tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70000394357231989862024-03-14T07:41:59.728-07:00The Pope of 4thAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04241082635462472754noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000039435723198986.post-63841116508815972272017-10-14T06:14:00.001-07:002017-11-15T07:15:07.602-08:00ELA Rotations and Workshops<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">English Language Arts should be a time to build your students' passion for reading, writing, and learning about the world around them! Without interesting and engaging activities, students will become bored and off-task very quickly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How do we avoid such catastrophes in the classroom without spending hours creating fun games and engaging tasks from scratch?! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you're a part of the BCPS teaching community, you have plenty... emphasis on PLENTY of resources available to you! If you are not part of that community, there are TONS of free resources out there already created for you. I've done the searching, so here's the opportunity to share!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First and foremost let's talk about the start of your Language Arts lessons. Phonics and grammar instruction are necessary in all elementary grades. Students benefit from a whole group lesson that is on grade level and then receiving customized instruction during small group learning and independent work. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The tools I use for Word Work and Grammar Instruction:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Whiteboards and dry erase makers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Letter tiles/cards</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- A projector and screen</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- A Flipchart or PowerPoint with premade slides to keep me on track and flowing through the learning. <a href="https://bcpscloud-my.sharepoint.com/personal/scappa_bcps_org/_layouts/15/guestaccess.aspx?docid=167edb13f2890488f975bc682a6254538&authkey=AVUbJ_8gmTJqedjsDxR-Prg" target="_blank">Here's an example of a lesson using ActivInspire </a></span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For more on my Word Work (Phonics) and Grammar lessons, look for a future post on this topic!</span></i><br />
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Language Arts whole group instruction can include a lesson on a reading or writing strategy or skill. I fully believe in modeling what I expect to my students. When you model, they mimic and hopefully repeat when they are working independently. To ensure this happens, make sure you repeat every opportunity you have in front of your students! Good habits are definitely learned when practiced!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Before planning a whole group lesson, I make sure we will be working towards mastery of a fourth grade standard. For example, this past week we were working on comparing and contrasting two specific topics (natural disasters) which will eventually lead to <a class="identifier" href="http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/4/6/" name="CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.6" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #373737; text-transform: uppercase;">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.6</a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #202020; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information provided. By creating a plan and taking it slow, my students will prove to be more successful mastering this standard by the end of the school year.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #202020; font-family: "lato light";"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then comes my favorite component of ELA instruction--Workshop Rotations!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #202020; font-family: "lato light";"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Taking aspects of The Daily 5, Guided Reading, and other resources I've stumbled across, this process works best for my kids this year. It changes each year! Always teach to the students you have.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #202020; font-family: "lato light";"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>WORD WORK</b>- <i>using what we've done in whole group phonics and grammar, students complete different tasks that enhance or reteach the learning.</i> </span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We are fortunate enough to have Wonders from MacGraw Hill and their digital resources. Students play word work games and submit assignments on their "To Do" list. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We work on root words in fourth grade and students find words with that root. Here are the resources for ROOT OF THE WEEK</span></li>
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<li><a href="https://bcpscloud-my.sharepoint.com/personal/scappa_bcps_org/_layouts/15/guestaccess.aspx?docid=1a4af60e28fe144e3a5abe00ced6d5b9b&authkey=Ab3VIaPK9IAWcSs9MNv9J1U" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Root Word Posters</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://bcpscloud-my.sharepoint.com/personal/scappa_bcps_org/_layouts/15/guestaccess.aspx?docid=13984d50c828346f182e7e97bb56dd51e&authkey=ATuAGM_CmW95h_soqwrFs7w" target="_blank">Root Trees for Word Work Journals</a></span></li>
<li><a href="https://bcpscloud-my.sharepoint.com/personal/scappa_bcps_org/Documents/4th-%20Sharing%20is%20Caring/ELA/Grammar/Greek%20and%20Latin%20Root%20Word%20worksheets.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Free Resource I found on TpT</span></a></li>
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<li><a href="https://bcpscloud-my.sharepoint.com/personal/scappa_bcps_org/_layouts/15/guestaccess.aspx?docid=1db8381e7bff041e5bd3dee1723b37666&authkey=AXoPbPJIjn3jSRoCES7SGuc" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Idiom Pictionary</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Learning to type is essential and our students are already using devices and laptops at home and in school without learning how to type using their home keys! Our county purchased the license to EDUTyping, but a free website for students to use is <a href="https://www.typing.com/student" target="_blank">typing.com</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Workshop Games Galore with</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.fcrr.org/for-educators/sca.asp" target="_blank">Florida Center for Research Games</a></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Keep and eye out for other activities in future posts!</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Free books to read through <a href="https://www.getepic.com/" target="_blank">Epic!</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Free read alouds by famous people on <a href="http://www.storylineonline.net/" target="_blank">Storyline Online</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Get books donated to your classroom library through <a href="https://www.donorschoose.org/" target="_blank">Donor's Choose</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Look out for Scholastic Warehouse sales that happen once a year!</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>WORK ON WRITING</b>- <i>students need to have writing fluency as much as they need to have reading fluency! Build it up by having your students write each and every day. Make writing fun and engaging by providing options, a variety of writing tools and resources, and ways for students to publish their writing pieces! </i></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Engage your writers!</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some of my engaging <a href="https://bcpscloud-my.sharepoint.com/personal/scappa_bcps_org/_layouts/15/guestaccess.aspx?docid=171e42c8f300d45998d82cca1aa78e770&authkey=AYV-V7CWUewE0RMakzqwRY8" target="_blank">Writing Prompts</a> for students</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Use photographs to grab their attention and spark their writing interest</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Learn about something interesting using expository/nonfiction texts and write a fictional story or poem based on that new learning</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Use journal prompts that relate to their current learning in social studies, science, health, math, or what they are reading about in ELA</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Introduce a variety of writing formats- poetry, stories, songs, lists, news articles, blogs, emails, letters, research reports, presentations, speeches, essays, informative videos, infographics, scripts, etc.!</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Get them thinking about their writing</span></li>
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<li><a href="https://bcpscloud-my.sharepoint.com/personal/scappa_bcps_org/_layouts/15/guestaccess.aspx?docid=172cc141622c546dc80ef6dbfe1676d94&authkey=AZMR0Yo9bCh48or2n7FkHcw" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Editing Checklist</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://bcpscloud-my.sharepoint.com/personal/scappa_bcps_org/_layouts/15/guestaccess.aspx?docid=123d55df2669d499e95fa51cd68321aea&authkey=AUtOZvZ7RktensJoyxaVc60" target="_blank">Proofreading Marks</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://bcpscloud-my.sharepoint.com/personal/scappa_bcps_org/_layouts/15/guestaccess.aspx?docid=14e61daf84d0a43b299d9c059432ae345&authkey=Ab3J6d54DkqgKQisSiDliCE" target="_blank">Personal Word Walls</a> for their writing folders</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They can publish online and share their proud works with <a href="https://www.mystorybook.com/" target="_blank">MyStoryBook</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Old fashioned" <a href="https://hammermill.com/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/make-a-foldable-book.pdf" target="_blank">foldables </a>are awesome!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Enter them (with parent permission) in <a href="https://www.thespruce.com/writing-contests-for-kids-2086738" target="_blank">writing contests</a>!</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION</b>- <i>a time to meet with flexible groups of students to teach guided reading, literature circles, word work, interventions, and enrichment activities.</i></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How to Teach Small Group Resources</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.janrichardsonguidedreading.com/resources-1" target="_blank">Jan Richardson on Guided Reading</a> with free resources for your classroom</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.thedailycafe.com/articles/frequency-of-small-group-instruction" target="_blank">The Daily 5</a> method of meeting with flexible small groups</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My <a href="https://bcpscloud-my.sharepoint.com/personal/scappa_bcps_org/_layouts/15/WopiFrame.aspx?sourcedoc=%7BD380D9F3-5C61-4B28-8EC5-634043B0C62F%7D&file=running%20records%20for%20binder.docx&action=default" target="_blank">running records/small group meeting sheet </a>I keep for each student when they are whisper reading to me.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.janrichardsonguidedreading.com/resources-1" target="_blank">The Guided Reading lesson planning sheets</a> (folder: Electronic Lesson Plans)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>MORE WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES- </b><i>I don't always stick to the four rotations listed on the board from this particular day. Sometimes the rotation will change to something relevant to what we are working on during ELA, social studies, or science instruction. I mean... why not? They're readnig and writing in science and social studies to learn about the content! In addition, workshop rotations can include games I introduce during whole group learning. </i></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.fcrr.org/" target="_blank">Florida Center for Reading Research</a> (if you didn't know about it yet, you're going to love it!)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Describe It!</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">An activity that includes social studies or science activities relevant to what we are learning.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At the Describe It! Center</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">magnifine glasses</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">microscope</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">measuring tape</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">scales/balances with weights</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">goggles (more for the cool effect)</span></li>
<li><a href="https://bcpscloud-my.sharepoint.com/personal/scappa_bcps_org/_layouts/15/guestaccess.aspx?docid=12150fcec469c4e6fa379f9c436d30e55&authkey=AXDgKVd-udaq1esSWU7MgTE" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Describe It! recording sheets</span></a></li>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The complete OneDrive folder that includes all of my math resources. I follow the BCPS curriculum and incorporate other resources. Feel free to use them as you see fit with your students! </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04241082635462472754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000039435723198986.post-41184788968714213872016-12-13T00:39:00.002-08:002016-12-13T00:40:37.265-08:00Reviewing Unit 2: Multiplication with Engaging QR Codes<span style="font-size: large;">Trying to think of fun and creative ways to review for a math test can be tough! With the help of my school's Library Media Specialist, I created an activity that gets the kids up and moving, working on their math strategies and skills, and engaged in an end goal!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I taped the 20 posters around the room for the kids. Each student got a recording sheet where they were required to show their work and write in their letter clues. There are 20 posters with 20 different problems. Students moved around in small groups or independently in random order. They were to start at any poster and go to a free poster once they were ready to move on. They problem solved together and checked their work with the QR code which provided them with the answer and a letter clue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The secret message had to do with our previous science unit. Once the students unscrambled the message, they handed their review sheets in so I could look at their math work. They came to conference with me about what problems gave them trouble, questions they had about their math, and to get their recording sheets checked. </span><br />
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Our Donors Choose project was funded! We are so grateful and the chair pockets look amazing in the classroom. Kids are now able to store their devices and their Study Buddies in an accessible place so they can work more efficiently! <br />
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On another note, our fourth graders have been working on their novel studies and we are almost finished! BCPS Unit 1 focuses on biographies and what makes an individual memorable or a positive influence on others? The two autobiographical novels we're reading are <u>The Tarantula in My Purse and 172 Other Wild Pets</u> by Jean Craighead George and <u>Where the Flame Trees Bloom</u> by Alma Flor Ada. BCPS provided us with journal ideas which we have made into discussion prompts to prepare students for the following day's literature circle or small group meeting.<br />
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Each discussion sheet also includes a section for a "thick question". If you haven't worked on thick questions yet, you need to! Your kids will be thankful you did. Thick questions are questions that get people inferring or drawing conclusions and are not simply pulled from the text. Here's a <a href="http://www.thecurriculumcorner.com/thecurriculumcorner456/close-reading-asking-thick-thin-questions/" target="_blank">great resource from the Curriculum Corner</a> to get you started.<br />
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So, once you have thick questions down with your kids, you can get these discussion sheets going! For those 4th grade BCPS teachers, these resources are really for you. Please feel free to use them with your literature circles during Unit 1 in ELA. All we did was take the journal questions/prompts the county gave us and put them on half-sheets for homework reading.<br />
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This homework holds kids accountable, gets them reading at home, and then allows them to bring something to their groups the following day. My students love to complete their discussion sheets and create their own thick questions for their fellow group members. Discussion sheets allow each student the think and processing time they need to be prepared to participate. When we are working in small group, I become one of the group members and participate in the discussion. When we model the behaviors we expect in the classroom, students follow suit!<br />
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Here are the discussion sheets for the two novels. Credit in shared efforts go to my teammate, Jen. Hope you find them useful!<br />
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<li><span style="color: #674ea7;">Students apply for jobs in the classroom. Some jobs require recommendations from adults who know them well. Students apply for a new job each marking period.</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #674ea7;">Students keep their own wallets which include a space to store their money and a place to track their transactions (deposits and withdrawals).</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #674ea7;">Students can earn bonuses for exceeding classroom expectations or fines for not. These are added or subtracted from their bank accounts with their assigned banker (another student job).</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #674ea7;">At the end of each month, we hold an auction with classroom coupons and physical items to bid on. I usually ask for donations at the beginning of the school year from families and outside resources. Donation availability depends on what the store/restaurant has already given out for that fiscal year. Sometimes they're out of the goods, sometimes you hit the jackpot!</span></li>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">This TpT store by "Stories by Storie" has a free set of <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reward-Coupons-for-Your-Students-249322" target="_blank"><b>Reward Coupons</b></a> you can include in the auction!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">I make the student wallets out of legal manila folders (left over from our school office), a plastic baggie, and copies of the transaction sheets. These wallets stay in my students' Study Buddies (homework binders). Some kids like to hole punch them (two holes fit) or just leave them in their folder for safe keeping. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">This year we are just beginning our Classroom Economy and will hold our first auction at the end of September. The students are so excited!</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04241082635462472754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000039435723198986.post-60714018647211868852016-09-17T07:15:00.002-07:002016-09-18T07:28:14.555-07:00M.A.T.H. Program and Workshop Rotations<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="color: #0b5394;">I've been using this program I call M.A.T.H. for about a year now
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">I am a big
"Google-er" and spent much of my time searching for other math
programs out there already in place and tested by the experts. I took the pieces of
each program that I really found beneficial for my students and intertwined
them to become this one hunky program in my own room. It has worked
wonders for my kids. They are now devoted deep thinkers, persevering problem
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">This program is a little bit of Guided Math, The Daily 3,
and Pinterest/Blog ideas all poured into one.
I am not selling anything for this program because most of it is already
made for us! I did all of the searching and
trial and error on my own students. This
way, you just get the good stuff and are able to get started right away with the
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">So to best explain it all, I have two resources. One is a Symbaloo Webmix with all of the resources and links and the other is a video PowerPoint presentation my school's STAT Teacher and I gave to Baltimore County during the
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">I have provided our Symbaloo with all of the resources in one
place. I provided access to all of my 4<sup>th</sup>
grade math files, websites I love to use, the presentations, and a way for you to introduce it to your school at a Professional Development session (thank you
to my school’s fabulous STAT Teacher—Megan H.).
That section focuses in on the Learner Centered Environment and how this
program really embraces that teaching and learning style.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Our presentation resources are located on the left and the center of the Symbaloo page. The right side contains resources from another BCPS Teacher who presented on the West Side during the same conference.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Feel free to ask any questions or leave any concerns you have so I can help you get started with this amazing program right away! If you have any additional resources you would like to share, please add them in the comment section.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Here is the OfficeMix video I created today using the PowerPoint presentation on just the M.A.T.H. Program and rotations with small group. Please contact Megan or myself if you would like more information on the Learner Centered Environment section of the presentation!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Onto something new. I did have an old blog, but it used my maiden name and was based on second grade learning. This blog will be focused on 4th grade learning and anything else I come across during my Google and Teaching Channel searches!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We do not have devices yet in fourth grade, but I am excited for them to come to us next school year! I'm been trying to get my feet wet in technology applications that work well with my kids this year so I don't have to go through the trial period when the devices come our way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Using <a href="http://www.edpuzzle.com/">EdPuzzle </a>for my in-class flipped learning lessons has been wonderful. It currently blocks online videos when the kids try to access them, but it plays my homemade videos using <a href="http://screencast-o-matic.com/">screencast-o-matic.com</a> to record.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Use your normal ELA rotation model (I use a make-shift version of The Daily 5)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Create a Flipchart, PowerPoint, poster, or pocket chart for students to follow during rotations.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Create your video or use one already provided by an educational website, use EdPuzzle to create stopping points, questions, discussion questions, and external links to additional content for your students.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Ensure students understand the expectations of the (already instilled and practiced) rotation model</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">The second rotation is when you jump in and work with the group who just watched the video and took notes. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Everyone has a job to do at each rotation that will be fit for their learning level and address skills you are currently working on or have learned in the past.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Certain students can be assigned the role of "Experts" or "Pros" and help to answer any tech or general questions the other students may have</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Have a sign that states "Ask 3 Before Me!" This means students should ask three others before they come and ask you. This will eliminate a lot of nonsense coming your way.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Change up the activities so kids can stay focused and engaged on each rotation. For example, don't have two writing rotations or two worksheets included in the rotations. Too much of the same thing can get boring for anyone!</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Rotation models MUST be working in your room before you begin an in-class flip (unless you have middle school/high school students)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Students must understand your expectations and the consequences for distracting others/becoming distracted from their jobs</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Technology glitches happen.. always have a plan B or go with the flow like we do in our class</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Small group time is your time to address specific needs of each group and really dig deep with them. Take advantage of this time!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Rotations should be 15-20 minutes each (depending on your ELA block)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Videos should be NO LONGER than 8 minutes for a fourth grade student. With all of the stopping to take notes, and accountability checks during the video, it'll last about 15 minutes total.</span></li>
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