East Elementary Coaching Corner
A Place to Share Resources and Ideas
Schedule for the week of 11/16-11/20
ELL Parent/Teacher Conferences
I am available to attend conferences as needed. Please just let me know if you would like to me to support you by attending a conference.
IDEAS AND RESOURCES
I will be including ideas focused on one or more of the following areas: How to use the iPad to support teaching/learning Ideas and strategies to support ELLs Differentiating for higher learners/GT Implementation of the 5 non-negotiables
Chatter Pix App Task Challenge
Each week I will be highlighting an app that I would like for you to try out in order to familiarize yourself with it so that you can more effectively integrate it into your instruction. The first person to show me the completed task will get a (small) prize from me.
Chatter Pix is this week's app task. This is another really versatile app that can be used across content areas. It gives a voice to any photo. Students simply take any photo, make a mouth on it and record their voice. This is a really great way to get your ELLs (and all kids) talking about content! This app task link gives some other ideas for uses in the classroom.
Vocabulary Games for step 6 of 'Marzano's Six Steps for Building Vocabulary'
Vocabulary Dice Game
Teachers Pay Teachers has a freebie dice game to practice vocabulary. Find it here.
More Vocabulary Games
This page also has quick descriptions of some easy games to reinforce vocabulary.
Vocabulary/Spelling City
This site is most often thought of as a way to learn how to spell words, but there are lots of games that help kids connect to their meanings as well. It is free (if you can deal with adds on the page), and I would be happy to help you set up an account and learn how to navigate within the site.
KRISTIN ALLEN EAST INSTRUCTIONAL COACH
Email: kristin.allen@moffatsd.org
Phone: (970)826-6446
Twitter: @KristinAllen05