https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2 2017-2018 Portfolio en-us 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC 2023-06-14 15:59:25 UTC hello@padlet.com cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816873 Utilize more technology in the classroom to reach all levels of learners. ]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816873 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816875 https://www.mathgames.com/skill/6.53-least-common-multiples-lcm]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816875 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816876 Here is a board for science that includes a variety of resources for teaching about the metric system and specifically metric conversions.


]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816876 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816878 I was able to work with Cara to develop goals for her for this school year. I was then able to see her teach a lesson with concrete and abstract nouns. Part of the lesson focused on goal #1 as she used a video as a hook for her lesson.]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816878 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816879 Cara said that she is going to use the metric system and conversion board as remediation with her students.  She also shared videos she has used in the classroom with students as well as how she has used the Snowball Fight strategy with her classes to check for understanding. The lesson has students in 3 different stations with students working with the aide, Ms. McCormick and independently.]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816879 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816880
http://www.math-play.com/gcf-jeopardy/gcf-jeopardy.html ]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816880 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816881 Concrete & Abstract Nouns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA76Wa7uUxw

Prime & Composite Numbers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXDyU5f5WR8

Prime Factorization
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqMtZP1LutI

Greatest Common Factor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4MG3m5uJQg

Least Common Multiple
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujg6HY5d4n0

Comparing Decimals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHUl4kZDD6c]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816881 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816882 http://www.transum.org/Maths/Activity/Prime/]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816882 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816883 During the station activity in Ms. McCormick's room, her aide was having students rotate to work with her.]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816883 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816884 Ms. McCormick assisting students answering problems on whiteboards.]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816884 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816885 Students working on the independent station with an interactive activity with prime factorization.]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816885 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816886 This site has articles at different reading lexile scores and offers articles on different skills & strategies, literary elements, science, & social studies. It includes comprehension questions and it is easy to use. The passages and questions/answers can all be read out loud as well.
www.readworks.org   ]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816886 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816887 I met with Ms. McCormick and we discussed how she has been continuing to use stations with her students and how she was game planning for my visit to her room with her station activity during the day.  We also talked about the Read Works website that she has been using with her students.  I was able to see the students working in stations during the afternoon and was also able to see Ms. McCormick's efforts working with a new English speaker.

]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816887 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816888 The students are working on a GCF station with Ms. McCormick.

]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816888 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816889 The students are working with whiteboards in a station with the paraprofessional.

]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816889 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816890 Differentiate the processes of learning in the classroom by developing station-based learning in the classroom.]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816890 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816891 The students in the classroom are working on writing prompts. Ms. McCormick is checking their work through Google Classroom. She is also working on a plan for January of expanding her menu idea for her English students so that they have some choices in their learning.]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816891 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816892 Here are the students in English class engaged in completing their writing prompts.

]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816892 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816893 Screenshot of a student who is working on the writing prompts in English Class.

]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816893 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816894 Ms. McCormick and I worked together to gather some resources for her to teach some lessons of Ancient Egypt with her social studies students. We focused on how she could pull activities, including reading activities that would allow her to differentiate learning for her students. ]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816894 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816895 For the lesson, students were working on different skills in English based upon what group they were in.  This picture illustrates how the 3 groups were arranged in the classroom.

]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816895 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816896 Ms. McCormick assisting one of the groups during the English lesson.

]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816896 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816898 This Kahoot was used as a review for a vocabulary assessment in class.

]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816898 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816899 Cara and I spoke about upcoming lessons in class.  She talked about how she uses vocabulary in her classes and how she is using some Discovery resources and a board in social studies.  Cara used a Kahoot to review for the assessment.  I also showed her how she could use the Myth Bustin' SOS strategy to mix up the way she reviews for assessments with her students.

]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816899 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816900 The students are actively engaged while receiving support from the adults in the room during their research project.

]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816900 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816901 This graphic organizer is being used to help students with their research projects prior to writing their essays.

]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816901 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816902 Ms. McCormick is helping students to use their graphic organizers to develop their amusement park essays.

]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816902 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816903 This is the start of one of the student essays  on an amusement park.

]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816903 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816904 Ms. McCormick assisting a group of students with the amusement park research project.

]]> 2018-05-31 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264816904 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264846352 Students had to create a question, poll their peers, and then create a poster on the data using mean, median, mode, and range, histograms, dot plot, and box and whisker plots. Then they had to decide which presentation of the data was best to understand the data and compare data.]]> 2018-05-31 17:20:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264846352 cara_mccormick https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264846800 Students researched an animal. They then had to create poems in the form of acrostic poems, shape poems, haiku, and cinquain on the animal. For a final draft, students created a book with illustrations. ]]> 2018-05-31 17:21:20 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_mccormick/f5ubyt1mito2/wish/264846800