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Aaron Davis

How do inquiry teachers….teach? | Justwondering - 0 views

  • The planning and the teaching are certainly deeply connected but – too often, inquiry seems almost synonymous with ‘units’.   The cringe-worthy phrase “we do inquiry” usually means: we fill in an inquiry planner using a cycle/framework of inquiry
  • Inquiry is not just about knowing how to plan – it’s about how we teach
  • 1. They talk less
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  •  2. They ask more.
  •  3. They relate
  • 4. They let kids in on the secret
  • 5. They use language that is invitational and acknowledges the elasticity of ideas.
  • They remain open to possibility…
  •  6. They check in with their kids – a lot
  •  7. They collaborate with their students. They trust them!
  •  8. They use great, challenging, authentic resources
  •  9. They are passionate and energetic.
  •  10. They see the bigger picture
  • 11. They invite, celebrate and USE questions, wonderings, uncertainties and tensions that arise from their students.
  • Good inquiry teachers know how to get more kids thinking more deeply more of the time.
  • Programs and planners don’t make inquiry happen. Teachers and learners do.
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    A great post from Kath Murdoch in which she outlines how inquiry teacher teach. What I really liked about it is that even if you don't 'do inquiry' you can still take some of the facets of an inquiry teacher.
Aaron Davis

English Developmental Continuum F-10 - 0 views

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    "The English Developmental Continuum F-10 provides evidence based indicators of progress, linked to powerful teaching strategies, aligned to the progression points and the achievement standards for the AusVELS English Domain. These teaching strategies are designed to support purposeful teaching of individuals and small groups of students with similar learning needs. It is intended that teachers use the strategies in the context of their own classrooms, text or topic being taught."
Aaron Davis

How do you know if effective teaching is occurring in your school? | Educational Leader... - 0 views

  • Apart from just observation, which is very important, what rigorous processes can we implement to reflect upon and use to answer this question?
  • The analysis of the information collected is not intended to give individual feedback to teachers but to provide whole school information about strengths and weaknesses in the implementation of formative assessment strategies.
  • A high level of trust among staff is important to ensure the authenticity and success of the Walkthrough process. It is seen as a supportive way to ensure that we hold each other accountable for achieving our scoreboard.
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  • Raising the performance of our entire teaching team is the focus as well as each teacher taking individual responsibility for improving their implementation of quality teaching practices.
Aaron Davis

Doing It Differently: Tips for Teaching Vocabulary | Edutopia - 0 views

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    "We think with words, therefore to improve thinking, teach vocabulary. -- A. Draper and G. Moeller "
Aaron Davis

Ways To Use Lego In The Classroom | Teaching Ideas - 0 views

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    Explore our enormous collection of teaching ideas and classroom activities to use Lego with your children. Includes a huge range of cross-curricular ideas and downloadable resources for all ages and abilities!
Aaron Davis

Helping to Focus on What Students Needs and Measure Impact - 0 views

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    A resource with five dimensions to support teaching and learning
Jen Brusey

Teaching Aboriginal Art: Free Lesson Plan - 0 views

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    Aboriginal Dot Painting is a popular art lesson classic suitable for learners of all ages as it features an irresistible combination of music, art, culture and history. The beauty of this subject is that the lesson engages learners on a number of different levels - practical painting technique, cultural understanding, linking art with music, dance and storytelling, and getting their fingers nice & dirty in the process!
Aaron Davis

Mathematics Developmental Continuum F-10 - 0 views

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    The Mathematics Developmental Continuum F-10 provides evidence based indicators of progress, linked to powerful teaching strategies, aligned to the progression points and the achievement standards of AusVELS Mathematics. Indicators of progress are points on the learning continuum that highlight critical understandings required by students in order to progress through the AusVELS achievement standards. --- A great place to build your content knowledge, but also a great place show where the next step is.
Aaron Davis

6 Steps to Teaching Students to Search | Teacher Tech - 0 views

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    via Teacher Tech
Aaron Davis

Making Student Blogs More than Digital Diaries - Getting Smart by Dave Guymon - bloggin... - 0 views

  • Put simply, a digital footprint is what your students would see if they Googled themselves. And whether or not they know it, each of them has a footprint online. A digital footprint is made up of both passive information about Internet use and actively volunteered content.
  • Establishing a positive digital footprint involves more than educating our students about what they should choose to keep offline. We should also be teaching them what to publish to improve their digital image.
  • effective uses of student blogs engage others in meaningful conversations.
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  • quality classroom blogging should transcend the classroom altogether, bridging the gap between school, home, and the world our students live in.
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    An interesting post on digital footprint and blogging.
jarod summers

Have fun teaching - 1 views

shared by jarod summers on 12 Sep 13 - Cached
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    Worksheets for Literacy and Numeracy
Shey Obremski

Michael Michael Go Recycle - 0 views

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    Fun game that teaches recycling
KRISTY ELLIS

Have Fun Teaching Resources - 2 views

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    Freebies galore, great for comprehension resources!
Nicholle Russell

Curriculum Online - Approaches and methodologies- Drama in the classroom - 0 views

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    The aim of this section of the guidelines is to furnish teachers with a practical approach to the teaching of drama in the classroom. It will involve a consideration of the essential components of process drama and of the means by which these can be incorporated in practical drama activities.
Jace Healey

Illuminations - 1 views

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    Interactive resources for teaching Maths.
fiona houston

Into the Book: Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies - 0 views

shared by fiona houston on 26 Nov 13 - Cached
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    Into the Book focuses on eight reading comprehension strategies for grades 1-4. Kids area has interactive activities for each strategy, teacher area features teacher guides, lesson plans, posters, video and audio clips, downloads, and more.
Monika Hackworthy

Dyslexia and reading diffulties - 0 views

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    I have recently completed PD on this topic. This dept website is a great starting point for teachers that are not sure what dyslexia is, and it provides various assessments in addition to what is completed at school. Also provides teaching strategies.
Aaron Davis

Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom: Why Formative Assessments Matter - 0 views

  • Formative assessments are simply little gauges or indicators of how students are progressing towards a learning goal
  • 2) Real-Time Feedback
  • 3) Building It In
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  • 1) Ticket out the door
  • Over time the students felt comfortable enough to tell me when they really didn't like the learning style I was using or that they enjoyed a particular way I presented the content. I had a better grasp on the learning my students were doing and they had a better grasp on the content. It was a definite win-win. 
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    An interesting reflection on formative assessment and some simple ideas of how to incorporate it into the classroom.
Aaron Davis

Sticking to the 'Main Thing'-A positive leadership reflection | Educational Leadership ... - 0 views

  • One of the first leadership decisions I made was to work with staff to audit our schools meta-curriculum. That is all of those programs, events, celebrations, operational arrangements and practices which are not core to the teaching and learning that happens inside classrooms.
  • My mantra was to “give teachers permission to spend their time improving the learning of the students in their class with minimal disruption”.
  • Students are spending less time out of classrooms and more time focused on their own learning.
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    A great post from Jason Borton discussing how he worked with his leadership team to refocus his school on learning.
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