Welcome! Guided Reading in Google Apps for Education This week I am giving some guest bloggers the opportunity to share their ideas and experiences. This is a post from Trevor Krikst. The ability to link various documents within Google Apps makes it ideal for a digital Guided Reading program. Bringing Guided Reading into the Google realm has made it simple for me to consolidate my plans, texts, student work, and assessment into one location. a weekly schedule anecdotal assessment documents an assessment form digital texts guided group folders (within which I store tasks, student work, and texts) Here is the Guided Reading Launch Page: As you can see, the Launch Page contains information found in traditional Guided Reading planning templates, such as group names, student names and the instructional focus for the week. With this ongoing observational record, the teacher can make regular anecdotal notes within one document - accessing this document is as simple as clicking on the desired student's name in the Launch Page.
Collection: John Gould: The Australian Collection Likes and dislikes, Hobbies - L'anglais au collège Clique sur les images ci-dessous pour faire les activités. (clique sur next activity pour passer à l'activité suivante) (Pour tourner les pages de ce livre intéractif, clique sur les onglets de couleur à droite) Pour jouer, choisis d'abord le nombre de joueurs (1 seul), un nom d'équipe et pour chaque question le thème et le nombre de points qu'elle vaut, puis clique sur les bonnes réponses. Clique ici pour jouer à un memory sur les loisirs (il faut associer le son à l'image). Pour faire d'autres activités, clique ici puis sur les titres en bleu situés au milieu de la page.
10 Unforgettable Stories History Forgot History This list is inspired by an excellent book I recently bought called “Lost to Time“. I strongly recommend you buy it if you want to read much more detail about the stories, people and places in this list. Cahokia America’s Forgotten Rome Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site is the area of an ancient indigenous city (c. 600–1400 AD) near Collinsville, Illinois. At the high point of its development, Cahokia was the largest urban center north of the great Mesoamerican cities in Mexico. If the highest population estimates are correct, Cahokia was larger than any subsequent city in the United States, until about 1800, when Philadelphia’s population grew beyond 40,000. Sultana Forgotten Disaster The steamboat Sultana was a Mississippi River paddlewheeler, destroyed in an explosion on 27 April, 1865. Ziryab The Slave Who Changed Society The list of societal changes Ziryab made is immense – he popularized short hair and shaving for men, and wore different clothes based on the seasons. Peshtigo
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London Top 10 Sights - Explore the Highlights Explore the Top 10 Sights London belongs to the most popular destinations for city trips. Among the long list of reasons for that you will find at the top the long history, unique antique and modern artworks, the international reputation and of course the wealth of tourist attractions. London Tourist Map for Sightseeing With the interactive map of city-walks you will see the locations of the top 10 highlights of London at a glance.