Educational Links 6/17/18

The Key to 21st Century Classrooms Isn't Tech. It's Evolved Teaching.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-06-04-the-key-to-21st-century-classrooms-isn-t-tech-it-s-evolved-teaching?utm_content=buffer37322&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=EdSurgeBuffer

Making Learning Visible: Doodling Helps Memories Stick

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/39941/making-learning-visible-doodling-helps-memories-stick

Prioritizing Agency for Students With Disabilities

https://www.edutopia.org/article/prioritizing-agency-students-disabilities

Bringing a Dog to School

https://www.edutopia.org/article/bringing-dog-school

Mastery Learning and Grading: Changing our Approach to Outcomes and Grades

https://www.emergingedtech.com/2016/04/mastery-learning-grading-changing-outcomes-beyond-flipped-classrom/

3 ways our district avoids data overload

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2018/05/15/3-ways-our-district-avoids-data-overload/

7 Deadly School Sins

https://www.teachertoolkit.co.uk/2018/06/10/7-deadly-sins/?utm_content=bufferf9445&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Discipline and special ed: Schools work to reduce suspensions

https://www.csmonitor.com/EqualEd/2018/0531/Discipline-and-special-ed-Schools-work-to-reduce-suspensions

Educators strive to balance school safety and fair discipline practices. Right now, there’s much debate about how best to do that, but these two important goals don’t have to be in conflict.

Just Hanging Out With Daddy

JFK with John John in the Oval Office. 1962

Father's Day is June 17.

English Language Instruction: Info and Inspiration

Obviously, English Teachers are the heroes of education. Reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, speaking and listening--and digital communication skills--and the crowning glory of all education: literature.

Teaching English and Language Arts

https://teach.com/become/what-can-i-teach/ela/

GUIDELINES FOR THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL

http://www.edocere.org/articles/guidelines_for_teaching_english_in_secondary_school.htm

The College Board Language Arts Framework

https://www.collegeboard.org/pdf/english-language-arts-framework-academic-advisory-committee.pdf

Nine Strategies for Reaching All Learners in English Language Arts

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/stw-expanded-learning-time-individualized-learning-hassan-mansaray

5 Effective Strategies for English Teachers

https://education.cu-portland.edu/blog/classroom-resources/teaching-strategies-for-english-teachers/

And poetry helps us know which road to take.

The Road Less Traveled

Popular Poems to Teach

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/anthology/popular-poems-teach

We have to have our memorable characters!

11 Great Book Lists for High School Students

https://www.weareteachers.com/book-lists-for-high-school-students/

Hamlet

Pride and Prejudice

Catcher in the Rye

What Grading for Mastery Looks Like

Grading for Mastery and Redesigning My Gradebook

https://catlintucker.com/2015/08/grading-for-mastery-and-redesigning-my-gradebook/

Mastery Learning and Grading: Changing our Approach to Outcomes and Grades

https://www.emergingedtech.com/2016/04/mastery-learning-grading-changing-outcomes-beyond-flipped-classrom/

Making Mastery Accessible: Building a Mastery-Based Grading Policy

https://www.redesignu.org/sites/default/files/uploads/MMA-%20Building%20a%20Mastery-Based%20Grading%20Policy%20150802.pdf

What is the Difference between Standards-Based Grading (or Reporting) and Competency-Based Education?

https://www.competencyworks.org/analysis/what-is-the-difference-between-standards-based-grading/

Making Mastery Accessible: Building a Mastery-Based Grading Policy

https://www.redesignu.org/sites/default/files/uploads/MMA-%20Building%20a%20Mastery-Based%20Grading%20Policy%20150802.pdf

Standards-based grading “involves measuring students’ proficiency on well-defined course objectives.” (Tomlinson & McTighe, 2006). (Note: Standards-based reporting involves reporting these course objectives rather than letter grades at the end of each grading/reporting period.)

The visual below compares traditional grading with standards-based grading practices.

Traditional Grading System	Standards-Based Grading System
1. Based on assessment methods (quizzes, tests, homework, projects, etc.). One grade/entry is given per assessment.	1. Based on learning goals and performance standards. One grade/entry is given per learning goal.
2. Assessments are based on a percentage system. Criteria for success may be unclear.	2. Standards are criterion or proficiency-based. Criteria and targets are made available to students ahead of time.
3. Use an uncertain mix of assessment, achievement, effort, and behavior to determine the final grade. May use late penalties and extra credit.	3. Measures achievement only OR separates achievement from effort/behavior. No penalties or extra credit given.
4. Everything goes in the grade book – regardless of purpose.	4. Selected assessments (tests, quizzes, projects, etc.) are used for grading purposes.
5. Include every score, regardless of when it was collected. Assessments record the average – not the best – work.	5. Emphasize the most recent evidence of learning when grading.

Adapted from O’Connor K (2002).  How to Grade for Learning: Linking grades to standards (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

3 Peaks and 3 Pits of Standards-Based Grading

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/peaks-pits-standards-based-grading-josh-work

When one school switched from traditional to standards-based grading, they saw positive changes in mindset, assessments, and communication -- but there's still room for improvement.

Educational Links 6/16/18

Homework gap is equivalent of only giving some students textbooks

https://edscoop.com/washington-gov-inslee-broadband-access-homework-gap

Free Google Wi-Fi transforms rural school buses into rolling classrooms

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2018/04/02/google-giving-rural-school-bus-riders-free-wi-fi-homework/476899002/

It's Time to Rethink School Schedules, Report Says

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2017/02/report_its_time_to_rethink_sch.html?cmp=soc-fb-promo-school-schedule&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Facebook+Ad

The Foundation of Self-Reflection

https://www.stanfield.com/blog/2018/06/strategies-activities-teach-self-reflection/

GPAs don’t really show what students learned. Here’s why.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2018/06/15/gpas-dont-really-show-what-students-learned-heres-why/?utm_term=.84fc4f6e66e8

Inside the Mind of a Teacher Who Reads Body Language

http://www.coolcatteacher.com/inside-mind-teacher/

5 Things You Should NEVER Do in the Teaching Profession

http://www.teachhub.com/5-things-you-should-never-do-teaching-profession

For Young Brains, a Storytelling Sweet Spot

https://www.edutopia.org/article/young-brains-storytelling-sweet-spot

Picture books represented a kind of happy medium (pardon the pun), and the researchers concluded that they were “just right.” The combination of spoken words and images gave children just enough scaffolding to understand the story, yielding the richest levels of story comprehension, imagination, and self-reflection.

Beautiful Boy

 

John Lennon and son Sean.

Father's Day June 17.

John Lennon truly had a hard row to hoe and a long way to go before arriving at joy and contentment when his son Sean was born in 1975, on Lennon's own birthday, October 9. Five years later he included this song on his Double Fantasy album, which was released after his murder in 1980. Beautiful, poignant, profound stuff. Life (and death) is what happens while you're busy making other plans.

Beautiful Boy

 Close your eyes

Have no fear
The monster's gone
He's on the run and your daddy's here 
[Chorus:]
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy 
Before you go to sleep
Say a little prayer
Every day in every way
It's getting better and better 
[Chorus] 
Out on the ocean sailing away
I can hardly wait
To see you come of age
But I guess we'll both just have to be patient
'Cause it's a long way to go
A hard row to hoe
Yes it's a long way to go
But in the meantime 
Before you cross the street
Take my hand
Life is what happens to you
While you're busy making other plans 
[Chorus] 
Before you go to sleep
Say a little prayer
Every day in every way
It's getting better and better 
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy
Darling, darling, darling
Darling Sean

This video has some lovely photos of John and Sean.

John Lennon - "Beautiful Boy" 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt3IOdDE5iA

Ideas for Station Rotation (Secondary ELA)

Rotational Models Work for Any Classroom

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2014-06-03-opinion-rotational-models-work-for-any-classroom

Literacy Centers

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/literacy-centers

Station Rotation

https://www.blendedlearning.org/models/

Learning Stations In Secondary ELA Classrooms

http://davidrickert.com/2017/06/06/learning-stations-secondary-ela-classrooms/

THE BLENDED CLASSROOM: A SIMPLE STATION-ROTATION MODEL

http://www.leahcleary.com/2016/03/the-blended-classroom-simple-station.html

Caitlin Tucker's Insights

Create Small Learning Communities with the Station Rotation Model

https://catlintucker.com/2015/07/creating-small-learning-communities-with-the-station-rotation-model/

Station Rotation Model: Grouping Strategies

https://catlintucker.com/2018/03/grouping-strategies/

Station Rotation Model: Alternative Group Formations

https://catlintucker.com/2018/04/srm-alternative-group-formations/

One Stop Differentiated Station Rotation

https://catlintucker.com/2016/03/one-stop-station-rotation/

Inspiration Stations: A Creative Spin on the Station Rotation

https://catlintucker.com/2016/02/inspiration-stations-2/

Free-form Station Rotation Lesson

https://catlintucker.com/2016/01/free-form-station-rotation/

3 Ways to Shake Up The Station Rotation Model

https://catlintucker.com/2016/05/shake-up-station-rotation/

• What is the objective of each station? Will students produce something?
• How much time do students need in each station? How long will they have to transition between stations?
• What materials do they need in each station? How many devices are needed for the online learning stations? Do they need any special programs, apps, or software?
• What will be the cue for them to transition to the next station?
• Will directions be frontloaded, provided in written form at each station, or presented via mini-video tutorial at each station?

Educational Links 6/15/18

How Bibliotherapy Can Help Students Open Up About Their Mental Health

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/50642/how-bibliotherapy-can-help-students-open-up-about-their-mental-health

7 SYMPTOMS OF DYSLEXIA

https://healthyinfodaily.com/7-symptoms-of-dyslexia/?og1=2693d7ce-e1d7-4a8b-b216-631db6f98d42&cid=cid7092&gclid=CjwKCAjwpIjZBRBsEiwA0TN1ryrHsaESx3fYqHLmrTpDUgxb_Brg1ZUpIXhv9EwE9F3hHVxkicXV_BoCJBIQAvD_BwE

7 Real-World Math Strategies

https://www.edutopia.org/article/7-real-world-math-strategies?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Guest Post: Teaching Math To English Language Learners

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2018/06/14/guest-post-teaching-math-to-english-language-learners/

8 WAYS TO MOTIVATE YOUR KIDS

http://www.theedadvocate.org/8-ways-motivate-kids/

6 Books About Learning Every Teacher Should Read

https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/12-books-learning-every-teacher-read/

Building Trust Within a School

http://blog.mimio.com/building-trust-within-a-school

Why does trust matter so much in schools? The answer is complex. Teachers tend to operate in their own classrooms to teach finite sets of students. We know that this isn’t always best for student learning, but it is the defacto manner in which most schools operate. School leaders know that collaboration between teachers helps to improve outcomes. When best practices are shared from classroom to classroom, teachers improve and so does student learning. But this isn’t natural for most teachers—and this is why trust is so critical.

Daddy, Daddy, Come Play!

Precious Cargo by Kim Roberti

Father's Day is June 16.

Having a positive relationship with Dad can really influence a young girl's whole life

http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/821928/the-importance-of-the-father-daughter-relationship

Ideas for Writers' Workshop

Creating a Writers' Workshop in a Secondary Classroom

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/creating-writers-workshop-secondary-classroom-shelby-scoffield

With the station rotation model, secondary students can focus on language arts skills such as analysis, structure, and academic writing while improving their overall writing quality.

The Writing Corner: How To Do Writing Workshop With Your Classes

https://teach.com/blog/how-to-do-writing-workshop-with-your-classes/

Writing workshops take some preparation and they definitely don’t run themselves, but when you see the quality of writing that your students produce as a result of them, you won’t regret the decision to take a risk and try something new.

Mini- Lesson Approach

Welcome to Writer's Workshop

https://www.ttms.org/PDFs/05%20Writers%20Workshop%20v001%20(Full).pdf

A Pen And A Process: Writing Process In The Secondary Classroom

http://www.shannapeeples.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/A-Pen-And-A-Process.pdf

Educational Links 6/14/18

12 Strong Strategies for Effectively Teaching Critical Thinking Skills

https://globaldigitalcitizen.org/12-strategies-teaching-critical-thinking-skills

Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2018/06/13/classroom-instruction-resources-of-the-week-188/

ISTE's updated computer science standards will reflect a 'new era' of the discipline

https://edscoop.com/computer-science-standards-iste-code-org

Can Classrooms Become Mixed Reality Rooms?

http://edtechreview.in/trends-insights/trends/3218-can-classrooms-become-mixed-reality-rooms

The Difference Between ADHD and Autism

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/add-adhd/the-difference-between-adhd-and-autism?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

Teacher to Parent - A child must be a willing participant in his own education

https://www.moultrienews.com/opinion/teacher-to-parent---a-child-must-be-a/article_d6f11c06-698a-11e8-b017-53c8296979a0.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share

How Your Emotions and Moods Impact Students in Your Classroom

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/student-centric-strategies/4749-how-your-emotions-and-moods-impact-students-in-your-classroom

Our emotions impact our connections with the students in our classrooms. What do we need to know to manage our feelings and moods well?

A Classroom Book Club Sounds Like Fun

HOW TO RUN A BOOK CLUB IN YOUR CLASSROOM (PART 1): THE BEST FORM OF CHOICE READING

http://www.readingandwritinghaven.com/run-book-club-classroom-best-form-choice-reading/

BOOK CLUB (PART 2): ESTABLISHING EXPECTATIONS AND CREATING A SCHEDULE

http://www.readingandwritinghaven.com/book-club-establishing-expectations-creating-schedule/

Book Club in the Classroom: 10 Tips for Success

http://cpet.tc.columbia.edu/one-book-book-club/book-club-in-the-classroom-10-tips-for-success

Your guide to starting a book club in your school

https://educationblog.oup.com/primary/your-guide-to-starting-a-book-club-in-your-school

Flexible Seating and Student-Centered Classroom Redesign

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/flexible-seating-student-centered-classroom-kayla-delzer

I want to sit on an emoji!

Father, You Are The Bee's Knees

Theodore Roosevelt and Family 1900

Seriously. And also the cat's whiskers.
Father's Day June 16.

The Family Man

http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/site/c.elKSIdOWIiJ8H/b.8344383/k.8F18/The_Family_Man.htm

Educational Links 6/13/18

6 Signs You’re Creating Confident Students

https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/5-signs-your-students-are-growing-more-confident/

“Best” Lists Of The Week: Active Citizenship

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2018/06/12/best-lists-of-the-week-active-citizenship/

10 Assessments You Can Perform In 90 Seconds

https://wegrowteachers.com/10-assessments-can-perform-90-seconds/

If You Want to Create Polite Digital Citizens...

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2018/06/stop-doing-these-things-if-you-want-to.html#.WyCgXEgvzGJ

Total Physical Response Vocabulary

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/total-physical-response-vocabulary

Will Anything Solve My Child’s ODD?

https://www.additudemag.com/oppositional-behavior-odd-disorder/

How to Motivate Students: Designing Effective Instruction

http://www.teachhub.com/how-motivate-students-designing-effective-instruction

Teaching and learning how to motivate students is not a one-sided affair. It is the partnership between instructor and pupil that mediates the effectiveness of various teaching techniques. When students are engaged in class, learning and achievement rises. Unmotivated students can drown a quality lesson in a sea of apathy. 

Mzt's Ed Tech Cafe: Fact-Checking Resources

Top 10 sites to help students check their facts

https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=916

Help Your Students Fact-Check the Web Like Professionals

https://www.commonsense.org/education/node/4529191

8 SITES AND RESOURCES THAT HELP STUDENTS CHECK THEIR FACTS

http://www.thetechedvocate.org/8-sites-resources-help-students-check-facts/

The Pedagogy of Fake News: A Four-Part Critical Thinking Exercise for Upper Elementary Students

https://www.edutopia.org/discussion/pedagogy-fake-news-four-part-critical-thinking-exercise-upper-elementary-students

How About These Reading Lists?

Popular 7th Grade Reading List Books

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/7th-grade-reading-list

Classical Literature Reading List Sixth Through Eighth Grade

http://www.concordchristian.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ReadingList6to8.pdf

ELA COMMON CORE READING LIST GRADES 6 -9

https://www.cusd80.com/cms/lib/AZ01001175/Centricity/Domain/1475/ELA%20Common%20Core%20Reading%20List.pdf

Books for Grades 6-8

https://www.cusd80.com/cms/lib/AZ01001175/Centricity/Domain/1475/ELA%20Common%20Core%20Reading%20List.pdf

Recommended Literature List

https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/rl/

Educational Links 6/12/18

The Perils Of Pushing Kids Too Hard, And How Parents Can Learn To Back Off

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/51405/the-perils-of-pushing-kids-too-hard-and-how-parents-can-learn-to-back-off?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Assess and Plan with Exit Tickets

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/teacher-assessment-strategy

5 Ways You May be Sabotaging Your Classroom Management

http://www.teachhub.com/5-ways-you-may-be-sabotaging-your-classroom-management

Rejuvenating Online Discussions

https://www.facultyfocus.com/resources/online-learning/teaching-strategies-and-techniques-online-learning/rejuvenating-online-discussions/

Should taxpayers and schools invest in ‘growth mindset’ programs?

http://hechingerreport.org/should-taxpayers-and-schools-invest-in-growth-mindset-programs/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HechingerReport+%28Hechinger+Report%29

Building Your Child's Flexible And Creative Thinking

https://www.parenttoolkit.com/social-and-emotional-development/news/self-awareness/building-your-child-s-flexible-and-creative-thinking

How Smart Phones Are Causing Kids to Experience ‘Altered Childhoods’

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2018/06/how-smart-phones-are-causing-kids-to.html

“Is the kid getting enough sleep? Exercise? Actual face time with friends and family? Is homework getting done? These are the questions you need to ask. Any kind of compulsive activity, whether it be gambling or internet use, really boils down to the displacement of other things. What’s not happening if this is happening? It’s hard to make a case for addiction if the kid is getting everything else done.”