This chapter gave us some insight on influencing student learning and behavior through movement, exercise, and music.
What are the biggest challenges you face when it comes to eliciting appropriate levels of energy and focus from your students?
What are the biggest challenges you find when it comes to eliciting appropriate levels of energy and focus?
What is your preffered method of "out of their seat" movement? What about "at their seat" movement? Does anyone have suggestions how to use movement and integrate curriculum simultaneously?
Do you have any favorite songs, artists, cd's, Pandora stations that your students enjoy?
Don't forget the IDOE book study is starting next week. You can earn 10 PGPs and a chance to win $1,000 for PD for your building. The book we will be studying is Matt Miller's Ditch That Textbook Free Your Teaching and Revolutionize Your Classroom. Let me know if you would like to sign up and I can get you a book at a discounted price. There will be six of us from Bon Air participating and we would love to have more people join us!
Monday, August 31, 2015
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Chapter 6- Engage for Deep Understanding
Building knowledge through labeling is a strategy we see used frequeently in our primary years classrooms. How did you feel about the strategy to label properties? Where could that fit within the context of your day?
Looking ahead at your week at a glance lesson plans, where could you add in one of the strategies suggested in this chapter?
Learning transfer is by far the more advanced and most difficult strategy to use in this chapter. What suggestions do you have for the group based on your past experiences?
We are past the halfway point in our study together. Don't forget to go back and read the rich discussions that are contininuing on past threads. Next week we will be reading Chapter 7-Engage for Energy and Focus.
If you have enjoyed this type of study and you are interested in learning more through online book studies I suggest you join the IDOE eLearning Book Study group with me! This is where I was inspired to do this book study using this platform instead of Canvas or meeting in-person to talk. I feel like the discussion goes more in-depth when you have time to reflect and respond at your own pace. The conversations are also archived, unlike an in-person study, where you can go back at any time and read others responses.
The next book study for the IDOE starts September 7th and we are reading Ditch That Textbook:Free Your Teaching and Revolutionize Your Classroom by Matt Miller. I heard Matt speak at InSai one year in just a quick 45 min breakout session before he became a nationally known speaker. He kept me so engaged and bursting with ideas I couldn't keep up on my note-taking, seriously I had to put down my computer and just listen. :-) You earn PGPs and have the chance to win $1,000 for PD for your building. Email me and I can get you signed up. :-)
Looking ahead at your week at a glance lesson plans, where could you add in one of the strategies suggested in this chapter?
Learning transfer is by far the more advanced and most difficult strategy to use in this chapter. What suggestions do you have for the group based on your past experiences?
We are past the halfway point in our study together. Don't forget to go back and read the rich discussions that are contininuing on past threads. Next week we will be reading Chapter 7-Engage for Energy and Focus.
If you have enjoyed this type of study and you are interested in learning more through online book studies I suggest you join the IDOE eLearning Book Study group with me! This is where I was inspired to do this book study using this platform instead of Canvas or meeting in-person to talk. I feel like the discussion goes more in-depth when you have time to reflect and respond at your own pace. The conversations are also archived, unlike an in-person study, where you can go back at any time and read others responses.
The next book study for the IDOE starts September 7th and we are reading Ditch That Textbook:Free Your Teaching and Revolutionize Your Classroom by Matt Miller. I heard Matt speak at InSai one year in just a quick 45 min breakout session before he became a nationally known speaker. He kept me so engaged and bursting with ideas I couldn't keep up on my note-taking, seriously I had to put down my computer and just listen. :-) You earn PGPs and have the chance to win $1,000 for PD for your building. Email me and I can get you signed up. :-)
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Chapter 5- Engage for Motivation and Effort
What's the current climate in your classroom this year? Do your students appear motivated? After reading this chapter, how will you start to address this? What strategies stood out to you and what strategies of your own have you found successful? Over time you will find ways to motivate the majority of your class. This would be a great group to seek input from when you have those few kiddos that still don't respond to strategies you use to increase motivation.
The author referenced the work of Carol Dweck, author of Mindset (2006), and the concept of learned and growth mind-sets. The subtle conversations we have with students, that last mere seconds, hold such power in the type of mind-set we want to promote with our students. What are your thoughts on this section of the chapter?
Great conversations thus far everyone. I am happy to see some new names popping up in the comments! If you missed a discussion week you may go back to that conversation, read, reflect, and make your post. You will still get credit for posting that week even if it is posted out of sequence.
For next week, read Chapter 6- Engage for Deep Understanding.
The author referenced the work of Carol Dweck, author of Mindset (2006), and the concept of learned and growth mind-sets. The subtle conversations we have with students, that last mere seconds, hold such power in the type of mind-set we want to promote with our students. What are your thoughts on this section of the chapter?
Great conversations thus far everyone. I am happy to see some new names popping up in the comments! If you missed a discussion week you may go back to that conversation, read, reflect, and make your post. You will still get credit for posting that week even if it is posted out of sequence.
For next week, read Chapter 6- Engage for Deep Understanding.
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Chapter 4- Engage to Build Cognitive Capacity
I hope everyone had a successful return to work this past week!
Again, I want to thank you for your patience. As it was explained to me, during the account roll-over a "switch" was inadvertently hit that blocked these types of sites for staff. All fixed now, and if you see Justin Johnson from IT give him a big high five for finding a solution to the problem!
This week we are reading Chapte FOUR- Building Cognitive Capacity.
This chapter discussed different elements of cognition and intelligence and five actions to help strengthen these skills. What were your thoughts when the author mentioned Buschkuehl & Jaegii's statement that these skills are not fixed but malleable? Do you feel as though you have time in your classroom where you can help students strengthen these skills or do you feel a bigger pressure to focus more on standards and curriculum?
Let's have a friendly debate. If you could only pick one action step to work on this semester, which one is most important to improve with your students? Which one makes the biggest difference later in adult life? What influenced your decision?
Again, I want to thank you for your patience. As it was explained to me, during the account roll-over a "switch" was inadvertently hit that blocked these types of sites for staff. All fixed now, and if you see Justin Johnson from IT give him a big high five for finding a solution to the problem!
This week we are reading Chapte FOUR- Building Cognitive Capacity.
This chapter discussed different elements of cognition and intelligence and five actions to help strengthen these skills. What were your thoughts when the author mentioned Buschkuehl & Jaegii's statement that these skills are not fixed but malleable? Do you feel as though you have time in your classroom where you can help students strengthen these skills or do you feel a bigger pressure to focus more on standards and curriculum?
Let's have a friendly debate. If you could only pick one action step to work on this semester, which one is most important to improve with your students? Which one makes the biggest difference later in adult life? What influenced your decision?
- attention skills
- problem solving and critical thinking
- working memory
- processing speed
- self-control
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