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Implementation in an Elementary Classroom (Articles) - 1 views

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Look, Ms. Daugherty, these dinosaurs have open mouths, and these dinosaurs have closed mouths. I can sort things!” He’s taken Daugherty’s lessons on sorting by color a step further—and he’s done it while playing.
- nwhipple on 01 Aug 15
  
  A-HA. Play time is HUGE, yet it is being taking away and forced out of the classroom. This is exactly what I see and hear in my kindergarten classroom during, SHORT, periods of play. When it is "free choice" children are learning MORE than when I have them in their seats or at the carpet "preaching" and "teaching". If they can handle the reigns with their personal learning, they feel more in control and will be more comfortable talking to an audience about what it is they want to share.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A-HA. Play time is HUGE, yet it is being taking away and forced out of the classroom. This is exactly what I see and hear in my kindergarten classroom during, SHORT, periods of play. When it is "free choice" children are learning MORE than when I have them in their seats or at the carpet "preaching" and "teaching". If they can handle the reigns with their personal learning, they feel more in control and will be more comfortable talking to an audience about what it is they want to share.</div>
  
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Blaydes recommends activities that link learning and movement. An example activity for teaching punctuation asks students to first come up with motions and sounds for punctuation marks (for instance, jumping into the air and yelling, “Yes!” for exclamation points), then act out those movements at appropriate moments during a text read-aloud. These playful activities are fun—and memorable.
- nwhipple on 01 Aug 15
  
  I LOVE this because I have taught end punctuation like this to my large and small groups. It is funny to see everyone get excited about finding an exclamation point in a text and jumping up and acting excited. When kids will be reading to themselves, sometimes they will jump up on their own because they have come across an exclamation point in their book. You know you have reached them when they do it on their own! :)
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I LOVE this because I have taught end punctuation like this to my large and small groups. It is funny to see everyone get excited about finding an exclamation point in a text and jumping up and acting excited. When kids will be reading to themselves, sometimes they will jump up on their own because they have come across an exclamation point in their book. You know you have reached them when they do it on their own! :) </div>
  
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PLE Articles - 2 views

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What I do like about Symbaloo is that if I make any updates to this webmix, students receive the updates as well!
- nwhipple on 20 Jul 15
  
  This is really handy for parents as well. I send them the link and they can access my web mix at home. When I make an update, I alert parents via my shutterfly site. Parents can go to my web mix and have their child show them games we are playing that reinforces our learning goals. It is also nice because parents don't have to download anything or search for hours on something educational for their child to do because it is already done for them.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is really handy for parents as well. I send them the link and they can access my web mix at home. When I make an update, I alert parents via my shutterfly site. Parents can go to my web mix and have their child show them games we are playing that reinforces our learning goals. It is also nice because parents don't have to download anything or search for hours on something educational for their child to do because it is already done for them.</div>
  
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Because Symbaloo is web-based, you can access your favorite webmixes from different computers.
- nwhipple on 20 Jul 15
  
  This is so great because I can share this with parents and their child can access my game page at home. If parents allow screen time at home, I feel that by providing this web mix to them to access will only benefit their child and help them learn and reinforce our learning in the classroom.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is so great because I can share this with parents and their child can access my game page at home. If parents allow screen time at home, I feel that by providing this web mix to them to access will only benefit their child and help them learn and reinforce our learning in the classroom. </div>
  
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"Personalized" vs. "Personal" Learning - 36 views

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it is clear that all children don’t learn the same way and personalization seems to honor those differences.
- nwhipple on 15 Jul 15
  
  I agree that not all students learn the same way, especially at age 5. I honor their learning differences daily but I am often challenged by grouping them based on their ability and fitting in time to have them reach the standard for the day on their own. The common core wants all kids proficient by the end of their school year in all their standards. It gets tricky to personalize every child's learning and have them do it at their own pace when some may take 4-5 weeks to accomplish 1 standard. This is where I worry about not having enough hours in the day and days in the school year.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I agree that not all students learn the same way, especially at age 5. I honor their learning differences daily but I am often challenged by grouping them based on their ability and fitting in time to have them reach the standard for the day on their own. The common core wants all kids proficient by the end of their school year in all their standards. It gets tricky to personalize every child's learning and have them do it at their own pace when some may take 4-5 weeks to accomplish 1 standard. This is where I worry about not having enough hours in the day and days in the school year. </div>
  
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