Reflection on this Course? November 24, 2009

My final thoughts.  To be completely honest I did learn a few thing in here.  I learned how to create a blog, how to use a blog as a teacher, and how to be a blogger.  However I feel that this course could have been taught in a week long seminar instead of being used [...]

Elements & Compunds – Half Life – LP#2 November 24, 2009

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/elementsandcompounds/ Okay this activity deals with half life.  Most students even I have had a tough time grasping this concept.  This lesson plan allows especially visual learners to actually see how half life occurs.  For teachers this is an easy demonstration/lab to conduct because the materials are simple all one needs is a shoebox and [...]

How Hard is Your Chocolate? – LP #1 November 24, 2009

http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/psu06-nano.sci.hardchoc/ I found this lesson plan to be perfect for teaching the physical properties of an object.  To begin with the title is eye catching and something that the students can relate to.  Every child has come in contact with chocolate, and most love it.  I would be teaching this to an Eighth grade Science [...]

Instructional Strategy 4 October 28, 2009

Your Name: Katie Gregory   Name of Strategy: Think Sheets Source (Where did this come from?): Eureka Agora Link to the Strategy: http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/think_sheets.pdf Give a thorough description of the strategy and how it will be implemented. This should be a summary of the strategy according to the original source: To prompt learners to ask themselves [...]

Instructional Strategy 3 October 28, 2009

Your Name: Katie Gregory Name of Strategy: ABC BRAINSTORM Source (Where did this come from?): Reading Quest Link to the Strategy: http://www.readingquest.org/strat/abc.html Give a thorough description of the strategy and how it will be implemented. This should be a summary of the strategy according to the original source: Have students list all the letters of [...]

Instructional Strategy 2 October 28, 2009

Your Name: Katie Gregory Name of Strategy: Accelerated Reader Source (Where did this come from?): Renaissance Learning Link to the Strategy: Give a thorough description of the strategy and how it will be implemented. This should be a summary of the strategy according to the original source: Students will read text and then be assessed [...]

Instructional Strategy 1 October 28, 2009

Title your post: Instructional Strategy 1  Your Name: Katie Gregory  Name of Strategy: Story Mapping  Source (Where did this come from?): The University of Texas at Austin College of Education  Link to the Strategy: http://readingserver.edb.utexas.edu/downloads/primary/booklets/Essential_Strategies.pdf Give a thorough description of the strategy and how it will be implemented. This should be a summary of the [...]

Materials 5 Science Middle Grades October 2, 2009

Your name: Katie Gregory Name of Site: AAAS Science Link to Resources: http://www.sciencemag.org/journals/ Source (Author–if available): High Wire Press Identify the teaching topic : Journals, would be used in a research project. Eighth Grade, Science This website gives a link to scientific journals that my students would be able to use for research purposes. I [...]

Materials 4 Middle Grades Science October 2, 2009

Your name: Katie Gregory Name of Site: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Link to Resources: http://www.mnh.si.edu/earth/main_frames.html  Source  - government Topic: Plate Tectonics Eighth Grade, Science I would bring students into the computer lab and tell them to log on to this website.  Plate Tectonics are hard to explain to people especially students so this [...]

Materials 3 Science in the Middle Grades October 2, 2009

Your name: Katie Gregory Name of Site: Amazon Link to Resources: Amazon.com Source (Author–if available): Teaching Topic: Eighth Grade, Science Give a brief description of how the materials would be used: I would not use this website to buy activity books for my students that would engage them in class.  Such books would be Brain [...]