Homework: Bring some piece of my own reading that deals with language and the brain. Book Recommendations: The Infinite Gift: How Children Learn and Unlearn the Languages of the World Rethinking Linguistic Relativity (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language) Not everyone can be a mathematician, but everyone …
ELT: Write-Ons: Why do you think that people act differently online then they do in real life? How can we create a safe environment for everyone on our blogs? What are the inherent risks of posting to a blog once a week? Explore the Discovery Blogging Rules websites looking for …
Cores 1-4: Introduce the process of commenting. (Model using Commenting Like a King or Queen.) Introduce Bloglines (optional account to set up using How-To) Go to the library and read and comment on your own core class first using the grazr navigator. Guiding questions: How/Why do you think this post …
ELT: Write-Ons: Why do you think that people act differently online then they do in real life? How can we create a safe environment for everyone on our blogs? What are the inherent risks of posting to a blog once a week? Explore the Discovery Blogging Rules websites looking for …
ELT: Write-Ons: Why do you think that people act differently online then they do in real life? How can we create a safe environment for everyone on our blogs? What are the inherent risks of posting to a blog once a week? Explore the Discovery Blogging Rules websites looking for …
ELT: Write-Ons: Why do you think that people act differently online then they do in real life? How can we create a safe environment for everyone on our blogs? What are the inherent risks of posting to a blog once a week? Explore the Discovery Blogging Rules websites looking for …
Early last week I was asked by Yoz Grahame (a lead developer of Ning.com) to answer a few questions about how I was using web 2.0 tools (and specifically Ning) in my classroom to be used in a post for the Ning Blog. I was quite surprised and a little …
A former male 8th grade student of mine has been e-mailing me consistently ever since he figured out that I really love to read my students writing. He has been sending me a few stories a month for about six months now. I read these really crazy pieces and say …
Cores 1-3: Introduce the blog safety resources that we will be using to create our own Discovery Blogging Rules. Go over a few of the minor points of Posting to your blog with pictures. Explore the Weekly Authentic ideas and begin writing your first one. If you haven’t set up …
Cores 1-4: Introduce the ELT reading strategies assessments (not shown here because we use them from year to year) and talk about the importance of extending advanced students and engaging struggling students in the “action” of reading. (Show CSAP Reading Growth 05-06). Introduce and model “The Good Parts” as a …