I am working on a research project for my graduate program and am hoping some of you can help me with a quick question.
On average, how often do your fifth graders take tests and quizzes and what classes are they for? For example, do they have a weekly spelling test, weekly math quizzes, math tests once per month, reading tests? Do they take tests in other subjects?
Any details you can give would be a big help - thanks so much!
I am working on a research project for my graduate program and am hoping some of you can help me with a quick question.
On average, how often do your fifth graders take tests and quizzes and what classes are they for? For example, do they have a weekly spelling test, weekly math quizzes, math tests once per month, reading tests? Do they take tests in other subjects?
Any details you can give would be a big help - thanks so much!
American Revolution ----Any thoughts on Toliver's Secret, George Washington's Socks, or My Brother Same is Dead? Other suggestions?
Westward Migration ---- Any thoughts on Bound for Oregon or other ideas?
Civil War ---- Do you know of a book for this age group that focuses on why people chose to fight for the North or South? Has anyone used Shades of Gray by Caroline Reeder?
Immigration - Do you know of any books that may tie in with arriving at Ellis Island and why people came to America? Has anyone used Letters from Rifka?
Diane OwensOn 4/11/12, Jamie wrote: > Hi, > > It looks like you have a wealth of resources to offer, and the > enthusiasm is evident. Also, I love the text graphic in your site > title. The Ms. Kantduitt is a clever tool and it was so fun to see > the student comments addressed to her! > > I'm wondering if there are too many options in...See MoreOn 4/11/12, Jamie wrote: > Hi, > > It looks like you have a wealth of resources to offer, and the > enthusiasm is evident. Also, I love the text graphic in your site > title. The Ms. Kantduitt is a clever tool and it was so fun to see > the student comments addressed to her! > > I'm wondering if there are too many options in your header menu on > the home page(this might help address the point that 5th Grade > Teacher made in an earlier post). I like complexity, but even I'm a > little overwhelmed by all the options there. Maybe you could find > 3-5 main sections, instead of breaking it down so specifically on the > home page. For example, you could organize it by Pre-Writing, During > Writing, and After the Draft. Or you could sort it by Beginning > Tips, Intermediate Strategies, and Advanced Top Secret Information > (or something). > > The menu that you have on the right sidebar below the awards (yay, > you!) is a mini site map, and it might be more helpful along the left > sidebar. That way visitors can immediately see a simple set of > options at the top, but they also know how extensive the site is. > > This may be a minor point, but when I clicked on "Get Ready," I > expected it to be a link about pre-writing or mind-mapping or topic > ideas, and instead, it's more of an "about" area. > > I share the same struggle about trying to address both teacher needs > and student needs with my own site; I've decided my primary audience > is really teachers, although I hope they will introduce sections of > the site to their students in conjunction with their lessons. > > Good luck! > > Jamie > Thank you, Jamie, for the suggestions and advice. I love what you're doing with conversationpieceslearning.org - helpful for teachers and fun for kids. Great book choices, too!
JamieThank you, Diane! I hope you collect lots of input about your site here, too.
>> > Thank you, Jamie, for the suggestions and advice. I love what you're > doing with conversationpieceslearning.org - helpful for teachers and > fun for kids. Great book choices, too!
On 4/04/12, Jillian wrote: > Looking for some project based learning lessons/ideas to > use in my classroom. Any ideas/suggestions on things that > worked well
The topic is something that you are interested in and one that you can perform experiments on.
The question/problem is what specifically do you want to learn from your project. a good question can only be answered by measuring something....your results from the experiments.
Hypothesis is your guess what will happen or answer your question.
You will need to list the materials needed to perform the experiments and the steps you will take to complete the procedure.
As you do the activity/ies keep measurements, records of results, or whatever your are working on. These you will make graphs, tables, or charts with your observations to show results. Pictures also will add to your final display.
You will have to come up with a conclusion to prove your hypothesis was correct or maybe you were wrong and came up with a different result or answer to your question.
A final report is usually required which would include all the steps I mentioned above.
The last step is to make a fantastic, colorful, neat, and attractive display, showing your project.
Have fun with it and let us know how and what you did!