Educational Links 7/28/17

27 Simple Ways To Check For Understanding

Http://Www.Teachthought.Com/Pedagogy/Assessment/27-Simple-Ways-Check-Understanding/

Doorways Into Activism

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/doorways-activism-jinnie-spiegler?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29

Measurable Goals: How Far, By When?

http://www.wrightslaw.com/blog/measurable-goals-how-far-by-when/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheWrightslawWay+%28The+Wrightslaw+Way%29

Surviving Team Meetings

https://www.makespecialeducationwork.com/surviving-team-meetings/

Love, Teach Shares 11 Poetry Prompts For Your Secondary ELA Class

https://www.weareteachers.com/poetry-prompts/

Some Teens Don't See School as a Kind Place. Here's Why That Matters.

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rulesforengagement/2017/07/some_teens_dont_see_school_as_a_kind_place_heres_why_that_matters.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

Reading, Writing & Eclipse-Watching: How We Got Our Students Excited About Aug. 21 (Op-Ed)

https://www.space.com/37591-getting-students-excited-for-2017-solar-eclipse.html

Five ways to tackle the most challenging pupils

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/five-ways-tackle-most-challenging-pupils

Let’s be honest: when it happens day after day, challenging behaviour such as disobedience, backchat, anger issues or other disruption from a child can really grind us down. It can change us from being patient, compassionate people with a genuine desire to make a difference, into sleep-starved, wild-eyed desperados, convinced a student has a personal vendetta.