Pine Lake Preparatory
K-12 Curriculum Connections ~~~~~~~~ December 2014
What is it like to be a student today?
Resources for "Same" Text with Different Levels K-12
News Articles for Students with ADJUSTABLE READING LEVELS
- https://newsela.com/
- Every article is available in 4-5 different Lexile Levels that you choose using the blue menu to the right on each article!!!! Regardless of the level, the students are reading the same article just at their just-right reading level! Talk about differentiating!
- Articles marked with an anchor have Common Core aligned quizzes. Each quiz is aligned to a certain 'anchor standard'. As students take the quizzes, your Teacher Binder automatically updates with the level of quiz students took and their score on the Common Core standard assessed.
- On a computer, students have the option to highlight portions of the text! On their second read of an article, teachers can ask students to highlight the main ideas in one color and the supporting details in a second color. Teachers can see what they highlight on their dashboards. Great informal assessment!
Adjustable Reading Levels for Same Text from fortheteachers.org
1. Choose Skill
- Cause & Effect Matrix
- Fact vs. Opinion
- Main Idea Outline
- Plot Diagram Sequencing
- Story Strips Sequencing
2. Choose Article
- Level 1 = Lexile 500-700 (gr. 3-4);
- Level 2 = Lexile 700-900 (gr. 5-6);
- Level 3 = Lexile +900 (gr. 7-10)
3. Assign Students
http://www.fortheteachers.org/reading_skills.htm#.VGqQHPnF98HMaking the Most of Short Texts
Here is a feature from the Choice Literacy archives with creative ideas for using short nonfiction texts:
https://www.choiceliteracy.com/articles-detail-view.php?id=1920
Technology
10 of the Most Engaging Uses of Educational Technology
Here are 10 highly engaging uses of technology in the classroom, along with dozens of tools and resources for implementation. Most of these involve free web based tools, so that’s an added bonus!
Practical Project-Based Learning Ideas K-5
If your head is spinning and you are wondering how you are going to make time for and create appropriate PBL opportunities for your elementary students, don’t worry!
21st Century Skills
What Are 21st Century Skills?
Schools must move beyond a focus on basic competency in core subjects to promoting understanding of academic content at much higher levels by weaving 21st century interdisciplinary themes into core subjects:
What 21st Century Skills should I Teach?
7 Solutions for Educators Who Want 21st Century Students to Tune In
Teaching Speaking & Listening: A 21st Century Skill
How are students supposed to become proficient at speaking if we don't teach them how?
Despite all the speaking that students do in class—in informal discussions and formal presentations, when sharing solutions to problems, asking questions, and working in groups—we have to admit that they don't speak all that well.
Writing & Poetry K-12
Three Lessons from the Science of How to Teach Writing
"There are effective practices where the research is unequivocal. Distressingly, many teachers aren’t using them."
Poetry Analysis
Comprehension Strategy: Anticipation Guide
Class Evaluations and Student Self-Assessments
Examples of Class Evaluations and Student Self-Evaluations
Feel free to edit these for your purposes and try them:
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2014/10/26/here-are-forms-my-students-are-using-to-evaluate-themselves-me/History/Social Studies
Reading Like a Historian Curriculum (Stanford University Education Group)
The Reading Like a Historian curriculum engages students in historical inquiry. Each lesson revolves around a central historical question and features sets of primary documents designed for groups of students with diverse reading skills and abilities.
This curriculum teaches students how to investigate historical questions by employing reading strategies such as sourcing, contextualizing, corroborating, and close reading. Instead of memorizing historical facts, students evaluate the trustworthiness of multiple perspectives on historical issues. They learn to make historical claims backed by documentary evidence. http://sheg.stanford.edu/rlh
Times Machine: 129 years of New York Times journalism, as it originally appeared.
Spanish
Grammar vs. Communication
Thinking about Spanish Language Learning:
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/communication-rules-world-language-classroom-sarah-wike-loyolaHappy Holidays and Thank You for all you do for our Students!
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