This document provides information about James Nottingham and his work on challenging learning. It includes the website for his book on challenging learning, as well as other sites he is associated with on community-designed education, Carol Dweck's mindset theory, and philosophy for children. There are also diagrams explaining his Teaching Target Model and examples of concept-based discussions he facilitates with students of different ages on topics like fairness, language, history and more. Learning intentions and examples of thinking skills used in his lessons are also listed.
Today's class will review material from the previous lesson, introduce new vocabulary for countries and numbers from 21-100, practice asking and answering questions using country vocabulary, and review forming negatives and questions with the verb "to be". Students will participate in an introductory name game, learn grammar for "to be" in its negative and question forms, and work on exercises using their new vocabulary and grammar.
The document is a lesson plan that:
1. Reviews material from the previous class and teaches how to make questions using "be", and ask for and give personal information.
2. Covers nationalities and languages, asking and answering questions about countries and nationalities.
3. Reviews how to form wh- and how questions using "be" and provides grammar examples.
2013 2014 Berewick Open House and Curriculum Night PresentationLinmae
Berewick Elementary is holding an open house and curriculum night on August 22, 2013. The school prides itself on its diverse community, pre-K to 5th grade program, student clubs and culture focused on growth. Academically, the school uses MAP testing three times a year and end-of-grade tests. The curriculum focuses on literacy, including reading workshops, and math, using an investigations program. The school also implements positive behavior strategies and multi-tiered support systems. Parents learn about supporting learning at home and the school's grading policies.
Today's English lesson will:
1) Review material from the previous class.
2) Teach vocabulary for different countries.
3) Have students ask and answer questions using the new country vocabulary.
4) Review the verb "to be" and how it is used with he, she, and it.
This document provides information about James Nottingham and his work on challenging learning. It includes the website for his book on challenging learning, as well as other sites he is associated with on community-designed education, Carol Dweck's mindset theory, and philosophy for children. There are also diagrams explaining his Teaching Target Model and examples of concept-based discussions he facilitates with students of different ages on topics like fairness, language, history and more. Learning intentions and examples of thinking skills used in his lessons are also listed.
Today's class will review material from the previous lesson, introduce new vocabulary for countries and numbers from 21-100, practice asking and answering questions using country vocabulary, and review forming negatives and questions with the verb "to be". Students will participate in an introductory name game, learn grammar for "to be" in its negative and question forms, and work on exercises using their new vocabulary and grammar.
The document is a lesson plan that:
1. Reviews material from the previous class and teaches how to make questions using "be", and ask for and give personal information.
2. Covers nationalities and languages, asking and answering questions about countries and nationalities.
3. Reviews how to form wh- and how questions using "be" and provides grammar examples.
2013 2014 Berewick Open House and Curriculum Night PresentationLinmae
Berewick Elementary is holding an open house and curriculum night on August 22, 2013. The school prides itself on its diverse community, pre-K to 5th grade program, student clubs and culture focused on growth. Academically, the school uses MAP testing three times a year and end-of-grade tests. The curriculum focuses on literacy, including reading workshops, and math, using an investigations program. The school also implements positive behavior strategies and multi-tiered support systems. Parents learn about supporting learning at home and the school's grading policies.
Today's English lesson will:
1) Review material from the previous class.
2) Teach vocabulary for different countries.
3) Have students ask and answer questions using the new country vocabulary.
4) Review the verb "to be" and how it is used with he, she, and it.
There are several popular cooperative learning strategies that can be used to teach content to all students, including English language learners:
1. Round Robin and Roundtable strategies involve taking turns within groups to discuss or generate words for a given category.
2. Writearound has groups collaboratively write stories or summaries by adding a sentence to what the previous person wrote.
3. Numbered Heads Together and Team Jigsaw divide material or questions among group members who then teach each other.
4. Tea Party involves forming two lines facing each other to discuss questions with a rotating partner. Debriefing after activities improves group work skills.
Additional Resources:
Website for Making Rubrics: www.rubistar.org
Create Your Own Board Game Competition - 2016 Winners: https://americanenglish.state.gov/create-your-own-board-game-competition
This document provides information about the curriculum and schedule for 1st grade students. It describes a typical day which includes morning meeting, literacy blocks focusing on reading, writing and word work, math, and specialties like art, music, and PE. It highlights the focus on developing a positive learning community, risk-taking, and play-based learning. Supporting materials are included to help parents support their child's learning at home in various subjects.
This document provides information about the curriculum and schedule for 1st grade students. It describes the classroom community, literacy instruction in reading, writing, and word work. It also outlines math, science, and social studies topics. Specialists in art, music, PE, Spanish, and language arts are mentioned. Homework and ways for parents to support learning at home are also discussed. The overall schedule and curriculum are aimed at developing foundational skills while still incorporating play, collaboration, and mindfulness.
Get to know your neighbor by asking them questions about their name, education, interests, family, career goals, and reasons for attending RCB. Then introduce your partner to the class by sharing one or two of the most interesting facts you learned about them during your conversation.
This document provides information for parents about classroom expectations and curriculum for a 4th grade classroom. It outlines 4 rules the students created, homework expectations, subject areas including reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and specials. It details weekly homework, tests, and activities. The classroom uses a class economy to teach financial literacy. Parents are asked to help students practice for tests, check homework, and discuss books read.
This document provides information about the EWRT 1A Composition and Reading course being taught in Spring 2017. The course will focus on analyzing Dave Eggers' novel The Circle and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. Students will examine texts from various perspectives and genres and compose essays with different purposes and audiences. Assignments include reading The Circle and essays, and students will be evaluated based on essays, quizzes, and participation. Plagiarism is strictly prohibited and will result in failure of the assignment or course.
The document provides information about the English education system and GCSE and A-level exams in the UK. It discusses key stages of education from KS3 to KS5, the different exam boards, and what is assessed in GCSE exams, including listening, speaking, reading and writing. It also outlines the expectations for oral exams at AS and A2 levels and provides teachers' expectations for student performance at different levels leading up to GCSEs and A-levels.
The document provides several cooperative learning strategies and structures to promote accountability:
1) The Three Step Interview strategy involves students interviewing partners by asking clarifying questions, then reversing roles to be interviewed. Finally, students share their partner's responses with the team.
2) Keeping students accountable can involve randomly calling on students to answer questions after a video or activity.
3) Using centers divides the class into small groups that rotate through different activities, projects, or worksheets at different locations around the room.
4) Additional strategies include think-pair-share, writing assignments where students build on each other's work, partner reading between older and younger students, and assigning student roles like checker to ensure accountability
This document provides descriptions of 42 different classroom games that can be used to teach English vocabulary, letters, numbers, colors and other concepts to students. Many of the games involve movement, team competitions, answering questions to earn points or prizes, acting out vocabulary words, and recalling information. The games aim to make learning engaging and fun for students through an interactive, physical approach.
The document discusses various cooperative learning structures that can be used in the classroom, including Think Pair Share, Stand-N-Share, Mix Pair Share, and Quiz-Quiz-Trade. It provides examples of how to implement each structure and encourages reflection on how to apply the structures to different topics. The document aims to demonstrate cooperative learning strategies to middle and high school teachers to increase student engagement and achievement.
The document discusses how crickets hear and includes instructions for an activity analyzing Milgram's obedience experiment. It explains that students will divide into groups to read and summarize different sections of the chapter. They will then create a quiz about the reading and take another group's quiz. Finally, it mentions that the class will read two critiques of Milgram's experiment by Richard Hermstein and Diana Baumrind.
1. The document provides information for Curriculum Night about the classroom organization, curriculum, testing dates, and homework expectations for the school year.
2. Key aspects of the curriculum include a reading log of 1000 pages per nine weeks, an AR goal of 100 points for the year, and instruction in reading, math, writing, social studies, and science.
3. Important testing dates are provided, including STAR, CogAT, IOWA, and CRCT assessments, with the IOWA scores used to determine middle school class placements.
4. Homework expectations include weekly homework folders, a family journal due each Monday, and papers typically coming home on Tuesdays.
The document discusses curriculum compacting for gifted students through pre-assessments. It provides examples of modifying math lessons using powers, operations with dice, and exploring other options to challenge advanced students. Pre-assessments are important to determine what concepts students have already grasped in order to save time and modify the curriculum accordingly. A sample schedule shows how one gifted student's day is compacted by choosing own readings, working on an independent project in math, and participating in higher-level social studies discussions. The value of pre-assessments is emphasized to ensure mastery of basic skills and inform instruction.
This document discusses using word walls in math classrooms to support English language learners. It recommends focusing word walls on new vocabulary as it is taught in class and using the words frequently. Various activities are described that can be used with word walls, such as mystery word, visiting word, missing word, word bingo, and more. These activities help students engage with and learn the vocabulary on the word walls.
The document describes several instructional strategies for engaging students, including using whiteboards, response cards in different colors, agreeing/disagreeing activities, true/false games, and question-answering races between teams. It also outlines rules for games like guessing answers without talking, picking questions for other teams to answer, and reducing notes into smaller and smaller summaries. The strategies are presented as ways to make lessons more interactive and fun for students.
The document outlines a lesson plan for teaching multiplication tables to a third grade class. The class has 17 students, with 10 boys and 7 girls, who are mostly white with some African American students. The objective is for students to learn their 3s, 4s, 5s and 6s multiplication tables and recite them with 100% accuracy. To achieve this, students will review songs and games from earlier in the week, play computer games, and quiz each other. They will also create colorful scrapbooks of their favorite equations and present them to the class. Students will be evaluated based on their performance in games, matching numbers and equations, the creativity of their scrapbooks, and participation.
The document outlines activities for a class including practicing listening and speaking skills to discuss how believable a story is, presenting a theory about the past using reading and speaking skills, answering grammar questions about adjective suffixes, and playing a game where a student shares an experience and the class decides if it is believable or not based on their questions. Word skills and a listening exercise are also mentioned.
Haiku Deck is a presentation platform that allows users to create Haiku-style slideshows. The document encourages the reader to get started creating their own Haiku Deck presentation on SlideShare by providing a link to do so. It aims to inspire the reader to try out Haiku Deck's unique presentation style.
The document discusses several key concepts relating to the endocrine system and hormones. It explains that the endocrine system is made up of glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream to increase or decrease activity in target organs. It then defines and provides examples of hypersecretion and hyposecretion of hormones. Several conditions are described in detail, including polydipsia, diabetes insipidus, glycosuria, diabetes mellitus, myxedema, gigantism, dwarfism, and acromegaly. Causes, symptoms, and treatments are discussed for many of these endocrine-related diseases and disorders.
Text Editor At-a-Glance Guide [Infographic]edulastic
The Text Editor is a tool that includes 21 features you can use to glitz up your own questions. It allows you to format your question stem and the answer options with fonts, images, hyperlinks, multimedia clips and other features that can make the question more interactive and visually stimulating.
There are several popular cooperative learning strategies that can be used to teach content to all students, including English language learners:
1. Round Robin and Roundtable strategies involve taking turns within groups to discuss or generate words for a given category.
2. Writearound has groups collaboratively write stories or summaries by adding a sentence to what the previous person wrote.
3. Numbered Heads Together and Team Jigsaw divide material or questions among group members who then teach each other.
4. Tea Party involves forming two lines facing each other to discuss questions with a rotating partner. Debriefing after activities improves group work skills.
Additional Resources:
Website for Making Rubrics: www.rubistar.org
Create Your Own Board Game Competition - 2016 Winners: https://americanenglish.state.gov/create-your-own-board-game-competition
This document provides information about the curriculum and schedule for 1st grade students. It describes a typical day which includes morning meeting, literacy blocks focusing on reading, writing and word work, math, and specialties like art, music, and PE. It highlights the focus on developing a positive learning community, risk-taking, and play-based learning. Supporting materials are included to help parents support their child's learning at home in various subjects.
This document provides information about the curriculum and schedule for 1st grade students. It describes the classroom community, literacy instruction in reading, writing, and word work. It also outlines math, science, and social studies topics. Specialists in art, music, PE, Spanish, and language arts are mentioned. Homework and ways for parents to support learning at home are also discussed. The overall schedule and curriculum are aimed at developing foundational skills while still incorporating play, collaboration, and mindfulness.
Get to know your neighbor by asking them questions about their name, education, interests, family, career goals, and reasons for attending RCB. Then introduce your partner to the class by sharing one or two of the most interesting facts you learned about them during your conversation.
This document provides information for parents about classroom expectations and curriculum for a 4th grade classroom. It outlines 4 rules the students created, homework expectations, subject areas including reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and specials. It details weekly homework, tests, and activities. The classroom uses a class economy to teach financial literacy. Parents are asked to help students practice for tests, check homework, and discuss books read.
This document provides information about the EWRT 1A Composition and Reading course being taught in Spring 2017. The course will focus on analyzing Dave Eggers' novel The Circle and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. Students will examine texts from various perspectives and genres and compose essays with different purposes and audiences. Assignments include reading The Circle and essays, and students will be evaluated based on essays, quizzes, and participation. Plagiarism is strictly prohibited and will result in failure of the assignment or course.
The document provides information about the English education system and GCSE and A-level exams in the UK. It discusses key stages of education from KS3 to KS5, the different exam boards, and what is assessed in GCSE exams, including listening, speaking, reading and writing. It also outlines the expectations for oral exams at AS and A2 levels and provides teachers' expectations for student performance at different levels leading up to GCSEs and A-levels.
The document provides several cooperative learning strategies and structures to promote accountability:
1) The Three Step Interview strategy involves students interviewing partners by asking clarifying questions, then reversing roles to be interviewed. Finally, students share their partner's responses with the team.
2) Keeping students accountable can involve randomly calling on students to answer questions after a video or activity.
3) Using centers divides the class into small groups that rotate through different activities, projects, or worksheets at different locations around the room.
4) Additional strategies include think-pair-share, writing assignments where students build on each other's work, partner reading between older and younger students, and assigning student roles like checker to ensure accountability
This document provides descriptions of 42 different classroom games that can be used to teach English vocabulary, letters, numbers, colors and other concepts to students. Many of the games involve movement, team competitions, answering questions to earn points or prizes, acting out vocabulary words, and recalling information. The games aim to make learning engaging and fun for students through an interactive, physical approach.
The document discusses various cooperative learning structures that can be used in the classroom, including Think Pair Share, Stand-N-Share, Mix Pair Share, and Quiz-Quiz-Trade. It provides examples of how to implement each structure and encourages reflection on how to apply the structures to different topics. The document aims to demonstrate cooperative learning strategies to middle and high school teachers to increase student engagement and achievement.
The document discusses how crickets hear and includes instructions for an activity analyzing Milgram's obedience experiment. It explains that students will divide into groups to read and summarize different sections of the chapter. They will then create a quiz about the reading and take another group's quiz. Finally, it mentions that the class will read two critiques of Milgram's experiment by Richard Hermstein and Diana Baumrind.
1. The document provides information for Curriculum Night about the classroom organization, curriculum, testing dates, and homework expectations for the school year.
2. Key aspects of the curriculum include a reading log of 1000 pages per nine weeks, an AR goal of 100 points for the year, and instruction in reading, math, writing, social studies, and science.
3. Important testing dates are provided, including STAR, CogAT, IOWA, and CRCT assessments, with the IOWA scores used to determine middle school class placements.
4. Homework expectations include weekly homework folders, a family journal due each Monday, and papers typically coming home on Tuesdays.
The document discusses curriculum compacting for gifted students through pre-assessments. It provides examples of modifying math lessons using powers, operations with dice, and exploring other options to challenge advanced students. Pre-assessments are important to determine what concepts students have already grasped in order to save time and modify the curriculum accordingly. A sample schedule shows how one gifted student's day is compacted by choosing own readings, working on an independent project in math, and participating in higher-level social studies discussions. The value of pre-assessments is emphasized to ensure mastery of basic skills and inform instruction.
This document discusses using word walls in math classrooms to support English language learners. It recommends focusing word walls on new vocabulary as it is taught in class and using the words frequently. Various activities are described that can be used with word walls, such as mystery word, visiting word, missing word, word bingo, and more. These activities help students engage with and learn the vocabulary on the word walls.
The document describes several instructional strategies for engaging students, including using whiteboards, response cards in different colors, agreeing/disagreeing activities, true/false games, and question-answering races between teams. It also outlines rules for games like guessing answers without talking, picking questions for other teams to answer, and reducing notes into smaller and smaller summaries. The strategies are presented as ways to make lessons more interactive and fun for students.
The document outlines a lesson plan for teaching multiplication tables to a third grade class. The class has 17 students, with 10 boys and 7 girls, who are mostly white with some African American students. The objective is for students to learn their 3s, 4s, 5s and 6s multiplication tables and recite them with 100% accuracy. To achieve this, students will review songs and games from earlier in the week, play computer games, and quiz each other. They will also create colorful scrapbooks of their favorite equations and present them to the class. Students will be evaluated based on their performance in games, matching numbers and equations, the creativity of their scrapbooks, and participation.
The document outlines activities for a class including practicing listening and speaking skills to discuss how believable a story is, presenting a theory about the past using reading and speaking skills, answering grammar questions about adjective suffixes, and playing a game where a student shares an experience and the class decides if it is believable or not based on their questions. Word skills and a listening exercise are also mentioned.
Haiku Deck is a presentation platform that allows users to create Haiku-style slideshows. The document encourages the reader to get started creating their own Haiku Deck presentation on SlideShare by providing a link to do so. It aims to inspire the reader to try out Haiku Deck's unique presentation style.
The document discusses several key concepts relating to the endocrine system and hormones. It explains that the endocrine system is made up of glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream to increase or decrease activity in target organs. It then defines and provides examples of hypersecretion and hyposecretion of hormones. Several conditions are described in detail, including polydipsia, diabetes insipidus, glycosuria, diabetes mellitus, myxedema, gigantism, dwarfism, and acromegaly. Causes, symptoms, and treatments are discussed for many of these endocrine-related diseases and disorders.
Text Editor At-a-Glance Guide [Infographic]edulastic
The Text Editor is a tool that includes 21 features you can use to glitz up your own questions. It allows you to format your question stem and the answer options with fonts, images, hyperlinks, multimedia clips and other features that can make the question more interactive and visually stimulating.
Jermel Cadenas is seeking a position that matches his qualifications. He has over 5 years of experience as a fabricator and installer in Qatar and Saudi Arabia. His skills include fabrication and installation of doors, windows, and curtain walls. He is proficient in various machinery. Cadenas also has experience as an administrative aide and finished carpenter in the Philippines. He has a vocational diploma in welding and certificates in curtain wall installation, first aid, CPR, and welding.
Like Google Forms for Assessment, But Graded For Youedulastic
Edulastic is a free online assessment app that integrates easily with Google Apps and Google Classroom, allowing teachers to do formative assessments within Google that are auto-graded and give instant data. Edulastic also has 30+ question types like drag-and-drop, number line and passages.
Haiku Deck is a presentation platform that allows users to create Haiku-style slideshows. The document encourages the reader to get started creating their own Haiku Deck presentation on SlideShare by providing a link to do so. It suggests the reader may feel inspired to try making a Haiku Deck presentation after being introduced to the platform.
Blanca has extensive experience leading site activation teams and coordinating clinical trial set up across Europe. She brings a wealth of knowledge in site activation and regulatory processes. Multiple references describe her as dedicated, highly organized, and ensuring clear communication to keep stakeholders informed of study status. She is praised for proactively managing teams and timelines, and maintaining positive relationships with sponsors and sites.
The document discusses the history of UAW efforts to improve health and safety conditions for workers. It describes how in the late 1930s and 1940s, the newly formed UAW helped address countless health and safety issues through grievances and union representation. In the 1950s, the UAW hired some of the first health and safety experts to help workers recognize job hazards. The passage of OSHA in 1970 led to an important breakthrough in 1973 when the UAW negotiated new contracts that established health and safety representatives who helped identify thousands of hazards. The document outlines the ongoing struggles and progress of the UAW to protect workers' health and safety.
Moving Beyond Google Forms for Assessment - CUE Annual 2016edulastic
Edulastic is an easy way to create online assessments that work seamlessly with Google Classroom. Many more question types than Google Forms, like drag-and-drop and graphing, as well as automatic grading.
Devendran has over 13 years of experience leading SAP data migration projects using tools like BODS, BAPI, LSMW, and IDOCs. He has extensive experience loading master data into modules like MM, SD, FI-CO, and PP. Notable projects include data migrations for Schlumberger, Kellogg's, Kraft Foods, and several Robert Bosch plants. Devendran is an expert in data profiling, cleansing, transformation, and optimization techniques to improve load performance.
Fertilization occurs when an egg and sperm unite in the uterus. The uterus expands during a normal 40-week pregnancy to accommodate the growing fetus. The placenta provides oxygen and nutrients to the fetus through the umbilical cord. Labor involves three stages: cervical dilation, birth of the baby, and delivery of the placenta. It is important for the health of the mother and baby that the woman receives prenatal care during pregnancy.
The document provides information about the upcoming 3rd grade state testing for ELA and math. For ELA, the test will be administered over three days and will include multiple choice, short response, and extended response questions assessing reading comprehension and writing skills. Students will encounter both literary and informational passages. The math test will also be over three days and include multiple choice and short/extended response questions assessing various math domains. Suggestions are provided for ways parents can support their children's preparation at home.
1) The document provides guidance on developing effective assessment strategies and test questions. It discusses the importance of assessment and outlines best practices for writing engaging, well-constructed test items aligned to learning standards.
2) Examples are given of both poor quality test questions and improved versions that assess higher-order thinking. The document emphasizes writing questions that require analysis, synthesis and evaluation rather than just recall.
3) Tips are provided for developing open-ended test items, aligning assessments to curriculum, critiquing questions, and raising the cognitive demand of assessments. The goal is to help teachers better evaluate student learning.
6th Grade Probe Language Arts [Autosaved]Mary Garrison
The document outlines expectations and guidelines for a 6th grade language arts class. It discusses student behaviors, responsibilities, coursework, lifelong learning goals, units to be covered throughout the year, materials needed, and grading policies. The teacher pledges to respect students and work with them to solve problems and meet learning goals.
Confronting the comprehension conundrum for uploadjulstover
This document provides strategies and tools to increase student engagement and comprehension. It discusses asking questions, connecting to content, tracking down key information, inferring, visualizing, and synthesizing. Graphic organizers and programs like Earobics Reach, Quick Reads, and Study Island are suggested for assessing comprehension gains. Sample lessons demonstrate strategies like making inferences with jokes or visualizing with comic summaries. The document emphasizes using an active approach to build foundations of comprehension.
This document discusses literacy and its importance across various subject areas. It begins by defining literacy as the ability to read, write, do math, use technology, and solve problems at a level needed to be successful. It then explores how literacy relates specifically to different subjects like science, social studies, physical education, art, and music. Throughout, it provides examples of how teachers can incorporate reading, writing, numeracy, and problem-solving into their lessons. The document advocates teaching critical thinking skills and collaborating with other teachers to support literacy objectives across the curriculum.
This document discusses strategies for teaching students effective test-taking skills. It notes that tests have unique genres, formats, procedures and requirements that students must understand. The document provides examples of questions students should ask themselves when taking tests, such as determining the question type and format. It emphasizes the importance of building students' background knowledge, translating formal test language, being proactive test-takers, and maintaining stamina. Teachers are encouraged to link problem-solving and test-taking strategies and weave test-taking genres into classroom instruction.
This document provides information about James Nottingham and his work on challenging learning. It includes the website for his book on challenging learning, as well as other sites he is associated with on community-designed education, Carol Dweck's mindset theory, and philosophy for children. There are also diagrams explaining his Teaching Target Model and examples of concept-based discussions he uses with different age groups in early years, primary and secondary education. Learning intentions and examples of thinking skills that could be used in lessons are also included.
The document provides an overview of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) which includes information about the test format, scoring, question types, test preparation strategies, and essays. It describes the GRE as a 4 hour computer-based test covering quantitative reasoning, verbal reasoning, and analytical writing skills. Sample questions and strategies for different question types are presented to help prepare test takers.
This document provides test-taking strategies for students in 3 sentences or less:
Consider whether questions are explicitly stated or require deeper thinking, think critically about question types and keywords, and predict answers before evaluating choices to eliminate incorrect options. Specific strategies are outlined like considering context, using evidence from texts, and reviewing work before submitting.
This document provides strategies for taking standardized tests. It recommends considering whether questions are explicitly stated or require deeper thinking. Students should carefully read questions and answer choices to determine what type of question is being asked. Process of elimination can help narrow down options, and students should predict answers before looking at choices. Constructed response questions allow students to explain their thinking using evidence from the text. Rubrics are provided to self-evaluate responses. Visual elements like charts and maps provide information to answer questions. Students should try their best on all questions and review their work before submitting.
The document summarizes a presentation on teaching conversation skills to English language learners. It provides an overview of topics covered, including choosing discussion topics, generating questions, managing classroom conversations, giving feedback, and strategies for teaching beginners. Sample classroom activities are described, such as using conversation cards, think-pair-share, and group discussion squares to practice language skills and improve fluency.
This is the powerpoint for a post-convention institute at TESOL 2010 in Boston. It was a very experiential four-hour session, so the ppt conveys a limited portion of the content.
The document discusses three types of curricula: the intended curriculum set by the state, the implemented curriculum delivered by teachers, and the attained curriculum actually learned by students. It notes that the implemented curriculum has the strongest relationship to student achievement. It also discusses essential skills, knowledge and vocabulary for learning targets and content validity.
The document provides test-taking strategies for students to use when taking standardized tests. It recommends considering whether questions are explicitly stated or require more critical thinking. Students should carefully read and understand what each question is asking. The document also advises using process of elimination to eliminate incorrect answer choices, making inferences before seeing answer options, and referring back to the text for support.
The document provides information on classroom assessment techniques for college instructors, including entry tasks, analyzing student work, strategies for problem solving, reading problems aloud, and concept mapping. It discusses techniques such as warm-up problems, sharing the best wrong answer, reading problems chorally, and asking clarifying questions. The document also lists principles of adult learning from Malcolm Knowles and K. Patricia Cross and types of writing that can be used for learning.
The document provides an agenda for an English writing class. It discusses upcoming spring quarter classes, house points from class assignments, and potential essay topics related to problems in education. Students are instructed to choose a specific problem to focus on for their next essay assignments, which will involve presenting the problem and then proposing a solution. The document provides guidance on narrowing a topic, finding sources in the library databases, and an example essay. Homework involves reading a sample essay and finding an article related to their chosen problem.
This document provides information about the 4th grade STAAR tests for writing, math, and reading. It outlines the format and content of each test including dates, time limits, number and types of questions. Sample questions are provided for each subject to demonstrate the format and level of complexity. The writing test will be split over two days and include composition, revision, and editing questions. The math test covers four reporting categories and includes multiple choice and griddable questions. The reading test focuses on making connections across genres and includes fiction, informational, poetry, and other texts.
The document provides information about standardized testing for students at Glenoaks Elementary. It discusses the STAR program, which includes the California Standards Tests (CST), California Modified Assessment (CMA), and California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA). It notes that the CST is taken by students in grades 2 through 11 to measure performance against state standards. Sample test questions are provided for grades 4 and 5 in English language arts and science. Testing dates at Glenoaks for spring 2013 are listed, along with estimated section times.
This document discusses two remedial reading instruction strategies: main idea maps and question answer relationships (QAR). Main idea maps use graphic organizers to help students identify the main idea of a text. The QAR strategy teaches students that answers to questions about a text can come from the text itself or from the student's background knowledge. It categorizes questions as either "right there", "think and search", "author and me", or "on my own". Implementing these strategies follows steps like modeling, guided practice, and independent practice with feedback.
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This presentation was provided by Steph Pollock of The American Psychological Association’s Journals Program, and Damita Snow, of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), for the initial session of NISO's 2024 Training Series "DEIA in the Scholarly Landscape." Session One: 'Setting Expectations: a DEIA Primer,' was held June 6, 2024.
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Drag and drop your way to assessment success
1. Drag & Drop Your Way to Assessment Success
What technology enhanced question types
work best with my lesson?
2. • Overview of question type families
• Review question types in each family
• How to choose which type to use
• How to transform existing assessments
Agenda
3. Question Type Families
Traditional Num
Wor
d
Number-
based
Word-based
Wor
d
Wor
d
Label Label
Label NumNum
Graphing
Graph
Grap
h
Grap
h
Group
Group
Group Group Multi
4. Choose a family based on answer type
Answer Type Family Main Use
Choose from answers given Traditional Quick check
Answer in Words Word-based ELA; Social Studies
Answer in Numbers Number-based Math
Answer in Pictures Labeling Science; Geometry; K-
2
Answer in Graphs Graphing Math; Science
Answer by Grouping or
Classifying
Grouping All subjects
Answer in Multiple Ways Multi-part Performance task
19. • What type of content do you have?
• How difficult do you want to make the exercise?
- How well do the students know the material?
- How long do you want them to work on the exercise?
How do I start?
22. Math Questions: NBT Standards
What is
my
content?
• Math
• Place Value
Families to
consider
• Number-based
• Grouping
• Labeling
What is
my
difficulty?
• Med to
Hard
23. Math Question: NBT Standards
1. Which expression is equal to the decimal 713.08
Answer: 7 x 100 + 1 x 10 + 3 x 1 + 8 x 1/100
2. What is the greatest number you can make using the digits 4, 7, 8, 3, and 9?
a. Write a number that is 10,000 more than the number you made.
b. Explain how you got your answer.
24. ELA Question: Grammar
What is my
content?
• ELA
• Parts of speech, punctuation
Families to
consider
• Word-based
• Grouping
• Labeling
What is my
difficulty? • Easy to Med
25. ELA Question: Grammar
1. Which sentence has the correct punctuation?
Alex lives in San Francisco CA.
Alex lives in San Francisco; CA.
Alex lives in San Francisco, CA.
Alex lives in San Francisco. CA
2. Which sentence has an adjective?
A. Andrea goes to camp in the summer with her sister.
B. Mike has a brother who likes to play basketball.
C. It was very difficult finding a good book to read
26. Amy, Bart and Candace each went on a whale watching trip. On the
coordinate plane below, x represents the number of hours they spent
whale watching and y represents the number of whales seen.
Which statement is true based on the points plotted on the grid?
A) Bart saw 3 whales in 4 hours.
B) Bart saw 1 more whale than Amy.
C) Amy and Bart saw the same number of whales.
D) Amy and Candace saw the same number of whales.
Transforming Multiple Choice Questions
27. Question Type Tour – shows every question type
from the students’ point of view
www.Edulastic.com/question-type-tour
You Tube – examples of how to create a lot of the
questions types
Resources
3 constructed response types
Largely used for ELA, but can be used for math vocabulary or “explain how you got your answer”
Let’s try some ELA questions for say punctuation & grammar.
Most of the “read the passage/watch the video & answer questions” will be passage type. Then you can do traditional, essay or fill in the blank “text entry”