During guided reading/reading assessments, it is important to find good levelled texts to get the scaffold set up properly. The problem with the sets that we have is that there are only a few different copies. Finding the level of books in your classroom would really be helpful. Enter the Scholastic Book Wizard! Search for…
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Language, Resources
ARADIO – Day 19 – Adding a Little Drama to Your Day
by Brian • • 18,459 Comments
I had the good fortune to attend a presentation by Jeffrey Wilhelm. He’s been a proponent of inquiry learning and, my personal favourite, getting drama into the other aspects of language. I have bookmarked, dog-eared and almost wrecked my copy of “Deepening Comprehension With Action Strategies”*, and now I want to share it with you.…
Information Technology, Language, Math, Resources
ARADIO – Day 12 – Giving Thanks for Ed.Ted
by Brian • • 14,303 Comments
Sometimes somebody else can explain that difficult subject that much better than you can. Sometimes that person is TED, and sometimes TED has a full set of educational tools for use in the classroom, or for flipping it. Go Ed.Ted!
Language, Math, Resources
ARADIO – Day 10 – Launching Into Lessons Using Comics #1
by Brian • • 2,621 Comments
It isn’t a secret that I find the internet to be a wonderfully useful place. All jokes about cat videos aside, there are many places that allow people’s creativity to shine. One of those places is xkcd. Written by a former NASA roboticist, Randall Munroe, it is filled with wit, sarcasm, pathos and science. It…
Language, Resources
ARADIO – Day 9 – Making Notebooks
by Brian • • 8,738 Comments
Creating a reading/writing program doesn’t come easily to me. Making sure that I have a wealth of information is essential, and I use both a reader’s and a writer’s notebook to help me. In that respect, I wouldn’t be anywhere without Aimee Buckner‘s Notebook Know How and Notebook Connections. Aimee takes you step-by-step setting up…
Language, Things I Think I Think
Storytelling and the art of the End
by Brian • • 18,638 Comments
image courtesy of CBS For the first time in a few years, I really wanted to watch a show when it was broadcast live. I had been content to watch shows 2 or 3 days past the air date so that my wife and I could watch them when we had the time. It made…
Language
Livescribe Back in Practice
by Brian • • 16,893 Comments
Today, I finally got my pen out again. Having the ability to replay the students reading records makes sharing with parents much easier. Apparently you can fall back in love.