Educational Links 6/23/19

One Thing You Must Ask Yourself Before Next School Year

https://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2019/06/22/one-thing-next-school-year/?fbclid=IwAR15kFtmsa5Bkzxzx3LmBL_LCtnFkTVrdt2nENjCHMnWSOWk7NWN_En5bqg

7 HOT EDTECH TOPICS

https://www.coolcatteacher.com/7-hot-edtech-topics-iste19-notatiste19/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork&fbclid=IwAR2pqaIBG49zkbpHxfjAztCIVJ0ZoOxFm3RPwtJAjOgr_Ds_V0jK3pgPBxE

Schools are rethinking classroom design to encourage collaboration, creativity

https://hechingerreport.org/schools-are-rethinking-classroom-design-to-encourage-collaboration-creativity/?fbclid=IwAR0h2n-iC-MENM3sa22NEIwZpPvDB8QkaILdvdUgEYxgPCiPTuc0Vl77Vjo

15 Reasons Why You Should Try NaNoWriMo With Your Students

https://kmburrows.com/2019/05/12/15-reasons-why-you-should-try-nanowrimo-with-your-students/?fbclid=IwAR1ou8kK2yUWr4C_9hxzNCCYHD-OM64ELlGfeCn1A4ufxxWEUnGoIGwDK3Y

Alexa, Tell Us What You Think of Voice-Activated Learning in K-12

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2019/06/alexa-google-smart-speakers-classrooms.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB&fbclid=IwAR3Nz32Rp1nmUCI-knZXyQUnB7BTHjBi1Wlec_PVdU4iPvvbKOI-VkZxYEQ

Why Standardized Tests Aren't Working for Teachers or Students

https://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2019/06/19/why-standardized-tests-arent-working-for-teachers.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB&fbclid=IwAR32m6KmeAMIGu2nLKgc0RDftXaZjbWe1Aseo6t9m22GCnH6jNzqAi02Ahg

Many of us in education have deep misgivings about the role standardized tests play in our schools. As a principal, I’ve had a front-row seat to incidents that illustrate why we should be seriously concerned.

Teaching Is Using Proximity

 

How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom

Read more: How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_7867331_use-proximity-manage-classroom.html#ixzz2DTGK9Yaw

How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom

Read more: How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_7867331_use-proximity-manage-classroom.html#ixzz2DTGK9Yaw

1. Effective Room Arrangement

http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/jones/jones001.shtml 

2. The Effectiveness of Teacher Proximity as an Initial Technique of Helping Pupils Control Their Behavior.

http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ313879&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=EJ313879 

3. Quick & Effective Teaching Strategies: Proximity Control

http://effectiveteachingstrategies.com/quick-effective-teaching-strategies-proximity-control/ 

How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom

Read more: How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_7867331_use-proximity-manage-classroom.html#ixzz2DTGK9Yaw

4. Proximity & Modality

http://edu518top10.weebly.com/proximity-amp-modality.html 

5. Suggested Classroom Interventions For Children With ADD & Learning Disabilities

http://childdevelopmentinfo.com/learning/teacher.shtml 

6.  How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom

http://www.ehow.com/how_7867331_use-proximity-manage-classroom.html 

7.  Proximity and Mobility

http://pattersonandmcmillan.weebly.com/proximity-and-mobility.html 

Read more: How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_7867331_use-proximity-manage-classroom.html#ixzz2DTGK9Yaw

How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom

Read more: How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_7867331_use-proximity-manage-classroom.html#ixzz2DTGK9Yaw

Proximity to help during guided practice!

 

Teaching Is Reflective

A Mid-Year Reflection for Teachers and Students 

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/mid-year-reflection-teachers-students-maurice-elias 

The Reflective Teacher: Taking a Long Look

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/reflective-teacher-taking-long-look-nicholas-provenzano 

Reflecting on Reflection: A Habit of Mind

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/reflecting-on-reflection-habit-of-mind-terry-heick 

Reflective Teaching: A 30-Day Blogging Challenge For Teachers

http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/reflective-teaching-30-day-blogging-challenge-teachers/ 

Are You A Reflective Teacher?

Are You A Reflective Teacher?

http://www.www.teachthought.com/teaching/reflectiveteacher/ 

10 Ways To Be A More Reflective Teacher

10 Ways To Be A More Relective Teacher

10 Ways To Be A More Reflective Teacher

 http://w.teachthought.com/teaching/reflective-teacher-reflective-teaching/

7 Great Resources for Reflective Teachers

http://www.edudemic.com/reflective-tips/ 

Reflection: What Makes Learning Stick

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/05/reflection-what-makes-learning-stick/ 

Teaching Is Collaborating Until You're A Team

1. The Benefits of Teacher Collaboration

http://www.districtadministration.com/article/benefits-teacher-collaboration 

2. Teacher Collaboration Gives Schools Better Results

http://www.psmag.com/education/teacher-collaboration-gives-schools-better-results-34270/ 

3. Making Time for Teacher Collaboration Is Crucial

 http://www.edutopia.org/teacher-collaboration-crucial

All this in 30 minutes after school.

4. Maximizing the Impact of Teacher Collaboration 

http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Maximizing_Impact/ 

5. 5 Ways to Get More Out of Teacher-to-Teacher Collaboration 

http://www.weareteachers.com/community/weareteachers-blog/blog-wat/2012/04/24/5-ways-to-get-more-out-of-teacher-to-teacher-collaboration 

6. The Benefits of Teacher Collaboration

http://currikiblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/the-benefits-of-teacher-collaboration/ 

7. 5 Ways to Get More Out of Teacher-to-Teacher Collaboration 

http://www.weareteachers.com/community/weareteachers-blog/blog-wat/2012/04/24/5-ways-to-get-more-out-of-teacher-to-teacher-collaboration 

Must be high school teachers collab team, only three women.

 

Teaching Is Having With-It-Ness

1. Teacher Withitness

http://rossieronline.usc.edu/teacher-withitness/ 

2. Withitness...what does it mean?

http://www.withitness.com/ 

3. Withitness in the Classroom 

http://www.education.com/reference/article/using-xray-vision-substitute-teacher/ 

4.  “Withitness”: Being Aware of What’s Going on in the Classroom

http://www.aaeteachers.org/index.php/blog/764-withitness-being-aware-of-whats-going-on-in-the-classroom 

5. The Kounin Model of Discipline

http://www.teachermatters.com/classroom-discipline/models-of-discipline/the-kounin-model.html 

6. Teacher Engagement and "Withitness" in the 21st Century Classroom 

http://cfrehlichteach.blogspot.com/2012/01/teacher-engagement-and-withitness-in.html 

Great video--relieve some stress!

7. With-it-ness 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7iRglS9Vik 

Teaching Is Being Consistent

1. Teacher tips: How to be flexible and still enforce consistent classroom discipline 

http://www.helium.com/items/700569-teacher-tips-how-to-be-flexible-and-still-enforce-consistent-classroom 

2. The Success of a Culture of Consistency

http://teachers.net/wong/MAY10/ 

3. "No" Means "No":
The Importance of Consistency

http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/jones/jones029.shtml 

4. Top 6 Keys to Being a Successful Teacher

http://712educators.about.com/od/teachingstrategies/tp/sixkeys.htm 

5. Excellent teacher traits: Impartiality 

http://www.helium.com/items/2156101-impartiality-in-teaching-fair-teachers 

6. Teaching tips: The importance of fairness in the classroom 

http://www.helium.com/items/697046-teaching-tips-the-importance-of-fairness-in-the-classroom 

7. Classroom Routines

Managing a happy classroom

http://specialed.about.com/od/classroommanagement/a/ClassroomRoutines.htm 

8. 5 Smart Ways to Handle Teacher Troubles 

http://www.parenting.com/article/5-smart-ways-to-handle-teacher-troubles 

9. Why Playing Favorites Is Bad For Classroom Management

http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2011/10/29/teacher-favoritism-is-bad-for-classroom-management/

Educational Links 6/22/19

Can 360-Degree Feedback Empower Students and Teachers?

https://www.edutopia.org/article/can-360-degree-feedback-empower-students-and-teachers

A Teacher's Case Against Summer Vacation

https://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2014/07/08/fp-evans-summervacation.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB&fbclid=IwAR1CriVvOj0uHhyjyRNN3C3vzlRcmDXfpQzWPkwPimjMbbj5BHTA9P1rTxQ

12 tools for courage and SEL in the classroom

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2019/06/03/tools-sel-in-the-classroom/?utm_content=buffer3355a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR2Y2bjeVMjRwAEUuWmgkytMEJUjeTmz5bCcPN8VmVbX-qT4Q4w_k2Grr3U

10 Educational Google Drive You Can Use Using Chrome Apps

https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2019/06/10-educational-google-drive-activities.html?fbclid=IwAR0fT3XfjA82Tkg3FiOs60m9BzO2W90ykOefvT795EkVupdPYMLpL1_ZWs4

How ADHD’s Executive Dysfunctions Impact Behavior

https://www.additudemag.com/my-child-is-rude-defiance-adhd-social-challenges/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=parent&fbclid=IwAR3Vw6B540LKDLDLoPSDt3M51oPt1Y0LpI7U5vXsa6qUUWoX_bm4VlZNIG0

INTERESTING VIDEO ON LOSS AVERSION & GOAL-SETTING

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2019/06/21/interesting-video-on-loss-aversion-goal-setting/?fbclid=IwAR2YGa7bBAo1PirAVgbUvZ4T-pRD75jL2eI99Pznnkvox9W14eTq_gcxctk

5 Social-Emotional Learning Games to Play With Your Child

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/learning-at-home/games-skillbuilders/social-emotional-activities-for-children?fbclid=IwAR12zzmoxRS0wI2vdgIAXODGC_EXFQPynusXXUXh7zmv7ILVsr5jkmNEEdc

Here are a handful of social-emotional learning activities that can help your child manage emotions and work on social skills—and have some fun with you along the way. These social-emotional learning games are very low-tech. And all are designed to fit easily into your daily routines.

A Writing Prompt to Really Get To Know Your Students

"Three Things I Want You To Know About Me."

I came up with this prompt while teaching high school, but it works with younger kids, too. It gives the students a choice of what to comment on, and allows them to use their own voice to tell it like it feels. You may learn a lot about music, sports, and their dog; but sometimes you will also learn about very serious topics like family crisis or illness. And at times the school can help the families. But you will know the students better, especially if you actually read the essays and comment on them. The kids feel very validated, and more willing to write the remainder of the year no matter what the topic.

Jim Abbott of the Yankees, pitching a no-hitter.

I especially enjoyed when the students shared their dreams for their future. You would be amazed how many major league baseball players (of the future) were in my seventh grade classes. Far be it from me to say otherwise. Who knows, anyway? If Jim Abbott, who had only one hand due to a birth defect, became a major league pitcher, shouldn't I be like his grown-ups and be filled with encouragement for kids' dreams?

Suggestions: How to Direct Students Writing Research Papers

How to Write a Research Paper in 11 Steps

http://student-tutor.com/blog/how-to-write-a-research-paper-in-11-steps/

Scaffolding Methods for Research Paper Writing

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/scaffolding-methods-research-paper-1155.html

Teacher Guide for Teaching Research

https://assets.cengage.com/gale/tlist/additional/questia_teachers-guide.pdf

Students As Authentic Researchers: A New Prescription for the High School Research Assignment

http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslpubsandjournals/slr/vol2/SLMR_AuthenticResearchers_V2.pdf

Sample Guideline Research Paper: English 10

https://www.murrieta.k12.ca.us/cms/lib5/ca01000508/centricity/domain/1698/sophomore_research_packet.pdf

Sample Guideline RESEARCH PAPER: English 10

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Sample Eleventh Grade Research Writing Student Handbook

https://www.pwcs.edu/common/pages/DisplayFile.aspx?itemId=612821

Sample MLA Formatted Paper

https://depts.washington.edu/owrc/Handouts/Hacker-Sample%20MLA%20Formatted%20Paper.pdf\

And here is great input from our friends.

How to Make Writing Research Papers Relevant for Students

https://www.edutopia.org/research-papers-relevant-rigorous

8 Reasons Why Students Should Still Write Research Papers

https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/8-reasons-why-students-should-still-write-research-papers/

And never forget to encourage your student writers that they are well able to discover information and brilliantly express important ideas in clarity with confidence. Write on!

Educational Links 6/21/19

3 Ways to Build Student Agency into Your Lessons

https://catlintucker.com/2019/06/3-ways-to-build-student-agency-into-your-lessons/?fbclid=IwAR2oQ2DgYw6bu-32LoNStY8x7Jxp52C-RYgRKBSeN8t-UzDZ-cZq1cospm0

5 WAYS TO CUSTOMIZE YOUR TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THIS SUMMER

https://www.coolcatteacher.com/5-ways-to-customize-your-teacher-professional-development-this-summer/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork&fbclid=IwAR0cUNWV7YPQra75lOL6stmvlER_hIqcVS0I6_9Q22FhZ0n1vr9ghHFgGDI

High-quality teachers significantly boost student attendance

https://www.educationdive.com/news/high-quality-teachers-significantly-boost-student-attendance/557241/?fbclid=IwAR1H9JIm1IcbxYK6WCNf4NR0jKAV9e2JC6KWOq5m3EWUjYJgSx4Pd3yiKjc

'Principals Shouldn't Be Lonely'

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2019/06/response_principals_shouldnt_be_lonely.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB&fbclid=IwAR3HtTzUzdRF2HhwlBB_gGwzm3gnXU9s7BKn9588LvVab0VakNW1lK7dBT4

Six Steps Toward Fair and Accurate Grading

https://www.middleweb.com/40472/six-baby-steps-toward-fair-and-valid-grading/?fbclid=IwAR2g5GNoSu6wjxRr-56CsdRXoXrrhoO76Y9le7aZOm8tB2uY9ujWPEt6d3E

Restoring Children’s Play: Overcoming Parental Fears

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedom-learn/201906/restoring-children-s-play-overcoming-parental-fears?fbclid=IwAR1ltIjaqoE2EYVa56LylcjWZaNMS31Pe7A61yU7L5mNWND97bV78uVh3YQ

Children are designed, by nature, to spend hours per day playing with other children, independently of adults.  In such play they practice all sorts of physical and mental skills; discover and pursue their passions; and learn how to create their own activities, solve their own problems, get along with peers, and control their emotions and impulses. Depriving children of independent play inflicts serious harm on them. 

Well Rounded Summer Resources: Reading, Art, STEM, Nature

Parks and Recreation Centers have great outdoor activities, too.

With a school break, there is time to read, do arts and crafts, hang around outside checking out nature--summertime, what a great gift. (And just for a little while of relaxing math, don't forget

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/

NATURE 

Backyard Birdin

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birding/ 

Nature Activities & Nature Experiments

http://www.education.com/activity/nature-activities/ 

eButterfly
http://www.e-butterfly.org/contents/?portal=ebutterfly 

Bumble Bee Watch

http://bumblebeewatch.org/ 

Project Budburst

http://budburst.org/ 

Birding Tips for Families

http://education.audubon.org/birding-tips-families 

Community Collaborative Rain , Hail, and Snow

http://www.cocorahs.org/ 

eBird

http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ 

Outdoor Activities:Taking Science Outside

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/outdoor-activitiestaking-science-outside 

Birding with Children

http://www.birdwatching.com/tips/kids_birding.html 

    

The sky is cheap entertainment.

SUMMERTIME: ONLINE AND OUTSIDE

Kids Astronomy

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/index.htmature-activities/

Nature Activities & Nature Experiments

http://www.education.com/activity/nature-activities/

Community Collaborative Rain , Hail, and Snow

http://www.cocorahs.org/ 

eBird

http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ 

Outdoor Activities:Taking Science Outside

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/outdoor-activitiestaking-science-outside 

SCIENCE AT HOME

Flowers, like these verbena in my yard, will cross-pollinate creating blended colors. How cool is that?

Kids can also identify insects and their habitats, which is important for safety reasons. The critters become like family, and kids learn to respect their lives in the garden, rather then hunt and squish them.

Mojave lizard, eater of Black Widow Spiders. Bon appetit, dude.

Knowing native plants and birds, how to use water wisely. Kids are easily recruited from an early age to be assistant gardeners and landscapers. 

Checking out the weather by looking at the sky, feeling the humidity, temperature, and the wind patterns are also safety points. Plus, chatting about the weather is just a necessary social skill globally.

And realistically, the sky is cheap entertainment.

  1. Go on a Backyard Botany Hunt

 http://www.education.com/activity/article/Backyard_Botany_fifth/

2. What’s Up in the Sky this Month 
 http://liebacklookup.com/whats-up-in-the-sky-this-month/ 

3. Weather Wiz Kids

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/ 

4. Summer Science Projects

 http://www.hometrainingtools.com/summer-science-projects/a/1406/

5. Summer Birding Tips

http://birding.about.com/od/birdingbasics/a/summerbirdingtips.htm

ARTS AND CRAFTS

I want to make some chalk!

More time, more art! It's summer!

This site is great for little kids on up.

 http://crafts.kaboose.com/holidays/seasons/summer/

This site has listed a number of other sites with links.

One of a kind tie dye.

Got my backpack, let's go on a picnic.

http://thelongthread.com/?p=4054










Fun sewing will teach kids about needle and thread and maybe buttons. This site has more than this one project, but this looked the cutest to me.



http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/crafts-by-type/sewing-fabric-projects/sewing-projects/backpack-shirt-922871/

More sewing. Lots of choices.

Its a softie!

http://www.skiptomylou.org/2011/06/21/sewing-with-kids-craft-camp/ 
This is just the beginning of a creative summer. 
READING 

This is Scholastic's program online. Looks like fun.

http://www.scholastic.com/summer/

Make a deal with the bookstore.


Barnes & Noble Summer Readinghttp://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/summer-reading/379003570

 This is sponsored free by Sylvan. Looks like fun! (Do I keep saying that? I guess I think reading is fun!)

Best sellers for kids of the last 100 years.

http://www.bookadventure.com/Home.aspx

This would be worth some research. And Chuck E. Cheese, too.
  

A List of Summer Reading Programs for Kids That Give Free Books, Money and More

http://freebies.about.com/od/familyfreestuff/tp/summer-reading.htm

Have a Do-It-Yourself with your kids' friends. Sounds like fun to me (doh! I said it again.)
I used to have a reading party with my tutoring students at the end of the summer--we'd dress up as favorite characters. Not too original, but really cool since they kids had just fallen in love with reading for the first time.