This is a great resource for some Project-Based Learning ideas. It is an easy resource to access and get great lesson plan ideas. As I was reading through some lessons, they reminded me of a Social Studies simulation we did for the American Revolution. I think this site would have given me some great extension activities--especially for my accelerated learners.
Here is another great site to use for Reader's Theatre . There are so many great stories I could use with fifth-grade and even some I could have used with Kindergarten. As long as we discussed the words first, I think they would have loved to do this reading strategy. Also, there were many helpful posters and worksheets you can download and use in the classroom. I think that is wonderful that the author of this site is so willing to help out and give her resources away, for FREE! :)
I added my resource into our wiki page. Here is my example Prezi. (Below)
I am so glad that we have time in class to research some ideas. When searching for idea, I usually run into the problem of not knowing what or where to search and by having these resources, I can now determine what sites are the most helpful. I am so glad our class Wiki Page will be left active. This is a great tool to use in planning!Here's a great site to use The Daily Five!
CLASS NOTES:
Direct Instruction:
Ex.'s: Skill and Drill, Bottom-Up, Teacher-Centered, Behavioral Instruction
Just-In-Time Direct Instruction: Instruction at the point of need and usually under the control of the student
*Ex. Student was having trouble with iMovie. Teacher googled and followed solution step-by-step. Next time, student will be able to follow guide to fix her problem. *Ex. Spellchecker in Word
Cognitive Skills Direct Instruction: Improve and make automatic the cognitive skills needed for literacy
*Ex. Big-picture and structure strategies, Focus strategies, Word and sentence-level strategies, Cloze (modified close: Madlibs)
Accelerater Reader: Daily monitoring process for reading.
Interactive Games for the classroom.
I also really liked looking through the webquests. I think many of these would be a great place to at least get ideas as a teacher, if not for students' use in the classroom or at home. Honestly, I had never really heard of a webquest before today, so that was interesting to me! I, too, have liked having the time in class to explore new resources and see what might work for me in the future!
ReplyDeleteThis class as opened my eyes to so many new tools I can use in my classroom. I had no idea about webquests either but what a great idea. Even if we don't use the webquest the exact way they are designed, they can give some great ideas for planning.
ReplyDeleteI was a little nervous before this class, wondering how am I going to incorporate technology into my class in a way that is innovative. After 7 days of this class, I don't have a worry in my mind about it anymore. We have been shown so many tools to use that there is no reason not to incorporate it. I'm also really glad the wiki link stays active so we can access it once we are in our own classrooms.
I enjoyed looking through the web quests as well. What a great way to find lesson plans! I am extremely happy the Wiki page will be left active once we have finished this class. I will for sure be going back to it in the near future to get more ideas about how to use the technology available in my classroom.
ReplyDeleteI really like the reader's theatre website as well. The students really enjoy having a role and performing in front of an audience. A great way to get students to read and work on their fluency!