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chlohawk

With Boys in Mind / Teaching to the Minds of Boys - ASCD - 1 views

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boys boy-friendly tips classroom

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  • turns in rushed and sloppy work and receives failing grades.
  • By introducing more boy-friendly teaching strategies in the classroom, the school was able to close the gender gap in just one year.
  • he now understands how relevant this focus on action and heroism is to males, and she sees that letting boys write on these topics has improved their papers.
  • he task-oriented discussion and interaction, the physical movement, and the orientation in space access the boys' neurological strengths, keeping them energized and attentive.
  • Realizing the need for nonverbal planning tools, especially in males, to help bridge the gap between what students are thinking and what they're able to put down on paper, Mrs. Johnston now asks Timothy and his classmates to create storyboards, a series of pictures with or without words that graphically depict a story line. T
  • n her 2nd grade classroom, most of the boys read and write about such topics as NASCAR racing, atomic bombs, and football or about such situations as a parrot biting a dad through the lip. Many of the girls write about best friends, books, mermaids, and unicorns.
  • eachers tended to view the natural assets that boys bring to learning—impulsivity, single-task focus, spatial-kinesthetic learning, and physical aggression—as problems. By altering strategies to accommodate these more typically male assets, Douglass helped its students succeed, as the following vignettes illustrate.
  • One of the primary reasons that some boys getDs and Fs in school is their inattention to homework.
  • parents sign homework assignments.
  • One of the innovations that teachers can use in targeted ways in coeducational classes is single-gender grouping.
    • chlohawk
      chlohawk on 03 Sep 21
       
      How and when can I implement one of these strategies in the first week of school with my boy learners?
  • Quite often, boys do their best work when teachers establish authentic purpose and meaningful, real-life connections.
  • chlohawk on 03 Sep 21
     
    Creating a boy-friendly classroom, increasing experiential and kinesthetic learning opportunities, supporting literacy through visual-spatial representations and more strategies can support our boy learners.
chlohawk

When Students Are Traumatized, Teachers Are Too | Edutopia - 0 views

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trauma tips teacher-care

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    Working with traumatized students takes a toll on teachers too, including suffering a secondary type of trauma, known as the cost of caring. You can help this by talking it out, building coping strategies, and establishing coming home rituals.
chlohawk

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and learning | Inclusive Education - 0 views

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FASD disability tips

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  • Get to know your student. Identify their interests and strengths. Use these to inform planning. Take an evidence-based approach to identify where they need support. Partner with the student, their whānau, and experts.
  • Teachers who are knowledgeable and open to making adjustments to curriculum programs and learning spaces while maintaining high expectations, can produce great gains with children and young people living with FASD.
  • may demonstrate significant differences in competencies across a range of areas.
  • chlohawk on 03 Sep 21
     
    Identify needs and how to provide support, support self-regulation and positive behavior, implement helpful classroom strategies, and educate yourself on FASD in order to help support students affected by this
chlohawk

To reach girls in classroom, align practices to specific learning needs - kappanonline.org - 1 views

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girls tips inclusion equality

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  • Characteristics of lessons Clear lessons; Lessons relevant to students’ lives; and Collaborative lessons. Particular activities Class discussions; Hands-on; Multimodal; Creativity and the creative arts; and Out-of-class experiences.
  • Among the eight components that we identified as contributing to effective and engaging lessons, the components reflected in the above narrative are relevance to this girl’s life and group collaboration.
  • One central finding of Reichert and Hawley (2010b) is that boys elicit the kinds of teaching they need.
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  • Teachers designed lessons that captured student attention, which led to more meaningful classroom learning. This suggests that girls, like boys, elicit the pedagogy they need, though perhaps without (overtly) displaying resistance to the degree that boys do, and that both male and female teachers of girls are especially attuned to what girls need in terms of pedagogy and activities that maximize girls’ engagement.
    • chlohawk
      chlohawk on 03 Sep 21
       
      How can I work to meet the needs of boys AND girls in my classroom? What are the practices that will enhance the learning of them both without taking away from the other in any way?
  • chlohawk on 03 Sep 21
     
    Relating lessons to real life, having clear lessons that are collaborative, including class discussions, creating hands on activities, including creative arts and out of classroom experiences can better enhance the education of girl learners.
winkler_deb

6 Strategies for Building Better Student Relationships | Edutopia - 2 views

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Relationship building at the beginning of school year

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    Relationship building strategies for the beginning of the year.
chlohawk

Great Group Games: Team Building for Kids | Scholastic - 1 views

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team-building trust bond ice-breaker students games

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    Here are some great on your feet games that build communication, trust, and academic skills with your students in grades 3-5 and 6-8
chlohawk

12 Team Building Activities for Students - Classful - 0 views

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team-building ice-breaker activities bond students trust

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    Working as a team is a must for some assignments in the classroom and it ultimately is setting students up for team work in their professional futures. Tug of war, worst-case scenario, zoom, and other activities are awesome to use with young and older students.
chlohawk

Designing Team-Building Activities to Help Students Reconnect in the Classroom | Edutopia - 0 views

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team-building activities ice-breaker bond students

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    Team-building activities are a great way to ease students into the new year and to build relationships among your students.
chlohawk

10 Team-Building Activities Your Whole School Staff Will Love - We Are Teachers - 0 views

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team-building teams staff

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    Name games, get to know you activities, and trust and teamwork activities are great ways to break the ice and to build rapport with fellow teachers in your building.
winkler_deb

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Social Emotional Learning_Power of 3_Dan Mades

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      Social Emotional Learning Milaca Pilot Program
akudis

10 Ways to Help Students With Anxiety in Your Classroom - 2 views

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Anxiety Help Breathing conversations tips breaks moving

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    Ways to help the students with anxiety in the school setting.
akudis

Six Tips for Dealing with ADD Students - TeacherVision - 3 views

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ADD_Attention Tips Classroom Inclusion Technology Organization Structure

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  • akudis on 02 Sep 21
     
    A website that shares some tips to help make your classroom more enjoyable for students with ADD.
akudis

SPARK for Autism | Helping Students with Autism Navigate Back-to-School Time - 4 views

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Autism ASD Navigate School Students

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    Ways to ease into the school year with students who have autism.
emilyfratzke

Remind - 1 views

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preschool school beginning start first-year education Parent communication

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    Parent communication app
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Five Keys to Successful Parent-Teacher Communication | Scholastic - 0 views

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preschool school beginning start first-year education Parent communication

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      emilyfratzke on 01 Sep 21
       
      How well am I keeping my parents informed?
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    Parent communication is easy to forget or put off. Here are some good ground rules to maintain good communication.
emilyfratzke

33 Ways to Start the First Year Off Right | NEA - 1 views

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preschool school beginning start first-year education

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  • A little planning before school begins can pay big dividends throughout the school year. Starting off on the right foot can make all the difference.
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