Creating the Tallest Cup Tower: A STEM Challenge Guest post by Tracey Graham of Growing a STEM Classroom STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) is one of the current “buzz words” in the world of education today even though the STEM philosophy of teaching has been around for a very long time. STEM is all about students learning in a student-centered, question-based, subject-integrated classroom. As a teacher in a STEM school, I utilize STEM challenges regularly in order to initiate student creativity and critical thinking. My class always begins the year with the seemingly simple challenge of stacking small cups to the tallest possible height. Some of the best teamwork and “aha” moments come when the stack of cups crashes to the table. All you need to complete this challenge are tiny plastic cups from the dollar store! Click over to my TpT store now and download your own free set of STEM Challenge Student Role Sheets to get you started using STEM Challenges in your classroom!
Skolan har blivit en plats för umgänge ”på riktigt” Om debattören Johan Haeffner SO- Lärare Fil. mag i pedagogiskt ledarskap Författare till boken Skolan under ytan I en skola på Järvafältet infördes frivillig läxläsning efter skoldagen. Med den införda läxläsningen uppkom möjligheten för den sällskapstrånande eleven att förlänga skoldagen. För mig har det blivit allt vanligare att jag får köra ut elever från klassrummet efter en avslutad lektion. Ett ytterligare belägg för elevernas vilja att tillbringa sin fritid på skolan är de högpresterande elever som lättvindigt viftar bort mina uppmaningar att utnyttja lektionstiden till skolarbete. Min tolkning: Skoldagen är dygnets festmingel så varför slösa tid på torrt dravel? Som jag, elev på 70- och 80-talet, minns det var vi ganska snabba på att ta oss hem efter skoldagens sista lektion. Nej! De digitala arenorna saknar en kvalitet och det är den äkta varan. De digitala arenorna saknar dock en kvalitet och det är den äkta varan. Om LT Debatt Det här är en debattartikel. Debattera hos oss!
Fake News Resources for Teachers - Julie Smith Resources to Help You Get Started: Super fun to have everyone jumping on the “fake news” bandwagon – we media literacy folks have been barking about this for YEARS! Welcome! =) In no particular order, here are some resources on fake news, fake news creation and how to identify it. How to Spot Fake News: Common Sense Media FactCheck.Org USA Today Washington Post International Federation of Library Associations Fairly Well-Documented Fake News Sites: Fake News Sites to Avoid Fake News Lesson Plans: From PBS From KQED From the New York Times From Edutopia From C-Span Other Cool Resources on this topic: The Psychology Behind Fake News Why Our Brains are Wired to Believe Fake News How a Kid in Macedonia Makes Thousands Creating Fake News Inside the Macedonian Fake News Machine Fake News Resources from Renee Hobbs Ways Teachers are Fighting Fake News News-Decoder article from Nelson Graves My pal Michelle Ciulla Lipkin on CNN’s Reliable Sources! School Library Journal News Literacy Project @MediaLiteracyEd @newsdecoder
A Game to Practise Spelling with Teens Yes, yes… here I am again, struggling to find ways to teach my demotivated students from E.S.O. That’s why I’m constantly surfing the net looking for different ways to teach the same things over and over again. This game can be used to revise vocabulary from the lesson and at the same time practise spelling. It goes like this: ♥ Divide the class in two teams, A and B and ask them to invent a name for their team. • a river with stepping stones for students to get across the river. • a ladder. ♥Call a member from each team up on the board and dictate a word from their vocabulary to them. This has proven a very nice and exciting way to check spelling, listening comprehension and pronunciation in a fun way. Many thanks to Barbara Koziori for this idea There are also lots of sites on the web to practise spelling with the typical hangman game so if you have a little time to spare ,why don’t you try some of these?
Getting to Know Each Other Getting to know your students at the beginning of the year is crucial in establishing a strong teacher-student rapport. Take five to ten minutes several times during the first two weeks to engage students in activities that help them get to know each other. These activities also provide ways to practice active listening, expressing feelings, and cooperation. Here are some suggestions for ways to get to know each other: What Do We Have in Common? Two Growth Mind-Set Activities to Help Motivate All Students and Teach Nature... If you want to start the year building relationships, engaging in inquiry, planting the seeds of growth mindset, and learning about the nervous system...this is for you!!! The inspiration for the first set of activities is based on the NPR story Students' View of Intelligence Can Help Grades while the inspiration for the second of activities is based on the research done at four urban high schools by researchers at the Teachers College, Columbia University. Here is a link to all of the slides. Here is a link to the science struggle stories lesson plan. If you have questions, please let me know.
Vem förvånas över att Barbie har rumpa? De senaste åren har populärkulturen dominerats av kurviga personer så som Kim Kardashian, Beyoncé och Nicki Minaj. Alltså utseenden som inte följer den vita, smala normfiguren som fått sätta idealen de senaste årtiondena. Fram tills nu, när nya kroppar och hudfärger tagit plats i rampljuset. De nya Barbiedockorna har andra former, men på de "rätta" ställena. Vilket också är en förutsättning för att de över huvud taget har producerats. Vad vi ser i de nya dockorna är en spegling av populärkulturen, inte verklighetens kvinnokroppar. Kim Kardashian är med sina 59 miljoner följare störst på Instagram.
Let's All Share What We Do As Future Ready Librarians In Each One Of The FRL Wedges! I had such a wonderful time with our team as we worked with administrators, technology directors, principals, coaches and of course, lots of very special Future Ready Librarians. On the second day, as we examined, dissected and shared ways Future Ready Librarians lead, teach and serve within our libraries, schools and communities, one of my new friends, Becky Ackermann, came up to me with an idea from the collaborating they were doing at their table. Even though we took the FRL Framework apart on the first day together by breaking into 10 groups and... ...providing more meaning and examples to each wedge, Becky and her table thought it would be super helpful to now come up with very specific examples, ideas, resources and more to help us be successful and creative within each. We started to do this with the sticky notes we were adding on Day 1, but it would be nice to have an online place where these ideas are captured and stored for everyone to use and share. Now, where the fun part begins!
“You’re Lying”: a Game to Practise Present Perfect Simple and Past Simple Today I’m really happy to introduce a guest writer to you. Angeles Jimenez is a friend and fellow teacher from EOI Oviedo and, in this blog post, she will be sharing with us an excellent communicative game to consolidate the use of present perfect simple and past simple. Ready for a lot of fun! Do you want your students to keep their noses in the course book? Going into a new class on the first day can be a little bit stressful both for teachers and students. Games for getting to know one another can be an excellent way to establish a stress-free environment in the classroom. The “You’re lying “game lives up to its name. It’s a fun game which works very well at the start of the term as a ‘getting to know you’ kind of game. It’s also a great way to consolidate the use of the present perfect tense to talk about experiences and the use of simple past to ask follow-up questions. For B2 students some warming up may be necessary. I’ve been to many countries in my life. How to play
Listening to Students Last week, my son's third grade teacher sent home what at first glance looked like a long homework assignment -- three sets of survey questions with many lines for his responses. After reading the directions, we learned that I was to ask him the questions and transcribe his responses. Each night we settled down for what turned into a thoughtful, reflective conversation about my child: his reading preferences, learning style, interests, likes and dislikes, fears and hopes. I thought I knew my kid, but I was surprised by some of his responses -- "What distracts you more -- sound or movement?" "What's one thing you're afraid of?" This was the best homework assignment my kid has ever received, at least from my perspective (and I've generally been an advocate of abolishing homework. Beginning of the Year Surveys My first years teaching were in elementary classrooms (I didn't survey my kids because I feared they couldn't write the kinds of lengthy responses I wanted).
Meet Google Drive – One place for all your files One account. All of Google. Sign in to continue to Google Drive Find my account Forgot password? Sign in with a different account Create account One Google Account for everything Google Gruppstärkande övningar Innan en grupp kan arbeta och lära tillsammans krävs att vi låter eleverna lära känna varandra och att vi ger tid till gruppstärkande övningar. Trots att det kan kännas som att detta tar tid från viktig kunskapsinlärning, får du och klassen igen det när det senare genom att gruppen kan arbeta mer effektivt tillsammans. En oerhört viktig uppgift vi som lärare har är således att skapa ett tillåtande klimat i klassrummet där varje elev får ta plats, vågar försöka och vågar misslyckas samt uppmuntrar sina klasskamrater att göra samma sak. Många strukturer som är bra för kunskapsdelning och fördjupning av förståelse kan också vara fantastiskt bra att använda just för att jobba ihop en grupp och skapa detta klassrumsklimat vi eftersträvar – vare sig det är en nyskapad grupp eller en grupp som inte riktigt fått till det. Namnlekar Det finns mängder av olika sätt att lära varandras namn på. Sitt i en ring. Hitta likheter Sitt i en ring. Mina ord, dina ord Hitta en kompis Berättaren Hör vi ihop