A Taxonomy of Reflection: Critical Thinking For Students, Teachers, and Principals (Part 1)
Part I of IV. In an effort to help schools become more reflective learning environments, I’ve developed this “Taxonomy of Reflection.” – modeled on Bloom’s approach. I…
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Turn those extra few minutes of class into valuable time to review vocabulary or content or to reflect on recent learning.
How to Use Choice Boards to Differentiate Learning - The Art of Education University
A choice board is a graphic organizer that allows students to choose different ways to learn about a particular concept. Choice boards are set up in a grid, generally with 9 squares. You can include more or fewer activities, but I’ve found 9 to be a good number. In addition, you can require that students […]
Learning Objective Exit Slip
This document has four exit slips on one page. Cut apart for a quick and unintimidating way to assess your kids on a lesson you just taught. I post a question or problem that matches my learning objective/target for the day and students answer in the space. Students self-assess by checking one of...
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Reflecting on Our Work
Several weeks ago, 2nd grade students used an "Art Sandwich" as a tool to critique and complement another student's collage illustration. They paired up in class and gave each other two complements and a suggestion for improvement. Compliments are the carbs that keep us working and fuel our efforts, and suggestions are the protein that help us grow as artists and citizens and give us energy over the long haul. It was very important for students to understand that saying "I like it" or "I…
GCSE Art Analysis and Annotation guide sheets | Teaching Resources
Simple and easy to use sheets to help aid GCSE students with analysing the work of artists and their own annotations using key words to structure a piece of extended writing. Can be used as worksheets, posters and or placemats. Please leave feedback if you found this resource helpful! Happy Teaching :)
Differentiating Math!!!
The beauty of differentiating math instruction is that there is not one single strategy or approach to meeting the needs of your students. I've had several e-mails asking how I teach and differentiate math in my classroom- some specifically relating to how I use the Investigations series. To be completely honest with y'all, I rarely open up an Investigations teaching manual and don't use Investigations student workbooks {we had the choice to order them or not}. I know some school districts…
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Homework
My thoughts on homework are below, but now (2017) we don't do formal homework. We expect nightly reading and we provide plenty of opportunities for kids and parents to make home and school links...
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The Blooms Bunch: Kid-Friendly Revised Bloom's Taxonomy Posters
Get your students' minds to bloom into higher-order thinking with The Blooms Bunch: Kid-Friendly Revised Bloom's Taxonomy Posters. Introduce your students to a character for each higher-order thinking level: The Big Sibs: (Higher-Order Thinking Levels) Create: Christie the Creator Evaluate: Evan th...
Information Literacy
While a remarkably dry topic, here is Wikipedia's two bits as provided by the general public as a slight enlightening into what exactly Information Literacy is, and from whence it came. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_literacy While initiatives are varied in their inception, approach and overall impact worldwide, an effort is being made to bring some inertia to the cause through organization. InfoLit Global is putting pieces in place to get the world informed, doubly difficult…