Thursday, December 15, 2016
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Parent Communication
Home & School Communication Tool -Seesaw
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| Two apps from Seesaw Learning Inc. Right side-Educator App, Left side-Parent Download |
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| Students use IPADS to scan this QR code to begin their portfolio in SeeSaw |
Some typical items we might add to Seesaw from reading tutorial to share with parents
Nonsense word hunt and build
Fluency game-spin the dreidel and add the punctuation, read expressively!
Syllabication strategy /counting syllables
Classroom Management for Small Group and Individual Instruction
When you work 1:1 or 1:2 or 3 with students all day, classroom management looks very different than when you are in a classroom with 20 or more students. I rarely have to deal with circumstances being too loud, or any real behavior issues, because I am working side by side with each student in close proximity and engagement. What I tend to use most to manage transitions between student tutorials and groups is a visual executive function strategy called Get Ready, Do, Done, (demonstrated above in Youtube video) which outlines our tasks/goals for the lesson and circles back to see if we have met our goals. Within this strategy I use a visual time timer, so that students can see how much time we have remaining to complete their tasks or objectives.
I also use various apps that I have discovered in class, so that I can break up groupings. If I want to work 1:1, for example with a student, listening to him read, taking a running record, or checking in on comprehension, yet have a group of 2 or 3 students in my room, I often have the other students log on to Google Classroom, access Quizlet to work on vocabulary, or go onto Vocabulary Spelling City to access their account and work on spelling or vocabulary assignments. When behavior expectations have been met for several days in a row, I will create a Kahoot (game show format-dashboard pictured below) and we will challenge each other in teams, to answer questions about our current reading book, or even Wilson reading skills. The students can share the results with me and they can be uploaded to my drive for me to look at and assess later.
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| Kahoot Results can be uploaded into my drive |
Monday, December 12, 2016
Troubleshooting the calendar feature on Google Classroom
For troubleshooting needs I often start with Google Help Forum. I wanted to know how to input more than just assignment due dates in my Google Classroom calendar. I wanted to be able to add school meetings, field trips etc. Also, how to share the calendar with other teachers. I find the Google Help Forum to be a great place to start.
https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/7184151?hl=en&ref_topic=6163300
https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/7184151?hl=en&ref_topic=6163300
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Google Classroom Home Page
This is a screen shot of the home screen for the Google Classroom I created. I only work with a few students a day, but I am excited that we are all quickly connected through this platform. I have linked and added the Quizlets that we create and use in class, so they can be revisited for practice. The students no longer have to log into Quizlet, they can go right to Google Classroom and get right on!
I also have begun to add a few assignments through Formative and these are available here as well.
Link to Google Classroom:
https://classroom.google.com/c/ODExNjI0OTI4
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