Thursday, July 28, 2011
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Math Instructional Strategies
1. Direct Instruction
2. Guided Practice
3. Group Work
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
UbD Stage 1: Oracy
Strategy to Effectively Teach English Language Learners: Oracy
Summary of Curricular Context: This is a professional development for teachers that teach in an area where there is a high English Language Learner (ELL) population. Teachers are rarely prepared well in their teacher prep programs or by professional development in their district to effectively teach students who are Language Learners. This professional development focuses on a strategy that would help them enhance the ELL’s language ability. If the child’s English stays limited, they will have a hard time understanding the content; therefore it is the job if the teacher to teach the content while enhancing the language abilities.
Standard / Objectives for Unit or Lesson:
The objective is for the teachers to define oracy and to explain 3 ways they will use oracy in their classroom to help the ELL students with their language abilities.
Lesson Goal:
The goal of the lesson is to show the teachers strategies using oracy that will help them effectively teach and enhance the language abilities of their English Language Learners.
Stage 1
Enduring Understandings What are the overarching enduring understandings for the unit/lesson? (big ideas that transcend the unit)
- How to create higher order questions using Blooms Taxonomy
- How oracy helps students language abilities and their interaction with the content
- How and why to apply Kagan’s strategies in the classroom
Essential Questions What are the essential questions you can ask to guide inquiry?
- How does oracy help English Language Learners in the classroom?
- How can we effectively teach English Language Learners?
Knowledge & Skills
Knowledge | Skills |
Kagan’s strategies Bloom’s Taxonomy Definition of oracy Definition of ELL Qualities of students in their classroom | Teachers (went through an undergrad program) Ability to implement teaching strategies Ability to be a learner (student) Work cooperatively |
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Xtranormal Math Rap
Our ADDIE did not go through, so we had to make up one by ourselves. I thought it would be interesting to see if I could use it in a way for my classroom, so this was an attempt at putting a rap into a cartoon. It didn't come out quite as planned.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Teacher Identity
I am easily inspired by the typical teacher movies. The Ron Clark Story is one of these movies I find motivation from. In this particular clip Ron shows many different roles a teacher needs to take on. Not only does a teacher need to teach the students the content, but they need to make sure they communicate their expectations of the students and that they believe in the students. Ron also conferences individually with students, like he is a mentor to them. We also see him caring for the students even outside of the school environment. This shows that a teacher does have to wear many hats; they are not just barers of knowledge.
The students in this clip are open and comfortable with the teacher it seems, as they are sharing their feelings with him. They all seemed to have internalized the belief that they are second class citizens and cannot perform. The teachers job was to address this and make them believe. The students also perform their role as learners when they take their standardized test.