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I love learning menus, and it is one of my favorite ways to incorporate student choice and to differentiate learning. And with digital tools like G Suite for Education, it's super easy to make menus interactive, digital, and more dynamic! Digital Differentiation offers teachers and students many ways to reach all learners.
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While I am one of the BIGGEST proponents for using technology in the class, I have noticed that kids are not as social as they used to be when it comes to simple things like playing games together. My son, who is autistic, can play by himself on computers, iPads, and his Nintendo DS.…
Looking for engaging grammar lessons? Engagement involves active learning, social interaction, connections, and student interest. Start here!
If you struggle with classroom management no matter how many different strategies you try, there's a chance you're doing something to get in your own way.
Simulation is used to view transcription and translation and then edit DNA to show how mutations (silent, frameshift, point) affect the protein produced.
This year, I teaching combining like terms really early with my 7th graders. (Normally, we get to it towards the end of the year.) It...
This blog post was so popular that I turned it into a book: 102 Little Drawings That Will Help You Remember English Rules FOREVER (Probably). It's available as an eBook and paperback. Click here to
This is my first time linking up with Deb at Crafting Connections for her Anchors Away Monday. Last week I started a new chapter on Addition and Subtraction with Rational Numbers. The first lesson we did was using a number line to model addition of integers. My students did not remember absolute value from 6th grade at all so I ended up making this anchor chart for students to refer to. They need to understand absolute value as they create a rule for addition of integers. Not too shabby for my first anchor chart. Hopefully I will have many more to share with you this year. Absolute Value Anchor Chart
Every language teacher knows that speaking is a core skill to teach and practice, but sometimes it can be challenging coming up with creative or engaging ESL speaking activities and games.
Are you looking for a way to teach facts vs opinions in media and literature? These four activities provide hands-on experience using newspapers and other forms of media.
Students identify the subject complement in this worksheet. The worksheet is ideal for middle school grades. Click here to download or print!
A new feature on the Empirical blog will be frequent writing tips that relate to commonly misused words, grammar, sentence structure, and some creative writing ideas. These lessons are drawn from the wealth of experience of the Empirical staff, as well as the robust and endless information available on the internet. To make sure you get the opportunity to read these posts, then be sure to follow the blog and like us on Facebook. To start us off, here are 5 commonly misused words: Advice/advise Difference between whether you are using a noun or a verb A fellow student asked for my advice about how to study for the sociology final. I will advise my friend on how to best approach the sociology final. Allusion/illusion Both are nouns, but are different in terms of context Your allusion that I have might have failed this class is incorrect. The illusion that it is impossible to pass this class is quite false. Cite/site/sight The difference is whether it is being used as a noun or a verb I cited many prestigious researchers in my thesis. Room 211 will be the site of my thesis defense. It was quite a sight to see how happy I was to receive my Master’s degree. Conscience/conscious One is a noun and one is an adjective It was a conscious choice to apply to graduate school. My conscience would not allow me to cheat on the exam. Council/counsel Both can be used as nouns The council was tasked with deciding on the budget. I gave counsel to a good friend of mine during a trying time. I counseled a friend of mine on how to cope with the loss of her beloved dog.
Check for Comprehension in Language classes– learn how to make sure your students are actually understanding you when you speak the target language in class!
I was making decent progress on a novel I had been working on. It’s got a solid outline mapping out a few of the major characters arcs and the overlying plot. But a little over a third of the…
Are you teaching Romeo and Juliet? Here's why you should start with the balcony scene instead of reading the play from the beginning.
This is a fun 8 1/2 x 11 sign that says: CAUTION: Exposure to music may cause sudden outbursts of joy, happiness, energy, creativity, awareness, increased talent and extreme amounts of fun. PLAY at your own risk.
Students who meet the ISTE Standards for Students are able to critically select, evaluate and synthesize digital resources. Use this infographic to help them understand the difference between real & fake news.
Via Pinterest ontdekte ik deze ‘magische’ infografiek over hoe je plagiaat kunt vermijden.
Dystopian fiction is popular with our students - so it's perfect for book clubs or literature circles. Here's a list of books students love!
Utah has now implemented mandatory SLO's for every teacher, and I have been working on my Student Learning Goals and pre-assessments. I have to choose 2 learning goals to complete with my students this year. For my first one, I am going to do the same goal that I did last year - the rhythm SLO for a beginning class. It worked well for me last year and it was pretty easy to execute. I wrote a post about it HERE and posted the final assessment HERE. For my 2nd SLO, I will be teaching shifting. As my students get more advanced, I really want them to be comfortable in other positions so that we can explore more difficult repertoire. I have already started teaching my 2nd year students how to shift, and so far it is going great - they are doing so well! I used to be afraid to teach shifting in a classroom setting because of scary intonation, but I have found some ways to teach shifting to make it very non-threatening and easy...but this post is about my SLO - so maybe more on that later. I just created a pre-assessment for a shifting SLO. You can purchase and download the 9 page file HERE - but here are some sample pages if you just want to get some ideas:
A song about drinking and gambling from the 13th century.
Make a daily habit of starting every ELA class with a poem—they’re short and intense, connect to other reading, and inspire student writing.
Set ACTFL-aligned Performance targets to assess your language students in the Interpersonal, Interpretive, and Presentational modes.
Get students hands on and confident with these 11 surface area math activities.
Kingdoms of Life K = Kingdom There are 6 Kingdoms of Life There used to be 5 Kingdoms. K. Monera was divided into 2 kingdoms: K. Archaebacteria is single cell organisms that live in extreme environments. They have no nuclei. They live in extreme temperatures like in hot springs, geysers, and even glaciers. K. Eubacteria is single cell organisms that live in more normal environments... like on your skin, in yogurt, even in your gut. Only 1/2 of 1% of Eubacteria are the kind of bacteria that can make you sick. Antibiotics kill bacteria. Both forms of bacteria reproduce by binary fission...they split or divide in half. K. Protista has single cell organisms and multicellular organisms. Single cell Protists are like paramecium and amoeba...both are found in pond water and some are plankton. Protista has cells with a nucleus in each cell. Multicellular protists are plant-like things like kelp (seaweed). K. Protista reproduces by mitosis. Mitosis is how cells with a nucleus divide to reproduce. K. Fungi is multicellular organisms that often live on dead and decaying matter. They often have many nuclei in each cell. They include: mushrooms, toadstools, mildew, and some can be infections like athlete's foot. Fungi have long thin hypha. Think "refrigerator surprise." Fungi reproduce by spores. K. Plantae is plants. Plants make their own food by photosynthesis using chlorophyll, sunlight, water, & carbon dioxide. In photosynthesis the plant cells take in carbon dioxide and give off oxygen. Little green organelles called chloroplasts, inside plant cells, are where photosynthesis takes place. So plants don't need to eat. Plant cells have one nucleus in each cell. Plants do not have a brain and nervous system nor a muscular system so plants can't move about independently. Most plants reproduce by sexual reproduction (pollen cells fertilize the eggs found in the flowers). Examples of plants are trees, grass, bushes, herbs or weeds, and flowers. K. Animalia is the animals. Animals need to eat. They also need to drink water. Animals DO have a brain, nervous system & a muscular system so most animals CAN move about independently. Animals take in oxygen and give off carbon dioxide. Most animals reproduce by sexual reproduction, so it takes both a male and female to create offspring. Animal cells have one nucleus in each cell. Examples of members of K. Animalia are fish, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, etc. Humans are members of K. Animalia. Here is an easy way to look at this information: The above "6 Kingdoms Study Guide" vsiual aide is available to print on Free Printable Downloads . . . the top button on this blog.
Learn how to develop a manly voice with these easy tips.
