tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19038946676430099402024-03-23T06:14:50.594-04:00teaching, life, and everything in betweenjenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07881636387931238996noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903894667643009940.post-3371966575326097832019-07-07T09:26:00.000-04:002019-07-07T09:26:06.079-04:00Start off summer with a chance to win a $100 TpT gift card!!<div align="”left”">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I've joined a bunch a fabulous bloggers for an opportunity to win a $100 TpT gift card! Perfect for your back to school purchases...or clip art...or that unit you've been holding off on buying...the list can go on and on!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: black;">Giveaway Organized by:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><a class="m_1659565729489491728enhancr_card_2177715300" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kelly-Malloy&source=gmail&ust=1562590190971000&usg=AFQjCNECnkvfjcKArBmCrSAvGYMVqfUuZw" href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kelly-Malloy" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Kelly Malloy</a> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;">(An Apple for the Teacher)</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black;">Co-hosts:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> <b> </b> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Sellers-Im-Following/Add/Kelly-Malloy&source=gmail&ust=1562590190971000&usg=AFQjCNGsMX2SyafoxWXSFaR_zJw7dy9Afg" href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Sellers-Im-Following/Add/Kelly-Malloy" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">An Apple for the Teacher</a>, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Sellers-Im-Following/Add/The-Fun-Factory&source=gmail&ust=1562590190971000&usg=AFQjCNGB5v8pTDWkOg38kD4Dhc1mzXxcOA" href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Sellers-Im-Following/Add/The-Fun-Factory" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">The Fun Factory</a>, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Sellers-Im-Following/Add/180-Days-Of-Reading&source=gmail&ust=1562590190971000&usg=AFQjCNHNtcEp70FRfsaEuicd-vp-lx2L0Q" href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Sellers-Im-Following/Add/180-Days-Of-Reading" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">180 Days of Reading</a>, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Sellers-Im-Following/Add/Kelly-Mccown&source=gmail&ust=1562590190971000&usg=AFQjCNFk9i2a0JyRFN0OXrdyOuY4eFqk0A" href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Sellers-Im-Following/Add/Kelly-Mccown" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Kelly McCown</a>, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Sellers-Im-Following/Add/%2520Its-A-Teacher-Thing&source=gmail&ust=1562590190971000&usg=AFQjCNE48FMzfw5Wq1b3SLuRDZlL91ENcw" href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Sellers-Im-Following/Add/%20Its-A-Teacher-Thing" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">It's a Teacher Thing</a>, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Sellers-Im-Following/Add/Mickeys-Place&source=gmail&ust=1562590190971000&usg=AFQjCNHCoha3AKLGXS0UMa60bhUqzqbHeA" href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Sellers-Im-Following/Add/Mickeys-Place" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Mickey's Place</a>, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Sellers-Im-Following/Add/Livin-In-A-Van-Down-By-The-River&source=gmail&ust=1562590190971000&usg=AFQjCNHwy0LLgTOlbB3XPHeDTXJ6M-M45g" href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Sellers-Im-Following/Add/Livin-In-A-Van-Down-By-The-River" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">LIVIN' IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER</a>, <a 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I don't know about you, but the last few months have seemed like a whirlwind of stress and excitement!<br />
I have the sweetest class of 20 students, which I can hardly believe! Teaching where I teach, 20 students is unheard of--however it is a welcoming change from the class of 31 that I had last year.<br />
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Here's the hub of the classroom...it's my favorite place! The library outlines two large carpets and the tree is the center of the board. We were "falling for figurative language" where the kids wrote examples of figurative language they found in their independent books on the <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/fall-leaves-bulletin-board-cutouts-a2-62_9597.fltr?keyword=fall+leaves" target="_blank">leaves</a>. When they were detectives on the lookout for examples of figurative language, it added a whole new level to independent reading. {For the tree, my hubby skillfully crafted it using <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/fadeless-art-paper-roll-brown-a2-13683615.fltr?keyword=brown+paper" target="_blank">brown fadeless paper</a>, staples, tape, <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/self-adhesive-magnets-a2-48_2573.fltr?keyword=magnets" target="_blank">magnets</a>, and a lot of time!}</div>
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We went on field trip to a pumpkin patch and the kids were able to paint their pumpkins and as they dried, we went on a fun little hayride. As a way to add to our narrative writing unit, the kids wrote from the point of view of a pumpkin being picked from their patch. They used their trip to the pumpkin patch as inspiration for their stories! They took about a week to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish. The kids chose a <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/jumbo-pumpkin-classroom-cutouts-a2-62_9270.fltr" target="_blank">pumpkin</a> and drew its face. We attached a leaf with the pumpkin's name using <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/chenille-stem-classpack-a2-57_4000.fltr?categoryId=550062&rd=pipe%20cleaner" target="_blank">pipe cleaner</a>.<br />
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Every year, just before Halloween, our grade boos one another. This year, I embraced the tradition and had my class make these adorable crows! The kids had so much fun crafting these using <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/black-velvet-plastic-tumblers-a2-3_6375.fltr" target="_blank">black cups</a>, <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/yellow-paper-cups-a2-70_1065.fltr?keyword=yellow%20cups&mode=Searching&parentSkuName=solid-color-paper-cups&parentSku=13619337" target="_blank">yellow paper cups</a>, <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/orange-paper-cups-a2-70_1064.fltr?keyword=orange%20cups&mode=Searching&parentSkuName=solid-color-paper-cups&parentSku=13619337" target="_blank">orange paper cups</a>, <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/black-googly-eyes-a2-57_4503.fltr?keyword=googly+eye" target="_blank">googly eyes</a>, <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/bright-rainbow-craft-buttons-a2-57_8518.fltr?categoryId=553446" target="_blank">buttons</a>, yellow paper cut into a beak, and <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/clear-glue-dots-a2-73_10032.fltr" target="_blank">glue dots</a> to affix the eyes, beak, and button. We also put a <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/wonka-mix-ups-assorted-candy-a2-_K476.fltr" target="_blank">some candy</a> under the crow's hat as an added treat :)</div>
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Aside from the crafts and fun stuff, my school is focusing on Impact Teams. We are using data to drive our instruction and build student efficacy. {I'll talk more about this in a later blog post--it really is fascinating work :)} One of the third grade teachers has higher level students that she wanted to push, so I offered to host her students in my room during reading in a lateral book club. The club focuses on the 4th grade reading standards and piggy-backs off the lessons within my 4th grade classroom. The girls chose <u>The Tiger Rising</u> by Kate DiCamillo as their first book. I'm so impressed with their level of discussion and thoughtful analysis of the characters and symbolism represented within the text! I'm so excited to see what book they choose next! </div>
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jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07881636387931238996noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903894667643009940.post-68559169369799337002017-08-17T14:56:00.000-04:002017-08-17T14:56:44.294-04:00Storage For My Classroom Library<div align="”left”">
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Although I'm not actually back in the classroom yet, I still haven't stopped thinking about my classroom. It's been a summer full of reading blog posts, Facebook posts, and my own professional reading to help improve my craft. My brain never really stopped thinking about school.<br />
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With that in mind... I've been a little hung up on my classroom library. You can read about it <a href="https://teachinglifeandeverythinginbetween.blogspot.com/2017/07/rethinking-my-classroom-library.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> and <a href="https://teachinglifeandeverythinginbetween.blogspot.com/2017/07/3-questions-to-ask-yourself-as-you-set.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br />
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After reading and looking at my classroom pictures, something needed to change.<br />
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My first step in the plan was design... so I sketched out my perfect classroom layout...<br />
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Lofty...I know...but I think I can do it!<br />
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I'm making the library the center of the room--my kids never really sit at their desks during lessons, or independent work for that matter, so having the hub in the middle is perfect.<br />
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Unfortunately, I have very few bookshelves, so I need a creative way to make the books easily accessible to the kids.<br />
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With a limited amount of space, I couldn't use the plastic storage bins--they are too bulky and can become very heavy!<br />
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I found these <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/medium-clear-storage-bags-a2-13679428.fltr?keyword=clear+storage+bags" target="_blank">storage bags</a> on <a href="http://www.learn365.orientaltrading.com/" target="_blank">Learn365</a> by Oriental Trading. This particular bag is a medium and it fits quite a few books! These bags are going to store my text sets and many can fit on one shelf. I'm even thinking of putting some of the bags around the outer edges of the library, so the kids can grab the bag and go. The only thing that may be difficult for the kids is re-zippering the bags. When the zipper gets to the corner, it gets stuck. When I lift and spread the seams, the zipper slides much easier. But it takes some practice 😉<br />
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I also found these <a href="http://www.learn365.orientaltrading.com/clear-adhesive-pocket-labels-a2-13735740.fltr?keyword=clear%20adhesive%20pocket" target="_blank">clear adhesive pocket labels</a>, which I love because I can easily change out the paper label for the set. I made the label, printed, cut, and quickly slipped it into the pocket label.<br />
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I'm excited to get these storage bags into my classroom and get my students immersed in books other than the ones in their leveled baskets!<br />
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What are some creative ways you do to set up your classroom library?<br />
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In my school, we formally assess students 5 times per year on their reading levels. The school even creates goals on the number of levels students need to move in a given year as a way to track growth and progress.<br />
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Already, the climate conveys the importance of reading levels, but...<br />
we don't use a curriculum that is geared towards levels--<br />
no Teachers College...no Fountas and Pinnell...<br />
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or teaching kids strategies to use within their independent books...<br />
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or small groups that are geared to help kids tackle those instructional texts...<br />
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It's terrible...I know.<br />
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So...I went back to the basics...<br />
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When thinking about your classroom library, ask yourself these 3 questions...<br />
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1. When you walk into your classroom, does the library or book nook jump out at you, or is it all but invisible?<br />
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Kathy Collins says, "The reason we meet here in the library at the start of every day, and often during the day, is that it's a really important place. See how the bookshelves are all around the carpet, on three sides of us. We're wrapped in books! We are so lucky to have a library like this in our classroom. It's our greatest treasure."<br />
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The library is the focus of the room--not a section of the room that's tucked away.<br />
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Unfortunately, my library is in the far corner of the room. It actually gets pretty packed back there when the kids choose new books. There are tables at each edge of the rug, making it an even tighter squeeze.<br />
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This is the front of the room. The SmartBoard is front and center...it's where I do all my teaching.<br />
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With that in mind, I'd like to shift the library more to the middle--opposite the SmartBoard. Possibly move the tables to the outer edges of the room.<br />
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I'm not sure where to put the small group table...maybe leave it there? Or move it to one of the other corners of the room?<br />
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I want the kids to feel that our classroom library is our greatest treasure as well. That'll be my mantra as I'm knee deep in books and begging for more book shelves 😊<br />
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2. Do you and your students rotate, change, and add to the collection based on the changing needs, interests, and curriculum, or is your collection static?<br />
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Books in the library at the beginning of the year are easier ones that the kids enjoy reading--books they know and love, as well as series books. Once the assessing is complete and the units of study begin, other books are introduced as mentor texts or part of the unit of study, books based on student interest, books based on recommendations, and books that are similar to other loved books already in the library.<br />
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The library itself is evolving based on what you're noticing about the kids in your room. My favorite part of getting the Scholastic book orders is going through them with my kids in mind. I would use my bonus points to get them books that I knew they would love to read and talk about.<br />
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I also find a lot of great books at GoodWill and garage sales. I am always looking for ways to build up my classroom library.<br />
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3. Can struggling and reluctant readers find books they can and want to read, or do they spend most of their independent reading time searching for books?<br />
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This is a big one and my library is guilty of it because it is heavily based on the levels. Reluctant and struggling readers aren't interested in the books at their level--they may think of them as babyish or if they've been on the same level for a long time, they may have already "read" all the books in their level basket.<br />
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They may even start identifying themselves as a level--I'm level P and Jess is level S. We want them to identify as readers--we have to teach them that the levels are a guide and explicitly teach them how to choose just right books. Giving them the freedom and trust to choose books that they want to read will not only boost engagement--their self-esteem will bolster as well. It's win-win 🌝<br />
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One daunting summer task on my never-ending to do list is to tackle the garage--I mean really get in there and <strike>get rid of</strike> organize a lot of stuff that's accumulated over the years. <div>
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Let's backtrack a few years when I had to move my classroom <strike>across the hall</strike> to a much smaller room. I had to downsize a lot of my stuff, like bookshelves and bins upon bins of books. So I brought them home and they lived in my garage...</div>
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A reader...a person who picks up a book because you want to experience the adventure with Crispin or find out the backstory between Ally and Shay. A person who knows that reading is a ticket...a ticket to elicit change...change in yourself, in your community, even your life. </div>
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Has anyone used authentic tasks in their classrooms or schools? From what I can tell from the research I've read, the difference between authentic tasks and project based learning is that with authentic tasks, the students come up with the problem, define the purpose and audience, and seek out solutions through their own inquiry. The projects are created and designed by the students. I'm dappling with this type of work as we close out the year, but I feel like I'm tip-toeing around the beach instead of diving right into the water.<br />
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jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07881636387931238996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903894667643009940.post-70135421643959900112017-05-02T20:30:00.000-04:002017-05-02T20:30:40.306-04:00Creating Classroom Communities with Sanford Harmony<div align="”left”">
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Yesterday, I had the pleasure of learning about T.Denny Sanford. He is a businessman and a philanthropist.<br />
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and he wants to die poor. At 81 years old, his net worth is 1.77 billion dollars--you can read his bio <a href="https://www.forbes.com/profile/t-denny-sanford/" target="_blank">HERE</a> and <a href="https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/wall-street-donors/t-denny-sanford.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>. </div>
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I'm sure you're wondering why I'm writing about T. Denny Sanford...well, he recently donated 25 million dollars from <a href="http://www.sanfordharmony.org/" target="_blank">Sanford Harmony</a> to schools in the United States. Sanford Harmony is a research based, teaching strategy that helps strengthen classroom communities. </div>
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It is a way to redesign your morning meetings through sharing of items/stories/ideas, buddy conversations, creating Harmony goals for the entire class, and problem solving and highlighting goals. There is a classroom kit that contains all the materials needed to complete the lessons (which are already pre-planned!) </div>
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Here's a sample lesson for K-2 on the <a href="http://www.sanfordharmony.org/teaching-materials/pre-k-2nd-grade-meet-up-sample/" target="_blank">The Meet-Up</a> and a 3-5 sample lesson on <a href="http://www.sanfordharmony.org/teaching-materials/%E2%80%8B3rd-6th-grade-buddy-up-sample/" target="_blank">Buddy-Up</a>.</div>
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The best part of this is that the kits are free for your entire school! <a href="http://www.sanfordharmony.org/how-to-get-started/" target="_blank">Click here for more information</a></div>
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I actually left my PD feeling excited to try this! My kit hasn't been delivered to the classroom yet, but when it does, you know I'll be like a kid in a candy shop :) </div>
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This chapter talks about living the writerly life. A wide-awake life where ideas find the writers.<br />
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It's where writers seek new ideas in old memories, collect ideas from ones that may have been forgotten; they react, respond, and store ideas in their writer's notebooks and generate their own thoughts from their passions and interests.<br />
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It's a remarkable life and it's one that students will embrace if given the appropriate tools.<br />
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In the upper grades, especially 4th and beyond, the students become very aware of their world. They are moving out of that self-centered phase of life and are realizing that there is more out there. We can use this change of thinking as a way to help our students generate new ideas for writing. </div>
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This strategy is called: <b><span style="font-size: large;">Abstract Issues, Specific Examples</span></b><br />
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↠Brainstorm issues or ideas that are important in our world (I always do this as a whole class activity. This helps clarify ideas/definitions that students are unaware of while creating an anchor chart. This chart becomes an ongoing one, where we are always adding to it when new issues arise.)<br />
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Another favorite strategy is called: <b><span style="font-size: large;">Word Mapping</span></b><br />
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😀 What might be an angle your topic can take?<br />
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Another favorite strategy is called: <b><span style="font-size: large;">Tour Your Home</span></b><br />
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↠Guide the reader through your home. Write with detail using your senses and capture the memories that are evoked.<br />
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🏡 Pause. What do you see in that place?<br />
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After digging through my office, I found this gem of an idea using Maya Angelou's poem, <u>Life Doesn't Frighten Me.</u> I remember doing this activity shortly after Maya Angelou's death. It seemed very apropos at the time. Thinking about it...it's a great way for the kids to self-reflect and get their fears and how they are going to conquer them on paper.<br />
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I spruced all the materials up for this pack!<br />
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It includes the poem, <u>Life Doesn't Frighten Me</u> by Maya Angelou, Teaching Notes, a poem organizer and outline. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">You can get it <a href="http://eepurl.com/cLevFH" target="_blank">Here</a>.</span></div>
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I'm linking up with <a href="http://applefortheteach.blogspot.com/2017/04/writing-strategies-goal-1-composing.html" target="_blank">An Apple For The Teacher</a> for this awesome book study! I'm sharing Goal 2 with you today and we are digging into Engagement {Independence, Increasing Volume, and Developing a Writing Identity}.<br />
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Successful writing requires a huge amount of mental focus and discipline--collecting, drafting, revising, editing, publishing...repeat 😀<br />
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The thought of moving from one piece to the next can send any reluctant writer into a panic. Or your unmotivated writer...a mood writer, I like to call it, who has trouble getting started...who does a lot of "thinking" and who rarely brings a piece, let alone pieces, to publishing.<br />
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I've been there...I even dubbed myself as a mood writer from time to time. I've learned that you can't force people to write because writers need to be excited about their writing. They need to take the initiative to write and to write more. Their passion and drive drips from their notebooks.<br />
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To take the pulse of the class, begin with an Engagement Inventory and observe students working. Jot down specific behaviors you see.</div>
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⭐meeting with a partner?</div>
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This strategy is especially helpful when energy is low and your students are having a hard time attending to the task--they can picture their piece completed! This is especially motivating when there's a mentor text of the same genre or style that you can compare to their work. They will get inspired by new ideas and techniques to push through and try in their writing. </div>
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📋 What inspires you about this book?</div>
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📋How can you use that inspiration in your writing?</div>
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Volume is the amount of writing in a given time frame. Each grade has a different set of volume expectations. </div>
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In late Kindergarten, students should be able to create one 3 page booklet with a sketch and a sentence on each page in 35 minutes. </div>
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Have students look at their notebooks and think about how many lines they tend to write in one writing period. Then have them set a goal to write more. Students can place a dot in the margin next to the goal line indicating where they want to stop...this is the finish line. They can try to write up to the line or past!</div>
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After days of reading "Swimming with Sharks," we were ready to wrap it up and move on to other texts and genres. Before we left, I wanted my students to think about the theme of the text.<br />
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The majority of my class is composed of ENL students {English as a New Language} and it's a wide range from Level B to Level U; Emerging to Advanced. (My levels B and C readers were not present for this lesson, nor would they be expected to complete such a complex task as new readers.)<br />
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Knowing what I do about my students and the way they think--they really aren't outside of the box thinkers. They are more "let me take what is in the text and copy it down' types of thinkers, which is perfectly acceptable in many cases, but for this lesson, again, I need them to think deeply and come up with their own ideas about the text.<br />
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Which leads me to this strategy...<br />
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We practiced this strategy with the model text, "Swimming with Sharks" and we re-read the last paragraph.<br />
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We thought about Sarah's struggle and how it related to the problem and solution. We took it a step further and thinking about what it all meant and why the author teaching me this?<br />
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Here is what they came up with:<br />
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They called them out and as I wrote them on the paper, they explained how the theme fit.<br />
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They were even able to name empathy and perseverance! I was so excited 😊<br />
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Before they went on to their independent work, I had them choose a theme from the list and write some reasons why this theme fit "Swimming with Sharks." As the students finished their post-its, I looked at them quick and gave them immediate feedback.<br />
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Some students who were able to clearly show details to support their chosen theme, then went on to complete the independent task using "Lawn Boy."<br />
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Others had to work on it again. I was able to see where students went wrong and help steer them on the right course before they had to try it on their own.<br />
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For the independent part, they had to answer this question in their reader's notebook:<br />
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What is the central message conveyed throughout the story? Cite specific examples and details from the text. </div>
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Once they were finished writing their responses, I read them and wrote my feedback in their notebooks. Using my feedback, they needed to revise their responses. Some of them only had to add a detail, while others had to rewrite their response completely.<br />
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Here's some examples of the reader's notebooks:<br />
**she used post-its to show how she used the strategy and then wrote her response**<br />
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**This student's first response didn't answer the question. Using the feedback, he was able to accurately and completely respond to the question and give examples 😊**<br />
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Change over time...it is on every test and yet it is one of the most difficult concepts for kids to grasp. 😏 Here's the chart I used and created with my students.<br />
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This became the focus for the lesson...our teaching point. To help my students understand what character change means and what it looks like, I used a timeline.<br />
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It wasn't a fancy timeline, just a simple line segment with 5 dashes for events. (It wasn't labeled beginning, middle, and end--that was the next day's lesson when we started talking about theme. You could though, for your struggling students, definitely have a labeled timeline.)<br />
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In previous lessons, we worked to differentiate between character feelings and character traits, sorting them as positive and negative. But they were still writing character feelings as character traits and vice versa. We created charts together and the students referred to them often, but I needed them to realize that there was a difference. <br />
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This close reading of "Swimming with Sharks" focused on what we know about the character and what that says about her. I wanted them to think about Sarah's actions throughout the text. As we skimmed the text, if we noticed something that Sarah did, we underlined it and wrote an A {for action}. <br />
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This chart became the focal point of the lesson...<br />
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For the window, I wrote the character's name on one side and actions on the other. We went through the actions we underlined and only listed the events that were the most important--the ones that moved the story along {plot}. On the inside, we listed Sarah's character traits based on her actions. {What does this say about the character?}<br />
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Taking it a step further...we talked about how the character acts normally {in-character} and when we notice how the character suddenly changes {out of character}. This part helps students begin to think about how the character changes over time and the cause of the change. { A common question and misconception on our tests.}<br />
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The students recreated the window in their notebooks using post-its. {I had them put the sticky part to the side and crease it. They did this twice, one for each part of the window.} They also wrote the "in-character" and "out-of-character" underneath their post-its.<br />
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For independent work, the students used "Lawn Boy". They skimmed it for Gary's actions and annotated their texts. They filled in their notebooks focusing on the important actions, traits, and how the character changed.<br />
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As I was going through the lesson, I thought it was a lot for them to handle at once. However, they surprised me with their focus and thoroughness with the text. I was able to clear up misunderstandings as soon as they happened and gave immediate feedback. I was quite impressed with them and their work!<br />
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How do you use close reading in your classroom? I'd love to hear about it in the comments 💗💗<br />
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Stay tuned for Analyzing the Character {part 2} and the final post of this series on Theme.<br />
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To begin, I went through the standards that needed to be revisited before the test. I love using a calendar and writing exactly what I'm teaching and how I'm teaching it.<br />
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The texts I used were from previous year's grade 4 state tests <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5X73r9YZPk-UW5EY3NKc192Y00" target="_blank">2015 released test</a> and <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5X73r9YZPk-SmRMR2lZa1dreDA" target="_blank">2016 released test</a>. I modeled with an excerpt from "Swimming with Sharks" and my students worked on an excerpt from "Lawn Boy". I chose these two texts because I wanted to show them that the texts were part of actual books that I had in my library.<br />
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Before we started reading, we talked about the directions and the blurb before the test--so many children skip over it and miss all the important information that the author is giving you before you start reading.<br />
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Then we started the first part of close reading process, which is to read the text for enjoyment. While the students are listening, I had them circle any vocabulary words that they didn't know or were unsure of. We talked about them after the first read.<br />
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I gave them the question: After reading "Swimming with Sharks," summarize the text.<br />
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We then did a close reading of the question using these prompts:<br />
*What does this question mean?<br />
*What is it asking me to do?<br />
*How do I answer it?<br />
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Using SCAPES (setting, characters, adjectives to describe the characters, problem, most significant event, and solution), we were able to summarize the text.<br />
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We wrote the new strategies on a chart:<br />
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My students tried this in their reader's notebooks with the question:<br />
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They worked around the room laying on carpets and working on small tables--reading the text, practicing the strategies, and writing their responses 💙💙💙</div>
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This year, during test prep season, I wanted to try something different. In previous years, test prep meant a lot of drilling of multiple choice questions, short responses, and essays. It was practice test after practice test in the hopes that some of the questions would repeat themselves on "the test". This caused a lot of stress, extra work, and an over-abundance of copies. The kids were tired of looking at these tests and I was tired of marking them and writing the same comments over and over. There was no transfer-ability between the reinforcement of skills and the practice tests. It was awful and it was a month's worth of instructional time.<br />
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Over the years, the test has evolved into this complicated beast. The questions are hard to understand and the passages are anything but reader friendly. Lucky for us, the test no longer counts for my teacher evaluation and it doesn't determine whether a student is promoted to the next grade. That, in itself, is a huge stress relief, but there is still a push for students to perform.<br />
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The district push, once again, is close reading. When this was first rolled out, about 3 years ago, I really wasn't a fan of close reading. I didn't fall in love with it or my curriculum and I tried to make it work. I just wasn't feeling it!<br />
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Fast forward to this year, with close reading making a come-back and my newest book:<br />
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I used this book and old passages from previous tests to start my close reading journey.<br />
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Join me as I bring you into my classroom for a peek through this blog series :)<br />
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It's that time...Back to School!! If you are anything like me, you probably haven't stopped thinking about school--it's okay, it's just a quirk we have in common :)<br />
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I'm so excited to be jumping back into blogging--maybe this year I will do a better job! I'm not making any promises, but I certainly will try :)<br />
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This blog hop is an awesome way to ease back into it--and who doesn't LOVE a giveaway!?!<br />
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**my classroom management tip**<br />
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One thing that I strive to have every year is a self-running classroom. One of the first activities I do {after getting to know the students, creating the rules, and discussing positive and negative consequences} is have the students apply for jobs.<br />
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I have a tremendous list of jobs that I've compiled based on my need and some jobs I've added based on student recommendations and classroom observations.<br />
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I have a freebie copy of the job list <a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5X73r9YZPk-Q194dDAtVTAtZm8" target="_blank">HERE</a>, if you'd like a copy. Once you download it, you can add, revise, or delete whatever doesn't work for you.<br />
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I go over each of the jobs and discuss the responsibilities and requirements of each one. Some of the requirements get the students to laugh {Paper Passers--must not be afraid of paper cuts}, which helps lighten the mood a little bit!<br />
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My list of current classroom jobs has two sides and I let the students know that some people will have more than one job. At this point in the year, I really don't know which students are the most responsible, so it evens out the playing field. I give each student a copy of the list of jobs to refer to as they fill out the job application.<br />
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The application has them list their top three jobs and why they would be good at them. It's insightful to see why they think they are most qualified for the jobs and to see a little bit about their work ethic. Do they just copy from the responsibilities list? Do they make connections to what they do at home or to last year? You can see a copy of the application <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Apply-for-the-Job-Classroom-Job-Application-288547" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br />
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Once I have chosen who's doing which jobs, I teach them how to do their jobs and we practice them often. When they have the hang of it, I'm not really needed to tend to these tasks, which is a huge time saver for me :)<br />
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**A final note**<br />
I have the students keep the same job all year and it's never been a problem. If some students lose their job responsibilities, then I reassign new students to the job or use my substitutes.<br />
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This works great if you have a classroom economy and it also works if you don't! I've tried it both ways and I've never had a problem. The kids love having jobs and they love being responsible for the inner workings of the classroom. It's win-win :)<br />
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<br />jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07881636387931238996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903894667643009940.post-50747617742268973442015-10-26T04:00:00.000-04:002015-10-26T04:00:05.882-04:00It's here...Popular Purple!!There is something about stationary supplies that makes my heart flutter and this is no exception! <a href="http://www.classroomfriendlysupplies.com/" target="_blank">Classroom Friendly Supplies</a> graciously sent me their newest sharpener in their newest color...Popular Purple!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm so excited to be linking up! Getting students to beat the summer slide is certainly a challenge! </span><br />
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You can get this pack by clicking <span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Johnny-Appleseed-Activities-for-Big-Kids-1968665" target="_blank">{HERE}</a></b></span> It'll be discounted for the duration of the blog hop :)<br />
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you! I have to admit that my planner usually stays blank until the summer—it’s
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year is overwhelmingly busy and with 3 monkeys in tow, life is anything but
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daily keep track and plan {occasionally I do use it to keep track of
appointments and events on the calendar section} and more like a fancy
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or the date—I jot what I’m thinking. In this case, I’m planning a tech series
since I used a lot of technology in my classroom to differentiate my groups. I
wrote my probing questions, decided to include a template, and listed my
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jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07881636387931238996noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903894667643009940.post-38538787558745257762015-04-08T19:13:00.000-04:002015-04-08T19:13:06.428-04:00A new venture...Making Liquid Soap Wow! It has seriously been a long since I last blogged...too much teaching and everything in between and not enough life...lol!<br />
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Well...teaching is slowing down for a bit...the state tests are next week! I always love how the state makes us administer these tests just off Spring Break! I don't understand the logic...if there is any!?<br />
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One of my goals for this vacation week is to start blogging again {check} and another goal leads me to the title of this post...making liquid soap! {check} Two birds with one stone :)<br />
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Soooo the making of liquid soap...<br />
I decided to try this out for two reasons...{1} the twins use A LOT of soap when they wash their hands and the majority of it ends up all over the sink and on the faucets--boy do they make a mess! {2} constantly buying liquid hand soap for the bathroom is expensive (especially when said twins like to lather...EVERYTHING!)<br />
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The whole process is fairly simple... <br />
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Here's what you need...<br />
*2 cups of filtered water<br />
*a large pot<br />
*2 bars of soap {shredded}<br />
*3-4 tsp glycerin<br />
*15-20 tea tree oil<br />
*4-5 cups water <br />
*an immersion blender<br />
*whisk <br />
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The process...<br />
1. Bring the 2 cups of filtered water to a boil over medium heat. Once you see little bubbles throughout all the water, add in all the shaved soap pieces.<br />
2. Lower the heat and whisk the soap pieces. You want to try to dissolve the pieces in the water, but don't whisk too vigorously--that creates bubbles. You are going to be whisking for some time--until the mixture becomes like paste. Once that happens--turn off the heat.<br />
3. Keep the soap paste in the pot and add the glycerin. Whisk it in.<br />
4. Add the tea tree oil drops and whisk that in as well. The consistency of the mixture seems perfect at this point (other than the soap chunks!), but it's not. {This was where I thought I was done! I walked away from the pot to find some empty soap containers to rinse and get ready to fill. When I went back to the mixture in the pot, it was as thick as thick could be!)<br />
5. Add 4-5 cups of water to the mixture a 1/2 cup at a time. Whisk in between until you get the consistency you want--not too thick, not too thin :)<br />
6. Take your immersion blender and blend the mixture in the pot to get rid of those pesky chunks. It should be cooled enough at this point to then add to your bottles. The remaining mixture can be added to glass containers for use at a later time :)<br />
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You can also experiment with adding other essential oils to the mixture. I didn't because the soap I used was already scented. <br />
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Has anyone else ever tried this? I'd love to hear what you think :)<br />
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<br />jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07881636387931238996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903894667643009940.post-46460222706523763602014-10-23T20:57:00.002-04:002014-10-23T21:00:07.929-04:00grading smarter not harder book club {homework}<br />
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I honestly can't stand homework--I hate putting it together, marking it, and anything else associated with it. Unfortunately, I <i>have</i> to give homework. I need some ideas...<br />
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there must be a better way :)<br />
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I'm
guilty of it...yes, I give uniform homework. According to Dueck,
uniform homework is homework that follows-up the lesson or practices
what is taught in class. Uniform homework is exactly as it sounds--it's
homework that has the same answers from every student.<br />
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Where
I teach, homework isn't given a grade based on right or wrong
answers--it's more about completion. Dueck is a firm believer that
homework should not be graded. There are so many factors that prevent
students from doing their homework--one section that really made me stop
and think about is the disadvantages faced by lower-income students. My
school is a high poverty school where many students live in areas
plagued with crime and overpopulation.<br />
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Dueck brings up
how many of these students inherit low self-esteem, have negative
feelings toward school, and own fewer books than other classmates.
Evictions and a lack of utilities are common for some of these students.<br />
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So what does this mean for my homework policy?<br />
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Dueck
suggests giving in-class quizzes based on the homeowrk assignments. An
example from the book is giving students a sheet with 20 questions in
support of a math lesson. The teacher <i>suggests</i> that the students work on the problems at home to <i>further their understanding</i>. The answers to the assignment can be posted in the classroom or posted on-line.<br />
<br />
This
way homework completion is reflected in the quiz. The more I think
about it, the better this sounds! I love the idea of students taking
ownership over their learning! This would allow me more time to plan
meaningful lessons and activities :)<br />
<br />
The frequent
quizzes lead to an increase in learning--Dueck mentioned a study from
Kent State University that shows that frequent testing involving the
recall of information from the memory improves learning.<br />
<br />
Whenever
I read something like this, math is the first thing that pops in my
head. It's very easy to relate math to quizzes. Unfortunately, I don't
teach math, so how is this appropriate to reading?<br />
<br />
My
reading program focuses a lot on vocabulary. Quizzes that help students
define words, apply words, and sort words (into nouns, verbs,
adjectives, and adverbs) can be beneficial.<br />
<br />
What are
your current homework policies? Have you thought about ways to changes
them? I'd love to hear what you think about Dueck's take on homework :)<br />
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jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07881636387931238996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903894667643009940.post-28855246284354811252014-10-09T00:00:00.000-04:002014-10-09T00:00:07.362-04:00Grading Smarter Not Harder {introduction} featuring Caroline Gallagher<br />
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To be honest, I usually skip over the introductions whenever I read books. But, for some reason, this one I read. I think what sticks with me is how personable the author sounds--and the fact that he's able to see past the mandates and do what is right for his students, even when his colleagues warn him about the problems with his new approaches.<br />
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I give my students a pretest before each unit to assess the key skills within the unit. Based on the data, I form strategy groups and teach a specific skill to mixed level readers. Students practice the skills in stations and whatever skills a large majority of the class gets wrong, I design lessons to specifically teach those skills. <br />
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The author, Myron Dueck, writes about how responsive teaching is less about giving a grade than delivering timely, accurate, and specific feedback. I'm hoping to gain an understanding of how to effectively do this because grading and commenting on 65 reading projects is an extremely daunting task. I want to find a way to do so in a more efficient way.<br />
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*How can I get my students involved in the grading process?<br />
*What are some ways in which students can self assess?<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">I am hoping to learn how to better assess my
students to benefit them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to
learn some ways in which I can create assessments that will better inform my
students of how they are doing, whether it be a pre-assessment or post-
assessment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would also like to find
more about retesting students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is
the research behind retesting a student when they have done poorly on an assessment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">I definitely feel like I could do a better
job with the feedback part of my assessments- hence the reason I am doing this
book study</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"> I do at times let students know what will be on an
assessment to show them it is everything we have just learned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If a student doesn’t do well, I don’t just
mark it down and forget about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I keep
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work on to feel successful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do talk
with students on different ways we can work on this particular skill and I have
let students retest but not as often as I probably should.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 13.0pt;">Although this was a very short introduction, there were two
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<br />jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07881636387931238996noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903894667643009940.post-53601867170563921012014-10-08T19:50:00.002-04:002014-10-08T19:50:50.256-04:00A New Book Club Starts Soon :)<br />
I'm so excited to announce the...<br />
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each week a fabulous blogger will host a chapter. We'd love for you to
follow along on our journey through the book, snag some new ideas, and
grab some freebies :) <br />
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Here's the schedule:<br />
October 9th--Introduction<br />
Hosted by Caroline Gallagher <br />
October 16th--Grading<br />
Hosted by <a href="http://primaryontheprowl.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Primary on the Prowl</a><br />
October 23rd--Homework<br />
Hosted by <a href="http://www.wildaboutwords.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Wild About Words</a><br />
October 30th--Unit Plans<br />
Hosted by <a href="http://dare-to-be-different-teach.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Dare to be Different --Teach--</a><br />
November 6th--Retesting<br />
Hosted by <a href="http://thinkingabout3rd.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Third Wheel</a><br />
November 13th--Creativity<br />
Hosted by <a href="http://www.teacherkarma.com/" target="_blank">Teacher Karma</a><br />
November 20th--Conclusion<br />
Hosted by Cassidy's Classroom<br />
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I love gifts! Don't you?<br />
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I'm trying interactive notebooks from the beginning of the year and since my time is limited with each group, I need to optimize it.<br />
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Enter the Goal Setting Banner :)<br />
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