Our school is looking for a a test for math assessment. What does your school use? What have you liked about it and what haven't you liked about it? What have your tried and didn't like. We have been using SMI, but it really doesn't work of K-1.
We're all familiar with the story of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and thus, it is the perfect opportunity to uncover the “teachable moments” within the text.
Quotes from the infamous story along with 5 lessons that may inspire us as educators...
How do others deal with parents who are upset with you when their children lose a coat or sweater? After 7 years of teaching, I have never had so many complaints and lost items.
All t...See MoreChoose one of these books on amazon.com to get you started on Learning Centers...
"Literacy Work Stations: Making Centers Work" by D. Diller
"Guided Reading: Good Teaching for All Children" by Fountas and Pinnell
"The Daily Five: Fostering Literacy Independence in the Elementary Grades" by Boushey and Moser
All three have different approaches, so try to figure out which one matches your needs. There's a lot of information online about all three.
------------------------------------------------------------ On 11/19/14, camila wrote: > I dont know what to do to my classroom like I want to put learning > senters for my kids so can you ive me some ideas
I am a retired teacher now doing home hospital with a first grader. What are some good online sources for math skills, particularly add and sub facts. Don't like flash cards exclusively. Thanks.
We learned that we are going to be expected to write out SLO's on our students starting this coming fall. I would appreciate any insight on this topic. How much time (as if we all have lots of time to spare!) will be involved? What will the end results be? Is it(results) attainable?
This is how each of ...See MoreExample: Students will improve their reading in both fluency and comprehension IAGD standard measure: By the end of May 2015 90 % of my students will reach bench mark or better as measured by the DRA 2
IAGD non-standard. All students will read with increased fluency and expression based on teacher obsevations.
This is how each of our SLOs needs to be written with two types of measures.
Choose goals you are working toward anyway whether they are social/school community or academic.You may need to provide a spread sheet of scores...upload at the beginning and end of year. I hope this helps!