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Teacher: Andrea Stringfield (Palestine Elementary School, Palestine ISD)
Date: June 21, 2025

]]> 2025-06-26 16:48:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mixedbeautybreed/6xicr8av9s9ex06c/wish/3503242496 mixedbeautybreed https://padlet.com/mixedbeautybreed/6xicr8av9s9ex06c/wish/3503242826 Padlet Sections (Columns / Streams):

  1. 🔍 Lesson Introduction

  2. 🕵️ Detective Support

    • PDF of "Detective Badge" and Clue Sheet—printable/accessible.

    • Large-font visual examples of contractions and their expanded forms.

  3. ✍️ Practice Corner

    • Drag-and-drop activities: students drag contraction cards onto matching expanded form cards.

    • Fillable PDF form for digital input.

  4. 🎯 Teacher Tips

    • Differentiation strategies (pictured and text versions).

    • ELPS accommodations (e.g., sentence frames, read-aloud supports).

  5. 📈 Student Responses

    • A stream where students (or teacher) post audio/photo/video of completed Clue Sheets.

    • QR-enabled, easy to submit from tablets.

  6. 📅 This Month’s Focus

    • June–July featured contractions (e.g., can’t, won’t, they’re).

    • Monthly update placeholder for new contractions.

🛠️ Universal Design Supports:

  • Audio recordings of instructions.

  • Result snapshots: example pages and highlight strokes.

  • High‑contrast visuals and chunked text.

  • Bilingual support, if needed (Spanish/English example pairs).

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  • Students scan the QR code at Center 1 to open the Padlet.

  • Watch the embedded video in the "Lesson Introduction" column.

  • Pick up and complete the “Detective Badge” & Clue Sheet.

  • Record or photograph your Clue Sheet and post it under "Student Responses", using your name and a caption (e.g., “Alex: I found don’t = do + not”).

  • At month’s end, the teacher updates the “This Month’s Focus” column with new contractions and resets the Practice Corner.

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