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Sunday, January 27, 2013
Common Core State Standards Video
The Common Core State Standards video is a reposted from Council of Great City Schools.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
SWBST Strategy (Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then)
Are your students having trouble summarizing? Need a reading strategy that will help your
students write a well-developed summary of a story? Asking students
to summarize reading requires them to think at the higher levels of Bloom’s
Taxonomy, such as analysis and synthesis.
Well, try the SWBST strategy. This strategy can be used to help students understand plot elements such
as conflicts and
resolutions. It allows
the student to summarize the elements of a story and develop the summary into a
retelling of the story. It can be used as a
“during reading” or “after reading”
strategy.
The writer
first makes a brief note outline of the important elements based on/utilizing
the SWBST graphic organizer. Then the writer expands the notes into five
complete sentences which summarize the story.
You can take any story your students are reading and have them complete a
SWBST graphic organizer. How about starting with their favorite movie or TV
show!!!
SWBST
Sunday, January 20, 2013
I Have a Dream
August 28, 1963 was the 100th
anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation Act, which freed the slaves. More than 200,000 people gathered in the front
of the Lincoln Memorial in
Washington, D.C. It was a peaceful gathering and was made up of blacks and whites, young and old. It was at this gathering that
Dr. King delivered his famous I Have A Dream speech. This speech
changed the way many Americans felt about the civil rights movement.
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM FOR AMERICA AND THE WORLD?
Friday, January 18, 2013
Building Academic Vocabulary
Struggling readers need to know more words. One of the biggest challenges facing struggling
readers is their limited word knowledge. Even though independent reading is an important
way most students acquire a large vocabulary, it isn’t enough for struggling
readers. To expand student’s vocabulary, it is essential that teacher provide both
daily activities to draw students’ attention to words and instruction on
academic vocabulary and word-learning strategies. Marzano offers these vocabulary
building steps.
Friday, January 11, 2013
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Happy Birthday NCLB
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is 11 years old. Happy Birthday NCLB!!!
NCLB law has brought many changes to education across the nation. No doubt it has affected you. Did NCLB make you a better teacher? Now, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). What are your feelings about NCLB and CCSS?
Share your feelings.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. The proclamation declared that all persons held as slaves "are and shall be free."
President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. The proclamation declared that all persons held as slaves "are and shall be free."
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Add Four Consecutive Numbers
Some people say that to add four consecutive numbers, you add the first and the last number and multiply by 2. Is this always true? How do you know?
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