instructional strategies and assessment

The AIMSweb story starters are writing assessment tests that ask a student to write for three minutes and count the total words written (TWW). There are also computations for correct word order and to subtract spelling errors. on Wednesday, Apr 19 2006 at 02:40 PM Writing, Assessment, AIMSweb, story starters

This EXCEL document was created for my elementary students to keep track of their daily assignments. Some of my students needed a different supplement to the provided calendars or agendas. A few students needed behavior plans associated with a daily calendar, signed by parents then kept in my files for data gathering purposes or growth and success documentation. daily calendar assignments elementary

A Word document used for data collection on IEP goals and objectives. Data Collection, IEP, Special Education

Decisions, Decisions the name of a group of simulation software produced by Tom Snyder, Inc. They are designed for 5-10th grade students on a variety of topics. The software and kits can be used whole group and small group. Students take on 1 of 4 roles to play in a simulation of historical decision making. Wonderful for discussion and higher order thinking processes. This training focuses on the titles in our district schools. It can be used for any of the titles in the series. Simulation software, staff development, Social Studies curriculum, Higher order thinking

Every day, in schools across the country, a great deal of time is spent by both teachers and administrators designing effective practices for the daily implementation of the curriculum, which the students then spend hours each day studying in the classrooms. Teachers across the nation also assign homework, which the students then spend various amounts of time doing each evening. The issue of homework has at times been a national political issue, as when student achievement is compared to other educational practices around the world. The conception seems to be that the more time American school children spend at home doing homework, the higher their academic achievement will be. Although this reasoning has some relevance to student performance, there needs to be some guidance for how homework will be used to support effective teaching and learning practices. This article discusses building a positive framework for best practices when assigning homework that is both meaningful and constructive for increasing student performance. Resource Type

Strong visuals and good graphics impact greatly support the learning process for many students. on Sunday, Oct 15 2006 at 05:32 PM Visuals in the Classroom

differentiated instruction

This is a sample digital worksheet that can be used in conjunction with the www.enchantedlearning.com This site was a basic research assignment that was developed with a KWL format. It can be easily adapted for any elementary grade level and for a number of subjects or concepts. Resource Type

Exemplary Practices

A power point presentation that I used with my 8th graders to teach an important, aspect of American History. I zipped all files together so, I hope this works. It is LARGE! American History