In this Web-exclusive interview for FRONTLINE, Jane Elliott discusses her abiding sense that her lesson on bigotry is as necessary today as it was in 1968.
The Constitution is the supreme law of the land in the United States. With a positive overtone, the preamble, articles, and amendments in this document protect the rights of all US citizens. Create a similar document for your class to ensure that everyone has a voice and rights that make them feel safe and comfortable expressing themselves.
Your classroom is "home away from home" for you and your students. Make it attractive, comfortable, and functional.
Ryan Berger is in the middle of his first year as a new Kindergarten teacher. He asks Jim Knight to observe a lesson and share strategies to help him specifically with transitioning students between centers. Mr. Knight looks for classroom management strategies he can recommend to help Mr. Berger improve class structure.Mr. Berger shares that transitioning from working with 5th graders to kindergarteners has been stressful and some of the strategies he previously used do not work as well with kindergarteners.Time used during transitions is a major focus of the discussion. They discuss ways to address content during transitions in order to make effective use of time. Finally, they discuss the importance for taking a step back to observe what students are doing well and what needs to be clarified.
Establishing clear classroom routines and procedures is necessary for ensuring that your classroom runs smoothly.
Students use bearing measurements to triangulate and determine objects' locations. Working in teams of two or three, they must put on their investigative hats as they take bearing measurements to specified landmarks in their classroom (or other rooms in the school) from a "mystery location." With the extension activity, students are challenged with creating their own maps of the classroom or other school location and comparing them with their classmates' efforts.
This resource is beneficial for teachers who have students who are deaf and have autism to help them communicate their daily schedules, behaviors, and communicate with parents.
Students design, build and test model clay boats that can hold weight.
Suney Park wants her students to know that what they learn in class is relevant to their lives and the world. In this introduction, she shows us how her students come up with a plan to recreate the Earth and its atmosphere and test their own hypotheses about rising CO2 levels.
Suney Park's hands-on activity has her students making the greenhouse effect happen in a model. Using a light bulb for the sun, they create different control groups that imitate Earth's atmosphere with the help of a soda bottle. This adds up to a meaningful experience that connects what students learn in class to real-world events.
After a month studying climate change, students create models of the earth and its atmosphere, and design experiments to test the variables involved in climate change. Students write their own driving questions, develop hypotheses, and build the models to use in their experiments.
Suney Park has her class of scientists set up their experiments step-by-step. Even though it can be chaotic and mistakes can be made, there is purpose and meaning to having the kids be responsible for all aspects of the experiment and the learning that goes on in that process.
The Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) website includes a collection of educational resources related to climate and energy science. The site also hosts an online community for educators to share and discuss resources and teaching methodology.
CLEAN provides a detailed portal to the climate literacy standards, reviewed lesson plans on climate from a variety of sources, and social networking opportunities with other educators interested in teaching about climate.
Accuracy of measurement in navigation depends very much on the situation. If a sailor's target is an island 200 km wide, sailing off center by 10 or 20 km is not a major problem. But, if the island were only 1 km wide, it would be missed if off just the smallest bit. Many of the measurements made while navigating involve angles, and a small error in the angle can translate to a much larger error in position when traveling long distances.
Students will read an article online about the first four presidents. The online article provides scaffolds for vocabulary and reading. Students can use the online quiz to check for understanding. Students will then perform a close reading of the article following six text dependent questions. The lesson describes the activities along with the language to use for each of the questions.
The purpose of this lesson is for students to research career clusters and pathways then develop a Facebook or other
social media site for a career cluster. The site will include information important to the career decision-making process. There is a guide for items student need to address for the development of the career cluster social media site and a pdf copy of the career clusters inventory.
The UDL Look-fors Guide provides descriptions of implementation in the classroom. This guide may serve as a key document in setting goals for instructional coaches and teaches. Leadership teams may also use the descriptors on this document to determine areas of focus for instructional rounds.Note: this document is meant to be used for early adopters of the UDL framework and is by no means an exhaustive list strategies.
Plan and manage collaboration activities that integrate online tools, which are increasingly an integral part of our digital, global world. This resource includes a Common Cartridge backup (.imscc file) that you can restore to your own LMS instance. Note: If you are using Canvas, use the .MBZ (Moodle) version of the course. Download of Moodle or Common Cartridge will begin once you click on this resource.
Plan and manage collaboration activities that integrate online tools, which are increasingly an integral part of our digital, global world. This resource includes a Moodle 3.1 course backup (.MBZ file) that you can restore to your own Moodle instance. Note: If you are using Canvas, use the .MBZ (Moodle) version of the course. Download of Moodle or Common Cartridge will begin once you click on this resource.