Knowing Your Students Inside Out!

Social-Emotional Learning

Social-emotional learning is the ability to recognize and manages one's own emotions, solve problems, and build positive relationships with others. In the classroom, this looks like daily check-ins, reflections through art and writing, collaborating, sharing, and understanding, and community building games and activities. The teacher should use student-centered discipline practices, be supportive and inviting, set high and attainable expectations, and encourage responsible decisions. 

Activity Examples:

• Dail Check-ins: This could be written, a wall-chart, or even a google survey.
• Calm Down Corner: Choose a secluded area, add visual supports, and refocusing activities (breathing exercises, stuffed animals, coloring book, journals, calming bottles)
• Calming Bottles: This is a great bonding activity for the entire class! All you need are bottles of some sort and things to fill them with!
• Morning Meetings: This can include greetings, sharing, activities, GoNoodle, and routine rundowns. 

Conscious Discipline

Conscious discipline gets rid of reward and punishment. This type of discipline allows teachers to address the emotional and social issues of their students. Instead, it includes empathy, composure, choices, positive intent, consequences, composure, assertiveness, and encouragement. An example of this being used within the classroom is the "Time Machine" method. To begin this method, have students "roll back time" by rolling their hands and wish each other well to set positive intent. Then, ask the students if they are willing to go back and solve the problem at hand. Have them take some calmin breaths and use conflict resolution sentence starters to begin the process of solving the problem. 

Apps:

• Superbetter- sets goals, uses games to progress healthy behavior
• Smiling Mind- guided meditation
• Peekapak- four-week curriculum to help build self-regulation and empath
• Avokiddo- learn essential emotional skills through dressing and taking care of characters

Seriously Awesome Student Led Conferences & Digital Portfolios

Student-led conferences are a great way for students to showcase their work, take responsibility for their own learning, and lead their own learning. Autonomy is key. This is very different than a teacher-led conference. In this situation, the teacher is only the facilitator and the students are the leaders. It is student-centered and student lead. Students are able to lead discussions, be in their own process, pick out and prepare the materials to be shown, and are able to reflect on their own work. The teacher is there to facilitate, mediate, provided support if it is needed, provide expectations for the meeting, and may even provide a script for the student if needed. Parents are able to listen, engage, encourage, and ask their child questions.
In order to prepare for this, teachers need to keep students' work samples, give the student autonomy to choose what they want to include, structure the work for the student, and LET GO!
What is I have an ELL family?? Well, I'm glad you asked! If the teacher can have a translator present, that would be great! There are also translating apps, such as Google Translate that could be used. The teacher should also try to incorporate the diversity in your classroom and encourage the use of native language!

Digital Portfolios are a collection of student performance and assessments over time in the digital form. This should be standards-based and show significant student engagement. Work that is showcased is chosen by the student and should include the students' reflections and comprehension.

Apps to use:

• Artsonia Kids Art Museum - empowers students to exhibit their work
• WeLearnedIt - allows students to showcase, reflect, and comment on student work
• Sesame - Custumizable rubric creation

Benefits of Digital Portfolios:

• Great way to express and show student growth over time and provides a record of their educational career.
• Gives teachers the opportunity to see students' learning and areas of improvement.
• Gives students an audience! 

Differentiation is a MUST!

Differentiation is the act of tailoring and modifying inctruction based on the needs of individual students. By differentiating your lessons, your are giving students from all walks of life and with all differnt learning abilities the best chance to learn and succeed.

Lower-level Students
Students with lower academic abilities often need more supports for their prior skills to help build a firm and solid foundation for any future learning. They need hands-on activites and a diversity of learning modes. They may not also be able to show their understanding through standard tests or assessments, sometimes they may need different forms of assessment ot trully show what htye know and are capable of doing. These students most likely already feel discourage because of their academic struggles, it is our job as teachers to constantly and continuously encourage them and help them feel valued within our classroom.

Strategies:

• Anchor charts
• Visuals
• Video Modeling
• Demonstrate think alouds and the thinking process
• Lists
• Sensory Activites
• Google Doc Collaboration
• FlipGrid
• SeeSaw
• Limited answer choices
• Verbal Exams
• Drawings instead of writings
• One-on-one meetings
• Classroom Jobs

Average Level Students

These are students who are in the middle of the spectrum, not overachieving, but not necessarily underachieving, just meeting the standard right where its at. These students usually need reinforcment of strategies and need misconceptions to be corrected. They tend to be more successful with specific strategies. These students often can show understanding in many ways. Sadly, these student get overlooked the most because they do not need extra help, nor do they need extra challenge. 

Higher-level Students

These students are the ones that are not only meeting the standard, but are exceeding it. They need more challenge and may want to use different strategies than what has been taught. The can show their understanding in many ways that demonstrates their strengths. Many times these students get bored in the classroom from a lack of challenge. 

Success of English Language Learners

English language learners (ELL) are students that are unable or have trouble communicating or leaning in English. Most of the time these students come from non-English speaking homes or environments. These students usually need specialized or modified instruction for both the English language itself, but also for their academic courses.

Relationships and Responsiveness 
Build personal connection! Know your students! Do they have pets, play sports, like superheros? Bring these personal interests into your lessons. Also, bring their culture into your lessons and activites. These little things make a huge difference to your students.

Incorporate their native language and cultures by using tools, such as Google Translate to enhance communication. Use YouTube to show the class aspects of their culture to help build a family among your class. Find multi-cultural and diverse books to help represent their culture and other cultures in the classroom or community.

Time To Process
Increase you wait time by 3-5 seconds! Allow time for the student to process what you are asking, what they are thinking, and what their answer will be. When teaching, speak slowly. Be consistent with what you say and how you say it. These strategies will help to increase the students participation in the classroom!

Fair is NOT Equal
Every single one of your students are different. Even if you have mutltiple ELL students, they are not the same and will not need the same teaching styles and modes of learning. Offer support for your students that vary from student to student. Create lessons to be FAIR not equal. Equal is giving every student the same thing. Be fair by giving every student what they need to be succesful.

CoDiNg & rObOtIcS

Helpful Tips

• Let students explore! Give the time to play with it and come up with their own codes.
• Let students be the teacher! Let the students learn own their own and teach YOU!
• Encourage failure! Let students know that this classroom is a safe environment for them to try, fail, and try again!
• Coding and robotics is NOT only for science!!!

Coding with Bee Bots:

Math:

• Adding & Subtracting: have the students roll two dice, add or subtract, code the bot to go to the sum. 
• Mapping: code locational coordinaates to navigate a map.
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• Even & odd numbers: have students roll the die, if they get an even number they code the bot to go up the ladder, if they get an odd number they code the bot to go down the ladder. 
• Colors & Shapes: code the bot to go to certain colors and/or shapes.

Literacy:

• Spelling words: one student draws a card and the other spells the word on the card using the bot to move from letter to letter.
• Short stories: prepared drawings on the board and have students tell the key events from the story using the bee bot.
• Retell: have students to use the bee bot to retell events from a story
• Letters and Sounds: have students to identify letters and sounds useing the bee bot. 

Super Assessments for Super Teachers

Assessments
Assessments are the key component of learning. When students can see how they are doing, they will be able to see what they are able to understand. Assessments help to motivate studets by setting goals and being able to see when they achive those goals.

Formal and Informal Assessment
Informal assessment is catagorized as non-standardized and is not taken for a grade. This type of assessment is formative, meaning it is taken throughout the learning process and is used as a way for the teacher to further specifiy their instruction so that it is meeting students' needs throughout the process. This type of assessment is individualized to the student and is used to motivate student learning.
Examples:

• Think-Pair-Share
• Discussions
• Journal entries
• Kahoot!
• Hand signals
• 4 Corners
• Stop/Go sticks, cards, or cups

Formal assessment, on the other hand, is standardized, structured, and taken for a grade. This type of assessment is taken after the learning process. For example, an end of unit test of end of semester comprehensive exam. This assessment is testing the students knowledge and comprhension of the skills that have been taught to show what they know.
Examples:

• End of chapter/unit tests
• Midterms/Finals
• Projects 
• Presentations
• Term Papers

Assessment Tools:

• Kahoot!
• Prodigy
• educreations
• FlipGrid
• goformative.com

Super Stupendous STEAM

STEAM stands for Science Teachnology Engineering Art and Mathematics. Now, you may be thing, "Science, technology, engineering, and math all makes sense together, but why art?". Well, I'm glad you asked! This could be representaed as inclusion of Language Arts or as creative art. Students may integrate these as oral or written explanations or their scientific discorveries, drawings, videos, paintings, charts, diargrams, or an other visual or creative way they feel that they can best express their thinking and understanding.
Examples of this may also include:

• Engineering and Science Journals
• Presentations
• Drawings of their predictions and conclusions
• Written summaries of their experiementations

Books and Lessons:

• 11 Experiements That Failed by Jenny Offill and Nancy Carpenter - Lessons: Questions, hypothesis, what to do, what happened, experiements fails sometimes, encourages students to be curious and to experiment, teaches importance of having adult supervision. 
• The 3 Little Pigs - Lessons: Incorporates opoprtunity fo design thinking and engineering, have students make their own houses using different mateirals and see how their designs and engineering hold up against the big bad wolf.
• Junkyard Wonders by Patricia Polocco - Lessons: recycling, teaching diversity, opportunity to write about their creations.
• The Mitten by Jan Brett - Lessons: sequencing events in the story and coding skills (Found on Teachers Pay Teachers).

Apps:

• NOVA
• Tappity
• PBS Play and Learn

All about: Sensory Integration, Ortan Gillingham, & Montessori

Sensory Integration:

Have you walked into a classroom lately? Bright colors everywhere you look, posters filling the spaces on every wall, brightly lit LED lighting,  loud noises coming from every direction, and stacks and stack of books, movies, papers, crafting tools, and toys piling high in every corner. It can be quite over stimulating for even a grown adult such as myself. Just imagine this same situation for a child that already has difficulty paying attention for more than ten minutes at a time. What a nightmare!
Now, just to be clear, bright colors and posters on walls is not inherently bad. However, many modern classrooms have become much less sensory friendly in the past decade.



Many people are disinformaed about our senses, as I learned from the presentation, we do not just have five senses! We also have vestibular and proprioceptive senses. Vestiubular senses focus on the position of the body and its movement. For example, feelings of balance and movement. You may not like fast roller coasters or sitting in the back seat of your aunty's minivan while she drives quickly down a curvy road. Propriopceptive senses process information through contraction and stretching of our muscles and by bending, straightening, pulling, or compressing joint between bones. For example, when you're stretching in your hot yoga class or hanging from the pull up bar at the gym, these movements help to refocus your attention.

Solution Ideas:

• Provide students with frequent opportunities to move!
• Provide a variety of space for individual and group activites
• Provide with opporutnity to choose between a variety of activities, both physical and mental.
• Natual lighting instead of LED lighting
• Flexible seating options
• Opportunity for active and unstructured play

Orton- Gillingham

Created by Samuel Torrey Orton and Anna Gillingham. They brought listening, speaking, reading, and writing together so that students would have the optimal help needed to enhance their learning for all of the language skills. This approach is an action-based learning.

Resources: 

• Orton Gillingham Online Academy
• Making Teaching Fun
• ABC Magic Phonics
• Starfall
• Reading Eggs
• Special Words

Montessori Education

Maria Montessori developed specialized mareials after she realized that children understand complex concepts better if all of their senses are engaged. She also realized that the role of the teacher should be to facilitate student learning and not dominate student learning. She focused on the whole child with the goal of developing responsible adults. Components of Montessori education should include freedom and autonomy of the child, structure and order should be cale and chaos free, reality and nature should be included regularly. 

The Wonders and Uses of Nearpod

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Nearpod Categories:

• Nearpod DCL: Digital Citizenship & Literacy
• Nearpod CCE: College & Career Exploration
• Nearpod EL: English Learners
• Nearpod LL: Learning Lab
• Nearpod HPL: Historical Perspective & Literacy
• Nearpod SEL: Social & Emotional Learning

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Traditional Literature Book Blog #2

Stone Soup
Witten by Ann McGovern
Illustrated by Winslow Pinney Pels
Published by Scholastic Inc. in September 1st, 1986
Genre: Traditional Literature
Number of Pages: 32




Overview
In this timeless book, a very clever man successfully tricks an old woman into believing that soup can be made from a stone. As the pot of water boils witht he stone in it, the clever man urges the old woman to add wore and more ingredients until the soup is a feast that is "fit for a king". The illustrations perfectly depict their time period and are a great representation of what the story is trying to convey.

"Effective simple story about a young wayfarer who tricks an old woman into making a hearty soup. A funny story." 

-- Publishers Weekly, 

Grade Level: Pre-k - 3

Content Area: Literature, Friendship, Teamwork

Student Connection: This is a wonderful book to help depict the meaning of teamwork and friendship. 

If you were having problems with students not wanting to work together of work in groups, this would be

a great book to help them to understand why doing so is so important and constructive to their learning envionment. 

Traditional Literature Book Blog

The Ugly Duckling
Written by Hans Christian Andersen
Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Published by Marrow Junior Books on March 24th, 1999
Genre: Traditional Literature
Number of Pages: 40




Overview
This classic and unforgetable survival story of a brave and awkward little duckling marching through a cold and harsh winter full of many unwanted and unexpected experiences continues to have a place in many people's hearts. It is a reminder to us all of the patience and perserverence it takes to discover tru happiness in life. The beautiful watercolor illustrations perfectly depict the countryside and help to really bring every aspect of the book to life.

Grade level: K-3
Content Level: Science, Literature, Reading
Student connection: Not only is this a wonderful book to teach meaningful life lessons and hardships, this is also a great book to talk about habbitats and environments, as well as, the life cycle and habitat of a young duckling such as the main character. This would be great for gited students in younger grades or for students falling behind in older grades who need a little bit more of a push to understand and connect real life application to concepts that are being taught and introduced.

Poetry Book Blog #2

The Llama Who Had No Pajama
Written by Mary Ann Hobermann
Illustrated by Betty Fraser
Published by HMH Books for Young Readers on April 1, 2006
Genre: Poetry
Number of Pages: 68




Overview
This wonderful book of poetry covers every topic from centipede to whales, from swinging on swings to ice-skating in winter, from eating applesauce to celebrating birthdays, the wonderful poems in this amazing collection convey the experiences of childhood in a fresh new light without sacfrificing its timelessness. The illustrations by Betty Fraser dont just add to the text, but enhance it all together. With beautiful pops of color and discriptive imagary, readers will be engaged and entertained from beginning to end.

"Hoberman's rhythms are lively and agile, and her imagination and sense of humor are still in tune with young readers. Fraser's simple but detailed gouache and watercolor illustrations exhibit the same qualities . . . Good for beginning or experienced readers of poetry, this should indeed become a favorite."

--School Library Journal

Grade level: K-2

Content Area: Poetry, Literature, Phonics, Phonemic Awareness, Early Literacy

Student Connection: This book is not only full of rhyming words and alliterations, but it also full of all sorts of information about different experiences. This book could be used for a vieriety of different topics and a great way to introduce new experiences to your class!

Poetry Book Blog

The Wonkey Donkey
Written by Craig Smith
Illustrated by Katz Cowley
Published by Scholastic Paperbacks on October 2018
Genre: Poetry
Number of Pages: 24




Overview
   Children and adults of all ages will love this spunky, funky book! Follow the journey of the endearing, wonky donkey and find out what all he gets into along the way. Warning: this book may cause fits of laughter and a demand to be reread. The illustrations of this lovely wonky donkey help to further express the silly nature of the book and its intent to make readers laugh.

Grade level: K - 3
Content area: Literature, Poetry, English, Phonemic Awareness
Student connection: This would be a wonderful book for a phonemic awareness lesson to teach rhyming words. Especially if you had students who were struggling to grasp the concept. It would be great to read in a small group and maybe have them hold up something or do something every time they hear words that rhyme. If I wanted to take it one step further for gifted students, I could have them to name out the sounds and explain to me what would make the words rhyme.

Historical Fiction Book Blog #2

Number the Stars
Written by Lois Lowry
Published by HMH Books for Young Readers on May 2, 2011 (reissued edition)
Genre: Historical Fiction
Number of Pages: 137




Overview
   While the German troops are beginning their campaign to "relocate" the Jews of Denmark, the main character, Annemarie Johansen, and her family takes in Annemarie's best friend, Ellen Rosen, and hides her by pretending she is a part of their family. Throught the eyese of a ten year old, we get to see the Danish Resistance smuggle almost an entire Jewish population, nearly thoughsands of people, across the sea of Sweden.  The heroism shown by the nation in this book helps to reminds us that there was pride and humannity even in the world of war and terror.

"The whole work is seamless, compelling, and memorable—impossible to put down; difficult to forget."

—The Horn Book

Grade Level: 5-6

Content Area: Social studies, History, Diversity

Student Connection: This would be a wonderful book to read when descussing the history of the German's and Jew's and the whole time period associated with that. I remember reading this book in sixth grade and I have never forgotten it since. I would have my gifted students read it and discuss it to help them to further expand their knowledge and to challenge them to really get into the perspective of someone living out this historical time period. 

Historical Fiction Book Blog

Bud, Not Buddy
Written by Christopher Paul Curtis
Published by Yearling in 1999
Genre: Historical Fiction
Number of Pages: 245




Overview 
   This historical fiction is about a 10 year old little boy during the Depression era in Michigan. As he sets out to find his father he is filled with an abundance of hope and adventure. This is a wonderful book for a class that is studying this particular time era and is a great way for the students to really get into the perspective of someone who is actually living it. This novels realistic style is complimented by its humor and air of wonderment.

“Curtis writes with a razor-sharp intelligence that grabs the reader by the heart and never lets go. . . . This highly recommended title [is] at the top of the list of books to be read again and again.” 

—Voice of Youth Advocates, Starred

Grade Level: 4-5

Content Area: Social studies, History, Diversity

Student Connection: This would be a geat book to read when discussing the Depression era with your students. If you had a student who struggle to become interested in the topic of history, this book would definitely help them to become more enthused and interested in the events of that time period. 

Contemporary Realistic Fiction Book Blog #2

Because of Winn Dixie
Written by Kate DiCamillo
Published by Candlewick Press on March 2000
Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction
Numer of Pages: 208



Overview
  Because of Winn-Dixie is a story of a 10 year old little girl who's live get changed by a fate encounter at her local Winn-Dixie grocerie store. Soon, Opal, our main character, realizes that the dog she rescued from the grocerie store is no ordinary dog. Choosing to name him after the store he was found in, Winn-Dixie continuously surprises his new owner and the many people they meet along the way. The illustrations on the cover are beautifully painted with vibrant colors that really help the readers to visualize the small town setting and the small town people who occupy it. This is such a wonderful book to introduce real-worl topics that may be hard to discuss withint the classroom setting. 
  

"Take one disarmingly engaging protagonist and put her in the company of a tenderly rendered canine and you've got yourself a recipe for the best kind of down-home literary treat. Kate DiCamillo's voice in Because of Winn-Dixie should carry from the steamy, sultry pockets of Florida clear across the miles to enchant young readers everywhere." 

— Karen Hesse, author of the Newbery-award winner Out of the Dust

Grade Level: 4-6

Content Area: Social studies, friendship, Diversity

Student Connection: This book is a great way to introduce students to real world matters. It discusses topics like divorce, death, and achololism. This would be a great book for gifted students to read in small group together and have discussion about the hard topics that are addresses within this book. 

Contemporary Realistic Fiction Book Blog #1

Wonder
Written and illustrated by P. J. Palacio
Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers on February 14th, 2012
Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction
Number of Pages: 316



Overview
  Wonder is a beautifully written novel about a young boy who stands out. Auggie Pullman has a facial deformity. This challenges him and his whole family, especially when Auggie decides to go to real school instead of being homeschooled by his mom. I love how this story shows many different perspectives to really help to give the reader insight about what is going on in all of the characters' lives. The illustrations on the cover and throughout the chapters are simple, but yet, so impactful. Creating a sense of wonder and curiosity about each character and their story. 

"Wonder is essentially ... a wonder. It's well-written, engaging, and so much fun to read that the pages almost turn themselves. More than that, Wonder touches the heart in the most life-affirming, unexpected ways, delivering in August Pullman a character whom readers will remember forever. Do yourself a favor and read this book – your life will be better for it." 

- Nicholas Sparks, #1 New York Times bestselling author

Grade Level: 4-6

Content Area: Social studies, friendship, Diversity

Student Connection: This book is a great way to introduce students to differences and disabilities. If there were a student in the classroom with some sort of disability, this would be a great way to help students understand what they may be feeling of going through. 

NonFiction Book Blog #2

For The Right To Learn: Malala Yousafzai's Story
Written by Rebecca Langston-George
Illustrated by Janna Rock
Published by Capstone Press on July 1st, 2016
Genre: Nonfiction, Biography
Number of Pages: 40



Overview
   Malala Yousafzai grew up in a society where women are supposed to be quiet, but she refused to abide by this standard! Malala defied the Taliban's rules, fought for women's education, and was even almost murdered for her actions. This powerful and inspirational story of one courageous girl that helped to change the world and prove that one person CAN make a difference!
   The illustrations help to further explain the true events and helps the reader to understand the complexity and danger of Malala's quest to fight for women's' educational rights!

   

"One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world."

-Malala Yousafzai

Grade Level: 4-6

Content Area: Social Studies, Diversity

Student Connection: This book is a great way to show students how one person can really change the world and it helps them to learn more about how life is in different cultures and different parts of the world. It would be great for a social studies lesson!

NonFiction Book Blog

The Story of Ruby Bridges
Written by Robert Coles
Illustrated by George Ford
Published by Scholastic Inc. in 1995
Genre: NonFiction
Number of Pages: 32



Overview 
   In 1960, a six-year-old, named Ruby Bridges, and her family moves from Mississippi to New Orleans in search of a better life. When Ruby is ordered to attend first grade at William Frants Elementary school, an all-white school, Ruby is face with angry mobs, hateful parents, and mean students. Ruby's story of bravery, courage, and hope is a powerful retelling of a famouse story in our American History.
   George Ford dramatically illustrated this true events and story of Ruby's courage. His illustrattions wonderfully depict Roberts Coles' powerful and dramatic narractive.



Grade Level: 2-5
Content Area: History, Social Studies
Student Connection: This would be a great book to help students from a different culture or background. It would also be a great way to begin discussions of historical events during the 1960's and talk about the historical changes made during this time period.
 

Science Fiction Book Blog

The Magic Tree House Book Series
Written by Mary Pope Osborne
Illustrated by Sal Murdocca
Published by Random House Books for Young Readers; Slp edition (May 29, 2001)

Genre: Science Fiction
Number of pages: 96



Overveiw 
  In the exciting and adventurous books, Jack and Annie are regular kids who stumble upon a magical tree house in the woods. Jack and Annie are whisked back in time to all different eras and places around the world. Ever new visit to the tree house is a new and adventurous learning experience for Jack , Annie, and any student who reads the wonderful book.
   The illustrations, by Sal Murdocca, on the cover and throughout the books, dipict the adventurous tales beautifully. Students will be captivated by the pictures and their connection to the wonderfully adventurous tales.


Grade Level: 2-4
Contant Area: Language Arts, Social Studies, Science
Student Connection: These books would be great for challenging gifted students and a great way to incorporate other cultural aspects into the classroom and lessons.