Oneonta Elementary School
These students at Oneonta Elementary School were so excited about learning how to "form uppercase and lowercase letters in cursive" and "write legibly in cursive". #CCRstandard #2ndgrade #3rdgrade
East Elementary School - Cullman, Alabama
The teachers at East Elementary School at Cullman City Schools in Region 2 are having some powerful conversations about Close Reading. Check out this link to see some of their topics of conversation. Also, if you've never used glogster with your students…it's a very cool way for students to create and publish digital posters incorporating a variety of media. **Note-With glogster, you have to sign up for a 7 day trial…after that they offer the service free to educators. Thanks for sharing, Lindsay Brannon!
Explicit Instruction
Research tells us that the average child needs between 4 and 14 exposures to a new word to recognize it automatically. However, children with reading difficulties need 40 or more exposures to a new word. (National Reading Panel, 2001). In one of the small group lessons pictured below, each student had at least 25 individual times to practice reading new words in a 25 minute lesson. WOW! #explicit instruction
The 21st Century Classroom
BYOD. Google Chrome. iPads. Nooks. One-to-One Initiatives. So many choices. What does a 21st century classroom look like? We hear these terms so casually tossed into conversations almost like tomatoes in a salad. However, without intentional planning and careful consideration, a "21st century classroom" can be useless and a waste of time to everyone involved. Simply having the tools available to students is not enough. As educators, we must infuse technology into our classrooms as much as possible. Why? Sorry Generation X and Y…it's all Generation Z knows. It's what they expect.
A Technology Infused Classroom - Hayden Elementary School
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