Meet the Single Point Rubric
…section, Defining Our Terms, and you’ll find a link to the SOLO Taxonomy. Hope that helps! Lisa I just saw the version you made and love how you incorporated the different symbols onto it and the wording too. Thank you for sharing Norma Duenas Jennifer I need to let you know that your blog is the best and most complete in advice, resources, up to date with new trends, technology use, etc etc I have two important tasks to accomplish during my daily morning: Drink my coffee & read your new publications. Congratulations Do you also offer advice to Montessori…
Read MoreProject Based Learning: Start Here
Vann B Scott I love this article! I am joining a team of middle school teachers and we are implementing PBL in a Montessori classroom. I think this information will help us as well as the parents of our students as we return to school and begin this program. Thanks! Kate Thanks Jennifer….so good to see this post on P.B.L and all of the insightful materials to use. Over here in New Zealand we are moving towards modern learning environments and I wondered what you know in regards to the best ways of planning for and organising K 2-4 children….
Read MoreClassroom Eye Candy 1: A Flexible-Seating Paradise
Allison MacKenzie It looks very Montessori! I love when classrooms are organized but gentle and soothing to the eye. Abi I would LOVE to see a creative science classroom. I don’t have a lab section — the students sit at the tables where they do labs. And I have carpeting! So I would like to see some ideas of what I could do with lab tables. Jody Waltman While I love the look of this place, I’d issue a caution… A former colleague had to remove a recliner from his classroom because it failed to meet OSHA requirements for flame…
Read MoreTo Boost Higher-Order Thinking, Try Curation
…in an upcoming webinar PDT. Thanks for continuing to fire up my thinking to be more strategic in my teaching! Barbara Paciotti What an outstanding article! Suggesting we “make the collection of resources itself a stand-alone assignment” is one that we teacher-librarians can really use for helping students understand the research process more deeply. Thank you for always having such wonderful ideas and for sharing them so freely with us, your loyal readers. Sheryl Morris Project Curation Idea, Field of Education Curate the “best of” all pedagogues old and NEW, Froebel, Montessori, Waldorf, Reggio, etc., etc. No easy task! Where…
Read MoreGenius Nugget: Marc Prensky on Experimentation in Teaching
Genene Koebelin Thank you for the info on the mysterious Montessori method!…
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