I hope everyone had a great 4th of July!! I spent it driving in a car with my puppy for 13 hours. It rained back at home all day so I didn't really miss out on much. And, driving across 6 states reminded me just how beautiful our nation is and how grateful I am to have the freedom to just hop in my car and drive when/where I want. Love the USA. I am a Pinaholic..not gonna lie. I am on Pinterest ALL the time. But, to be fair...I really do make a lot of the things I pin. Thanks Cara from The First Grade Parade for your linky! Here are my top 5 pins from this week! Food- I love Mexican food. Like..could eat it breakfast lunch and dinner love it. Yummm! So, when I ran across this recipe I just knew I had to try it! And, it was fabulous. Pollo Fundido Recipe Fashion- This outfit looks so fun! I am loving the color combo! I also ADORE this TN necklace. It is on my Etsy wish list for sure. Decor- I bought a chalkboard ...
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Assessing vs. Advancing Questions
Last week, we talked about what accountable talk is and how it can be used to help strengthen the learning experiences in your classroom. Mostly, accountable talk is to be done by the students when asking each other questions throughout a math task or lesson. However, there is also another very important type of questioning that occurs during a lesson that I think of as teacher based questioning. Now, I am going to be honest with you right away. At the beginning of last year, I thought I was applying my questioning correctly with my kiddos. I had a chart on the wall that helped me mentally remember to ask various levels of Blooms' questions throughout a lesson, I planned my questions out ahead of time, and even had cutesy ways to flash them up on the SmartBoard if I needed to. Then, I had to record myself teaching a task for a grad class assignment. And....something awful happened. I realized that my questioning was all wrong. It seemed forced. My questions appeared ...
Teacher Planner-Monday Made It
I am sooo excited about linking up with Tara for her Monday Made It linky party today. I saw previews of some of your crafty projects and cannot wait to head over and check them all out. Apparently, I need to go get wasi tape because that seems to be the new craft go-to! My Monday Made It is not suuuper crafty. But, it is suuuper cute, and I really, really love how it turned out. Today, I am sharing my new teacher planner with you! Eeeek! I love and NEED to be organized. Like most teachers, I have a zillion things going on throughout the school year. I need to keep a calendar of important events that are going on at school, my lesson plans, records of student information and paper work, and a whole bunch more. In the past, I have kept all of this in separate folders/binders so I end up having to keep up with 5 or 6 things that hold a lot of important information. And, I am a scatter brain so that is not easy for me to do! So, this year I wanted to make sure that I ...
