The document discusses improving achievement in low-performing schools. It recommends that teachers of English language learners review student information to determine individual needs, ensure proper placement in English classes, and create small group opportunities for skill practice. Curriculum should be adapted for real-life relevance, and extra support services can be provided for special needs and at-risk students.
This document discusses how plants absorb water through their stems. It explains that plants do not drink water like people but instead use capillary action to transport water from their roots up through their stems. The document provides instructions for an experiment where students place flower stems in water colored with food dye to observe how the dye travels up the stem over time, demonstrating how water is absorbed. It lists the materials needed and step-by-step directions for setting up the experiment.
Shanquith Dawkins is originally from Miami, Florida but stayed in Colorado Springs after being stationed there during her four years in the Army. She has a husband and four children ranging from ages 12 to 3. She has a B.A. in English and is working towards a Masters in Special Education while student teaching. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, reading, shopping, and sewing.
This document discusses new ways of teaching speaking skills to language learners. It covers four parts: fluency, accuracy, pronunciation, and speaking in specific contexts. The first part about fluency includes an activity called "Two-Minute Conversation" that uses conditional sentences. In the activity, students take turns asking "What if?" questions of each other, such as "What would you do if you lost your job?" The goal is to get to know classmates and practice conditional sentences in English. Vocabulary like "layoff" is also introduced. Students are then instructed to form sentences with "If I were..." and discuss topics like different occupations in pairs.
The document discusses improving achievement in low-performing schools. It recommends that teachers of English language learners review student information to determine individual needs, ensure proper placement in English classes, and create small group opportunities for skill practice. Curriculum should be adapted for real-life relevance, and extra support services can be provided for special needs and at-risk students.
This document discusses how plants absorb water through their stems. It explains that plants do not drink water like people but instead use capillary action to transport water from their roots up through their stems. The document provides instructions for an experiment where students place flower stems in water colored with food dye to observe how the dye travels up the stem over time, demonstrating how water is absorbed. It lists the materials needed and step-by-step directions for setting up the experiment.
Shanquith Dawkins is originally from Miami, Florida but stayed in Colorado Springs after being stationed there during her four years in the Army. She has a husband and four children ranging from ages 12 to 3. She has a B.A. in English and is working towards a Masters in Special Education while student teaching. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, reading, shopping, and sewing.
This document discusses new ways of teaching speaking skills to language learners. It covers four parts: fluency, accuracy, pronunciation, and speaking in specific contexts. The first part about fluency includes an activity called "Two-Minute Conversation" that uses conditional sentences. In the activity, students take turns asking "What if?" questions of each other, such as "What would you do if you lost your job?" The goal is to get to know classmates and practice conditional sentences in English. Vocabulary like "layoff" is also introduced. Students are then instructed to form sentences with "If I were..." and discuss topics like different occupations in pairs.
The document discusses STaR Charts, a tool created by Melissa Boenker to help assess educator technology skills and instructional decisions in accordance with the No Child Left Behind Act and Texas Education Code. STaR Charts evaluate four key areas of technology - teaching and learning, educator preparation, leadership and administration, and infrastructure - at the teacher, campus, and state level, and are publicly accessible at http://starchart.espsilen.com. The document also notes the formation of a technology task force to improve technology use and interactive projects in teaching and learning.
Big Ben is an iconic clock tower located in London. The tower houses a large clock and is a popular tourist attraction known for its large clock faces and bell. The summary document discusses the famous London landmark known as Big Ben.
This article discusses the concept of authenticity in adult English language classrooms and beyond. It focuses on two key conclusions: first, developing students' voices to allow for authentic self-expression in social interactions; second, closing the gap between brief asymmetrical encounters and managing extended institutional interactions, such as those required for medical care, welfare, and work.
The document discusses transportation and provides vocabulary and grammar lessons. It introduces vocabulary words related to transportation like city, barn, pajama, and tune. It reviews grammar structures for talking about future plans using "going to". It then provides activities for students, including having them share stories about travel and transportation, and writing stories based on headlines about trains traveling to different places.
The document discusses how to stay fit and healthy. It provides tips for a man who wants to join his company's basketball team, including getting a physical, watching his diet by eating more fruits and vegetables and less fatty foods, and strengthening his muscles with weight training or cardiovascular exercise like cycling. The woman wants him to take care of his health so he will be around for a long time. The document also includes exercises to practice vocabulary and a role play activity about meeting friends at the gym to ask about getting fit.
The document lists various items of clothing and accessories including necklace, bangle, earring, jewelry, hairstyle, glasses, dress, wallet, and underwear. Each item is written twice with some letters replaced by underscores to spell it differently the second time.
This 3 sentence memory game instructs students to choose tiles to flip over and reveal matching images of family occupations. If the images match, the tiles stay flipped over. For example, if two tiles both showed an image of a doctor, those tiles would be removed since they were a match.
Paul and Brenda are deciding what to watch on TV that evening. They discuss several options such as a reality show, documentary, Star Wars rerun, and home improvement show, but Paul rejects all of these ideas. He says he is tired and wants to go to bed. When Brenda asks if he will fix the bathroom tomorrow, Paul just says goodnight without confirming or denying.
The document discusses a reading activity about ways for smokers to quit. It provides a short passage stating that smoking is bad and causes health issues, and many people want to quit. It then asks students to work in groups to determine whether several statements about smoking and quitting methods are true, false, or not mentioned in the passage. Some statements are about the health effects of smoking and a new method using acupuncture to help people quit. The activity then asks students to take on different perspectives and discuss their opinions on the story.
Easter is a Christian holiday that celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is symbolized by the Easter bunny, who delivers Easter eggs to children. The holiday is celebrated on the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox.
The document discusses a story telling unit on entertainment for Matayomsuksa 5 students. It focuses on festivals and describes a rocket festival, mentioning heaven as the place gods reside, activities that occur on the festival day, reaching a climax, and rockets that failed but still led to a happy festival.
Frogs go through distinct life stages from spawn to tadpole to young frog and finally adult frog, starting as eggs and developing into aquatic tadpoles that grow legs and lungs on land as they mature into young frogs and eventually breeding adult frogs.
Disneyland is a popular amusement park destination that many families enjoy visiting. It offers magical lands and attractions based on Disney films and characters that provide entertainment and adventure for all ages. Guests can experience classic rides like Pirates of the Caribbean or It's a Small World along with newer additions that bring beloved stories to life.
Halloween is a festival celebrated on October 31st. It originated from ancient Celtic harvest festivals and traditions concerning death. Modern Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, carving jack-o'-lanterns, wearing costumes, and festive gatherings.
This document discusses different types of energy sources. It focuses on renewable and non-renewable energy sources. The key energy sources mentioned are solar, wind, water, fossil fuels, and nuclear power.
The document discusses the water cycle and how human activity can impact it. It provides details on the various stages of the water cycle, from evaporation to condensation to precipitation. It then explains how increasing population, consumption, and waste can place more stress on water resources by increasing demand and contaminating supplies. This threatens local resources and future water availability. Protecting water resources is important given these various human impacts on the natural water cycle.
The document provides a weather report for Friday and the upcoming weekend. It states that Friday was muggy with high temperatures between 90-97 degrees Fahrenheit. Scattered showers are expected in northern areas on Saturday evening, cooling temperatures to the low 80s. Skies will be partly cloudy on Sunday morning, clearing in the afternoon, allowing a glimpse of a partial lunar eclipse starting at 10:47 pm.
This document discusses using free writing activities to teach writing and media. It recommends having students freely write stories that connect a given start and end, either through bullet points or full paragraphs. This allows students to practice developing plots and sequences of events in their writing. The advantages mentioned are that it encourages students to expand their ideas, helps with oral storytelling skills, and makes the writing process low-stakes through its playful elements like drawing comic strips.
The document provides a weather report for Friday. It states that it was clear but muggy for most of the state with high temperatures in the low to mid 90s. Saturday is expected to be fair and hot in the high 90s but storms may move in Saturday evening, bringing scattered showers and cooler temperatures to the northern part of the state. The rain should taper off by Sunday morning with partly cloudy skies clearing by mid-afternoon.
This document discusses using free writing activities to teach writing and media. It recommends having students freely write stories that connect a given start and end, either through bullet points or full paragraphs. This allows students to practice developing plots and sequences of events in their writing. The advantages mentioned are that it encourages students to expand their ideas, helps with oral storytelling skills, and makes the writing process low-stakes through its playful elements like drawing comic strips.
The document discusses STaR Charts, a tool created by Melissa Boenker to help assess educator technology skills and instructional decisions in accordance with the No Child Left Behind Act and Texas Education Code. STaR Charts evaluate four key areas of technology - teaching and learning, educator preparation, leadership and administration, and infrastructure - at the teacher, campus, and state level, and are publicly accessible at http://starchart.espsilen.com. The document also notes the formation of a technology task force to improve technology use and interactive projects in teaching and learning.
Big Ben is an iconic clock tower located in London. The tower houses a large clock and is a popular tourist attraction known for its large clock faces and bell. The summary document discusses the famous London landmark known as Big Ben.
This article discusses the concept of authenticity in adult English language classrooms and beyond. It focuses on two key conclusions: first, developing students' voices to allow for authentic self-expression in social interactions; second, closing the gap between brief asymmetrical encounters and managing extended institutional interactions, such as those required for medical care, welfare, and work.
The document discusses transportation and provides vocabulary and grammar lessons. It introduces vocabulary words related to transportation like city, barn, pajama, and tune. It reviews grammar structures for talking about future plans using "going to". It then provides activities for students, including having them share stories about travel and transportation, and writing stories based on headlines about trains traveling to different places.
The document discusses how to stay fit and healthy. It provides tips for a man who wants to join his company's basketball team, including getting a physical, watching his diet by eating more fruits and vegetables and less fatty foods, and strengthening his muscles with weight training or cardiovascular exercise like cycling. The woman wants him to take care of his health so he will be around for a long time. The document also includes exercises to practice vocabulary and a role play activity about meeting friends at the gym to ask about getting fit.
The document lists various items of clothing and accessories including necklace, bangle, earring, jewelry, hairstyle, glasses, dress, wallet, and underwear. Each item is written twice with some letters replaced by underscores to spell it differently the second time.
This 3 sentence memory game instructs students to choose tiles to flip over and reveal matching images of family occupations. If the images match, the tiles stay flipped over. For example, if two tiles both showed an image of a doctor, those tiles would be removed since they were a match.
Paul and Brenda are deciding what to watch on TV that evening. They discuss several options such as a reality show, documentary, Star Wars rerun, and home improvement show, but Paul rejects all of these ideas. He says he is tired and wants to go to bed. When Brenda asks if he will fix the bathroom tomorrow, Paul just says goodnight without confirming or denying.
The document discusses a reading activity about ways for smokers to quit. It provides a short passage stating that smoking is bad and causes health issues, and many people want to quit. It then asks students to work in groups to determine whether several statements about smoking and quitting methods are true, false, or not mentioned in the passage. Some statements are about the health effects of smoking and a new method using acupuncture to help people quit. The activity then asks students to take on different perspectives and discuss their opinions on the story.
Easter is a Christian holiday that celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is symbolized by the Easter bunny, who delivers Easter eggs to children. The holiday is celebrated on the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox.
The document discusses a story telling unit on entertainment for Matayomsuksa 5 students. It focuses on festivals and describes a rocket festival, mentioning heaven as the place gods reside, activities that occur on the festival day, reaching a climax, and rockets that failed but still led to a happy festival.
Frogs go through distinct life stages from spawn to tadpole to young frog and finally adult frog, starting as eggs and developing into aquatic tadpoles that grow legs and lungs on land as they mature into young frogs and eventually breeding adult frogs.
Disneyland is a popular amusement park destination that many families enjoy visiting. It offers magical lands and attractions based on Disney films and characters that provide entertainment and adventure for all ages. Guests can experience classic rides like Pirates of the Caribbean or It's a Small World along with newer additions that bring beloved stories to life.
Halloween is a festival celebrated on October 31st. It originated from ancient Celtic harvest festivals and traditions concerning death. Modern Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, carving jack-o'-lanterns, wearing costumes, and festive gatherings.
This document discusses different types of energy sources. It focuses on renewable and non-renewable energy sources. The key energy sources mentioned are solar, wind, water, fossil fuels, and nuclear power.
The document discusses the water cycle and how human activity can impact it. It provides details on the various stages of the water cycle, from evaporation to condensation to precipitation. It then explains how increasing population, consumption, and waste can place more stress on water resources by increasing demand and contaminating supplies. This threatens local resources and future water availability. Protecting water resources is important given these various human impacts on the natural water cycle.
The document provides a weather report for Friday and the upcoming weekend. It states that Friday was muggy with high temperatures between 90-97 degrees Fahrenheit. Scattered showers are expected in northern areas on Saturday evening, cooling temperatures to the low 80s. Skies will be partly cloudy on Sunday morning, clearing in the afternoon, allowing a glimpse of a partial lunar eclipse starting at 10:47 pm.
This document discusses using free writing activities to teach writing and media. It recommends having students freely write stories that connect a given start and end, either through bullet points or full paragraphs. This allows students to practice developing plots and sequences of events in their writing. The advantages mentioned are that it encourages students to expand their ideas, helps with oral storytelling skills, and makes the writing process low-stakes through its playful elements like drawing comic strips.
The document provides a weather report for Friday. It states that it was clear but muggy for most of the state with high temperatures in the low to mid 90s. Saturday is expected to be fair and hot in the high 90s but storms may move in Saturday evening, bringing scattered showers and cooler temperatures to the northern part of the state. The rain should taper off by Sunday morning with partly cloudy skies clearing by mid-afternoon.
This document discusses using free writing activities to teach writing and media. It recommends having students freely write stories that connect a given start and end, either through bullet points or full paragraphs. This allows students to practice developing plots and sequences of events in their writing. The advantages mentioned are that it encourages students to expand their ideas, helps with oral storytelling skills, and makes the writing process low-stakes through its playful elements like drawing comic strips.
This document contains a bingo game about occupations for Prathomsuksa 5 students. It lists 12 occupations - teacher, barber, postman, police, actress, chef, waiter, nurse, doctor, farmer, soldier, and pilot - along with a clue about what each occupation does, such as "Who cuts people's hair?" or "Who flies a plane?". The document provides an educational and fun way for students to learn about different jobs through playing a bingo game.
This document is about a game unit for Prathomsuksa 2 students on the topic of food and drink. The game involves a hidden pictures activity where students look for pictures related to food within a larger image. The document provides information for a classroom activity on food and beverages.
The memorandum invites Sir Tangon Srirat to be a guest lecturer for an English camp project between the Department of Western Languages and Linguistics at Mahasarakham University and Ban Phue School. The project on July 23rd aims to improve the English skills of 98 students from primary grades 1 through 6 through activities that allow them to practice their language skills and learn about Western culture. The department hopes Sir Tangon Srirat, with his experience in English, will help with the project to benefit the students and promote Mahasarakham University.
This document outlines teaching methods and techniques for 8 units on various biology topics. The units will use CLIL (content and language integrated learning) and include videos, PowerPoints, texts and games to engage students. Example topics are organism responses to stimuli, cells, homeostasis, evolution, microscopes and finding organism structures. Interactive techniques like brainstorming, predicting, ordering and quizzes will help students learn challenging concepts.