Literacy Strategy: Cooperative Unison Reading Strategy
STUDENT BLOGGING - Visual Writing Prompts
11/19/2013 14:34
Student blogging is a nothing new, but I have chosen to do somethign a little different. Students in Social Studies have plenty of opportunity to write essay with regard to the curriculum's academic langauge and content; for blogging in my class I wanted to create space for more creativity...
"I'VE GOT THE POWUGH" - THE TABLE
11/19/2013 14:18
The classrooms of fore-score-and-seven-years should be gone. You remember them well - the teacher needed to be front and center never moving to his right or left more than three-paces. The teacher had his or her personal desk and each student was an island to himself as they set sequesterd in...
PROJECT BASED LEARNING
11/19/2013 13:35
What Makes Project Based Learning So Good, So Right, & So Necessary?
Some years ago I helped a teacher friend of mine student teach. I decided to do a mock trial in the calss after reading about Abraham Lincoln from a political, historical, and social...
World Cup Soccer and Closing Ceremonies (Word Wall)
11/19/2013 11:43
I was inspired by the awesome ideas expressed by Ms. Flecha as well as thoughts expressed from some classmates I had back at Chapman University. I've decided to kick-off vocabulary enrichment program in my classroom on the scale of The World Cup proportions. In essence I've decided to use the...
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE . . . . FOR STUDENTS
11/19/2013 02:46
Eeach year and after the first month of my class, I ask the students to create their own Student Declaration(s) of Inedependence. It's a blast and so much fun for me to delve into the minds of my students and read what they think is important in their class with me, their school and in their...
Learning Cultures
11/19/2013 01:11
I've always felt I've taught with type of form of mind, however stumbling upon the Learning Cultures curriculum that I was given some langauge and affirmation. This curriculum as the above article articulates puts student independence and student-led problem solving as the axis aroudn which...
Joint Intention
11/18/2013 14:28
When planning a Writers unit or a new Social Studies unit, the standard is to determine what will be challengeds for the students and how to build on their strengths. I have several ESL students in my class and in the traditional, transmission model, many teachers work wiht their student...
WORD Walls
11/18/2013 14:15
I'm a Social Studies Teacher and I have several word walls in my room. Aside from an American History wall, I also have the following: one is my area for words students are always asking to spell, which includes mostly sight words. My primary word wall is the one with the TROPHY - on it...
Cooperative & In Unison
11/18/2013 14:09
This is a tool for teaching reading - Five to six student leaders (which rotate) choose a short text they'd like to read. For classes such as ELA, it is fine to place no restrictions., however, in a class suck as World History, the leaders are encouraged to choose a text relevant to what they...