Site of the Week - Your Turn!

I usually get my ideas for a site of week from someone I have had a conversation with, or from another blog, etc. I know that there are many good sites out there.

So here is your turn to contribute. If you have a good site that you know of or frequent, please post a comment below giving the site and any pertinent information about that site. Then when I or others check in, we can see some of what else is out there.

In the mean time, let me start things off this week.

 

getinthefold.blogspot.com Even though the last time this blog was posted in was in 2012, it has some great ideas for teaching reading with foldables. And remember, foldables are not just for elementary students!

And don't forget to share one or more of the sites you use in the comment section below.

Friday Funny

If we could only inspire the desire to do the math to everyone. (And show their work!)

New Reading Level Correlation Chart

Here is another Reading Level Correlation Chart. This one is the OFFICIAL chart, and has been put together by Ryan Glaze (ACS Curriculum Director) and Laura Swain (ACS Reading Coach for 3rd - 5th Grades).

Click here for PDF.

Site of the Week - Share My Lesson (AFT)

This site covers all subject matter and all grades. You should have gotten information about this in your mailbox. This site is provided by the AFT. Great resources for lessons and Common Core information! Click here or on image below for link.

Friday Funny - Taylor Mali

PDS Info from Staff Meeting

Building Relationships with Students

I attended a conference yesterday put on the the Marzano folks. Here is one of the videos they shared about relationships.




"No significant learning can without significant relationship." (-James Comer) (1:07)

This is what Tom Forkner sent out recently. We don't always get appreciated for what we do, but we don't do for the appreciation, do we? (Not that some appreciation wouldn't be nice sometimes. )

 

So even though we don't do it for the appreciation, the appreciation is still a positive thing. Doesn't that apply to students as well?

Site of the Week - Math Is Power 4 U

This site was shared with me by Mrs. Freeman over at Edgewood (5th Grade). She said she uses it a lot. It covers topics from pre-algebra to calculus! So it should be a great tool for a Middle School!

Click here or on the pic to go to the site.

Here is a link to their blog.

Here is a link to their YouTube channel.

Friday Funny - I Choose C

As an added bonus, here is the link to the advertisement mentioned in Wednesday's 6th grade meeting. Yes, this is a real product, not a SNL skit.

ACUITY Reports

Looking for some good data from ACUITY? Then head over to the ACUITY site, sign in, and take a look at the "Item Analysis Report." Once you click on the Item Analysis report, then click on the "Classroom Matrix Report."

Once you have filled in all the info, select "Run Report." This will download an excel file onto your computer. This sheet has a lot of useful information. It not only tells pass/pass+/did not pass for each student, but also gives a breakdown of results by standard! Now you can focus instruction where the weaknesses are for your specific class by each specific standard tested.

The standards are written out above the column for you. Green is good, white needs work.

If you have any trouble getting to this report or understanding any of it, please see me!

Here is a link if you have your sign-in info and want to access ACUITY at home.

Site of the Week - Learn Zillion

You can find a lesson (or more) on any given standard, Math and Language Arts.. Once you sign up (and signing up is free) you can search by grade, domain, and standard. Or you can just type in a topic in the search bar. For instance, if you type in Absolute Value, you might find this video.

Once you have gotten to the page with the video, you can also view the slides the video was created from, comments from the video's creator, see some guided practice questions, and more.

These videos could be part of a Success Time lesson, viewed in the computer lab, set up for a sub.