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Ed Smith

Science Lesson Reflections 179 Replies

Started by Ed Smith in Science. Last reply by Emily May 12, 2009.

Leyna Faye

Job Fair?

Started by Leyna Faye in Classroom Management Apr 27, 2009.

Emily

Wardcliff Learning Community

Started by Emily in Science Apr 2, 2009.

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Carrie O'Brien

Differentiation Resource

During the PD at East Lansing today, we were shown this website. It has lesson plans for all grades on it and specializes in providing tiered plans, or plans that differentiate to all learners.

I thought those in upper elementary might find it especially useful :)

Carrie


http://www.help4teachers.com/samples2.htm

Posted by Carrie O'Brien on February 17, 2009 at 9:36pm

Leyna Faye

What is a Learning Community?

Discussion notes 2/12:



A learning community is a place where everyone contributes knowledge from disparate backgrounds to share with their peers. They use this shared knowledge (and shared expertise) to construct new understandings of a topic. Everyone is a learner, and everyone is a teacher.



In a learning community, the role of the teacher is to identify ways for all children to interact and share. The teacher recognizes that everyone has their own way of sharing, and… Continue

Posted by Leyna Faye on February 12, 2009 at 1:24pm — 1 Comment

Leyna Faye

Inclusion Conference 1/16/09

Today we had a little mini-conference on inclusion in the classroom. A few main points to take away:



The Include Strategy

Very very useful! This strategy helps teachers plan, implement, and evaluate an inclusion plan for students. One thing that became apparent as we heard more about the plan is that these steps really benefit all students, and lead to best practice within the classroom. There are seven steps to the plan:

Identify… Continue

Posted by Leyna Faye on January 16, 2009 at 6:31pm — 2 Comments

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Snack List Schedule

  • 1/29:  Jessica , Sara
  • 2/5:  Aaron, Caroline
  • 2/12:  Stephanie D, Leyna
  • 4/2:  Elizabeth, Trisha
  • 4/16:  Stephanie S, Sarah
  • 4/23:  Rebecca, Alicia
  • 4/30:  Shoshana, Nichole, Caitlin, Emily S, Stephanie S, Elaine, Kerri

Created by Leyna Faye Jan 22, 2009 at 12:45pm. Last updated by Leyna Faye Jan 22, 2009.

Welcome!

Hey everyone!  Welcome!  Glad to see you on here! 



If you are familiar with Facebook, this site should be pretty self-explanatory.  If you have any questions or suggestions, contact Nicki (Humitz) or myself and we'll do our best to figure out a way to make it happen.  A few things:



  • Groups:  We are working on setting up groups for things that seem relevant.  We have some grade-level groups already which we encourage you to join!  Those can be a really easy way to…
Continue

Created by Leyna Faye Jan 15, 2009 at 10:00pm. Last updated by Leyna Faye Jan 16, 2009.

 
 
 

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