https://padlet.com/lydia_gwaltney/Bookmarks Growing Great Readers en-us 2017-08-20 19:17:24 UTC 2017-09-01 19:48:27 UTC hello@padlet.com lydia_gwaltney https://padlet.com/lydia_gwaltney/Bookmarks/wish/181770097 http://www.readingrockets.org/article/six-ts-effective-elementary-literacy-instruction]]> 2017-08-20 19:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lydia_gwaltney/Bookmarks/wish/181770097 lydia_gwaltney https://padlet.com/lydia_gwaltney/Bookmarks/wish/181771104 Simply click the plus sign at the bottom. A text box will appear and you can begin typing! :)]]> 2017-08-20 19:53:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lydia_gwaltney/Bookmarks/wish/181771104 https://padlet.com/lydia_gwaltney/Bookmarks/wish/182185124 Longer assignments seem to capture the attention of students, keeping them engaged. Managed choice in tasks allows students to take more ownership in their work. We can use this in fourth grade by reading novels and giving multiple opportunities for students to choose similar, yet different, tasks to complete in response to the novel. We can also require longer writing assignments that stretch over multiple days. Because student work will all be different, this will allow all students to feel successful.]]> 2017-08-22 19:39:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lydia_gwaltney/Bookmarks/wish/182185124 https://padlet.com/lydia_gwaltney/Bookmarks/wish/182228483 This portion of the article was eye opening and gave the feeling of "why do I not do this already?" This part of the article explained how teachers graded based on effort, growth and improvements rather than achievement level. Students that are high achieving already can slack and still make a good grade, while students on the other end of the spectrum can put forth extreme effort and show improvement but never obtain the "good grade." I would like to implement this within the classroom by altering the way I view grading. This could especially be done in math. Certain students that put forth effort but still do not receive the correct answer could still receive credit for growth in work. I also would like to include some form of student analysis of work where students give themselves a grade from 1-5 based on how they feel about the effort and work put into each assignment. This could be labeled on each assignment turned in with a brief explanation to hold them accountable. Students would realize this would be done prior to grading from the teacher. I would need to provide a rubric with expectations for each grade based on effort rather than achievement status.]]> 2017-08-23 01:35:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lydia_gwaltney/Bookmarks/wish/182228483 https://padlet.com/lydia_gwaltney/Bookmarks/wish/182482824 Not surprisingly, it has been determined that the "assign and assess" method of teaching is not very effective. The most effective method of teaching, known as "active teaching," is more direct by modeling and "thinking out loud" through hands-on demonstration. 

Successful teachers model various strategies to provide students with the arsenal to be able to tackle assignments on their own later on. We can do this in every subject we teach; trying different techniques to solve a math problem,  stopping while reading to wonder/predict what will happen next in a story, thinking outside the box during a science experiment, or googling the answers to the random questions that get asked during a social studies lesson. 

However, the skill of independently transferring the strategy is just crucial as the strategy itself. If the teacher does not provide the students opportunities to practice implementing strategies, they will become too reliant on teacher direction alone. ]]> 2017-08-24 02:18:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lydia_gwaltney/Bookmarks/wish/182482824 https://padlet.com/lydia_gwaltney/Bookmarks/wish/183009100 We've talked about improving our "time" in PLC's, especially the past couple of years. We as teachers have become used to being the "teacher" and leading/talking so much throughout the day that we take away time that our students could be leading, discussing and writing. This past year we even worked on having our students write during math time, which in the past was almost nonexistent. Students wrote out and explained how they solved problems step-by-step and became more understanding of what they were doing. I believe it is super important to keep our students engaged during lessons instead of them just taking "notes" or "listening to lectures". We need to have them write more about what they themselves got from the lesson, their thoughts on the lessons, questions they have about what we are learning, and etc. ]]> 2017-08-28 00:14:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lydia_gwaltney/Bookmarks/wish/183009100 marilyn_angle https://padlet.com/lydia_gwaltney/Bookmarks/wish/184308193 This article stressed the importance of not only consistent time for reading but also the material that students read.  The text needs to be at a level the student will be successful in reading fluency, comprehension and accuracy.
Teachers noticed that the most successful readers received a diet of "easy" texts.]]> 2017-09-01 19:45:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lydia_gwaltney/Bookmarks/wish/184308193