Please hop on over to her post about how these fraction glyphs work and get in on it!
Showing posts with label Lessons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lessons. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Math Glyph Fractions
I have officially made my first TpT purchase! (well, that wasn't free anyway!)
A BIG thank you to Stephanie at Teaching in Room 6 for this wonderful idea! You know that I'll be printing and using this today.
Please hop on over to her post about how these fraction glyphs work and get in on it!
Please hop on over to her post about how these fraction glyphs work and get in on it!
Monday, May 20, 2013
Language Arts - Persuasive Techniques
Today my students started working on our Persuasive Techniques unit. I'm pretty excited because I'm starting with just a few of the techniques and they have to show them through a 'printed ad' that they will create. I'll post pictures of the best ones here later.
Wednesday, I'll start them off on our big project where they will have to actually record a commercial using a specific amount of the various techniques we have studied. I've never done this particular project before, but I'm quite excited to get it going.
My younger class will be studying Persuasive Techniques as well. Instead of the commercials, I'll be having them sell a car of their choice using the techniques. The tricky part will be that they have to put it on a poster board and convince their classmates to 'buy' said car. I've done that one several times in the past and it always goes over well. I'll take pictures of those too!
We shall see!
Wednesday, I'll start them off on our big project where they will have to actually record a commercial using a specific amount of the various techniques we have studied. I've never done this particular project before, but I'm quite excited to get it going.
My younger class will be studying Persuasive Techniques as well. Instead of the commercials, I'll be having them sell a car of their choice using the techniques. The tricky part will be that they have to put it on a poster board and convince their classmates to 'buy' said car. I've done that one several times in the past and it always goes over well. I'll take pictures of those too!
We shall see!
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Self Directed Learning
I am one of those old-school learners (even though I'm quite young) who can appreciate the Classic view of teaching. I prefer a teacher to be in front of me giving a lecture so that I can take notes and know what exactly is on the test.
My first year of teaching tended to reflect this style of learning. I stood in the front of the class and gave the kids notes. They did ok on their assessments, but it had to be just horrible for those students who have different learning styles. Thankfully I have since grown in my ability to teach, and switch it up quite often.
That brings me to today. I was looking at my class as they worked in small groups. Their objective was to answer the questions on the worksheet. The worksheet corresponded to a section in our textbook that, in the past, I would have just had them write boring notes.
By using doing this, the students were able to gleen the information they needed in their own style. They had the option to work together if they wanted; some chose to work alone. They worked at their own pace, and learned what they needed in order to begin our new unit.
Best of all: they seemed to like it.
My first year of teaching tended to reflect this style of learning. I stood in the front of the class and gave the kids notes. They did ok on their assessments, but it had to be just horrible for those students who have different learning styles. Thankfully I have since grown in my ability to teach, and switch it up quite often.
That brings me to today. I was looking at my class as they worked in small groups. Their objective was to answer the questions on the worksheet. The worksheet corresponded to a section in our textbook that, in the past, I would have just had them write boring notes.
By using doing this, the students were able to gleen the information they needed in their own style. They had the option to work together if they wanted; some chose to work alone. They worked at their own pace, and learned what they needed in order to begin our new unit.
Best of all: they seemed to like it.
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