Warburton's Wonderer's

I found this so interesting, I thought that there was more of a promotion to teach different learning styles. I really like when it talked about using multiple ways of teaching to hold the students' attention. Obviously you learn better when you pay closer attention. If the lesson takes a turn or two the students are going to be paying attention to see what we do next. I didn't know that our brains retained information better with long term education. So block classes are no good. The fall backs I see of Direct Instruction is It categorized and groups children and their abilities. It uses more assessments and assessment based questions. Teachers lessons are also normally scripted or has a specific flow it needs to follow, so then the teacher will not be able to branch out to other related topics as well.  Ive seen many positive and negative aspects and opinions on Direct Instruction. So I think it is important to have a good balance of direct instruction and also othe...

YouTube  Ed. Tech. Standard 4: Use general purpose productivity tools and peripherals to support personal productivity, to remediate skill deficits, and to facilitate learning through the curriculum. I created this playlist mostly for my self. I found videos that can help me be a better teacher. I also found some motivational videos for my students to watch. I also got some ideas for science projects to do with my class. YouTube is a great resource to help those first year teachers.

May News Letter Ed Tech. Standard 5: Use technology tools for individuals and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. This is a news letter designated for the month of May. I love it so much that I could use it for other months as well. Its very simple to change the colors and some of the pictures. The layout is simple and easy. Its very organized and easy to read so there is no confusions. Its colorful and fun for kids to look at too, so they can remember the important dates and to study their spelling words and vocabulary. I also think newsletters are very important. They help parents get involved in the student education, and by parents getting involved they help teach their children more. I defiantly recommend every teacher to find an easy template to use as a newsletter and send them out with their kids and parents! Maybe mine can be of some assistance in giving you a...

Educreation 6th Grade Music Standard 2: The students will play instruments as a means of musical expression; 3: The students will create music through improvising, arranging, and composing. Ed. Tech. Standard 4: Use general purpose productivity tools and peripherals to support personal productivity, to remediate skill deficits, and to facilitate learning through the curriculum. This Educreation is a fun way for students to learn how to play a ukulele. Its simple and instructional. I start by showing what string numbers and frets are. I continue to show them chords: C, F, D, G. These chords are used in "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" Which is the song we will learn and play as a class. I continued to teach extra chords, for those over achiever students. A minor, D minor, and E minor are the extra chords I taught. Then at the close of the video I showed a picture of the song and the chords. This would be so helpful for substitutes to use when the teacher isn't there, t...

Health Mind Map 6th Grade Health Standard 1:The students will learn ways to improve mental health and manage stress. Ed. Tech. Standard 4: Use general purpose productivity tools and peripherals to support personal productivity, to remediate skill deficits, and to facilitate learning through the curriculum. I created this mind map for my students to understand how to live and health life in an easy and organised way. It discuses: a healthy way to manage your stress, how to have a proper sleep routine and diet, how to exercise correctly, and also help advise. Students will learn how to apply this to their daily life through practice in the classroom. We will work on this through out the curriculum. At recess and P.E. we will review over what is good and bad when being physically active. After lunch we will discus good foods and bad things to keep out of our bodies. I want all my students to be healthy! Having a mind map as a visual aid will help my students remember it better. ...

Human Skeleton 3rd Grade Health Standard 3; Objective 1: Summarize the functions of the skeletal and muscular systems. Ed. Tech. Standard 4: Use general purpose productivity tools and peripherals to support personal productivity, to remediate skill deficits, and to facilitate learning through the curriculum. I created this Thing Link to help my students understand the human skeleton. The human skeleton can be hard to learn for younger kids. I created this Thing Link not only to quiz kids but also to teach them the human skeletal system. It includes many of the basic bone names. There is also a fun rap song that I found on YouTube that I included. I want my students to learn about themselves, what they are made of, literally! Bones are very important to know. I had a bone vocabulary test in each of my health classes in junior high and high school. In my classroom I want to teach my student  the bones song. Over the curriculum we will learn the bone by studying this Thing Link ...

Story Bird-My Mommy is the Best. 4th Grade Health Standard 2; Objective 2: Identify the qualities of positive role models. Ed. Tech. Standard 4: Use general purpose productivity tools and peripherals to support personal productivity, to remediate skill deficits, and to facilitate learning through the curriculum. This Story Bird is so cute. The Health standard I chose was, "identify the qualities of positive role models." This is a rhyming book, from a daughters point of view telling and showing how much she loves her mom. I think parents play a great role for kids and they need to be a good role model for them. In class after reading this Story bird my class will write a paper on who their role model is and why. Doing this will help them identify who they look up to and have more appreciation for that person and also other people around them.