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Category Archives: Classroom Management
Emergency Sub Plans
I think every classroom teacher fears that because of some unexpected and dreadful event they cannot plan for an absence. Moreover, it might be the case that the teacher cannot contact the building to explain what is happening. This was … Continue reading
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More Free and Vetted Materials Added to 63000Resources.com
I continue to maintain and post to the website http://www.63000resources.com. Recently, a number of teacher created Core Knowledge materials were shared with me and I posted these. Likewise, everything I am creating for my own classroom (here) are being uploaded. … Continue reading
8 Resources for Classroom Management
Below is a small glimpse of my classroom and some of the supports I’ll be using to increase engagement, group students, and keep expectations explicit. Many of the following likely can be purchased—and look prettier—online; but if you are partial … Continue reading
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Tagged classroom management, cooperative learning, free, resources, roles
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Instructional Move 1: Text at the Center of Instruction
Positioning text so that it is at the center of instruction is challenging, to say the least. Thus, as part of Core Task Project and Core Task implementation Project trainings, specific moves have been integrated to assist with this goal. The first … Continue reading
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Tagged CCSS, Common Core State Standards, Core Task Project, CTiP, CTP, signals, text talk
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Instructional Move 2: Stop and Jot
The “Stop and Jot” technique is not new to the veteran teacher but likely neglected because of its simplicity. The technique promotes retention and comprehension of content and costs very little classroom time to implement. Stop and Jot works like … Continue reading
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Tagged CCSS, classroom management, Common Core, stop and jot, teachers, template, video
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Instructional Move 3: You, Y’all, We
This is more food for thought than anything else. We have all become familiar with the approach “I, We, You.” That is, the teacher introduces a new concept and demonstrates how to do it—the I. Next, children work together on … Continue reading
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Tagged BAP, Close Reading, Common Core, I we you, Read Aloud Project, Willingham, you y'all we
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Instructional Move 6: Four Corners
If you have taken part in a Core Task Project training, then you know we typically start with the Four Corners activity. The website http://www.facinghistory.org does a nice job summarizing the move as follows: A Four Corners Debate requires students … Continue reading
Instructional Move 7: Quiz, Quiz, Trade
Quiz, Quiz, Trade is a learning strategy that that has students working with multiple partners to review key learning outcomes. The move allows for practice with a large problem set and for students to use each other to problem solve … Continue reading
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Tagged 2nd Grade, 4th grade, classroom management, Common Core, high school, PowerPoint, quiz quiz trade
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Instructional Move Number 8: Stand Up, Hand Up, Pair Up
In this move, student pair up with other students in the classroom to do two things: 1) share an academic problem they have been working on and 2) work on the problem their partner shares with them. Naturally, there are … Continue reading
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Tagged CCSS, classroom management, Common Core, Kagan, SEL
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Instructional Move Number 9: Keep It Or Junk It
Two years ago I posted on a move titled, Keep It or Junk It. The approach has students identifying vocabulary from a text they feel is relevant to answering a focus question instead of the teacher prioritizing words for the … Continue reading
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