aimee buckner « TWO WRITING TEACHERS Writer’s Notebooks by Ruth Ayres Last week I had a conversation with a middle school teacher who has spent her summer studying writing workshop and is excited to make writer’s notebooks the backbone of her writing instruction. Who are your mentors? by Stacey Shubitz I’ve been preparing for the graduate course, “Children’s Literature in Teaching Writing,” I’m teaching in June every time my daughter goes down for a nap, heads to sleep, etc. SOLSC. 2011. 31 of 31. Woo-hoo! A New Writer’s Notebook Rubric Sometimes you have to let go of the reigns and allow your students to lead you, right. Mid-Year Self-Evaluation: Want a Copy? It’s that time again… This-coming week is Mid-Year Self-Evaluation Time in my class’s Writing Workshop. Self-Efficacy in Writing Workshop I recently read Michael Putnam’s article, “Running the Race to Improve Self-Efficacy,” in the Winter 2009 Issue of the Kappa Delta Pi Record. Sharing a Notebook Lesson The Queen of Forms Page Led Me to Create This! Quotes & Poetry
The Research Base of Open Court and The Research Base of Open Court and Its Translation into Instructional Policy in California by This study analyses the research that supports Open Court, describes its translation into instructional policy in California, and compares the average SAT 9 reading scores of English-only children in schools using Open Court against comparable schools using non-scripted programs in one large urban school district. It found no significant difference in the average second grade SAT 9 reading scores in Open Court and comparison schools. Ordinarily, professors of reading education write about principles in reading instruction and avoid naming specific commercial programs and schools. The purpose of this article is twofold: (1) to help educators and educational stakeholders understand the research that supports Open Court and how it was translated into instructional policy in California, and (2) to analyze the effect of this policy on reading achievement in California. The Research Base of Open Court
What are Ralph Fletcher and Aimee Buckner Reading? From Ralph Fletcher, author of BOY WRITERS, THE SANDMAN, WHAT A WRITER NEEDS, and FIG PUDDING: THE POST-BIRTHDAY WORLD by Lionel Shriver (finished a month or so ago) THE MOTHER TONGUE by Bill Bryson THE SLEEPING DOLL by Jeffrey Deaver (a guilty pleasure) LUSH LIFE by Richard Price From Aimee Buckner, author of NOTEBOOK KNOW-HOW: THE BOOK OF AIR AND SHADOWS by Michael Gruber. ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY by David Sedaris. LITERATURE AS EXPLORATION by Louise Rosenblatt. Online Reading Games For Kids Reading is essential to the development of children. It’s important that children’s reading comprehension skills improve as they grow. If children are struggling, it’s essential for parents to be aware and know strategies that will help. 1. No matter how you choose to teach a child to read make it fun and enjoyable. Games For Ages 3-6 Games For Ages 6-10 Games for Ages 10 And Up Scribble: A game of online scribble.Story Starter: Its more than a game it’s your story. Reading Sites For Parents
Writer's Workshop Resources and Ideas The majority of time of Writing Workshop is devoted to independent writing. During this time, students are prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing their pieces. Depending on the age and abilities of your students, independent writing can be as short as 15 minutes or as long as 45-60 minutes. According to Katie Wood Ray (The Writing Workshop, 2001), students can also do other activities during their writing time, such as writing in their schema notebooks journal writing writing exercises to experiment with language and style conducting peer-conferences reading to support writing During independent writing time, the teacher confers with students about their writing. Teachers should keep conferences short. Websites on Conferring:
A Classroom Management Plan That Works In his book, Ignore Everybody: And 39 Other Keys To Creativity, Hugh MacLeod points out that Abraham Lincoln penned the Gettysburg Address on borrowed stationary. Hemingway wrote with a simple fountain pen. Van Gogh rarely used more than six colors on his palate. And MacLeod, himself an artist, sketches cartoons on the back of business cards. His point is that there is zero correlation between creative talent and the materials and equipment used. The same can be said about an effective classroom management plan. A simple set of rules and consequences hand-printed on ordinary poster board is all you need. You see… There is no magic in the plan itself. Therefore your plan doesn’t need to be elaborate, complex, or involved. It just needs to be followed. A Classroom Management Plan Is A Contract A classroom management plan is a contract you make with your students that promises you will protect their right to learn and enjoy school without interference. 1. 2. That’s it. Rules: 1. 2. 3. 4. Consequences:
Middle School (5-8) Writer's Workshop / Peer Editing Lessonplans, homework, quizzes BetterLesson Sign-Up Login Forgot? Middle School (5-8) Writer's Workshop / Peer Editing Middle School (5-8) Views Favorites 9-2-10 Day One: Expectations & Procedures Alicia Gilbert from AF Endeavor Middle School Location: 8th Grade Writers Workshop Intro to the Writer's Workshop Views 9-3-10 Intro to Six Traits Views 9-16-10 Important Parts of a Narrative, Focusing on Small Moments, & Subjects in the Middle Views Favorite 9-8-10 Materials Set Up and Partner Work Views 9-13-10 Goals, Purpose for Writing, & Connection to Literature thru Writing Views 9-15-10 Locale Mapping & Identifying Subjects Views 9-17-10 Independent Word Study and Conferring Expectations, Grammar Quiz #1 Views LP 2 - Generating Day II - Objects List Evan Seymour Location: 5th Grade Writing Launching the Writing Workshop WWBAT generate ideas for their writing by creating a list of small moments connected to a special object. Views Publish your book review Sue Harmon from AF Amistad Academy Middle School Views Create a focus statement Views Views Views
K-12 News Instructure Launches Open Resource LTI App Catalog LMS provider Instructure has launched EduAppCenter.com, an open resource Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) catalog that lets users incorporate more than 130 education apps into their own LMS or education environment. By Stephen Noonoo04/24/14 Florida Assessments Back Online After Day Outage Online testing in Florida schools being delivered by Pearson Education hiccupped on Tuesday, April 22, at 26 districts in the state and had to be delayed for a day while server problems were sorted out. By Dian Schaffhauser04/23/14 NCAA Declines Coursework From 24 Virtual High Schools The NCAA has notified virtual school provider K12 Inc. that it will no longer accept accept coursework from 24 of its schools for initial eligibility review for prospective student athletes.
Apps and Ideas for Literature Circles on iPads Mobile Learning | Feature Apps and Ideas for Literature Circles on iPads By Margo Pierce05/08/12 Technology is sliding a power cord, app, or some other innovation into every aspect of education, even elementary reading classes. Today, the use of e-books and iPads in the classroom are taking reading to a “whole new level,” according to Diane Darrow, library information media specialist at Bel Aire Elementary in Tiburon, Calif and an Apple Distinguished Educator. Darrow says that traditional methods for teaching reading have centered on a verbal-only methodology, which she describes as using one track in the brain. “You want to give [kids] different types of learning experiences so that learning sticks in the brain,” Darrow says. One method of getting kids to engage reading in different ways is through a tablet-based literature circle. But instead of using paper books, colored index cards and poster board to acheive these goals, Darrow uses iPads and apps.
Learning from the news Skip to main content GOV.UK uses cookies to make the site simpler. Find out more about cookies Is this page useful? Yes this page is useful No this page is not useful Is there anything wrong with this page? Thank you for your feedback Close Help us improve GOV.UK Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details. To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Don’t have an email address? Back to School- 2nd & 3rd Day Day 2 & 3 = lots of back to school fun! Day 2 For morning work on the 2nd day, my students will decorate the cover of their "All About Me" book. After the kids come back from activity, it's calendar time & another round of the name game. Then we have fun with our names all day long!! After I read the Chrysanthemum, we'll talk about everyone's special name! Here are some other fun things you can do with names: *Graph the number of letters in your students' names and discuss who has the fewest letters, who has the most, who has the same, etc. *Let students create an acrostic poem using their name. *Let your students write & decorate the letters in their name with sequins, noodles, pom poms, etc.... *Play the name scramble game. Day 3.... My students will continue to work in their "All About Me" books for morning work! Then we'll play a game called "Find a Friend". For snack, we are making "Friendship Fruit Salad"! In a large bowl.... Add one can of fruit...." Add another can of fruit..."
Blooming Orange: Bloom's Taxonomy Helpful Verbs Poster Here’s another poster to help get you thinking about how you can apply Bloom’s higher-order thinking skills with your children. This poster shows the segments of an orange with each segment relating to a thinking skill and some helpful verbs to serve as prompts. While there are many more verbs that we could have added, we felt that including just seven in each segment would make them easier to remember (For more information, see Miller’s paper “The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information.” We thought it would be interesting to depict the verbs in a circular form as opposed to a hierarchical list, given that these skills don’t often occur in isolation and are interconnected. For those of you who prefer it, we’ve also created a grayscale version of the poster. Let us know what you think – you know we’re always listening! Download the pdf’s here:
Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything - Bloomin' Apps This page gathers all of the Bloomin' Apps projects in one place.Each image has clickable hotspots and includes suggestions for iPad, Android, Google and online tools and applications to support each of the levels of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy.I have created a page to allow you to share your favorite online tool, iOS, or Android app with others. Cogs of the Cognitive Processes I began to think about the triangular shape of Bloom's Taxonomy and realized I thought of it a bit differently.Since the cognitive processes are meant to be used when necessary, and any learner goes in and out of the each level as they acquire new content and turn it into knowledge, I created a different type of image that showcased my thoughts about Bloom's more meaningfully.Here is my visual which showcases the interlocking nature of the cognitive processes or, simply, the "Cogs of the Cognitive Processes". IPAD APPS TO SUPPORT BLOOM'S REVISED TAXONOMYassembled by Kathy Schrock Bloom's and SAMR: My thoughts
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