my fourth-graders and I wrote and produced
a play about the Oregon Trail. For older Elementary and up.
Why the weak students end up as teachers: Education programs lack intellect. - CSMonito... - 205 views
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Education courses don't challenge students' intellect as others do . . .
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I don't know many teachers that thought their teacher education program was worth their time, so I would totally disagree with this -- weak students end up as teachers. I once had a teacher educator tell me that 'grades' were the most significant indicator of a good teacher. I laughed at her because I won the top teaching award and a year earlier I wouldn't have been accepted because my grades wouldn't have made their particular cut.
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I have to agree with Lori. I have several colleagues who were not admitted into teacher education programs, yet have become amazing instructional leaders. Granted, there has to be a cutoff for programs, but frankly, grades are indeed not the best indicator. I was not allowed to take an advance-level French course because of my overall GPA during my undergraduate education. Later as a high school French teacher, my students consistently placed out of university language requirements, and while with me, often placed in declamation contests for their spoken abilities. Our teacher educations programs still need work. They are not where we want them to be. Now to get to work on how to make that happen! :-)
Creative Drama Lesson Plans - 96 views
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supports a Social Studies curriculum in world cultures
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importance of ritual to early (and modern) cultures
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Newswordy: Word of the day - 80 views
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A useful resource for older students that takes interesting words from the news and gives a definition and extracts from news sites and Twitter. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English
TCRecord: Article - 18 views
English Companion Ning - 5 views
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A place to ask questions and get help. A community dedicated to helping you enjoy your work. A cafe without walls or coffee: just friends.
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A place to ask questions and get help. A community dedicated to helping you enjoy your work. A cafe without walls or coffee: just friends.
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A thriving community of teachers and others involved in teaching English Language Arts. Has abundant support, resources, a several thousand members who offer encouragement, job news, curriculum, and community. A great place to be.
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Social network for English teachers: "Where English teachers meet to help each other." Created and maintained by Jim Burke. See also www.englishcompanion.com, his other website for his own work.
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A place to ask questions and get help. A community dedicated to helping you enjoy your work. A cafe without walls or coffee: just friends.
Principal: What I've learned about annual standardized testing - The Washington Post - 36 views
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the Department of Education should not be “a national school board.
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I have witnessed schools move from progressive practices such as inclusion, to the grouping of special education students with ELLs and other struggling learners into “double period” classes where they are drilled to pass the test.
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to think that first-graders fluently reading would “cure poverty” is not only indefensible, it trivializes the great economic inequities that are the root cause of our nation’s greatest challenge.
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Homepage - ReadWriteThink - 14 views
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Get inspired and make connections with diverse and talented literacy professionals.
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ESL Videos - 36 views
ShowMe - The Online Learning Community - 7 views
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ShowMe is an open learning community where you can teach or learn anything. Watch great lessons for free, or create your own with the iPad app.
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This is an iPad app and site where you can create video tutorials on a virtual whiteboard on an iPad and share it on the web to view on any device. The site has a extensive bank of shared tutorials from other educators on a range of topics, including maths, science, English, languages and more. Download the app at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/showme-interactive-whiteboard/id445066279 http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools
Want to improve literacy in your school? Here's how | eSchool News - 23 views
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the district adopted the McGraw Hill curriculum for ELA.
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we teach students how to build an argument and develop critical-thinking skills using five steps: Claims, Evidence, Reasoning, Counterarguments, and Audience.
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To evaluate the effectiveness of our school-wide initiative, we now administer quarterly writing assessments for each content area. We analyze student writing samples at the end of each quarter and include norming as a department, using the district writing rubric to determine strengths and areas requiring improvement.
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