A brief daily sharing exercise can help young students build a sense of community and the confidence to participate in class.
I know I seem to say this about every math concept I blog about but I LOVE FRACTIONS. Well, the first grade version of fractions :) ...
Helpful tips to running a successful Llt Circle in a secondary ELA classroom.
Are you looking for ways to encourage the love of reading in your secondary ELA classroom? Consider trying literature circles for big kids. Click through to get my blueprint for how to use literature circles in middle and high school ELA classes.
It’s impossible to share the Gospel without talking about “sin” but that word is taboo in secular social circles in America today – and even in many churches
Inside outside circle is a great cooperative learning strategy for sharing student writing, opinions, or answering short questions. Students love it!
In the middle of the journey of our life, I came to myself, in a dark wood...
Inside Outside Circles is a Kagan structure that I first learned how to use in my Methods course. Each Kagan structure establishes a way for students to find someone to talk to and a way for them to talk about something. In the case of Inside Outside Circles, students are paired up with a series…
Creating/Improv. Listen/Analyze • Skip/walk/hop beat while singing • All known rhythms • Measure • Barline • Pitch • Staff • Tonal center • Pentatonic Scale • self vs. shared space • levels • walk & jogging • Traveling vs. stationary • Pathway • Circle vs. line • Self vs. shared space • Levels • Walk & jogging • Traveling vs. stationary • Pathway • Mallet technique (pinch/grab) • Skip/walk/hop/etc to beat • Alternation of hands Pitch
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Circles and Angles As I started to sort through the year and clean out, I found a sample of the circle foldable that I made with the kids. Years ago at Lakeshore Learning, I came across this really cool white construction paper cut in perfect circles ($4? for 100). It was in the preschool section (I just like to play there once in a while), and it was for something called a Spin and Draw. Apparently, you have something like a Lazy Susan and put the circle cut paper on top of it with a magnet to hold it down, and then give a 3 year old paint. Yeah, not happening in my classroom. But the paper was so cool, that I figured I could use it for something. Over the years I have used it for various foldables about clouds and the water cycle, but a few years ago I got really creative and decided to use it for CIRCLES...I am obviously a genius. It changes every time I do, but these are the basics. Circle/Angles Foldable After discussing how many degrees are in a circle, demonstrate folding it in half - point out that it looks like a protractor - 180 degrees. Then have them open it up and refold it so that they it is in fourths. At this point I make them open it up all the way and tell me how many degrees are in a complete circle. Then I have them fold it in half and tell me how many degrees are in a half circle, and remind them that now it looks like a protractor. Some years I only do this once, and other years we spend a lot of time emphasizing the full/half/fourth circle thing - it just depends. Once I have beat the circle thing into the ground, I have them fold it in half and use a highlighter along the bottom of the half. This starts the introduction for supplementary angles. Then we fold it in fourths, highlight the edges, and introduce complementary angles. This year, we went right into vertical angles. Last year, we did 2 circle foldables - one just for the complementary and supplementary with vertical angles on the flipside, and one with the area with circumference on the flipside. This year on the flipside, we did diameter, radius, area, and circumference. Keep an eye out for Spin and Draw art paper! Sure you could cut out the circles, but WHY when you can get it pre-cut for a reasonable price? Plus, the paper comes shrink-wrapped around a sturdy cardboard circle - perfect for the kids to use if they need to trace circles for some other project. I usually buy two or three packages a year and share with my colleagues. I put them in the paper cupboard where the kids see them all year. It teases them all year and they try to figure out what we are going to do with it. If you have any questions, please ask! I didn't want to go into too many details and preach to the choir:) This is one of those foldables that can change and go with the flow. It does not have to be the same every year - your kids are not the same every year.
Space and the Hydrogen Age By Walter Russell Walter Russell: musician, painter, sculptor, architectural designer, philosopher, and natural scientist; Walter Russell dropped ou…
Celebrating Think-Pair-Share, the Little Strategy That Could, and sharing some best practices for making it work for you.
Leave your count in the comment section. In the picture you will see some circles with a common center point. Can you count all the circles in the picture? Share it with your friends on WhatsApp and Facebook.
Teach children about privacy and strangers. Who do you share information with? Kids learn impulse control & social norms with our privacy circle activity!
Sinek's Golden Circle model explains how leaders inspire cooperation, trust and change if they 'start with why' value proposition as a theory
I warned you that I have been full of ideas lately so hear goes ANOTHER post with a NEW idea! And I will give credit because the basic idea for this came from my lovely new math friends at Kirby Middle School. As I was walking around and ideas were floating about various ways to ... Read more
Identity Circles (also known as Identity Cards or Value Circles) is a deeper get-to-know-you game, in which players share how they prioritize their most important values to others as they rotate around a circle.
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The Sun is a Generator - The Planets are Regenerators. Planets Charge from Solar Discharge. The regenerating portions of the planets turn ever toward the sun. The discharging portions turn ever away from the sun. Charge and discharge are continuous, therefore rotation must be continuous. During the Youth of a Planet its Genero-Active, Centripetal Preponderance Causes it to Contract. It then Charges. After Maturity Its Radio-Active Preponderance Causes it to Expand. It tTen Discharges.
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January is rolling along and my kids (both my school and actual kids) are finally readjusted to our routine after winter break. While in real life, I find January-March the three most difficult months to
Short stories and poetry are great, but it's usually a novel that fosters a true love for reading in the English classroom.This #2ndaryELA Twitter chat was all about teaching novels. Middle school and high school English Language Arts teachers discussed the novels they use at different grade levels. Teachers also shared their methods of reading: whole class or literature circles, in-class or independently as homework. Read through the chat for ideas to implement in your own classroom.
As I was merrily going along teaching linear pairs and vertical angles and corresponding angles and such, it came to my attention that various students were not "there" yet with internalizing the pictures and definitions, so I came up with this activity: I like the activities I've seen where sometimes the answer is "none" and sometimes there's more than one answer, and sometimes the answers are repeated in different questions. I've tried to incorporate that style into these problems. I think it worked pretty well. I'm also giving them a quiz on 6 types of angle pairs for the next grading period. I told them they have to identify each angle pair correctly, and spelled correctly, and no abbreviations, and no doctor handwriting, and in a timed manner. If they miss ANY, they get a 0%, and they have as many tries in the next 6 weeks to get it 100% correct. I likened it to recognizing the letters of the alphabet. It sure would be a shame if they couldn't and/or it took them a long time to process the information. I restated the fact that geometry (math) is like a foreign language, and they have to have fluency with all the words. In other funny news. A student whose grade is suffering and who came in for tutoring today and was actually grasping things said, "wow, I should really listen more in class because this makes so much sense."
This parts of a circle poster displays the parts of a circle: center, diameter, radius, chord, secant line, tangent line, point of tangency, arc, and sector. It also shows the definitions and formulas for circumference and area of a circle. Printing: This poster is designed to be printed as a 24" by 36" poster. If you have Adobe Reader (free to download), then select the "poster" option when printing. Your poster will be printed on multiple 8.5"x11" pages that can be put together as a poster. You can also use a poster printer (some schools have them or an office supply store like Staples). Terms of Use: This product should only be used by the teacher who purchased it. This product is not to be shared with other teachers. Please buy the correct number of licenses if this is to be used by more than one teacher. Did you know? You can receive TPT store credits to use on future purchases by leaving feedback on products you buy! Just click on "My Purchases" under "Buy"! Connect with me! Blog Instagram Facebook Pinterest
Space and the Hydrogen Age By Walter Russell Walter Russell: musician, painter, sculptor, architectural designer, philosopher, and natural scientist; Walter Russell dropped ou…
Shared reading can be the rocket fuel that launches your students toward reading success! It's helped my K-2 students move up reading levels QUICKLY!
You won’t believe how easy it is to whip up this hot ice science experiment! Just like all of our favorite science projects for kids.
An imgur user with the handle "krissykross" has done something rarely before seen online: She has shared a number of text messages and conversations she had with an abusive husband named Adam back when they
Compliment circles are one of our favorite activities and probably one of the most important things I do in my first grade classroom. They teach my students how to give and receive compliments as well as create a classroom of respect and kindness. Keep reading to see how you can transform your classroom into a compliment giving, respectful, and kind classroom. Compliment circles are something that I do in my classroom every couple of weeks. I'd love to do it weekly, and that's my goal, but you know how it can be, it just doesn't happen. So, I'm sure you're
Literature Circles Anchor Chart- Teach your students the fundamentals of successfully participating in a literature circle with this anchor chart!
In literature circles, small groups of students gather together to discuss a piece of literature in depth. In this #2ndaryELA Twitter chat, middle school and high school English Language Arts teachers discussed how they select novels to use. Teachers also shared popular themes for connecting novel choices. Read through the chat for ideas to implement in your own classroom.
