makemathmore.com

After talking with my student I wanted to figure out ways to make math more fun and engaging (her favorite class was science because of the hands-on projects involved), so I did some research and found this website which is dedicated to creating lesson plans based on real-life math. Unfortunately you have to pay to go premium!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNk_U8uXT64&feature=BFa&list=ULgRlO6iJ2XUE&index=3

Teaching Strategies for English Language Learners

After interviewing an English language learner for my case study, I was inspired to do some research on possible teaching strategies for ESL students in the classroom.

This case study/article I found online does a good job of breaking down six different strategies that have been found to be useful in the classroom when teaching English language learners.

http://www.all4ed.org/files/archive/publications/SixKeyStrategies.pdf

Let me know if you have any more thoughts or suggestions as I'm very interested in eventually teaching ESL. :)

Gaming

For those of you interested in more info on gaming, I posted some great resources that I learned about in Prof Barnett's class on tech in the classroom. It is under the gaming topic of the blog. hope you all find this useful!

Discussing Controversial Issues

Hi All,

Thought I would post this article as it reminded me of the discussion we had the other week about discussing controversial issues with students in the classroom...

Don't teach, don't tell?

Text Sets

After reading Tovani's article, I became quite interested with using text sets in my own ELA classroom. I think it is a great idea, although tedious and time consuming, as issues of text complexity and the common core are becoming prevalent in high school classes. I found options for a few text sets that incorporate both history and literature, starting from the American Revolution and reaching up to about 2003. There is obviously room for change based upon individual preference and the needs of the students, but I thought this might be a decent place to start.

American Revolution: Before and After

Cast Two Shadows: The American Revolution in the South by Anne Rinaldi (YA)

The Fifth of March: A Story of the Boston Massacre by Anne Rinaldi (YA)

The Bastard by John Jakes

Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes (YA)

My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier, Christopher Collier (YA)

Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson (YA)

Redcoat by Bernard Cornwell

Rise to Rebellion: A Novel of the American Revolution by Jeff M. Shaara

Wolf By The Ears by Anne Rinaldi (YA)

Civil War/Westward Expansion

The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

Mine Eyes Have Seen by Ann Rinaldi (YA)

Dances With Wolves by Michael Blake

Family by California J. Cooper

Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beatrice Stowe

Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt (YA)

The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox (YA)

Middle Passage by Charles Johnson

North and South by John Jakes

The Adventures of Huck Finn by Mark Twain

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest Gaines

This Strange New Feeling by Julius Lester (YA)

The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton (YA)

Daniel’s Walk by Michael Spooner (YA)

Turn of the Century (1890’s-1920’s)

The Magnificent Amberson by Booth Tarkington

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser

Nickle and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Call of the Wild/White Fang by Jack London

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Ashes of Roses by Mary Jane Auch (YA)

White Lilacs by Caroline Meyer (YA)

Cold, Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns

Great Depression/World War II (1930’s-1940’s)

Angela’s Ashes Frank McCourt

Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission by Hampton Sides

Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene (YA)

Montana 1948 by Larry Watson

Snow Falling On Cedars by David Guterson

The Journey Home by Yoshiko Uchida (YA)

Wings of Honor by Tom Willard

The Last Lieutenant by John J. Gobbell

Sophie and the Rising Sun by Augusta Trobaugh

The Great Escape by Paul Brickhill

Briar Rose by Jane Yolen (YA)

Tobacco Sticks by William Hazelgrove

A Separate Peace John Knowles

1950’s to Present

Rocket Boys: A Memoir by Homer Hickam

The Bomb by Theodore Taylor (YA)

Fail-Safe by Eugene Burdick, Harvey Wheeler

Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden

Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin

Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers

Born on the Fourth of July by Ron Kovic

Your Blues Ain't Like Mine by Bebe Moore Campbell

There Are No Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz

Jubilee Journey by Caroline Meyer (YA)

Spite Fences by Trudy Krisher (YA)

The Water is Wide by Pat Conroy

Guns Up by Johnnie M. Clark

Teaching with Love and Logic

Teaching with Love and Logic

http://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Love-Logic-Control-Classroom/dp/0944634486

Game Design?

With all the articles about video games I figured I would post this link to a Master's Degree program in Stanford University

http://suse-ldt.stanford.edu/

Learning, Design, and Technology