This book differs from other books on the topic of brain - based learning in that it is
written by a classroom teacher with fifteen years prior experience as a brain researcher and practicing adult and child neurologist.
Teach your students how to talk it out rather than fight it out with this highly effective conflict resolution process
written by a classroom teacher.
McQueen could tell the questions weren't
written by classroom teachers.
Not exact matches
«Imagine enjoying a court side seat at a game, studying in a
classroom of students and teachers all over the world or consulting with a doctor face - to - face — just
by putting on goggles in your home,» Zuckerberg
wrote in a Facebook post announcing his company's purchase of Oculus.
«Imagine enjoying a court side seat at a game, studying in a
classroom of students and teachers all over the world or consulting with a doctor face - to - face — just
by putting on goggles in your home,» he
wrote.
Save the World on Your Own Time
by Stanley Fish Oxford University Press, 208 pages, $ 19.95 Here is Stanley Fish,
writing Save the World on Your Own Time: «Not only is the genuinely academic
classroom full of passion and commitment; it is more interesting than the alternative.
In American
classrooms,
by contrast, Stigler found that a unit on adding fractions with unlike denominators would usually begin with the teacher
writing on an overhead projector a reliable formula to solve the problem, which students would be expected to copy down, memorize, and use for each subsequent problem.
Teachers have created
classroom projects
by asking their students to
write to men and women serving their country in distant lands.
I've
written a lot on this blog (and, really, I mean, a LOT — see the «Related Posts» below) about
classroom birthday treats, soccer snacks and the many other ways in which kids are offered junk food
by people other than their parents on a regular... [Continue reading]
I've
written a lot over the years (really, A LOT - see the Related Links below) about junk food in school
classrooms, whether distributed
by teachers as rewards for good behavior and academic performance or served as part of birthday or
classroom... [Continue reading]
It allows teachers to supplement classes
by facilitating dialog outside the
classroom and is a means to distribute educational materials such as sound and
written music files.
Spring Flowers
Writing Activity with Printable Worksheet Celebrate the spring season
by decorating your
classroom with pretty flowers!
We love the recent post over at the USDA blog
by Dr. Robert Lewis of the El Monte School District, in which Dr. Lewis
writes about his district's efforts to improve the lives of students using health - promoting messages in the
classroom.
Semester Calendar; Card (information to fill out) Class
Writing Procedures; paper (lined paper for writing essays Hundreds and hundreds of free conversation questions designed for the ESL / EFL / ESOL classroom organized by topic, grammar, and te
Writing Procedures; paper (lined paper for
writing essays Hundreds and hundreds of free conversation questions designed for the ESL / EFL / ESOL classroom organized by topic, grammar, and te
writing essays Hundreds and hundreds of free conversation questions designed for the ESL / EFL / ESOL
classroom organized
by topic, grammar, and textbook.
«120 Beats» is
written and directed
by Robin Campillo, who co-wrote 2008's Palme d'Or - winning «The Class», and the chatty, lively mass meetings here will be familiar if you remember that earlier film's sparkling
classroom debate.
Each unit pack includes: - 7 engaging lesson plans (one for each 10 - word section, plus a revision / sentence - building lesson for the end of the unit),
written by qualified teachers and covering all 4 key skills - Ideas for adapting each lesson to suit your class, including extension activities, suggestions for differentiation, homework activities and substitutions for low - tech
classrooms - Full timings and guidance for teachers to help you access all the resources easily - Printable resources to complement the lessons and save you time This unit pack is for Languagenut's Unit 3 - Where I Live 1, covering countries, local area, houses, rooms, furniture and home activities.
The Pact, which is about teen suicide, came directly from my
classroom experience, when a young suicidal girl was dealing with her depression
by writing in a journal, and meeting with me to discuss it.
This blog was
written as part of «Stories from Our
Classrooms», a course for teacher / writers committed to equity in our schools, sponsored
by Teaching for Change.
Creative teachers will find many natural
classroom extensions for The Official M&M's Book of the Millennium,
written by Larry Dane Brimner and illustrated
by Karen E. Pellaton.
By the end of my second year I had
written $ 30,000 in grants to bring laptops to my
classroom.
By the end of the semester I had
written a paper on the powerful potential of blogging in the literature
classroom.
More specifically, the researchers 1) examine possible differences
by classroom, school, and literacy models; 2) explore the relationship between observable features of the
classroom literacy environment and children's literacy growth during the first grade year; 3) characterize the variability in the levels of teacher understanding of the chosen literacy model and of early literacy development; and 4) assess whether there are qualitative differences in children's oral discourse skills and
writing skills with the school's chosen model of literacy instruction.
In Amy Grover's kindergarten
classroom, students are surrounded
by Japanese
writing, language, and music.
Clear assignment expectations, frequent home - school communication, and step -
by - step
writing templates have become routine
classroom practices for me.
To
write about your class; * Six full colour animated power point shows with attached authentic French speaking sound files, listening, speaking, reading and
writing activities as well as music for songs, raps and interactive programmed
classroom games for every learning objective: * A set of six screen
by screen guidance lesson plans, with a plain speak vocabulary for all the language in the unit, grammar notes and answers for ppshow and workbook activities.
In a separate Education Next essay
written by NCTQ director Kate Walsh, she says ed schools view their mission as being to help «form» teacher thinking rather than to «train» them in techniques useful for
classroom management and lesson preparation.
This report reviews 16 studies conducted in seven states; 103 of 112 comparisons show positive results in
writing achievement favoring students in
classrooms of NWP participants, based on grading
by «blind» coders who did not know whether the author received NWP teaching.
Above all,
writes middle school drama teacher Kaleroy Zervos, a simple thank - you not only recognizes teachers» day - to - day efforts but also helps them «know their idea of making the world better is at least shared
by someone outside the
classroom.»
Each unit pack includes: - 7 engaging lesson plans (one for each 10 - word section, plus a revision / sentence - building lesson for the end of the unit),
written by qualified teachers and covering all 4 key skills - Ideas for adapting each lesson to suit your class, including extension activities, suggestions for differentiation, homework activities and substitutions for low - tech
classrooms - Full timings and guidance for teachers to help you access all the resources easily - Printable resources to complement the lessons and save you time This unit pack is for Languagenut's Unit 9 - Around the world, covering countries, directions, languages, air travel and holidays.
The final piece was my participation in a class through the Gateway
Writing Institute, where I read Nonfiction Matters,
by Stephanie Harvey, and conducted an action research project on inquiry - based instruction in my
classroom.
We're All Wonders
by R.J. Palacio Book Companion is jam packed with printables, activities, a fun
writing craftivity, collaborative posters, a Wonder student award, and notes of love and kindness that will help you maintain high levels of rigor and fun as you use the book We're All Wonders to promote acceptance and kindness in your
classroom and school.
Each unit pack includes: - 7 engaging lesson plans (one for each 10 - word section, plus a revision / sentence - building lesson for the end of the unit),
written by qualified teachers and covering all 4 key skills - Ideas for adapting each lesson to suit your class, including extension activities, suggestions for differentiation, homework activities and substitutions for low - tech
classrooms - Full timings and guidance for teachers to help you access all the resources easily - Printable resources to complement the lessons and save you time This unit pack is for Languagenut's Unit 6 - Food and drink, covering meals, food, drink and shopping.
Each unit pack includes: - 7 engaging lesson plans (one for each 10 - word section, plus a revision / sentence - building lesson for the end of the unit),
written by qualified teachers and covering all 4 key skills - Ideas for adapting each lesson to suit your class, including extension activities, suggestions for differentiation, homework activities and substitutions for low - tech
classrooms - Full timings and guidance for teachers to help you access all the resources easily - Printable resources to complement the lessons and save you time This unit pack is for Languagenut's Unit 23 - The environment, covering environmental issues, recycling, pollution, energy and ordinal numbrs.
Help students link the game's content to events in the real world with
classroom talks and
writing assignments or
by providing other media, such as documentaries and news clips.
Each unit pack includes: - 7 engaging lesson plans (one for each 10 - word section, plus a revision / sentence - building lesson for the end of the unit),
written by qualified teachers and covering all 4 key skills - Ideas for adapting each lesson to suit your class, including extension activities, suggestions for differentiation, homework activities and substitutions for low - tech
classrooms - Full timings and guidance for teachers to help you access all the resources easily - Printable resources to complement the lessons and save you time This unit pack is for Languagenut's Unit 7 - Going to school, covering morning routine, travel, transport, school subjects,
classroom items and opinions.
Each unit pack includes: - 7 engaging lesson plans (one for each 10 - word section, plus a revision / sentence - building lesson for the end of the unit),
written by qualified teachers and covering all 4 key skills - Ideas for adapting each lesson to suit your class, including extension activities, suggestions for differentiation, homework activities and substitutions for low - tech
classrooms - Full timings and guidance for teachers to help you access all the resources easily - Printable resources to complement the lessons and save you time This unit pack is for Languagenut's Unit 8 - Going to work, covering jobs, workplaces, money, shopping, numbers and time.
Each unit pack includes: - 7 engaging lesson plans (one for each 10 - word section, plus a revision / sentence - building lesson for the end of the unit),
written by qualified teachers and covering all 4 key skills - Ideas for adapting each lesson to suit your class, including extension activities, suggestions for differentiation, homework activities and substitutions for low - tech
classrooms - Full timings and guidance for teachers to help you access all the resources easily - Printable resources to complement the lessons and save you time This unit pack is for Languagenut's Unit 14 - More about food and mealtimes, covering time, lunchtime, cafeterias, cooking, growing food and descriptions.
Each unit pack includes: - 7 engaging lesson plans (one for each 10 - word section, plus a revision / sentence - building lesson for the end of the unit),
written by qualified teachers and covering all 4 key skills - Ideas for adapting each lesson to suit your class, including extension activities, suggestions for differentiation, homework activities and substitutions for low - tech
classrooms - Full timings and guidance for teachers to help you access all the resources easily - Printable resources to complement the lessons and save you time This unit pack is for Languagenut's Unit 19 - More about school, covering school rooms, prepositions, school subjects, break time and connectives.
Each unit pack includes: - 7 engaging lesson plans (one for each 10 - word section, plus a revision / sentence - building lesson for the end of the unit),
written by qualified teachers and covering all 4 key skills - Ideas for adapting each lesson to suit your class, including extension activities, suggestions for differentiation, homework activities and substitutions for low - tech
classrooms - Full timings and guidance for teachers to help you access all the resources easily - Printable resources to complement the lessons and save you time This unit pack is for Languagenut's Unit 17 - On the way to school, covering directions, journeys, buying tickets, local area, town features, crossing the road and asking for directions.
«A school administrator,» he
wrote, «can not watch teachers teach (except through
classroom visits that momentarily may change the teacher's behavior) and can not tell how much students have learned (except
by standardized tests that do not clearly differentiate between what the teacher has imparted and what the student has acquired otherwise).»
«Long lists of vocabulary words that don't have personal relevance or don't resonate with a topic about which the student has been engaged are likely to be blocked
by the brain's affective (or emotional) filters,»
writes neurologist and former
classroom teacher Judy Willis.
Examples of authentic
writing activities included a project to grow corn in the
classroom — where students were allocated different tasks and then asked to
write instructions to be used
by a real volunteer who was looking after the corn during a school holiday.
By building on what they already know, students will be even more effective at analyzing
classroom writing expectations.
According to research
by the National Literacy Trust, children who enjoy
writing and who
write creatively outside school do significantly better in the
classroom.
This terrific e-book was
written by experienced
classroom teachers, and gives you a no - nonsense approach to what really works.
* 20 color posters (image and text) for use with «
Write around the room» * 3 «
Write around the room» recording sheets - 1 - 10, 11 - 20, 1 - 20 * 20 large b / w flashcards - image (no text) * 20 small b / w flashcards * 4 handouts of numbers and words (b / w and color) * Match the Numbers activity (color) * 3 missing letter worksheets and answer keys (b / w) * 2 word search puzzles (two versions of each for differentiation in the
classroom - one with both numbers and number words, the other with just numbers) and answer keys (b / w) * 3 crossword puzzles (two versions of each - one with initial letters given to provide for differentiation in the
classroom) and answer keys (b / w) * 2 code breaker puzzles and answer keys (b / w) * 2 number word addition activities (b / w) * Dot to dot puzzle using number words (b / w) * 2 color
by number mystery pictures.
Each unit pack includes: - 7 engaging lesson plans (one for each 10 - word section, plus a revision / sentence - building lesson for the end of the unit),
written by qualified teachers and covering all 4 key skills - Ideas for adapting each lesson to suit your class, including extension activities, suggestions for differentiation, homework activities and substitutions for low - tech
classrooms - Full timings and guidance for teachers to help you access all the resources easily - Printable resources to complement the lessons and save you time This unit pack is for Languagenut's Unit 24 - Hygiene and healthcare, covering hygiene, health, illnesses, doctors, dentists, accidents and useful words.
Each unit pack includes: - 7 engaging lesson plans (one for each 10 - word section, plus a revision / sentence - building lesson for the end of the unit),
written by qualified teachers and covering all 4 key skills - Ideas for adapting each lesson to suit your class, including extension activities, suggestions for differentiation, homework activities and substitutions for low - tech
classrooms - Full timings and guidance for teachers to help you access all the resources easily - Printable resources to complement the lessons and save you time - Teacher notes with useful tips about grammar points for each lesson, designed to help non-specialists This unit pack is for Languagenut's Unit 1 - About Me, covering basic information, greetings, age, family members and languages.
Spanish
Classroom Expression Pics (colored) for Walls or Boards help students speak more Spanish in class.This packet include 16 bog coloured pictures of necessary
classroom expressions said
by the teacher or student on an everyday basis (and the
written expressions that accompany them).
The pack includes: Display banner - A long banner for a display with pictures Father Christmas - A large picture of Father Christmas for your displays Display lettering - Large letters to spell out «Father Christmas» decorated in red and whte stripes Number line - A number line to 50 on Christmas doors Alphabet line - An alphabet line on Elves Story words - Word cards with words relating to the story - great to include in your
writing area Counting cards - Cards from 1 - 10 with different numbers of drinks to count Speech bubble worksheets - Various worksheets to fill in the speech bubbles Word mat - An A4 word mat with pictures to help when
writing about the story Face masks - Colour and black and white face masks of Father Christmas and Elves to use for story telling and role play Father Christmas model - Make a model of Father Christmas using split pins Playdough mats - Various colourful mats to use with play dough for counting and Christmas Matching pairs - A colourful matching pairs game to make and play Colour Elves - Different coloured elves with the colour name Worksheet - Design a new drink for Father Christmas Christmas tree game - Spin the spinner and collect different decorations for your tree Banner - A long «Happy Christmas» banner for your
classroom decorated with holly leaves Worksheets - Various worksheets to draw different parts of the story, to draw your food and drink for Father Christmas and to design a sleigh for Father Christmas Game - Deliver all the presents in your sleigh first to win the game Maths worksheets - Various worksheets with counting, addition, subtraction and symmettry Design a decoration - Design a new decoration for your Christmas tree Decorations - Various Christmas decorations to cut out and colour Game - Roll a die and cover the numbered star in the night sky - plus a version to use two dice and add the numbers together and cover the number Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced
by ourselves.