Thursday, February 28, 2019
Digital Gallery Walk
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Feedback with Google Classroom
Kasey Bell (Shake Up Learning) recently shared four ways to improve your feedback in Google Classroom. You can click here for her post. I think one of the most effective tips is to delay the grade until the students have read and responded to your comments.
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Screencastify
I’ve been playing around with this application and it is probably the easiest screen recording app I’ve used. Matt Miller (from Ditch That Textbook fame) recently shared a slew of ideas on how you could use Screencastify with your students.
Monday, February 25, 2019
More Scrambled SOS
Spotlight On Strategies: Change It Up! Scrambled Please
Welcome to a special SOS Top Ten series called Change It Up. For years you’ve told us the best part of the SOS is their adaptability for use across grade levels and content areas.
In this series, we take tried and true Spotlight on Strategies (CDN Version) instructional ideas and share ways to adjust or adapt for your classroom.
We’d love to know what your favorite adaptations are; visit the DEN Online Community to share more ideas!
Welcome to a special SOS Top Ten series called Change It Up. For years you’ve told us the best part of the SOS is their adaptability for use across grade levels and content areas.
In this series, we take tried and true Spotlight on Strategies (CDN Version) instructional ideas and share ways to adjust or adapt for your classroom.
We’d love to know what your favorite adaptations are; visit the DEN Online Community to share more ideas!
Change It Up:
Strategy: Scrambled Please (CDN Version)
Big idea: Provide students with a fun and challenging way to sequence ideas,
events, or steps.
Materials: copies of any text that progresses in sequential order (e.g., reading
passages, speeches, historical documents, mathematical or scientific
processes) with the last paragraph(s) of your chosen text removed
and cut into pieces.
Strategy: Scrambled Please (CDN Version)
Big idea: Provide students with a fun and challenging way to sequence ideas,
events, or steps.
Materials: copies of any text that progresses in sequential order (e.g., reading
passages, speeches, historical documents, mathematical or scientific
processes) with the last paragraph(s) of your chosen text removed
and cut into pieces.
In language arts…
… ask students to analyze and put into sequence excerpts of a text or
video transcript they are studying.
… have students practice using sequence words such as first, next, and
last as they put portions of a text into the correct order.
… ask students to analyze and put into sequence excerpts of a text or
video transcript they are studying.
… have students practice using sequence words such as first, next, and
last as they put portions of a text into the correct order.
In mathematics…
…. ask students to view a media selection that introduces problem-solving
strategies and then provide them with a multiple-step word problem that
has been cut apart. Ask students to work with a partner to reorder the
problem and then see if they can correctly solve it.
…. ask students to view a media selection that introduces problem-solving
strategies and then provide them with a multiple-step word problem that
has been cut apart. Ask students to work with a partner to reorder the
problem and then see if they can correctly solve it.
In science…
…introduce students to a new unit of study by giving them steps of a
science experiment that have been scrambled. Ask them to work
together to read, analyze, and put the steps of the experiment into the correct order.
…introduce students to a new unit of study by giving them steps of a
science experiment that have been scrambled. Ask them to work
together to read, analyze, and put the steps of the experiment into the correct order.
In social studies…
…assess what students have learned about a period in history
by asking them to first watch a related video segment and then
correctly sequence the events.
…assess what students have learned about a period in history
by asking them to first watch a related video segment and then
correctly sequence the events.
Sunday, February 24, 2019
Stanley Black and Decker Virtual Field Trip
Want a STEAM virtual field trip that is sure to inspire? Register for this behind the scenes tour on Thursday, March 28 at 1 pm. The date or time doesn’t work for you? All these event are archived and you can view on demand! Please click here for additional information. Sponsored by Discovery Education.
Saturday, February 23, 2019
ReadWorks and Illustrated Ebooks
Friday, February 22, 2019
Move to the top in STREAM
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has just rolled out to our site today. Now, in Google Classroom, you can
move things up in STREAM (just click on the 3 dots on the right and select
move to top!).
Linking in Google Slides
Thursday, February 21, 2019
Choose your own adventure story
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
And the Number is...
Rediscover SOS: The Number Is (CDN Version)
Description: This strategy encourages students to become more aware of the mathematics that they encounter in their daily lives. Students become engaged in listening and watching for numbers in a pre-selected video segment and then use those numbers to generate mathematical word problems.
Materials: Students will need a video segment, paper, something to write with.
Adaptations and Extensions:
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in Social Studies to have students better understand the American Revolution by looking for numbers related to the number of colonies, jobs, and land areas
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in science to have students dig into biomes and habitats through the numbers found in media that discusses temperature, climate, and world zones
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in language arts, specifically the novel Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, she has students determine the number of miles the main character walks, discover the number of weeks it takes for a broken leg to heal, etc.
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Use Discovery Education media that contains numerical data about a topic, such as the solar system, and use SOS Pause and Play (CDN Version) to help students understand how to actively listen for numerical data. With each pause, ask students to curate their data in a chart. After playing the media, have them compute totals or averages for the data they’ve collected.
- in Social Studies to have students better understand the American Revolution by looking for numbers related to the number of colonies, jobs, and land areas
- in science to have students dig into biomes and habitats through the numbers found in media that discusses temperature, climate, and world zones
- in language arts, specifically the novel Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, she has students determine the number of miles the main character walks, discover the number of weeks it takes for a broken leg to heal, etc.
Use Discovery Education media that contains numerical data about a topic, such as the solar system, and use SOS Pause and Play (CDN Version) to help students understand how to actively listen for numerical data. With each pause, ask students to curate their data in a chart. After playing the media, have them compute totals or averages for the data they’ve collected.
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
edWeb announces 14 new webinars
edWeb.net has been a longtime favorite- and their scope seems to be expanding. Here’s
spectrum, to science and ELL- you will find something that sparks your interest.
Not the best time for you? Sign up and then watch the archived version. After a
short quiz, you will get a PD certificate. Join their community to get updates on new
offerings.
Monday, February 18, 2019
Black History Ideas for the classroom
Sunday, February 17, 2019
The Good and the Bad of Storybird
The Good news- they are added many new features. The bad news?
Teacher/student accounts will only be free for 2 weeks. Want to read
be available on the previous site until June 1. Below is a summary of
the Teacher changes:
STORYBIRD FOR EDUCATORS - FAQ
What remains the same:
- Teachers may organize classes. Students may join a teacher’s class by using the class passcode.
- Students may sign in with Google.
What’s been added:
- Teachers can import a class from Google Classroom.
- Education Standards based on the Common Core have been added to courses.
- Updated teacher’s guides and worksheets will be able download for each course.
- You can add more than one teacher per class.
- A student can join different classes at the same time.
What will change:
- Teachers (and their students) will receive the same 15-day free trial as all members.
- When teacher adds a student into a class, an email is required for the student.
- Students under 13 must use a parent email; students over 13 may use their own email.
- Existing students will be required to provide an email and date of birth.
Saturday, February 16, 2019
#CelebrateWithDE – Presidents’ Day
From Discovery Education
On the third Monday in February, we honor all U.S. presidents on Presidents’ Day. The day was introduced to honor George Washington and grew to honor all presidents and earn that apostrophe after the s. This year, we invite you to celebrate by going all the way back to the day’s beginnings to study Washington – along with another long-ago honoree, Lincoln – and then consider how they might have handled presidential communications with modern technology. Click here for more content information.Friday, February 15, 2019
Looking for STEM resources?
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Guess Who (The Presidents Day Edition)
This is a guest post from Caileigh Fazzini (SMS).
Today my students engaged in a President's Day Guess Who game.
I transferred the template to Google Drawing so my students could use a
red x to cross out the presidents that did not fit the description.
I shared the Drawing with my students and sat them near a partner. Each
partner copy and pasted a president in the top right corner of the drawing.
That was their chosen president. They played Guess Who with the red xs to
eliminate the options that could not be their opponents president.
Students were able to use physical descriptions such as black and white,
tie colors, hair styles, etc.
For older students, they can guess achievements/failures of the presidents.
My students had a lot of fun trying to figure out their partner's choice
and said they learned a few new presidents that they have not heard of previously.
Digital Citizenship- the Top 10
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Printing your Google Classroom Roster
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Having all the students answer on one spreadsheet
You start with this spreadsheet:
Go ahead and enter the names in the first column (you don't need
email addresses since you can share this as edit in Google Classroom).
Then go ahead and create a template- what do you want the students to have?
It doesn't have to be an image (as in my example) you could provide questions
or prompts.
Once you run the Roster Template, this is is what you get:
You will get a tab for each student complete with the drawing you shared.
While I used a fairly simple one, you could ask the students to expand their
thoughts. I think this would be great to use for younger learners.
For complete directions (as well as a copy of the first spreadsheet), please
Monday, February 11, 2019
Talking Hearts
Today I visited a class of young learners and we created a video for Valentine’s Day card. Here is sample created to show them the finished product. We used ChatterPIX to record their voice and then combined everything into an iMovie.
Writing prompts from the NYT
Looking for some new writing prompts to help your students connect their lives with
Sunday, February 10, 2019
Exit Tickets
If you are thinking of using exit tickets online, you might want to explore the
Google Templates (you will find it in Forms under the education tab).
For Sayreville educators, you might want to watch the TEQ Online webinar titled Redesigning Exit Tickets. This half-hour session gives a nice overview of how and why exit tickets are useful and demonstrates 4 options (Google Forms, Padlet, Socrative, and Plickers). You can locate the webinar either on the Course Calendar (was live on 1/28) or using the search function. If you need access to your TEQ account, please contact me.
Saturday, February 9, 2019
Changing the color
Fran Maye shared a tweet from Katie Nieves about Daltonize- this is a chrome extension. It will allow you to change the color to represent different vision issues. Here you can view your graphics as some of your students might see them.
Friday, February 8, 2019
Google Slides in Transition
Thursday, February 7, 2019
What does toilet water have to do with nuclear power?
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Read Aloud Day and Skype
This is a guest post from Donna MacDonald. Along with her fellow ASI teachers
(Barbara Coyle, Ruth-Anne Sokol, and Dana Leto), they recently skyped with an
author.
The SUES ASI language arts teachers participated in the World Read Aloud Day
with author Nancy Churnin during two class periods. She read the book
The William Hoy Story, is about a baseball player from the 1800s who is deaf.
Because William could not hear the umpires, he asked them to use hand signals.
Baseball as we know it today has been influenced by William Hoy and his need to
communicate on the field.
Nancy Churnin has asked our students to write to the National Baseball Hall of Fame
to convince the election committee to have him inducted in 2020. After sharing this
book with all of our classes, we will ask students to write persuasive letters, and
hopefully be instrumental in having William Hoy inducted.
Students were very excited about meeting the author via Skype. They shared
information with classmates and their teacher. Students have been asking to
follow up with the letter writing, which will be done in about a week. And, the
author has asked if we will Skype with her again.
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