A resource I wanted to share is called, “Visible Learning For Literacy.” I have always found it challenging to assess reading. It is different than assessing math. There are certain math problems students can work tied to a particular standard that can give you insight into whether or no students have master that standard. However, there are…Read More

My advanced students have received their airbrush kits and have began practicing with techniques. Stay tuned!

https://ldc.org/

This is a great website to use for combing reading and writing in the content areas! Also, each module comes with a rubric for helping you assess student work/writing! I always find it hard to find the materials I am looking for to correctly assess student writing! This is a plus with this site!

My students have used our new A/V equipment to conduct numerous interviews with community members that have attended or taught in one room schools in our county. Now we are staring down the arduous task of editing all of those interviews into one coherent story. The more we learn about our county the more we find that we are barely scratching the…Read More

My students have been working on podcasts. I have one group that has created a podcast called, “No Man’s Land.” This podcast deas with women’s issues. For example, their first podcast focused on women’s access to birth control. Another podcast done by a pair of students is called “OfficiallyL8.” In this podcast, we hear the students talk about…Read More