In this blog we look at Barrish’s claims on if “The Good Bheavior Game” works for disruptive behavior in the classroom. Before we look further, what is the good behavior game? The game is a on-going classroom activity, where the classroom is split into teams, this works with multiple classrooms as well. After the teams …
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In this blog I will be talking about Skerrett’s article Religious literacies in a secular literacy classroom. In this article Skerrett observed how a teacher engaged her students “Christian religious literacies”, engaged in their own religious literacies, and what were the outcomes? But does religion belong in the average classroom? Skerrett states that students were …
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As my future certification is in ELA I will be talking about the use of affective evaluation for literary interpretation. Interpreting literature is an important skill to ELA students, this is a skill where students are able to conceptualize themes or pull out important details and form a deeper meaning or understanding. Levin states experienced …
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The domain of rational numbers has often been difficult for middle school students to “master.” While students often learn the specific algorithms taught in school, they lack general conceptual knowledge and remain deficient. Middle-school graduates are mostly affected, unable to answer addition of fractions, and read certain percentages. These are just some of the problems …
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Disciplinary Literacy has been introduced and has sparked some sort of controversy in the world of education. It is the standard for 6-8th graders to understand and comprehend various forms of disciplinary literacy throughout all of the content areas. Where it becomes somewhat controversial is the inclusion in younger grades, or elementary. I believe it …
In my field experience thorughout the mid-atlantic region I have been able to view a wide array of classrooms, each with a different perspective of teaching. While observing and teaching in these classrooms, I was able to be including in a hybrid course containing history and science content. As a hybrid course students would have …
This weeks reading deals with the overarching idea of content, content area and the term Disciplinary Literacy. Content is defined as the information or expiriences that are more so directed at the audience. Each student differs coming into a classroom, this can mean each student has different knowledge or expirience with various content being taught. …
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