English for Everyone "Your reading comprehension materials are the best I've found on the web. They are so thorough and comprehensive! My students and I have learned a lot from them. Thanks so much!" The Habitus of Critical Imagination "whatever we do together is pure invention the maps they gave us were out of date" ~ Adrienne Rich, Poem VIII What follows is a keynote written for the TLTS event on Auraria Campus on October 5, 2018, meant as an introduction to a day of creative problem solving, and to my recent publication, An Urgency of Teachers. I was invited to speak at this event, sponsored by Metropolitan State University in Denver—my alma mater—but for reasons out of my control, I was unable to attend. I was not meant to attend Metropolitan State College in Denver for my undergraduate degree. In 1989, I was accepted to Pacific University, a small private liberal arts college nestled in rural Forest Grove, Oregon. Thirty minutes from the coast, surrounded on all fronts with redwoods and huge Douglas fir, I’d first seen pictures of the college when I was in high school, and it seemed precisely the dream I had in mind for my young academic soul.
Open Textbooks Maths Science Downloading our books You can download our open textbooks in different formats to use them in the way that suits you. The files can be big, so we don't make them available from our mobi site (the one you're currently viewing). Our Top 20 Ed Tech Blogs of 2020 2020 is about to come to an end – and I think everyone can be a little thankful for that! This year has been hard. And for the most part, I think we all can agree we would like the year to be scrubbed from our memory. With that said, we’ve been busy at TCEA headquarters trying to give you the tools and resources to survive teaching in a pandemic. Building Literacy Every Day By Pearson Early Learning Every time you read a book, write a note, sort the laundry, check the TV listings, or recount the day’s happenings, you are using skills young children need to have to be ready to learn to read and write. Here are some simple activities you and your child can do together. Learning New Words Name Games Play simple naming games with your child.
Dipsticks: Efficient Ways to Check for Understanding What strategy can double student learning gains? According to 250 empirical studies, the answer is formative assessment, defined by Bill Younglove as “the frequent, interactive checking of student progress and understanding in order to identify learning needs and adjust teaching appropriately.” Unlike summative assessment, which evaluates student learning according to a benchmark, formative assessment monitors student understanding so that kids are always aware of their academic strengths and learning gaps. It also helps teachers improve the effectiveness of their instruction. “When the cook tastes the soup,” writes Robert E. Stake, “that's formative; when the guests taste the soup, that’s summative.”
Access the Materials - OpenSciEd OpenSciEd Middle School Science Units OpenSciEd materials are open educational resources (OER) licensed to be free for anyone to use, share, redistribute, adapt, transform, and build upon for any purpose, even commercially. Using the links below, units can be downloaded as a PDF or added to a Google Drive folder. Fountas & Pinnell - RESOURCE REPOSITORY We are excited about the new Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ (FPC) products added to this site! Improvements to the site will continue over the coming months. Keep in mind, if you run into any issues while using this site, you can "Live Chat" with us by clicking the button in the corner. New design and navigation! Click here to learn more … Sign Up