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Great info for when I teach about natural disaters.

Practice using the English language to give your opinion, describing problems and solutions, pronunciations and using contractions so as to sound more natural when speaking. 

Speaking is a practical skill and therefore the best way to prepare for the test is to gain the skill and put it into as much practice as possible. This way you can speak in English naturally and comfortably.

The Teacher Survival Kit The Best Place for Lesson Plans Before and After Bad Weather More About Us Does that big approaching storm have you worried? Too much rain in your area lately? What about earthquakes, fires, tornadoes and mudslides? If rough weather or natural disasters cut into your classroom time, you need to be prepared.

A project based learning method is a comprehensive approach to instruction. Your students participate in projects and practice an interdisciplinary array of skills from math, language arts, fine arts, geography, science, and technology. "The collaborative nature of the investigation enhances all of these valuable experiences ...

This site creates a rubric/checklist for a student project.

This wiki is intended to be a resource and communication tool for differentiating with technology. We believe that technology is an important tool for 21st century education and is a natural fit for differentiating instruction. As you explore the resources on this wiki, please consider sharing your work with others and posting links.

We want to thank the participants of our University of Vermont graduate course Differentiating Literacy with Technology for their willingness to share their work: Tonya Darby-4th grade teacher in Richmond Elementary, John Upchurch-Humanities teacher Colchester Middle School, Meghan McGrath-LA teacher, Melissa Cronin-5th grade in Mary Hogan School, Brenda Hunt -4th grade Malletts Bay School, Anne Rayner-3rd grade Malletts Bay School, Jodi Perron-Language Arts BFA, Tara Weegar-3rd Grade Williston

Reading textbooks is very different from reading your favorite mystery novel. Naturally, the way you read a textbook will vary depending on how well you know the material already, and the Textbook Surveys you have performed should have started to show you how you can handle each of your books.

Students will Learn and understand the term habitat. Discover that forests, deserts, wetlands, and grasslands are unique and separate habitats. Identify animals that live in four different environments. Animals Around Us video Crayons White construction paper, 1 sheet per student Magazines, nature calendars and other print resources with photographs of desert, forest, wetlands, and prairie environments 1.

Teach the different habitats animals live in and how they differ.

This lesson combines a hands-on activity (making a model of a Viking ship), internet skills (web searches), and cooperative learning/discussions to study the ancient Vikings. The boat building activity will also draw students in with the good-natured competition of sailing their models and rating how they did. Journal entries and guided discussions and research add to the involvement of the students with the subject.