This week our class went to Washington Elementary to meet our students. It was a great experience. When I walked in to my assigned class the children were working on math. They used manipulatives and it seemed to really help them grasp the concept of subtracting and adding three digit numbers. I look forward to working with those sweet students.
In SSED 307, we have been discussing performance tasks. I learned that performance tasks are different from learning experiences. In our unit, the learning experiences are supposed to prepare our students for the performance tasks.
https://newsela.com
I also have been researching activities to include for my students when it comes to higher order thinking skills. Since I also found newsela.com this week, I thought it might be neat to a find HOT skill activity that goes with current events. The questions below invite students to think outside the box. All of these questions will require students to give different answers than their peers.
This will apply directly to my classroom because all my students can continually learn to develop in their HOT skills. I loved these task cards because they could work for a variety of stories and they would be a great way to get the day started.
Under standard three of the North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards, there is a section that states teachers should make learning relevant to students. Both the news website and the current event task cards allow a teacher to bring the world to their classrooms.
I hope you guys have a wonderful weekend.
Be encouraged,
Mallory
During this week, I continued my research involving technology resources. I actually learned about the website newsela.com. This website allows for differentiation not only in English but in Spanish as well. This will be a great asset to my future classroom when I want to engage students at the appropriate reading level.
https://newsela.com
I also have been researching activities to include for my students when it comes to higher order thinking skills. Since I also found newsela.com this week, I thought it might be neat to a find HOT skill activity that goes with current events. The questions below invite students to think outside the box. All of these questions will require students to give different answers than their peers.
This will apply directly to my classroom because all my students can continually learn to develop in their HOT skills. I loved these task cards because they could work for a variety of stories and they would be a great way to get the day started.
Under standard three of the North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards, there is a section that states teachers should make learning relevant to students. Both the news website and the current event task cards allow a teacher to bring the world to their classrooms.
I hope you guys have a wonderful weekend.
Be encouraged,
Mallory
Awesome resources this week! Continue to work hard to meet your goals. I really appreciate how you seem to be internalizing the information and applying it to your future classroom. This is great! ***Be sure to erase the teacher's name in this post because this blog is public.
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