you as quickly and appropriately as possible on how to write an essay. What Is The Purpose? This guide was created by our writers to teach people how to write various types of essays, regardless of the requirements. Generally, an essay can have many purposes, but despite all of these, the structure will remain the same no matter what. Follow these steps to write an essay, or visit EssayPro for additional help: Decide On Topic Choosing a good topic is important because your entire body of work will be based around it. Conduct A Research Gather and analyze information from external sources (documents, web articles, encyclopedias, etc.) for your essay. Develop a Thesis A thesis statement is a short statement, commonly one sentence, that defines the main idea or claim of an essay, research paper, etc. Create An Outline An outline is a way to organize and structure your essay in a proper way. Introduction Body Paragraph(s) Conclusion
Gamify Reading for Maximum Student Engagement There is always an ongoing debate in classrooms, particularly at the elementary level, as to the effectiveness of adding technology to early and more advanced reading programs. However, the right combination of excitement and entertainment and actual learning experiences through a more computer or app game-like experience is very positive for children. The key factor to remember is that online games and gaming experiences can be a wonderful way to enhance foundational reading skills. It is not meant to replace teaching or teacher engagement with students around course material. Including educational software is one way to gamify reading, but there are some additional components in online games that teachers can use to boost student engagement, motivation, and feelings of success and accomplishment. Adjusted for Different Learning Styles Many of children, particularly younger students, have very short attention spans. Ideas for Gamifying a Reading Lesson
10 No-Prep Bell Ringers for Middle School ELA Bell ringers are one of those teaching strategies that can truly change the tone of your class from the second students walk in the door. They create routine, set clear expectations, and get students plugged in and focused during the first minutes of your lesson. Here are ten easy-to-implement bell ringers for middle school ELA that require little prep and work with any text: 1. Name It Provide students with a short text and delete the headline. Skills practiced: Identifying central idea. 2. Cut an opinion piece, editorial, or persuasive piece into two or three sentence strips. Skills practiced: Citing the best evidence to support a claim. 3. Provide students with an excerpt from a literary text or with sticky notes so they can mark their novels. Skills practiced: Identifying figurative language in a text. 4. Ahead of time, label four sheets of poster paper: simile, metaphor, personification, and imagery. 5. 6. 7. Skills practiced: Determining the point of view of a text. 8. 9. 10.
adler Essay How to Mark a Book By Mortimer J. from The Radical Academy Belorussian translation Ukrainian translation French translation You know you have to read "between the lines" to get the most out of anything. I contend, quite bluntly, that marking up a book is not an act of mutilation but of love. Librarians (or your friends) who lend you books expect you to keep them clean, and you should. There are two ways in which one can own a book. Confusion about what it means to "own" a book leads people to a false reverence for paper, binding, and type -- a respect for the physical thing -- the craft of the printer rather than the genius of the author. There are three kinds of book owners. Is it false respect, you may ask, to preserve intact and unblemished a beautifully printed book, an elegantly bound edition? But the soul of a book "can" be separate from its body. Why is marking up a book indispensable to reading? If reading is to accomplish anything more than passing time, it must be active.
3 reasons students need to publish their writing - Oz Lit Teacher Narissa Leung Something you may not know about me is I’m the esteemed author of ‘The Great Big, Enormous, Gigantic Banana.’ You may have heard about this book’s famously oversized front cover- cleverly fitted with a fold out flap in the shape of a banana (complete with dark parts representing the bruises). I’ll fess up here and tell you that this book didn’t make the Book Week awards but, thanks to Mrs Brown’s talent spotting skills, it did get me selected as my school’s only representative at the region’s Young Writer’s Conference when I was in year 2. I still remember the feeling of proudly brandishing my carefully contacted book as I read its contents aloud to my fellow writers at the conference. Walking into the conference I was at the top of my game, with my obvious skills in writing AND illustrating, I was pretty much Jeannie Baker reincarnated. Walking out, I was a writer who realized there was still a lot to learn. I’d had the benefit of having ‘real’ people respond to my writing. References
An Excellent Tool to Help Students Learn How to Write Different Types of Letters May 5, 2017 letter Generator is an excellent tool from ReadWriteThink that helps students learn about letter writing. Whether it is a business or friendly letter, students will get to explore the different parts making up a letter and work towards creating their own letters. Letter Generator provides pre-made templates students can use to write their letters. All they need to do is simply filling in their own information. The process to use Letter Generator is simple and easy. 'This useful tool provides step-by-step instructions for familiarizing users with the necessary elements of written correspondence, and can serve as an excellent practice method for composing and proofreading both formal and informal letters.