53 Ways to check for Understanding
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Research Based Strategies for
Teaching Writing in Elementary Schools
Provided by: http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/practiceguide.aspx?sid=17
Recommendation 1:
· Provide daily time for students to write.
Recommendation 2:
· Teach students to use the writing process for a variety of purposes.
Recommendation 2a: Teach students the writing process.
1. Teach students strategies for the various components of the writing process.
2. Gradually release writing responsibility from the teacher to the student.
3. Guide students to select and use appropriate writing strategies.
4. Encourage students to be flexible in their use of the components of the writing process.
Recommendation 2b: Teach students to write for a variety of purposes.
1. Help students understand the different purposes of writing.
2. Expand students’ concept of audience.
3. Teach students to emulate the features of good writing.
4. Teach students techniques for writing effectively for different purposes.
Recommendation 3: Teach students to become fluent with handwriting, spelling, sentence construction, typing, and word processing.
1. Teach very young writers how to hold a pencil correctly and form letters fluently and efficiently.
2. Teach students to spell words correctly.
3. Teach students to construct sentences for fluency, meaning, and style.
4. Teach students to type fluently and to use a word processor to compose.
Recommendation 4: Create an engaged community of writers.
1. Teachers should participate as members of the community by writing and sharing their writing.
2. Give students writing choices.
3. Encourage students to collaborate as writers.
4. Provide students with opportunities to give and receive feedback throughout the writing process.
5. Publish students’ writing, and extend the community beyond the classroom.
Recommendation 1:
· Provide daily time for students to write.
Recommendation 2:
· Teach students to use the writing process for a variety of purposes.
Recommendation 2a: Teach students the writing process.
1. Teach students strategies for the various components of the writing process.
2. Gradually release writing responsibility from the teacher to the student.
3. Guide students to select and use appropriate writing strategies.
4. Encourage students to be flexible in their use of the components of the writing process.
Recommendation 2b: Teach students to write for a variety of purposes.
1. Help students understand the different purposes of writing.
2. Expand students’ concept of audience.
3. Teach students to emulate the features of good writing.
4. Teach students techniques for writing effectively for different purposes.
Recommendation 3: Teach students to become fluent with handwriting, spelling, sentence construction, typing, and word processing.
1. Teach very young writers how to hold a pencil correctly and form letters fluently and efficiently.
2. Teach students to spell words correctly.
3. Teach students to construct sentences for fluency, meaning, and style.
4. Teach students to type fluently and to use a word processor to compose.
Recommendation 4: Create an engaged community of writers.
1. Teachers should participate as members of the community by writing and sharing their writing.
2. Give students writing choices.
3. Encourage students to collaborate as writers.
4. Provide students with opportunities to give and receive feedback throughout the writing process.
5. Publish students’ writing, and extend the community beyond the classroom.
EXIT TICKETSClick on the link below to find out more about using EXIT tickets for assessment and learning purposes. Using EXIT tickets can improve your instruction and assess student learning in authentic ways!
http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2013/11/12/ctq_curran.html?tkn=YLZDc%2FYAo09nX9NmiWpy97rdUKwp9vXBzyWL&intc=es
Tips for using EXIT tickets:
http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2013/11/12/ctq_curran.html?tkn=YLZDc%2FYAo09nX9NmiWpy97rdUKwp9vXBzyWL&intc=es
Tips for using EXIT tickets:
- Write your EXIT ticket first. (Begin with the end in mind, your instructional goals)
- Make it short and sweet.
- Teach what is on the ticket.
- Use what you learn.
- Assess your teaching too.
FIVE Strategies for Effective ELL Instruction in the Classroom
By Rebecca Greene
(This article was orginally published in an ASCD brief. Ms. Greene’s contributions have the voice of a teacher, which are powerful! )
- Scaffolding Understanding
- Purposeful Grouping
- Background Knowledge
- Extended Discussion
- Valuing Linguistic DIfferences
By Rebecca Greene
(This article was orginally published in an ASCD brief. Ms. Greene’s contributions have the voice of a teacher, which are powerful! )
AUTHENTIC STUDENT PRODUCTS
A Great List of "Authentic" Products for students to show their understanding of standards. This is a great resource for an end of unit project or a PBL tool! Click on the image it will open and enjoy!
A Great List of "Authentic" Products for students to show their understanding of standards. This is a great resource for an end of unit project or a PBL tool! Click on the image it will open and enjoy!
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
I love this simple idea to help let student's know that their words matter!
I love this simple idea to help let student's know that their words matter!
Eight Steps to Digital Storytelling!
I think this is a great step by step process for integrating technology and writing! Kids will love it!
1. Get idea
2. Learn about your idea
3. Write about your idea
4. Plan a story board
5. Gather images/photos/video/audio
6. Put it all togeher
7. Share
8. Reflect
1. Get idea
2. Learn about your idea
3. Write about your idea
4. Plan a story board
5. Gather images/photos/video/audio
6. Put it all togeher
7. Share
8. Reflect
"Text Talk Time"
The Teaching Channel "Text Talk Time" Video is a great examples of how a teacher builds her classroom community, incorporates students using evidence from text, and speaking and listening! Enjoy! Click on the image for the link.
Components for "FLIPPING"
YOUR CLASSROOM
- Focused teaching and learning content.
- Teaching and learning shifts in classroom and school culture.
- Flexible Environment
- Professional Educators
Ideas that Work “Flipped classrooms”: You keep using that word … By Brian E. Bennett on April 5th, 2013 | Comments (1)
Responding to Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction is 50% of the ELA Common Core State Standards. Giving students a guide to help them make connections, analyze important information, ask questions about text, list new or key vocabulary, and examine text features is one way to enrich non-fiction comprehension. Using nonlinguistic representations is considered one of the top research based strategies for increasing student achievement and having classroom instruction that works according to Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock. The template Responding to Non-Fiction is a useful classroom tool.
Creating PBL Project Walls together with Students
PBL's are full of rubrics, standards, documents, and student work. A PROJECT WALL is a great way to post and store PBL documents in a central location. It also helps students, parents, and others to visually see and discuss the progress of the project. It's like seeing learning evolve right in front you! This idea promotes the 21st century skills of collaboration and creating too!
Picture of the Day
What's going on in this picture?
Fill in the blanks:
I think ____________because ______________.
I predict ___________because ______________.
I infer______________becaue _______________.
Example: I infer that there is a parade in the city becuase I see the tall buildings and they are performing in the street.
Fill in the blanks:
I think ____________because ______________.
I predict ___________because ______________.
I infer______________becaue _______________.
Example: I infer that there is a parade in the city becuase I see the tall buildings and they are performing in the street.
Word of the Week
There has been so much educational discussion regarding the powerful strategy of teaching focused vocabulary. Why not implement a "Word of the Week" in your classroom? Click on this link "Word of the Week" for a useful template that you and your students can use to discover. There is also a link to the English Language Arts (ELA) Common Core Standards that are focused on vocabulary development.