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Staff Development Day: Monday, January 16
Staff Development Day: Monday, January 16
Breakout EDU K-5
Breakout EDU K-5
This session provided a variety of K-5 staff from different grade levels and subject areas with an adult-level Breakout EDU experience entitled "Faculty Meeting." We followed this up with a discussion about how Breakouts can be utilized in younger grades, as well as some resources on where to locate pre-made Breakouts and how to go about creating your own.
Session Resources
Session Resources
Other Resources:
Other Resources:
"The Faculty Meeting" Breakout Materials:
"The Faculty Meeting" Breakout Materials:
- Breakout EDU Games (Password is "showyourwork")
- Facebook Breakout EDU General Discussion Group
- Beta Games (Password is "showyourwork")
- Breakout EDU Timer
- Breakout EDU Example: Froggy Gets Dressed
- Educator-Created Breakout EDU Games (in a Google Drive Folder)
- Searchable Breakout EDU Game Site
Do More with Google Drawings
Do More with Google Drawings
This session allowed staff to explore a variety of learning experiences in Google Drawings, including but not limited to:
Resources
Resources
The links below will provide you with more step by step information, in addition to a variety of templates that are ready to use in your classroom.
Tech Tools for REading in the Content Area
Tech Tools for REading in the Content Area
This session focused on some research-based strategies for integrating reading strategies into a variety of content and subject areas. Ruth Hamlow, a high school English teacher, presented the strategies and research behind them. These were supplemented with technology tools that fit with the strategies presented. Please view the presentation summary below, and feel free to reach out to one of us with questions you may have.
Calculating Readability/Text Difficulty
Calculating Readability/Text Difficulty
- Websites
- Readability Tools: Microsoft Word, Juicy Studio, and Readability Test Tool
- FYI: For PDF's, the best method is to use the "select tool" to copy and paste text into one of the tools above.
- Leveled Current Events: Newsela and Newsela Elementary
- Check out our tips for how to use Newsela's quiz and journaling features with your students.
- Read&Write for Google Chrome
- Readability Tools: Microsoft Word, Juicy Studio, and Readability Test Tool
Activating Prior Knowledge
Activating Prior Knowledge
- Google Drawing Templates
- 2 THIEVES Templates, Concept Ladder, Shades of Meaning Linear Array, Frayer Model, and more
Guiding Reading
Guiding Reading
- 3-Part Lesson Example
- Created by 2015 Teacher of the Year Tom Rademacher of The FAIR School, Downtown
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