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Steve Ransom

Slicereader - Easy reading for Mac - 45 views

mthr.me/slicereader

reading app text application mac assistivetechnology

shared by Steve Ransom on 11 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 11 Jun 13
     
    A great, free text chunking app for those who need textual information processing accommodations or those with short attention spans or distractability... Mac-only
Whitney Clodfelter

Taking the Tedium Out of Textual Analysis - 105 views

onlinebooks.stenhouse.com/...tedium-out-of-textual-analysis

shared by Whitney Clodfelter on 05 Feb 13 - No Cached
    • Whitney Clodfelter
      Whitney Clodfelter on 05 Feb 13
       
      Common Core using Wordle...love it!
pkrason

Free Technology for Teachers: Socratic Smackdown - A Game for Learning and Practicing D... - 131 views

www.freetech4teachers.com/...ackdown-game-for-learning.html

Teacher Tool

shared by pkrason on 21 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • forty students
    • pkrason
      pkrason on 21 Sep 14
       
      I tried mine with a class of 30, and it worked out very well.  I chose to prepare the room in a typical Socratic Seminar fashion with chairs aligned in two concentric circles.  
  • text-based question
    • pkrason
      pkrason on 21 Sep 14
       
      Essential Questions throughout the chapter work well for this purpose.
  • debate a question
    • pkrason
      pkrason on 21 Sep 14
       
      We debated whether or not Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi was a successful leader.  We also built a discussion off of analyzing Medieval and Renaissance artwork.  
    • pkrason
      pkrason on 21 Sep 14
       
      Debate
  • pkrason on 21 Sep 14
     
    Socratic Smackdown is a fun discussion-based game to encourage students to formulate arguments and argue these points referencing textual evidence.
Jennifer Diaz

13 Strategies to Improve Student Classroom Discussions - 149 views

www.weareteachers.com/...-student-classroom-discussions

6th grade Response to Literature Evidence student classroom strategies discussions

shared by Jennifer Diaz on 15 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • These 13-teacher and expert-tested strategies will strengthen your students' ability to find and use evidence from any text
  • Texts that inspire questions encourage students to return to the text and find support for their answers
  • starting with one overarching focus question
  • ...14 more annotations...
  • Require students to have evidence ready at the start of the discussion
  • "prove it"
  • evidence will actually open up a text to different interpretations
  • The challenge is getting students to expand and explain. To get students to explain why they choose a piece of evidence, provide them with a structure that moves from evidence to interpretation. Williams' students use a graphic organizer with three columns: They write their answer in the first column, note textual evidence in the second, and explain their evidence in the third.
    • Jennifer Diaz
      Jennifer Diaz on 15 Nov 14
       
      I want to do this!
  • Use sentence starters strategically
  • In the text ... the author mentions ...
  • the author uses this evidence to ... this lets us know that ...
  • Give students enough time to flip through and find just the right piece of evidence. If other students are getting antsy, choose one of your always-ready students to share, then loop back to the student who needed time with the text
    • Jennifer Diaz
      Jennifer Diaz on 15 Nov 14
       
      Good idea to keep the pace moving, while providing enough time to find better evidence.
    • deniseahlquist
      deniseahlquist on 17 Nov 14
       
      And if you encourage a collaborative atmosphere, having students ALL look for evidence related to each person's idea will mean they are all engaged in searching whenever anyone makes a claim. Either choose someone who has found it, or have them mark the page and keep searching for more evidence. Then have students ALL GO to the passage cited, so they can closely follow and respond with additional or conflicting evidence.
  • "Just because there's more than one right answer," says Riley, "doesn't mean there's no wrong answer."
    • deniseahlquist
      deniseahlquist on 17 Nov 14
       
      Part of what students do when they all look for evidence for each idea is to learn to weigh evidence for competing ideas and sift out "weaker" or unsupported answers from "stronger" claims. Brainstorming an idea that later doesn't pan out should not e seen as bad or wrong, but more accurately as the way idea-generating and sifting actually happens in many situations.
  • According to page
  • create an anchor chart
    • Jennifer Diaz
      Jennifer Diaz on 15 Nov 14
       
      Create and authentic anchor chart of student/teacher generated starters and prompts.
  • Listen for how students personalize the discussion, and encourage them to develop their own voice.
  • go back to the text
  • They answer the focus question a second time, explain whether or not they changed their answers, and reflect on how the evidence brought up during discussion impacted their thinking.
  • Jennifer Diaz on 15 Nov 14
     
    Great ideas for 6th grade response to literature discussion and writing.
  • Tanya Kolkema on 18 Nov 14
     
    I haven't taught sixth grade for 3 1/2 years now, but if I ever go back to ms, I'd incorporate this into my weekly plans. One way I get my second graders to grow their thinking is by having them respond to one another using the following prompts:  I agree with the part about…  Going back to what you said about…  One thing I noticed…  One thing I pictured…  It reminded me of…  I am not sure what you are saying. Could you say it in another way?  I agree with what you are saying because…  What you just said matches what is in my mind because…  I hear what you are saying, but I see it differently because…  If what you said is true, is it not also true that…  That is true, but… Or - That is true, and…  Could you say more?  Could you give me an example?  I would like to add on to what _________ said.  I have an example of what you just said.  I wonder why…  I was surprised to see…  Another thing that goes with that is…  So are you saying…
Kate Pok

eMargin - an online collaborative textual annotation resource : JISC - 64 views

www.jisc.ac.uk/...emargin.aspx

shared by Kate Pok on 18 Nov 11 - No Cached
    • Kate Pok
      Kate Pok on 18 Nov 11
       
      I'm becoming interested in getting students to share their notes and annotations with each other. Good idea, bad idea?
melissa renko

Common Core State Standards Initiative | English Language Arts Standards | Science & Te... - 0 views

www.corestandards.org/...grades-6-8

core standards

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  • Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.
    • melissa renko
      melissa renko on 09 Aug 12
       
      all of these standards are the same but they are built upon in grades 9-10
  • melissa renko on 09 Aug 12
     
    common core science embedded in ELA standards grades 6-8
mrsguanci

5 Skills I'm Scared My Sons Won't Have | Erin Mantz - 124 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...sons-wont-have-_b_3789881.html

shared by mrsguanci on 31 Aug 13 - No Cached
    • mrsguanci
      mrsguanci on 31 Aug 13
       
      EXTRA CREDIT: Read this article written by a parent about her sons technology usage and her fears of the skills they will not acquire.  In your own words, summarize the article in approximately one paragraph.  In another paragraph, explain whether or not you agree or disagree using textual support and your own experiences to back up your rationale.
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