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Laura Carroll posted
One of my favorite books is “Better Learning Through Structured Teaching” by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey. It is focused around how to implement The Gradual Release of Responsibility Framework. The following section is one I would like to share from this text:
When teachers are gradually releasing responsibility to students, formative…Read More
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Laura Carroll posted
Here are great tools that will allow you to give students immediate feedback and provide yourself with real-time data. I use these in my classroom on a regular basis! Great assessment tools!
1. Play a quick formative assessment game. There are lots of great techy options here. Kahoot!. Quizizz. Quizlet Live. The list goes on and on. If we want…Read More
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Love this! Amazing how competitive students come when formatively assessing in this way.
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My kids love Quizziz! One of the teachers at our school introduced me to it a couple of months ago. This really is a great resource…a win-win for both students and teachers.
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We love Quizizz! The resource I posted, PearDeck, has a Flashcard Factory option. Students create flashcards for vocabulary words. It is linked to and can be posted to Quizlet.
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I have been wanting to try PearDeck!
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I’ve tried it a couple different times. The kids seem to love it. I’m trying to decide if it is worth it to get everything it offers. I’ve only used the free option.
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Misty Knott Howell posted
We have received our materials this week! My students were so excited when they saw the light changing table! They can’t wait to get to play with it and all our new materials! I am also excited to see their faces light up and watch them play with the materials to build up their fine motor skills. We are ready to have some fun with Fine Motor…Read More
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Angel Mobley posted
Kids have also started recruiting new pieces for our book. They want to reach many more students than we did last year.
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Angel Mobley posted
We had our first meeting with students several days ago. Students are excited about the continuation of Patriotivity through the award of our ARI grant. The other divisions of the grant are hard at work. The art department turned in the purchases necessary for its part recently. Also, the drama department is taking one or two more days before…Read More
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The Gradual Release of Responsibility Framework. I think we feel we are not doing our job unless we are doing more work than the students, but truth is learning doesn’t take place unless the learner assumes responsibility. No way around it. One way to look at this is our work goes on behind the scenes and creating the learning environment. In…Read More