I’m so excited to participate in the Bright Ideas Blog Hop. The posts in this series all feature no strings attached, free ideas to use in your classroom. No sign ups, no products- just great ideas. Today I’m sharing 4 ways I’ve incorporated movement, or kinesthetic techniques, into my teaching. Some I use regularly with my current 3rd graders, and some I’ve used with intervention students in the past. Stand Up, Sit Down is one
I first heard of RAFT writing several years ago as a strategy for students to show their content knowledge beyond just writing reports. Most of the suggestions for use have been in upper grades classrooms, especially in middle school and high school. It’s also a common format for writing in content areas to have students demonstrate their understanding of the topic that has been learned- often as a product at the end of the unit.
A few years ago, shortly after the widespread implementation of the Common Core State Standards, Close Reading was a big buzz in literacy education. Mainly, people weren’t sure what it was and how to implement it in their classroom I went to a training on Reading in the Common Core with Dr. Tim Shanahan. As the former head of IRA, I knew he’d be wealth of information and would give good ideas and resources. I
Are you needing some ideas for livening (is that a real word?!?) your multiple choice questions? When I was teaching reading I sometimes felt that the best resources I had to review something was a worksheet. It certainly was the easiest thing to find, and my first year teaching, an Edhelper subscription was about all I had. But, dealing with below level readers was difficult if I was using too many worksheets. Plus, it bored
Hey everyone! I continued my incessant shopping spree for my classroom today at Dollar Tree. A meeting I had was delayed an hour and I was just across the street. What’s a girl to do with an hour to kill except spend it shopping?!? Every time I’ve gone in before over the last few weeks I’ve been looking for something specific. Today, I was just browsing and I had some great finds and ideas that
