Interactive Graphic Organizer Holt Interactive Graphic Organizers "Graphic organizers are tools that help your brain think." - Kylene Beers Graphic organizers are an illustration of your thoughts on paper. They can help you brainstorm, organize, and visualize your ideas. Click on a graphic organizer to download a PDF of it. Once you’ve downloaded an organizer, type in your comments and print it out. Each graphic organizer below includes Teaching Notes with lessons and tips on how to use graphic organizers in the classroom. Help with PDF Files Generating, Identifying, and Organizing Details Determining Main Idea and Drawing Conclusions Order and Sequence Comparison-Contrast and Cause and Effect Process and Cycle Diagrams Evaluating and Making Decisions Persuasive and Supporting a Position Vocabulary Miscellaneous Organizers Graphic Organizer Teaching Notes
'The Present' By Jacob Frey Is A Touching Animated Short That'll Tug At Your Heartstrings MARCH 2, 2016 — By Sara Heddleston Sara Heddleston Sara has been working and writing online for so many years, she's unsure if she is still in corporeal form. She considers herself a jack of all trades, but would prefer it if you would stop calling her "Jack." “The Present” is a short animated movie that is based on a comic strip by Fabio Coala. It starts with a boy being handed a box. By the end, you will be choked up. video-player-present "The Present" ran at over 180 film festivals and won more than 50 awards...and it's easy to see why. Paid Content:Paid Content:Paid Content:Paid Content:Paid Content:
My September Classroom…with a little help from IKEA As those of you on our Facebook page will probably already know, last week Teacher’s Pet hit IKEA, ready to purchase some goodies! IKEA has always been a personal favourite of mine, not so much for my own home but for my classroom. So, I thought I would take the time to put together a little list of what I think are ‘must look out for’ items if you plan on heading there yourself. We also received some great comments on Facebook when our community were asked “Has anyone else purchased some fab IKEA goodies for their classroom?” I suppose I should mention that Teacher’s Pet has not received any sponsorship from IKEA – This is just something I thought might help…be warned, do not read any further if you’re trying to avoid spending your own money on school stuff (although one of our community members did share a great idea about this…more on that later in the post). So… 2) Canopies – IKEA has a few of these but my all time favourite has to be the giant leaf. Author: Christina
Jo Knowles - Live Your Life: A Theme and a Challenge for 2013 Every year, in addition to writing a list of goals and dreams, I also pick a "theme" to help guide me in reaching them. This year's theme came as a gift from Maurice Sendak. A few weeks ago, I came across this very sad interview with Sendak and Terry Gross, illustrated by Christoph Niemann. I won't lie. It depressed me. I have a confession. For years, whenever people gushed about his books to me, I would secretly think, Yes they're lovely, but he's not a very nice man. I am ashamed of those secret thoughts. Later, I would see and hear Sendak in other interviews, and my opinion softened. Sometimes I think we forget people can do that. With this in mind, when I heard this latest and maybe last interview, I was a little devastated by the sadness that emanates in his voice. How sad to only find this out so late in life. I think that's where the sorrow in this interview comes from. A desperate plea to anyone who would listen: Don't wait until you are aging to fall in love with the world. Sing.
Small Folk Small Folk Small Folk Question time! Who do you think they are? What do they look like? Why do you think they like ‘staying out of the limelight’? Why do they choose to live underground? How many of them do you think live in this house? What is it like inside? Do you think there are other houses like this? Perfect picture! Imagine who/what might live inside this house. Are there other houses like this? Story starter! They had lived there for as long as he could remember. They were strange folk in a way, small and strange. Can you write a story about them? Sentence challenge! SPAG challenge A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between one thing and another. It may tell you where a thing is in relation to something else. It may tell you when something is in relation to another event. g. Can you find any prepositions in your writing? Sick sentences! These sentences are ‘sick’ and need help to get better. There was a door.
Work scrutiny – What’s the point of marking books? Marking is an act of lovePhil Beadle If you’ve never taken part in a whole school book scrutiny, I’d recommend it. Seeing how students treat their exercise books across different subjects is very revealing. I’ll happily agree that students’ books can’t give a complete picture of their learning and progress in particular classes but they certainly ask interesting questions about whether marking and presentation matter. Just for a moment, let’s assume we all understand and agree that giving quality feedback to students is the most important thing teachers can do (click here for more on this.) Phil Beadle, in typically provocative style, puts it like this: You can turn up hungover every morning, wearing the same creased pair of Farahs as last week, with hair that looks like a bird has slept in it, then spend most of the lesson talking at kids about how wonderful your are; but mark their books with dedication and rigour and your class will fly.How To Teach To avoid this: We have this: 1. 2.
Using Wall Wisher in the Classroom On Friday I ran a short workshop about using online tools to brainstorm with students. One of the resources that I shared and had folks try out was Wall Wisher. Although not the most robust tool for brainstorming, Popplet is currently my favorite, Wall Wisher is easy to use and seemed to be a hit with my audience. Today, I showed my special education students a short (18 minutes) video about cultural changes that took place in the US during the 1920's. At first my students were a little unsure of what Wallwisher is all about, but they quickly figured it out and they all enjoyed the class. For those who have never tried Wallwisher before, it is very easy to use. Also from April 2010.Tom Barrett has a slideshow about Wallwisher in his Interesting Ways Series.
classroomenvironmentdownloads - home Getting on top of marking For the first time in my 10 years of teaching, I don’t feel the stress of marking and I hope to explain how in this post. I’ll start by saying there are no quick fixes when it comes to marking. You can’t cut corners. There are some methods to reduce the time spent doing it, but the ways to get on top are more about how to increase the impact of marking. Mainly, it’s about establishing a different relationship between you and marking. Regular, high quality marking will: Help students to get betterBuild positive relationships (they see that you care)Improve presentationAllow you to evaluate teachingMake students value what they do (they know you’ll read it)Improve behaviour (you are a teacher with high expectations) You can read my detailed post about the specifics of making written feedback more effective here. Mark for the students Forget the book scrutinies and the Ofsted inspections.* Just focus on making your feedback work for you and your students. Marking is planning Bear with me!
Digital scrapbooks for student creativity, self-expression, and imagination - Beeclip EDU