A teachable moment is a moment in which a student is most ready to learn about a topic. It is the perfect moment to teach something.
What teachable moments are, when and where they occur, and why they are important. Read several ideas how to turn the mundane into a teachable moment.
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Well this week flew by! That seems to happen in Summer, doesn't it? Well, let's get right to my Five for Friday hosted by Kacey at Doodle Bugs. I have some exciting news to share! If you read my last post, you know that I was interviewing for a new position and……. I accepted a 4th grade position at a new campus in my district on Tuesday. I am SO ready for a change, and I am getting a big one! I will also be getting GT certified over the summer because my group of kids will be GT and ESL. I am moving from a non-testing grade level to a grade with 3 tests! I hope I haven't bitten off more than I can chew! Strangely, I am not nervous about it at all. I'm excited and already looking over 4th grade standards and our district's scope & sequence. I do plan to take something with me to my new 4th grade position that I used with my 2nd graders. It's my class wide reward system inspired by the game called "Words with Friends." At the beginning of the year I hang up the game board on the wall with several words written on it that spells out different rewards the whole class can earn. I chose to use mine for behavior, so they could earn letters by getting a compliment in the hallway, no one earning a color change all day, getting a good report from the enrichment teacher, lining up correctly the first time asked, everyone bringing back signed notes on time, etc. (You can allow them earn letters for whatever you like!) I would draw a letter from the little bag to the left and then tell them the possible words the letter can go on. Then, the class would vote and I would place the letter on the board! It is super fun, motivating, and builds community among the students. They have to work together instead of it being every man for himself! If you want to check it out, click here or on either of the pictures to be taken to my TPT store. The kids love it. I always let them know, this is an opportunity for us to earn a letter! It helps for them to remember they are working together for the reward. We enjoyed a warm afternoon in the backyard playing in the sprinkler. I couldn't convince the kids to run through it until I showed them how. They aren't crazy about water getting in their faces, so I showed them how fun it was! In true Mindy-fashion, something crazy had to happen. When I tried turning the water down so the sprinkler wouldn't be QUITE so wild, the whole faucet came OUT of the wall and water was spewing out of the side of the house like a fire hydrant! I DIED laughing. My husband? Not so much. He had to go turn the water to the house off and fix it. Ben and Emily tried helping, too. LOL. We are enjoying our new puppy, Ellie! She is pretty good, as far as puppies go! She is learning to ring the bells on the back door when she needs to go potty, and learning what she can and can not chew! She also sleeps a LOT- sometimes on my shoulder, y'all! SO cute. My last point for Five for Friday is actually a favor! What are your favorite 4th grade teacher blogs? Do you have a "go-to" that you love? What about your favorite products from TPT for 4th graders? I need all of the advice, tips, and help I can get! I appreciate any feedback you can give me! Well that takes care of me for the week! What spectacular-ness have you been up to so far this summer? I'd love to hear from ya!
Seize teachable moments by using these questions to guide a discussion about the movie Miracle.
Oh summary. How I have such a love-hate relationship with you. Summarizing stories is something students start at a young age, and yet it is still so hard for students even in late elementary. I often find that they struggle to determine the important details from the minor details and write summaries filled with and then, and then, and then, and then, and then.....I end up feeling like Ashton Kutcher from "Dude, Where's My Car." So, why do we teach summarizing? The ability to summarize builds comprehension. Summarizing a narrative text helps students comprehend the plot of the story. According to Fountas and Pinnell, good readers are always taking information from the text and condensing it into a summary-type form. As readers pull out the most important information, they are constantly interpreting what the author is telling them and further developing the summary of the story. This year, I wanted to begin by seeing what the kids remembered about summary and clear up misconceptions before beginning the summarizing process. I made a simple chart with "What is a summary?" and "What is a summary NOT?" I wanted them to think about summaries from both sides. I gave them each a green sticky note first and asked them to tell me, in their own words, what they thought a summary was. They each came and added their sticky note to the chart. Then I gave them each a yellow sticky note and asked them to write down, in their own words, what they know is NOT included in a summary. Then they added their yellow sticky notes to our chart. We read a few of them aloud and saw that many of them had several of the same ideas. Here are a couple examples of what my students said a summary is. A summary is a few short lines of sentences that tell the most important parts of a story in order. A paragraph said in your own words but not very many details. And here are a couple examples of what my students said a summary is NOT. Your thoughts about the story. A summary is not very detailed, not long, and not a copy of the story. I like to use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then (SWBST) strategy with students because it gives them a way to ensure they are looking for each piece of the summary every time they read a narrative piece. When teaching, I suggest lots of modeling, then move to group work before letting them summarize on their own. Here is our anchor chart: I discussed with them that when summarizing a narrative text, they should look for the main character, what the main character wants or his/her goals, the main problem he/she encounters, and the resolution of the problem. We summarized a short, one page text that we had previously read, about a girl names Callie who needed to complete a difficult homework assignment. (According to Fountas and Pinnell, you should begin with short texts that do not have many details). I modeled how to use the summary chart, and we looked for each piece as a whole group. I put a sticky note at each table group and tasked them with writing down the information for one component of the chart. One table wrote down the main character, one table wrote down what the character wanted, and so on. I have left this chart hanging in our room now so the students will have a visual reminder of how to get a summary! I also use a SWBST foldable with my kids. Anytime they read a story, they can fill in one of these. Doing this each time they read a book, (either a book from the library, a book you are reading aloud in class, during guided reading, a weekly story, etc) will solidify and fine tune their summarizing skills. It also reminds them that each time they read a story, this is the information they need to be looking for to fully comprehend the text. I also have a SWBST log that students complete each time they read a fiction book. This helps hold students accountable for reading and finishing a book, helps with comprehension, and simultaneously works on reinforcing summarizing skills. Many teachers do reading logs anyway where the students write down what they are reading, but this is a way to prove they have read the story, and shows if they understood what they read. Never miss a teachable moment!! You can get this foldable and SWBST log as a FREEBIE in my store by clicking here, or by clicking the picture below! Enjoy!
Mommy temper tantrums. We've all had them. They can really play a large role in mom guilt; however, what if I told you that mommy freak-outs can actually be a good thing and a teachable moment for children. Next time you lose your temper, try this 5 step method to learn from it, connect with your kids, and move on. #momlife #rmommytempertantrum #raisinghappykids #positiveparenting #parentingadvice #bestparentingtips
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What teachable moments are, when and where they occur, and why they are important. Read several ideas how to turn the mundane into a teachable moment.
Whose Middle Ages? is an interdisciplinary collection of short, accessible essays intended for the non-specialist reader and ideal for teaching at an undergraduate level. Each of twenty-two essays takes up an area where humans have dug for meaning into the medieval past and brought something distorted back into the present: in our popular entertainment; in our news, our politics, and our propaganda; and in subtler ways that inform how we think about our histories, our countries, and ourselves. Each author teases out the stakes of a history that has refused to remain past and uses the tools of the academy to read and reread familiar stories, objects, symbols, and myths. By communicating consensus positions within the academy, Whose Middle Ages? gives non-specialists access to the richness of our historical knowledge while debunking damaging misconceptions about the medieval past. Myths about the medieval period are especially beloved among the globally resurgent far right, from crusading emblems on the shields borne by alt-right demonstrators to the on-screen image of a lily-white European populace defended from actors of color by internet trolls. This collection attacks these myths directly by insisting on seeing the relics of the Middle Ages on their own terms. Each essay uses its author's academic research as a point of entry and takes care to explain how the author knows what she or he knows and what kinds of tools, bodies of evidence, and theoretical lenses allow scholars to write with certainty about elements of the past to a level of detail that might seem unattainable. By demystifying the methods of scholarly inquiry, Whose Middle Ages? serves as an antidote not only to the far right's errors of fact and interpretation, but to its assault on scholarship and expertise as valid means for the acquisition of knowledge. | Author: Andrew Albin, Mary C. Erler, Thomas O'Donnell, Nina Rowe, Nicholas L. Paul | Publisher: Fordham University Press | Publication Date: Oct 15, 2019 | Number of Pages: 240 pages | Language: English | Binding: Hardcover/History | ISBN-10: 082328557X | ISBN-13: 9780823285570
The kid who blows up at you when you tell him to stop talking, the girl who is bawling because she failed the test, the boy who forgot his homework for the 3rd time this week - there are so many issues that interrupt our day and what we're trying to accomplish. But I'm challenging myself to stop
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There has been a lot of buzz about DoK (Depth of Knowledge) levels by Norman Webb. First and foremost before I go any further on DoK I want to make it very very clear. DoK is not a verb!!! To ma…
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Need A G-Rated Insult? http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/06/need-g-rated-insult.html?spref=bl I find Shakespeare animal memes hilarious. I just can't help it. So here's the game--I'll give you a hint which plays these come from-- you guess. To be sure, you can always google the quote. Which of these first four are from Richard III, Hamlet, Two Gentleman of Verona or a sonnet? Of the next three, which are from Richard II, Romeo and Juliet? Of the three memes above, which are from Romeo and Juliet or Richard III? Of these four memes below, which are from MacBeth, Midsummer Night's Dream, and Romeo and Juliet? This last group: Two from MacBeth, one from Midsummer's Night's Dream. My own meme--from a play we study in grade ten in the USA. Celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday with some of his best insults and pickup lines http://blog.ed.ted.com/2014/04/23/celebrate-shakespeares-birthday-with-some-of-his-best-insults-and-pickup-lines/ 11 ways to celebrate William Shakespeare's 450th birthday http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-04-23/11-ways-to-celebrate-william-shakespeares-450th-birthday Welcome to the official Shakespeare’s Birthday Celebrations website. http://www.shakespearesbirthday.org.uk/
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Is your child struggling with backtalk and being disrespectful to your commands? Find out how to turn your child's backtalk into productive, teachable moments.
