What are the Different Types of Standards in Education?
September 13, 2013 by PLB Blogger · Leave a Comment
Standards can be presented in many ways. You can have content standards, benchmarks, and even performance standards. The first challenge is understanding what each term means.
It is difficult to define all the key words without running into overlapping of the terms. Some states have fused all the types of standards into one, some […]
What is the Elaborative Interrogation Strategy?
September 13, 2013 by PLB Blogger · Leave a Comment
Thinking back on how young inquisitive little ones, used to constantly bombard us with their “why questions.” “Why are the stars so bright, why does the moon change its shape or why is the sky so blue? Everything around them could rouse up their curiosity and their minds were eager for information. Likewise […]
Cooking Activity in the Classroom
September 13, 2013 by PLB Blogger · 2 Comments
Cooking in the classroom is so much fun. Whether it’s for a classroom party, a science experiment, a fundraiser or a cooking session. At the same time it can be a complete disaster. Ingredients spilling on important papers, cuts, burns and other minor disasters. Here are some things that I’ve done that can […]
Teacher Resources, Tools & Giveaways for the week (Sept 1 – 7, 2013)
August 24, 2013 by PLB Blogger · Leave a Comment
TOOLS
wridea
An idea management service and brainstorming tool.
Kids Picture Dictionary
A dictionary app for young students.
Assessing Student Interests and Strengths
Specific methods to understand and access student interest and strengths.
RESOURCES
Literary Mood Ring
An activity to help students understand the mood in any literary selection.
Microsoft Accessibility in Education Workshop
A PowerPoint presentation on the different options in windows for […]
What are Some Primary Strategies that I can Use to Assess Learning?
August 24, 2013 by PLB Blogger · Leave a Comment
When teachers consider implementing formative assessment, it becomes essential that they understand how learning may be assessed.
Tuttle (2009) explains that “Curriculum and instruction are not based on a textbook but on the standards that all students are to meet through differentiated instruction. Also, assessments are not used to determine a grade but to […]
How Can Paragraph Shrinking be Used to Improve Learning in the Classroom?
August 24, 2013 by PLB Blogger · Leave a Comment
When reading through technical content, it is natural for students to feel confused and lost amidst difficult words and elaborate descriptions. Students often lose track of the context and relevance of the content and fail to comprehend and learn from the text. The strategy “Paragraph Shrinking” was developed as a part of Peer […]
What will Others Say?
August 24, 2013 by PLB Blogger · Leave a Comment
Have you ever noticed that quite often we hold ourselves back from doing something good, just because we worry about what others would say. I’m sure we all have come across this as teachers at some point in our career. We want to implement a new strategy or a new idea, but really […]
Teacher Resources, Tools & Giveaways for the week (Aug 17 – 24, 2013)
August 16, 2013 by PLB Blogger · Leave a Comment
TOOLS
Skloog
Bookmark web pages and links.
RESOURCES
Jefferson Lab
Educational games for students.
Imagination Prompt Generator
A tool to generate writing prompts or story starters.
Smories
Find stories for kids that are read by kids.
GIVEAWAY OF THE WEEK
Epic
Enter for a chance to win a Blu-ray copy of Epic.
As always before using tools or resources be sure to conduct due diligence regarding […]
Preserving Memories
August 16, 2013 by PLB Blogger · 1 Comment
There was a time when an album was the ultimate way to capture memories. Few pictures were taken, and all of them carefully put into albums that would be looked at many, if not hundreds or thousands of times.
With the evolution of technology, digital cameras, videos, blogs and social networking, this process has […]
How Can I Help Students with ADHD to Visually Focus?
August 16, 2013 by PLB Blogger · 2 Comments
Students with ADHD often have weak visual focus and weak muscles in the eyes can also make visual focus more difficult.
When eyes focus, they usually lead the ears to focus. This is why we often want students to look at us when giving instruction.
For younger students, try to get to their level and […]
