Strategy Harvest
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/uploads/1/5/6/8/15682018/strategy_harvest.pdf - enabling students to share their strategies and discuss the reasoning behind their thinking. This strategy develops a cooperative learning environment where all student can contribute and feel valued.
Student Interviews
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/uploads/1/5/6/8/15682018/interviews.pdf -Formative assessment using the interview technique. This assessment enables the teacher and student to develop a more nurturing relationship based around student needs and next steps.
Fist to Five
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/uploads/1/5/6/8/15682018/fist_to_five.pdf - Hand signals to show understanding and ability to explain to others - quick formative assessment for the teacher. Cognitive demand for students will increase as students develop more effective reflection strategies.
Making Learning Intentions clear
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Learning Targets Helping Students Aim for Understanding in Today’s Lesson - (Moss, C & Brookhart, S, 2012)
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Please read the article which summarises the theories and pedagogy behind 'breaking down' learning intentions in 'chunks' that are easily understood. The references throughout the summary will be provided as we meet to discuss planning.
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Please read the article which summarises the theories and pedagogy behind 'breaking down' learning intentions in 'chunks' that are easily understood. The references throughout the summary will be provided as we meet to discuss planning.
Classroom transitions
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Classroom Transitions. Please find attached a good resource for managing transitions within the classroom.
Effective Proven Classroom Transitions: this is another good resource, flick through the first three pages to get to Classroom Routines which is very teacher friendly.
Effective Proven Classroom Transitions: this is another good resource, flick through the first three pages to get to Classroom Routines which is very teacher friendly.
Talk moves
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"Talk Moves" information brochure with examples of their use in classroom. Poster included.
Supports silent signals, tracking and effective questioning techniques.
Supports silent signals, tracking and effective questioning techniques.
Culturally Responsive Teaching Power Point
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Food for thought. What are we doing to ensure we have culturally responsive learning environments?
http://www.slideshare.net/JuicyUniverse.com/culturally-responsive-teaching
http://www.slideshare.net/JuicyUniverse.com/culturally-responsive-teaching
Getonome - (Get to know me)
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Click here to upload explanation sheet. Getonome is a fun, quick way to find out more about your students and for your students to find out what they have in common with each other.
Think-Pair-Share/Quick Draws/Quick Writes & Chalkboard Splash
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Learning Goal Inventory - FACTs
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Strategies to engage reluctant learners
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I have trolling through the online sites and while non seem to offer new and innovative ideas the websites listed below do give us, as teachers, some reminders on why a learner may seem 'not to care' and what strategies we can employ to help them on their way. Click here to download Engaging the Reluctant Learner. There is a particularly good piece on "Suggestions to overcome this Disengagement:" just scroll down.
This is a virtual professional site that you may consider signing up to.
“A reluctant learner is riding the learning train, she gets off at every stop. We must keep engaging her to pull her back onto the learning train. " Rick Smith -
"Conscious Classroom Management."
This is a virtual professional site that you may consider signing up to.
“A reluctant learner is riding the learning train, she gets off at every stop. We must keep engaging her to pull her back onto the learning train. " Rick Smith -
"Conscious Classroom Management."
Building Vocabulary
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Click here to download the PDF on how to develop mathematical language designed by Aimee. This great idea could be easily used in any topic area when you are needing students to make connections.
Click on this link for a simple yet effective way to help students not only learn new words but understand how they relate to other vocabulary. Drawing pictures or quick cartoons is a good way to cement recall. https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/build-student-vocabulary
Click on this link for a simple yet effective way to help students not only learn new words but understand how they relate to other vocabulary. Drawing pictures or quick cartoons is a good way to cement recall. https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/build-student-vocabulary
Similes - comparing two unrelated things.
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Click on here to download the PDF on how to use similes to develop higher-order thinking in any topic or subject.
Question Matrix
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Click here to download a very effective question matrix that will help students design quality inquiry questions
Never Say What a Student Can Say
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Tongan for Beginners
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