Robert’s recent response to Mele’s question has been added to the Primer articles (hardlink above). I am humbled at how Robert has educated us here over the years with such articles. Now there are 33 of them by him collected over ten years – far more than any other Primers contributor including Mr. Motormouth Me. […]
There are two ways to create readings: (1) use the Story Writer, which I prefer and (2) using Write and Discuss, which Tina prefers. They are explained below: The Story Writer Next to the artists in Hub A is the Story Writer, whose job is simply to provide the teacher with a synopsis of the
Laura shares this conversion chart, which I think many in the group are going to like: On a 4 pt. scale: Conversion chart 4pt scale
I had asked long time PLC member Keri Biron to share the following with the Connecticut group and thanks Keri! – Good Morning, Ben asked me to share with you all Mike Peto’s comic book idea. Basically, once you have created a story with your class (either from a One Word Image, which is a
Jeff asked Alisa: Hi Alisa, I would like to learn more about the listen and draw activity you described in your comment yesterday. What is the more detailed version of the protocol you use? Alisa responded: Hi Jeff: Let’s say that together you came up with a Cake, for the OWI – and it did
New to our group, Brielle Grover reports from Connecticut: Dear Ben, Thank you so much for taking the time to coach me in Connecticut!! It’s really only since finding you and Tina this summer that I finally feel like I am enjoying my job and my kids are learning. For the first time, I do
Our group member Julie is in Canada: Hi Ben, Just wanted you to know that I attended a French meeting this morning about how to increase literacy in the fsl classroom. Well, you could imagine that I was bursting at the seams to share my success with the Invisibles! Once I mentioned that we create
We had an excellent artist in CT but at the end of the workshop we found that a very quiet teacher happened to have a lot of talent as well. He was drawing a one word image we had created about a sad pair of glasses: It goes to show how we never know
Over the past ten years Robert has posted 1,076 times. Those of us who have been on the PLC for those ten years are 1,076 times richer for Robert’s sharing. Here is the latest from Robert, on grading theory: Standards-Based Grading and “Power Grading” are something that Robert Marzano has popularized. Scott Benedict has done
This is a long and in my opinion crucial repost. If things are not going well in our teaching, it is a good reminder of basic things that we need to do in order to be successful. I actually consider this one of the most important posts in the entire history of this blog. A
A person in England asked: Hi Ben – I teach kids from 6 months up to 12 years. Could CI methods be applied to children from 6 years up? Or should they be older? Of course I forwarded this question to the expert, our Alisa, who responded: “Comprehensible Input strategies are modeled on a child’s
I get to go meet Keri Biron and her group of teachers in Connecticut tomorrow. Keri’s been reading here, sending in good videos, etc. for it seems like four or five years. Looking forward to working with them!
