Category Archives: S1 – Content driven
Slang in the Classroom? Nah dawg – formal style is where it’s at
In Judith Meece and Denise Daniels’ book entitled Child and Adolescent Development for Educators, chapter five outlines the development of language in children and as they head into adolescence. While much of this chapter provides nice context for my future … Continue reading
The Wizard of Oz, Showcase Showdown, and Finals Week
The first two weeks in January always seem a little hectic around Seattle Prep. I often feel a little overwhelmed and crazed as many aspects of my life at Prep come crashing into one large convergence zone. As a high … Continue reading
Marzano Strategies: Similarities & Differences, Homework & Practice, Generating & Testing Hypotheses, and Cues, Questions & Advance Organizers
Lesson: Moodle and Causes of Civil War I created this lesson on using the online discussion board Moodle and the causes of the Civil War partly from a SPU class and partly on my own. The Issues and Advances in … Continue reading
Marzano Strategies: Summarizing & Note Taking, Setting Objectives & Providing Feeback
Lesson: Minoans/Myceneans & Myth This lesson plan regarding the Minoans/Myceneans and the myth allows students to meet the standards S and T in many ways. While a colleague of mine created the original paragraph assignment, I adapted it to be … Continue reading
Marzano Strategies: Reinforcing effort and providing recognition, nonlinguistic representations and cooperative learning
Lesson: Allegory of the Cave The Allegory of the Cave assignment originated a few years ago by another history teacher at Seattle Prep. Through meeting with him and discussing the assignment a couple years ago, I decided it would be … Continue reading
Protecting Ourselves and Our Students in a 2.0 World
As we take a look at the issues of online safety and copyright this week in Issues and Advances in Education Technology, the central theme remains responsible and thoughtful educational practices. This course details many ways that we can utilize … Continue reading
Filed under L1 - Learner centered, P2 - Enhanced by a reflective, collaborative, professional growth-centered practice, S1 - Content driven, S2 - Aligned with curriculum standards and outcomes, T1 - Informed by standards-based assessment, T2 - Intentionally planned, T3 - Influenced by multiple instructional strategies, T4 - Informed by technology
