Steps for Research Anchor Chart (Sarah T.) FLIPPING THE CLASSROOM Lessons for Our Flipped Classroom Ms. Merashoff's 9th Grade Intensive Reading Classes in Room 10-103 at Palm Bay High School What is a FLIPPED Classroom? 1. The flipped classroom is a pedagogical model in which the typical lecture and homework elements of a course are reversed. The notion of a flipped classroom draws on such concepts as active learning, student engagement, hybrid course design, and course podcasting. 2. There is no single model for the flipped classroom—the term is widely used to describe almost any class structure that provides prerecorded lectures followed by in-class exercises. I am very excited about trying this model for some of my lessons. For those without Internet access, we have computers in the classroom that can be used before the due date of the FLIPPED assignment or students can use the computers in the library for the same purpose.
Anchor Charts 101: Why and How to Use Them, Plus 100s of Ideas (Jenna M.) Spend any time browsing teacher pages on Pinterest and Instagram, and you’ll run across hundreds of ideas for classroom anchor charts. But you may have lingering questions about what they are, what purpose they serve, how to get started, and when to use them. Have no fear! WeAreTeachers has created this primer to inform you, and we’ve also included a huge list of resources to get you started. We have a feeling that once you get started, anchor charts are going to your new favorite thing. What is an anchor chart? SOURCE: Teaching With Simplicity An anchor chart is a tool that is used to support instruction (i.e. How do I create anchor charts? The first thing you need to know about creating them is that you do not need any special materials or artistic skills—just chart paper and a colorful assortment of markers. As you model a lesson or learning strategy and interact with your students through discussion, you fill in the blank spaces of the anchor chart. SOURCE: The Thinker Builder
Project Wisdom - Helping Students Make Wiser Choices Fiction and Non-Fiction Anchor Chart by The Book Fairy Goddess Teaching the difference between Fiction books and Non-Fiction books is an important skill, especially in the younger grades. In the past, I’ve always created a poster on chart paper with the information along with the students. Sometimes, in my rush, my poster had mistakes or was not the neatest as I must have missed the day they handed out the “teacher handwriting gene”! That always bugged me, because I would refer back to the poster for several weeks. So, here’s what I plan to do: 1. I’ll use the pieces to BUILD the poster with the students on the empty clipboard poster (page 4). I hope you find this useful! In the States Forty-one states, the District of Columbia, four territories, and the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) have adopted the Common Core State Standards. The map below provides information about the process each state or territory followed to adopt their academic standards. Please note that states routinely review their academic standards and may choose to change or add onto the standards to best meet the needs of their students. AdoptedNot Adopted * Full implementation is defined as the school year the state expects teachers in grades K-12 in English language arts and mathematics to incorporate the standards into classroom instruction. Source: Achieve, “Closing the Expectations Gap 2013 Annual Report on the Alignment of State K-12 Policies and Practice with the Demands of College and Careers.”
edutopia (Christina Williams) Begin With Guided Inquiry Teacher-guided inquiry can build background knowledge of the topic before letting students take the reins in developing their own inquiry. With guided inquiry: Teachers start with an overall guiding question. Teachers know what they want their students to understand beforehand. Students know what the outcome of the inquiry will be. "Guided inquiry is like a typical science lesson," explains Anne DiCola, Ralston Elementary's instructional coach. Ralston teachers build toward student-driven inquiry throughout the course of the unit. Teach Students How to Question Explore and Model Different Types of Deeper-Level Questions An important aspect of inquiry-based learning is teaching students how to ask deeper questions. According to Principal Dawn Odean, the following two tips helped Ralston teachers: Across grade levels, reflect on how you model questioning from kindergarten and up. "We’re really looking at students being creative problem solvers," explains Odean. D.J.
org :: Close Reading Exemplars Loading [MathJax]/extensions/MathMenu.js Jump to a Section Close Reading Model Lessons Sign up to receive updates from us. Featured Lessons Download All Send us your feedback These sets of 2-6 lessons include: Complex TextsText-dependent QuestionsVocabularyWriting AssignmentsAssessment Questions* *Not all lesson sets include assessment questions Close Reading Model Lessons The Wind by James Reeves Grades K-2 fiction. View Details The Moon: Research Project Grade 1 fiction and nonfiction (Relevant for Grades K-2); created by Pat Fitzsimmons, Diana Leddy, Lindy Johnson, Sue Biggam, and Suzan Locke View Details Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (with mini-assessment) Grade 3 fiction. View Details The Fisherman and His Wife translated by Lucy Crane Grade 3 fiction (Relevant for Grades 2-4); Story originally published in Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm. View Details The Making of a Scientist by Richard Feynman Grade 6 nonfiction (Relevant for Grades 5-7). View Details Grade 6 nonfiction. View Details
RACE Writing Strategy Response Poster (Jill) ***Check out this product that includes MORE posters, bookmarks, and a writing response sheet for both RACE and RACES - only $2.00 more!***RACE and RACES BUNDLE This poster is a useful tool for students learning the RACE acronym for writing constructed responses and short answers. Why use RACE? Understanding (and memorizing!) Students learn not only to write complete responses, but to read CLOSELY...because they know they will have to "prove" their answer. Beyond tests (and isn't that what it's all about!?) We are teaching students to think critically and support their opinions! Includes a printer-friendly black and white version, too! ***Check out my other RACE Products:***
Library Of Congress Unveils Massive Common Core Resource Center The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) is here and teachers are trying to figure out how to best integrate it into their tried-and-true lessons. They’re struggling to integrate technology to best augment CCSS. They are in desperate need of classroom materials that they can trust. Like a superhero, the U.S. Library of Congress has just swooped in and unveiled an enormous new (and free!) Common Core Resources You can now do a ‘ Search By Standards ‘ query which lets you do exactly that. Find Library of Congress lesson plans and more that meet Common Core standards, state content standards, and the standards of national organizations. Professional Development Tools There are professional development tools that are sorted by grade level, ease of use, and written in plain English. Classroom Materials Created by teachers for teachers, these ready-to-use materials provide easy ways to incorporate the Library’s unparalleled primary sources into instruction. Learn More
Analyzing Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts (Ben) Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information provided. I'm not going to lie. This was a scary standard for me to tackle. It's one of those that you Google, and almost nothing comes up. I started by using a few passages that I have used for years--even before Common Core. I read these aloud to them while they read along. What would a lesson be without something in their interactive notebooks!? I LOVE using task cards in interactive notebooks. Complete several of the cards together, first. The students can then glue one of the task cards into their notebook and answer the guiding questions using the individual student question prompt sheet. You can find these Analyzing Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts for Comparing and Contrasting Multiple Accounts of the same event in my Teachers Pay Teachers store HERE. Do you have any other ideas for teaching this tough skill?