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Bret Biornstad

Catching Readers Before They Fall an interview with the authors - 0 views

Franki: Pat and Katie, you've both done so much work in learning how best to support struggling readers. Can you share any new learning or thinking you have about this topic? Pat: Sure. I'll go ah...

reading interventions

started by Bret Biornstad on 06 Aug 11 no follow-up yet
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Digital Mentor Texts - 0 views

Over the last few years, I have been doing a lot of thinking around the idea of Digital Mentor Texts. I believe strongly in Reading and Writing Workshops to move all students forward in literacy. ...

started by Bret Biornstad on 28 Dec 11 no follow-up yet
Bret Biornstad

Strategies: Is This How We Read? - 0 views

Strategies: Is This Really How We Read? I had a teacher in a workshop recently who told me she didn't think she used any strategies when she read. I explained that, for proficient readers, we ...

started by Bret Biornstad on 07 Aug 11 no follow-up yet
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I wonder… - 0 views

I wonder… About ten years ago I slowly stopped giving my kids very sequential directions. About five years ago I stopped giving rubrics. And in the past few years, with some classes, towards the...

planning

started by Bret Biornstad on 20 Jul 11 no follow-up yet
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First Weeks- Picture Books About Books: Young Learners and Reading Identity - 0 views

Katie DiCesare In the first few weeks of school, I am attempting to understand a whole new class as individual readers (yikes!). I am trying to discover where, when, why, and what they like to rea...

beginning of the year primary

started by Bret Biornstad on 06 Aug 11 no follow-up yet
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MasteryConnect - Home - 0 views

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common core standards grading

shared by Bret Biornstad on 12 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Bret Biornstad on 12 Jul 11
     
    Another must see Mastery Connect is both an online standards tracking tool (parts of it are free) and a free iPhone/iPod/iPad app. Because the app is truly free, I'll start with it. The Mastery Connect app is a handy way to keep the Common Core standards accessible while you teach. The app sorts the common core standards by grade level, subject and strand. This is REALLY nice for quickly locating and referencing standards. Mastery Connect the website is the real gem. The site is brilliantly designed, easy to navigate, aesthetically pleasing and best of all, it works the way you think it should. With the Mastery Connect Master Tracker, teachers can assess core standards, monitor student performance and report student progress to parents and administrators. Master Tracker makes formative assessment that is standards based manageable to keep track of. Rearrange standards in the Master Tracker based on the order that you teach them in. View only the standards you are currently assessing, and view the entire standard as a pop-up. Within Mastery Connect, teachers can create and share common assessments. Similar in feel to other social networks, Mastery Connect lets you connect with other educators to share assessments, interact and offer each other support. It is easy to expand your PLN into the space, just find teachers with similar interests and goals and start sharing! And now for my VERY favorite part- bubble sheet scoring. Mastery Connect uses GradeCam technology to make assessment about as quick as it could be. Just hold up bubble sheets to your webcam or a document cam and it is instantly scored and entered into the Master Tracker associated with the student it belongs to and the standard it is addressing. Seriously cool. I am not a big fan of multiple choice testing (mostly because I think it is a lazy way to find out what a student knows and doesn't give a true picture of what a student knows or can do) but I think I have figured out ho
Bret Biornstad

Learners not Knowers - 0 views

Learners not Knowers Its interesting that the quote I shared with my students the other day was, "The learners shall inherit the earth, while the knowers will be beautifully equipped to live in a ...

learning

started by Bret Biornstad on 04 Nov 11 no follow-up yet
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Great Teacher are Gardeners - 0 views

I think I remember you telling me that you have a class based around video production, but it is only a semester long. If such a class exists, I would love to sit in on one of your lectures. Also, ...

teaching

started by Bret Biornstad on 23 Jul 11 no follow-up yet
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A Strategy Lesson for "Drive-Thru" Readers - 0 views

http://www.choiceliteracy.com A Strategy Lesson for "Drive-Thru" Readers Aimee Buckner Early in the year, like many teachers across the country, I work diligently to teach and reteach my students...

reading strategies mini-lesson

started by Bret Biornstad on 30 Jul 11 no follow-up yet
Bret Biornstad

What Does Successful Project Based Learning Look Like - 0 views

The end of the school year presents us with an opportunity for reflection at Envision Schools. We take a final measure of students' progress throughout the school year, celebrate the many Envision ...

PBL projectbasedlearning

started by Bret Biornstad on 06 Aug 11 no follow-up yet
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Sharing Our Lives As Readers With Our Studentts - 0 views

Franki Sibberson As a classroom teacher, sharing my own life as a reader has always been an important part of my teaching. I believe that if we are to have authentic conversations with kids about ...

beginning of the year reading

started by Bret Biornstad on 06 Aug 11 no follow-up yet
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Extra Credit - 0 views

I remember being surprised when I first read the results of a survey on extra credit published some years ago in Teaching of Psychology. Almost 20% of the 145 faculty (across disciplines) reported ...

errors extra credit mistakes learning grading

started by Bret Biornstad on 20 Jul 11 no follow-up yet
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How to Ignite Intellectual Curiosity in Students | Edutopia - 0 views

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learning curiosity Teaching classroom

shared by Bret Biornstad on 08 Aug 10 - Cached
  • e the flames of curiosity. Willingham gets to the crux of the matter right away: It is not the state testing that is doing the damage. It is the teacher's reflexive response to state testing.
  • Willingham also introduces in his book the concept that, "Memory is the residue of thought." This means that we remember most what we think about most. If the students are interested and inspired to think about things for prolonged periods, then memory is enhanced. This is where inquiry, constructivism, and curiosity come into play -- providing opportunities for students to think about what they are learning. In this way, memory is improved, students do better on standardized tests, and, guess what? Students enjoy learning! Problem solved.
Bret Biornstad

Perr Review-Peer Pressure-Peer Power - 0 views

Peer review is more than just having students read and comment on each other's papers. The idea of peer review extends into what academics do-to the idea of disciplinarity. We research and write. T...

started by Bret Biornstad on 04 Aug 11 no follow-up yet
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Brainology - 0 views

Brainology SCHOOL MATTERS Brainology Transforming Students' Motivation to Learn Carol S. Dweck Winter 2008 This is an exciting time for our brains. More and more research is showing th...

motivation mindsets brain learning

started by Bret Biornstad on 21 Jul 11 no follow-up yet
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Grades 1 And 2 At Ancaster Meadow School: They Really Get It - 0 views

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edtech Twitter writing teched tech

shared by Bret Biornstad on 31 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • Bret Biornstad on 31 Dec 11
     
    1) How does using the confined space of Twitter help your writing?2) What kinds of things do you think about when you use Twitter?3) Are there any other things that you would like to use Twitter for?4) Has using Twitter made you a better writer in other areas when using a pencil and paper? Computer?
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Interventions for Co - 0 views

Interventions for Comprehension - Details: Skill- Comprehension: Details Intervention - Visualizing Source or adapted from - "Strategies That Work" by Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis Mat...

reading comprehension details key words

started by Bret Biornstad on 27 Aug 10 no follow-up yet
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HistoryBuff.com - 0 views

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history resources research reference socialstudies primary sources

shared by Bret Biornstad on 20 Jul 11 - Cached
  • Bret Biornstad on 20 Jul 11
     
    to integrate History Buff into the classroom: History Buff is a website that can help history come to life through story, virtual tours, audio and primary source news papers. I suspect that most students fall into the judge-a-site-by-it's-cover category like me. For this reason, if I was using it in my classroom, I wouldn't send students directly to the website to do a lot of digging on their own. Instead, I might direct them to the portion of the site I knew we would be using through a classroom website, wiki, blog or use a Weblist or Symbaloo to link to them. It is amazing how changing something as small as the entry point into a site can change a students attitude about the site (heck, I'm like that too!). Once I got into History Buff, I really appreciated the connection to primary sources and the way that the "actual" newspapers bring history to life. I REALLY liked the hoaxes in news section and suspect that students will get a kick out of it to. Your kids will be asking, how can people be SO gullible? These kinds of stories are wonderful discussion starters and will make students think critically about their own news media. As a fun extension, have your students write their own hoax news stories. Okay, now for demystifying the navigation of this site. See the itty bitty brown words in the left sidebar that are all squished together? That is the navigation. For real. I didn't notice it at first either! Go ahead and click on one to test it out…not so bad when you know what you are looking for, right? Right. For your convenience, I'm linking to each page of the site below so you can easily find what you are looking for. :) Online Newspaper Archives Historic Panoramas Reference Libraries (audio resources, hoaxes) Primary Source Material State Facts Interactive Quizzes Tips: History Buff has a newsletter you can subscribe to if you are, you know, a history buff. Just enter your email in that box under the header and clic
Bret Biornstad

Reinventing Language Every Time You Write: A Podcast with Ralph Fletcher - 0 views

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Ralph Fletcher literacy writing notebooks

shared by Bret Biornstad on 24 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • I think that the idea of a notebook to sort of share your deep feelings can sometimes be a little hard sell for boys, but I'm having pretty good luck selling the notebook to boys as a place to collect stuff, because boys are collectors.
  • For example, a friend of mine was saying that she had this moment with her grandfather, and they were just outside and it was a beautiful moment, the stars were twinkling, and she said to me it was a "snowball moment." And so I said to her, "What do you mean by that?" and she said, "You know, it was perfect. Like you'd have those snowballs in the glass, and it's just this perfect contained moment." I love that idea, like a snowball moment, and I started saying to myself, "I wonder if I've had snowball moments," or how I could play with that idea in another context. So I think the notebook could be a place for that.
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