tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82345208368551640542024-03-19T04:22:32.521-05:00The Idea BackpackEquipping Teachers
with Idea Storage
and OrganizationApril Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001622249478503557noreply@blogger.comBlogger318125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234520836855164054.post-3960904365005088782016-06-27T20:30:00.002-05:002016-06-27T20:30:49.017-05:00What I Have Been Reading - June 27, 2016 Despite it being summer, I am still staying pretty busy. I am taking 6 hours of graduate classes in summer session 1. So the next two weeks will be pretty busy as I finish final projects and papers. I still have been reading in the month of June. I have been tracking what I am reading in 2016 on Goodreads. I am currently at 54 books, so I am on track to meet my 100 book goal for 2016. The majority of what I read is Young Adult/Teen Fantasy books. This week I am linking up with <a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/?p=10150">Unleashing Readers</a> for #IMWAYR.<br />
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Now that it is summer, I have been trying to make a little more effort to read actual adult fiction. A friend of mine recommended <a href="http://modernmrsdarcy.com/">Modern Mrs. Darcy</a>. Every summer, Anne Bogel does a<a href="http://modernmrsdarcy.com/2016-reading-challenge/"> summer reading challenge</a> broken into different categories. She also had a post earlier in June with "<a href="http://modernmrsdarcy.com/young-adult-summer-reading-list/">Hot New YA books</a>." Between the YA list and the summer reading challenge, I have picked some books to add to my library request list. Here are a few books that I recently finished:<br />
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<i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Eligible-modern-retelling-Pride-Prejudice/dp/1400068320/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467076631&sr=8-1&keywords=eligible">Eligible</a></i> by Curtis Sittenfield<br />
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This was a modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice. I actually listened to this one on audio and really enjoyed it. It was fun trying to anticipate what the modern spin on the plot would be. Pride and Prejudice is one of my all-time favorite books. I actually want to re-read it now.<br />
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<i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mystic-Summer-Novel-Hannah-McKinnon/dp/1476777691/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467076767&sr=8-1&keywords=mystic+summer">Mystic Summer </a></i>by Hannah McKinnon<br />
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This was just a super-easy read that would work well for the pool or the beach. A sweet story and easy to read. I did appreciate that the main character was a teacher.<br />
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<i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Audrey-Sophie-Kinsella/dp/0553536532/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467077090&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=finding+aurdey">Finding Audrey</a></i> by Sophie Kinsella<br />
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This is Sophie Kinsella's first YA novel. You may have read her other Shopaholic books. I have read a couple of them, but it has been years. This was a fabulous book though. It was probably one of my favorite reads in 2016 so far. It dealt with bullying, mental illness, the ups-and-downs of being a teen, and family dysfunction, but all with so much heart and humor. I laughed through the entire book.<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/These-Vicious-Masks-Tarun-Shanker/dp/1250073898/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467077160&sr=8-1&keywords=these+vicious+masks">These Vicious Masks</a> by Tarun Shankar and Kelly Zekas<br />
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This was nothing deep, but I enjoyed it. It is sort of a mystery set in Victorian England, but involves characters who discover they have X-men like powers. It was an enjoyable and easy to read plot line. It reminded me a little of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Clockwork-Scarab-Stoker-Holmes-Novel/dp/1452128731/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467077289&sr=8-1&keywords=clockwork+scarab">The Clockwork Scarab</a> by Colleen Gleason, but not done quite as well.<br />
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I have been thinking over the past week that I want to reflect back more on my favorite reads from 2015 to now. So my next couple posts will probably focus on sharing some of my favorite reads from the last 1-2 years. What are you reading this summer?<br />
<img align="center" src="https://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g447/eschaff/Idea%20Backpack/sgn1.png" />April Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001622249478503557noreply@blogger.com215tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234520836855164054.post-63853504073110115002016-06-15T14:22:00.000-05:002016-06-15T14:22:09.176-05:00Monday Made It (On Wednesday): Branching out with a Bullet JournalWell, I haven't blogged in awhile... Anyway, one of the nice things about summer is having more time to do things like blogging and reading and napping and eating lunch with grownups.<br />
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On Monday morning I was reviewing over the <a href="http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com/2016/06/monday-made-it-june-13.html">Monday Made Its</a> at Tara's blog (including the ones from last week). I have enjoyed surveying everyone's creations for Monday Made It for the last few years. It is always inspiring and gives you ideas to get you thinking about getting ready for the school year.<br />
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I felt completely inspired by <a href="http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com/2016/06/monday-made-it-summer-series-kick-off.html">Nicole's guest post from last week</a> where she shared her bullet journal. I have seen bullet journals on Instagram, but I hadn't given it too much thought yet. Nicole shared her bullet journal and <a href="http://www.hellobrio.com/blog/bullet-journal-start">this blog post</a>, which had been her inspiration.<br />
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So for my Monday Made It (shared on Wednesday) for this week, I decided to start my own bullet journal. I actually use an Erin Condren planner that works pretty well for me for keeping up with grad school homework and due dates. I have used both Plum Paper planners and Erin Condren planners. I prefer to horizontal weekly layout; it works better for me. At work, I tend to keep a little task list on a small notepad I found at Staples last year for a $1. On one half, it says "To Do Now" and on the other half it says "To Do Later."<br />
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The part I have struggled with keeping organized is more for long term goals and ideas. I liked the idea of trying a bullet journal to organize other parts of my life like lists of books I want to read, long term research goals, projects for grad school, projects for my classroom, etc. I had a cute journal I bought at Barnes and Noble a couple months ago that I hadn't used yet. I love this size journal. It is slim enough to fit in a purse or backpack easily, making it even more portable than my planner.<br />
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I have always kept an "idea journal" (hence, part of why my blog is named the Idea Backpack). I am someone who is always coming up with ideas and finding the need to record them somewhere. My idea journals have never been very organized though or necessarily easy to locate things later. So I liked the idea of creating a bullet journal to organize different lists of goals and ideas with a table of contents.<br />
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Below are a few more pictures of some of the pages I started. Of course, one of my first priorities was making different "To Be Read" pages. I love keeping track of my reads on <a href="http://goodreads.com/ideabackpack">Goodreads</a>, but I also like the idea of a physical list I can add to by genre.<br />
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I haven't added any doodles or artwork or done creative lettering yet. I was more just trying to get it started and begin organizing goals and ideas for this summer. Hopefully over time I will branch out and be a little more creative with some of my entries.<br />
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Once 2016 is over, I might also try incorporating the planner aspect into the bullet journal as well. How do you organize your ideas and goals? Do you use a journal or planner?<br />
<img align="center" src="http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g447/eschaff/Idea%20Backpack/sgn1.png" />April Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001622249478503557noreply@blogger.com147tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234520836855164054.post-85055317275548256722016-01-11T11:49:00.002-06:002016-01-11T11:49:31.369-06:00Free Resources for Teaching about Martin Luther King for Grades 4-6Next Monday is Martin Luther King Day. So this week we will spend a little bit of time talking about Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights movement. You can find a lot of great free resources to help you teach about Martin Luther King:<br />
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<a href="https://www.archives.gov/press/exhibits/dream-speech.pdf">Text of the Speech</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.readworks.org/rw/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-articles-videos?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=1.11.16%20MLK">Links to videos and passages from ReadWorks</a><br />
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<i>Martin's Big Words</i> read on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-7HBVY6pEE">Youtube</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.biography.com/people/martin-luther-king-jr-9365086#education-and-spiritual-growth">Online biography</a> of MLK<br />
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<a href="http://www.martinlutherking.org/">More official website on MLK</a><br />
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<b>Reading Passages and Questions about MLK:</b><br />
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Martin-Luther-King-Jr-freebie-1621035">Passage and questions from Tessa Maguire</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Martin-Luther-King-Jr-1625211">Passage with Cause/Effect Activity and Timeline Activity from Fifth in the Middle</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Martin-Luther-King-Jr-1648942">Martin Luther King Poem close reading and questions</a><br />
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<b>Reading Passages and Questions about MLK Day:</b><br />
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-MLK-Jr-Day-Differentiated-Reading-Passages-for-Integration-1633108">Differentiated Passages from The Sweetest Thing</a> (These differentiated passages are always really well done.)<br />
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Informative-Writing-and-Research-Martin-Luther-King-Jr-2277331">Passage and Writing Prompt from Kathy Adams on TpT</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Speeches-that-Kids-Do-1053566">Writing Prompt to Get Students to write their own I Have a Dream Speech</a><br />
(This assignment is really for grades 5 through high school, so it may challenging for some in grades 4-6).<br />
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Timeline-Activity-for-4-8-FREE-for-a-Limited-Time-Only-1059384">Timeline Activity from I'mLovitLit</a> (You have to find your own biographical passage or text. The links in the freebie were no longer working)<br />
LSU Timeline <a href="http://guides.lib.lsu.edu/c.php?g=353667&p=2385246">link</a> to go with this activity<br />
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<b>Activities for the I Have a Dream Speech:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.drmartinlutherkingjr.com/">Text and Audio of the Speech</a><br />
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I also have a <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Activities-for-Martin-Luther-King-Writing-about-and-Analyzing-the-Speech-514934">set of activities in my store</a> to accompany the I Have a Dream speech for $2.75. It includes quotes by MLK with graphic organizers to get students to analyze the quote, an activity to write about their own dream. There are also organizers to get students to analyze the I Have a Dream Speech in their own words in my store for $2.75.<br />
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<img align="center" src="http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g447/eschaff/Idea%20Backpack/sgn1.png" />April Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001622249478503557noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234520836855164054.post-36762891221149173292015-10-13T22:51:00.000-05:002015-10-13T22:51:20.665-05:00October Essay Writing Menu (On Sale)Well, better late than never. I finally finished my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/October-Essay-Writing-Opinion-Informative-and-Narrative-Prompts-2149108">October Essay Menu and Writing</a> practice. It's 50% off for the next few days since I finally finished it.<br />
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There is an essay menu, graphic organizers, checklists, rubrics, scaffolded practice pages, and publishing paper. I am making them to go with each month. I also have September and December made. Hopefully I will finish the November Essay Writing before the end of October.<br />
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Don't forget about the <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/October-Spelling-and-Vocabulary-Menu-Freebie-1520301">October Spelling and Vocabulary menu</a>, too. This freebie has a menu of themed writing ideas that can be used with any list of words.<br />
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<img align="center" src="http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g447/eschaff/Idea%20Backpack/sgn1.png" />April Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001622249478503557noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234520836855164054.post-67913287350375668212015-10-12T18:10:00.002-05:002015-10-12T18:10:53.734-05:00What is Mrs. Walker Reading? #IMWAYR 10/12/15It's Monday which means it is time to link up with <a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/#axzz3oOZcn2lF">Teach Mentor Texts</a> and Unleashing Readers for #IMWAYR. I haven't linked up in a few weeks so I am glad to share what I have been reading.<br />
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When I <a href="http://ideabackpack.blogspot.com/2015/09/its-monday-what-are-you-reading.html">last linked up </a>I was still listening to <i>The Red Queen</i> and <i>The Fairy Tale Detectives</i> on audio. I finally finished both of those books at the end of September. I really enjoyed both books. I still like <i>The Land of Stories</i> better than <i>The Fairy Tale Detectives</i>, but I do think they will make good selections for a fractured fairy tale literature circle. I plan to read more of the books in <i>The Fairy Tale Detectives</i> series eventually. I tried to start reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rump-Story-Rumpelstiltskin-Liesl-Shurtliff/dp/030797796X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1444690010&sr=8-1&keywords=rump"><i>Rump</i></a> by Liesl Shurtliff, but honestly I wasn't enjoying it so I never finished it. I may consider using it in my literature circles, but I haven't decided.<br />
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When I read through some of the #IMWAYR posts back in September, Cheriee at <a href="http://dickenslibrary.blogspot.com/2015/09/imwayr-september-14-2015.html">Library Matters</a> wrote a review mentioning <i>The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place</i> series and <i>The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates</i>. Both series intrigued me, so the last two audio books I have listened to have been <i>Magic Marks the Spot </i>and <i>The Mysterious Howling.</i> Both books are read by Catherine Kellgren on the audio. I believe she is the one who does the audio for the <i>Bloody Jack</i> series as well. She really is one of my favorite audio book performers. She does such a great job with all the different accents and voices.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Incorrigible-Children-Ashton-Place-Mysterious/dp/0062366939/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1444690761&sr=8-1&keywords=mysterious+howling">The Mysterious Howling</a> is about a young girl who finds herself governess to three young children raised by wolves. I look forward to reading the next book in the series. Really the plot in the book is not super exciting or deep, but the narrator is absolutely fabulous. I think this would make great read aloud to teach students about how a speaker or narrator can have a different point of view from the main characters. There is really a lot of great sentences and vocabulary in this book as well, which also makes it great for read aloud.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Magic-Nearly-Honorable-League-Pirates/dp/0062194356/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1444690919&sr=8-1&keywords=magic+marks+the+spot">Magic Marks the Spot</a> is just pure fun. It this book, the main character is a young girl who really wants to be a pirate but instead her father tries to send her to finishing school. She runs away to be a pirate to have her own adventure. I love the <i>Bloody Jack </i>series, so I am happy that this series is more appropriate for my 5th graders. I plan on getting both the <i>The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place</i> series and <i>The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates </i>series<i> </i>for my classroom library over time.<br />
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I just finished <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Curtsies-Conspiracies-Finishing-School-Carriger/dp/0316190209/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1444691026&sr=8-1&keywords=curtsies+and+conspiracies">Curtsies and Conspiracies</a> this weekend. I then started <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Waistcoats-Weaponry-Finishing-School-Carriger/dp/031619025X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1444691026&sr=8-2&keywords=curtsies+and+conspiracies">Waistcoats and Weaponry</a> last night.<br />
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I am thoroughly enjoying this witty series on a finishing school that secretly teaches its students espionage. I highly recommend the series for a fun read. Most of my 5th graders might not be quite mature enough for them, but 6th and 7th graders would be for sure.<br />
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<img align="center" src="http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g447/eschaff/Idea%20Backpack/sgn1.png" />April Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001622249478503557noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234520836855164054.post-24406434281106348102015-10-04T20:03:00.000-05:002015-10-04T20:04:27.244-05:00Persuasive Writing with the Spider and the FlyI love October and all of the fun fall and Halloween related activities you can do. This week we will be working on persuasive writing using <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Fly-Mary-Howitt/dp/0689852894/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1444006408&sr=8-1&keywords=spider+and+the+fly">The Spider and the Fly</a>.</i> We are going to do some research projects this month on spiders and bats so I thought this would be a nice introduction.<br />
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You can read a review of the <i>The Spider and the Fly</i> with some other helpful links from Joanne at Head over Heels for Teaching <a href="http://headoverheelsforteaching.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-spider-and-fly-mentor-text-for.html">HERE</a>.<br />
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To walk through the writing process, we also will be using a video series from LearnZillion. This series walks through writing a persuasive letter in response to "Little Red Riding Hood." However, we are going to write in response to <i>The Spider and the Fly</i>. The link for the video series of lessons is <a href="https://learnzillion.com/resources/73004-writing-in-response-to-drama-little-red-riding-hood">HERE</a>. You could easily do all of the lessons to really scaffold the writing process or you could just pick and choose some of them. LearnZillion does a nice job reviewing over concepts from previous lessons at the beginning of each video. This does give you the option to do just pick and choose some videos. I believe most of my students need the scaffolding so we are going to go through the entire series of videos. It may take us a couple weeks instead of just one to get through it all.<br />
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Honestly, this week was so incredibly busy with grad school that I mainly started two new audio books. I mentioned in my post last week that I was interested in reading some of the novel fractured fairy tales to possibly look at doing a round of literature circles with my students using these fairy tale spin-offs. I was first inspired after reading <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tale-Dark-Grimm-Adam-Gidwitz/dp/0142419672/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1442192859&sr=8-1&keywords=a+tale+dark+and+grimm">A Tale Dark and Grimm</a></i>. This book has a wonderful sense of voice, which would make it a great read aloud for older students. It would also make for a great lesson on narrators. Overall though, it moves a little slow for me to just sit and read. I started getting bored about half way through. I did use this book as an introduction to a lesson on voice in my middle school Speech and Debate class this week (with 7th and 8th graders). I still think it is maybe a little too dark for some of 5th and 6th graders, but I may just use it as a choice in my literature circles.<br />
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On audio, I began <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fairy-Tale-Detectives-Sisters-Grimm/dp/0810993228/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1442193025&sr=8-1&keywords=fairy+tale+detectives">The Fairy Tale Detectives</a></i> (A Sisters Grimm novel). This book reads better to just sit and read independently. It has a more smooth and engaging plot. I am still working through it, but I think this one will make a great choice for my literature circles to use along with <i>The Land of Stories</i>.<br />
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The other audio book I began is <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Red-Queen-Victoria-Aveyard/dp/0062310631/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1442193126&sr=8-1&keywords=red+queen">The Red Queen</a></i>. I am really enjoying this one so far. Amazon describes it as<i> Graceling </i>meets <i>The Selection</i>. I would say this is actually a pretty apt description. It also has aspects that remind me of <i>The Hunger Games.</i><br />
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What are you reading right now? I also am finally trying to do better about documenting my food and workouts at my personal blog <a href="http://balancingthebackpack.blogspot.com/">Balancing the Backpack</a>. You can read about my meal plans for this week <a href="http://balancingthebackpack.blogspot.com/2015/09/meal-plans-week-of-september-13-2015.html">HERE</a> as I try to get back in a routine now that school has started.<br />
<img align="center" src="http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g447/eschaff/Idea%20Backpack/sgn1.png" />April Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001622249478503557noreply@blogger.com154tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234520836855164054.post-642006058682903282015-09-13T17:34:00.000-05:002015-09-13T17:34:56.697-05:00Why You Should Use the Socratic Seminar in the ClassroomLast year was the first year I truly used the Socratic Seminar in the classroom with my 7th and 8th grade students. I found it to be one of the most meaningful instructional strategies I have ever used.<br />
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It is a method of discussion that enables students to take ownership and construct meaning. Students are required to have all read the same text. They show up for discussion ready to ask questions, respond, and participate. The responsibility is on the students and not the teacher to construct meaning around the text. However, the first couple times you conduct a seminar you may want to be prepared to step in and guide the conversation a little until students get used to taking more active roles. Assigning discussion leaders can also be helpful.<br />
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There are many different approaches to setting up and managing socratic seminars. You can read a blog post <a href="http://ideabackpack.blogspot.com/2014/11/getting-started-with-socratic-circles.html">HERE</a> where I described last year how I got started with socratic seminars and what I learned from the process.<br />
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Why wouldn't you want your students to be deep thinkers who are responsible, can think critically, articulate their thoughts, and conduct civilized discussions with their peers? Socratic seminars can be conducted in any subject or on any topic.<br />
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Below are some other articles and posts I found on getting started with planning a socratic seminar. There are many helpful strategies:<br />
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<a href="http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2010/11/higher-order-comprehension-power-socratic-seminar">http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2010/11/higher-order-comprehension-power-socratic-seminar</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.middleweb.com/8989/socratic-seminars-in-middle-school/">http://www.middleweb.com/8989/socratic-seminars-in-middle-school/</a><br />
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<a href="https://simplynovelteachers.wordpress.com/2013/06/12/socratic-seminar/">https://simplynovelteachers.wordpress.com/2013/06/12/socratic-seminar/</a><br />
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Ultimately, you should make a plan and set goals with your students. Conduct some seminars and always reflect after each one. Help your students have input on went well and what could have gone better. Here is a helpful video I found where a teacher is showing what a socratic seminar looks like in her classroom, gives helpful suggestions on how to prepare students for this type of discussion, and how it can help students meet the Common Core Standards:<br />
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<a href="https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/bring-socratic-seminars-to-the-classroom">https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/bring-socratic-seminars-to-the-classroom</a><br />
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Have you used the socratic seminar in your classroom? What strategies did you find helpful? I am teaching 5th and 6th grade this year, so I am looking forward to learning how to best implement this strategy with younger students.<br />
<img align="center" src="http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g447/eschaff/Idea%20Backpack/sgn1.png" />April Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001622249478503557noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234520836855164054.post-40560679712682925052015-09-08T09:00:00.000-05:002015-09-08T09:00:01.247-05:00Vocabulary and Spelling Menu for September - FreebieOne of things I started making for class last year was a monthly vocabulary menu. Last year I taught 7th and 8th grade and we worked through a vocabulary program for SAT words. This year my 5th and 6th grade students are working through a vocabulary book that has set word lists and activities for them to complete. <br />
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In addition though, we will also practice the words on Spelling City and use my vocabulary menus. With vocabulary and grammar both, I am much more interested in whether you can apply them than just answer a worksheet correctly. The menus are fun because they make your students use the words in a cohesive way, but also challenges them to be creative. They have to tie any list of words into fun prompts chosen by the month. Students also can come up with their own story ideas, but I saw some really creative stories last year from my 7th and 8th graders. I made several of the months last year, so I will be working on finishing up the months I hadn't done this year.<br />
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This month I finally made the September vocabulary and spelling menu. You can get a copy <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/September-Spelling-and-Vocabulary-Menu-Freebie-2079833">HERE</a>.<br />
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You also can get a copy of the October vocabulary and spelling menu <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/October-Spelling-and-Vocabulary-Menu-Freebie-1520301">HERE</a>. How do you get your students to apply understanding of their vocabulary words?<br />
<img align="center" src="http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g447/eschaff/Idea%20Backpack/sgn1.png" />April Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001622249478503557noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234520836855164054.post-89807755939881327002015-09-07T17:06:00.001-05:002015-09-07T17:06:19.935-05:00It's Monday! What are you reading? 9/7/2015 #IMWAYRWhere does time go? I am always amazed when time slips away from me and more than a month has gone by since I last blogged. I wish I knew what happened to August. It was filled with the getting ready for "back to school" craziness. I was setting up my classroom, conducting conferences with parents, and helping our new middle school teacher get settled. There are many positive things about working at a small school, but one of the unique responsibilities is having to wear a lot of hats.<br />
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Anyway, I have been reading over the last month. I am excited about choosing lots of good read alouds this year to share with my students. This week we will be talking about setting reading goals and making our lists of books we would like to read. We also will begin a discussion of the different genres so they can think about making goals around different genres. I look forward to sharing my own reading goals and what I am reading with my students on a regular basis. One of my goals this year is to make more of an effort to read more biographies. I read a lot of nonfiction for grad school, but in my spare time I will always be a fiction lover. However, I think reading more biographies will broaden my horizons as a reader. So if you have any recommendations of good biographies, I'd love suggestions.<br />
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I am going to link up with <a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/2015/09/it-monday-what-are-you-reading-9715.html#axzz3l5hrnap1">Teach Mentor Texts</a> and <a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/?cat=100">Unleashing Readers</a> for #IMWAYR to share my latest reads.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lady-Almina-Real-Downton-Abbey/dp/0770435629/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1441661843&sr=8-1&keywords=the+real+downton+abbey"><i>Lady Almina and the Real Downtown Abbey</i></a><br />
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I just listened to the audio version of this book after a good friend recommended the book. I love the show, and I love history. This is basically the history of the Highclere Castle in biographic form following Lady Almina, who was lady of the castle around the time Downtown Abbey is set. It was a highly enjoyable read, and the audio version is well done. Lady Almina's husband was also an Egyptologist who was one of the ones who found the tomb of King Tutankhamen, so the history in general in the book was very interesting.<br />
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<i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Serafina-Black-Cloak-Robert-Beatty/dp/1484709012/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1441662682&sr=8-1&keywords=serafina+and+the+black+cloak">Serafina and the Black Cloak</a></i><br />
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A couple weeks ago I read <i>Serafina and the Black Cloak</i>. I thought it was an interesting story with a mix of history, fantasy, and mystery. With thinking a lot about genre as I was preparing my lessons for this week, it got me thinking that some of my favorite books are the ones the mix genres or the lines between them are blurred. I think this is a book many students might enjoy. It almost made me think of Brandon Sanderson's <i>The Rithmatist</i>, but for a younger audience and with a female protagonist.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tale-Dark-Grimm-Adam-Gidwitz/dp/0142419672/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1441663050&sr=8-1&keywords=a+tale+dark+and+grimm"><i>A Tale Dark and Grimm</i></a><br />
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I have been wanting to read this book for awhile and finally got around to picking it up at the library. It is a fun read and would make for a great read aloud for 6th to 8th graders. It would also make for a great selection for a lesson on voice. I love fractured fairy tales and books with a fun spin on fairy tales. This book uses a lot of wit and humor to tell a different version of Grimm's fairy tales, but makes sure to ensure the tale is "dark and grim." Throughout the entire book, the narrator warns you that it is not safe for little kids and they should turn away. I am actually teaching a grades 5/6 split class this year and have some young fifth graders, so I'm not sure I would use it as a read aloud for this group of kids. I may do a round of literature circles though using fractured fairy tale novels such as <i>A Tale Dark and Grimm</i>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fairy-Tale-Detectives-Sisters-Grimm/dp/0810993228/ref=pd_sim_14_9?ie=UTF8&refRID=06DDBPCSXNZXJY4E2GYH"><i>The Wishing Spell</i></a> (The Land of Stories), and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fairy-Tale-Detectives-Sisters-Grimm/dp/0810993228/ref=pd_sim_14_9?ie=UTF8&refRID=06DDBPCSXNZXJY4E2GYH"><i>The Fairy Tale Detectives</i></a> (Sister's Grimm series). There is also a new novel called <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rump-The-True-Story-Rumpelstiltskin/dp/030797796X/ref=pd_sim_14_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=06DDBPCSXNZXJY4E2GYH">Rump</a> </i>about Rumpelstiltskin. I need to read <i>Rump </i>and <i>The Fairy Tale Detectives</i> first though to see what I think. For my higher readers, I also could use <i>Cinder</i> because those books are at a higher level but still pretty clean and appropriate.<br />
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What have you been reading? Hopefully you found some time over this holiday weekend to relax and maybe get some reading in.<br />
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<img align="center" src="http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g447/eschaff/Idea%20Backpack/sgn1.png" />April Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001622249478503557noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234520836855164054.post-11459582477375577342015-07-28T20:03:00.000-05:002015-07-28T20:03:26.639-05:00My Introduction to Steampunk NovelsI love historical fiction. Historical fiction is where I began my love affair with books. I love a book that lets me escape and challenges my imagination. Honestly, sometimes realistic fiction is my least favorite genre of fiction - sometimes it is too real, hits too close to home. Later on, I discovered Fantasy novels and fell equally in love.<br />
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I am always reading young adult and teen fiction. So, I recently have read a few Steampunk novels. I may have found a new genre to love. It's a little bit alternative history, a little bit fantasy, a little bit science fiction, and even often a little bit 19th century Victorian Romance. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk">Here</a> is the definition of Steampunk from Wikipedia.<br />
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If you have read a lot of Steampunk, I would love to hear some of your favorites! Here is what I have read recently:<br />
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I reviewed that one in this <a href="http://ideabackpack.blogspot.com/2015/07/what-i-have-been-reading-july-20.html">post</a>. It was an easy summer, on-the-plane read, but I didn't love it.<br />
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This book is the first book in the "Steampunk Chronicles." It is ranked high on lists of steampunk books. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8117.Best_YA_Steampunk_Books">Here</a> is one Steampunk list I found on Goodreads. I finished this book over the last week. The main character finds out she has special strength and abilities, but is struggling because she has black outs. She ends up meeting a group of other people who have special abilities. The story is sort of a mystery meets Xmen meets Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It was a fun story, and I'm sure I will read the rest. However, I'm not sure I would rank it is high as many do on Goodreads. This one I would recommend for 8th grade and up or more mature 7th graders.<br />
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I am half way through this now, and I love it! It is fun and engaging. The plot and the characters are unique. There is a lot of satire and wit as well, which I always love in a book. The main character is 14 and too tomboyish for her parents. She is more interested in climbing and inventions than being a lady. So she gets sent to finishing school, except the finishing school secretly trains girls to be assassins and spies. This one to me seems like you could even let 5th and 6th graders read it, especially if they were a little more mature. This book reminds me a little bit of the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mysterious-Benedict-Society-Trenton-Stewart/dp/0316003956/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1438131415&sr=8-1&keywords=mysterious+benedict+society">Mysterious Benedict Society</a>, primarily because you have a group of kids away at school having their own adventures. It also reminds me of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Scandalous-Sisterhood-Prickwillow-Place/dp/1596439564/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1438131343&sr=8-1&keywords=scandalous+sisterhood+of+prickwillow+place">The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Plac</a>e because of the wit and humor about the role of girls and women in history. If you have not read The Scandalous Sisterhood, it is worth reading.<br />
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A couple other Steampunk books I read last year were <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Clockwork-Scarab-Stoker-Holmes-Novels/dp/1452128731/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1438131448&sr=8-1&keywords=clockwork+scarab">The Clockwork Scarab</a></i> and <i>The Spiritglass Charade</i> by Colleen Gleason. Both of these are enjoyable reads. I would highly recommend them. I would probably go 7th grade and up for these two. They are about the female offspring of Stoker and Holmes, and they solve mysteries.<br />
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What steampunk books have you read? Any must-reads you recommend? I would love to find some appropriate for 5th and 6th grade as well.<br />
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If you aren't on Instagram, you should be. It's my favorite social media - so much fun to be inspired by those you follow: books to read, recipes, workouts, teaching ideas, and just life. Last year I decided I really wanted to try the Paleo diet after seeing everyone's Whole30 Instagram posts. I did a 30 day strict Paleo diet in January (It was more just Paleo than Whole 30). I would like to do another 30 days of strict Paleo after school starts, so for now I am making an effort to try some new recipes that would meet Paleo guidelines. I find it is easier to be successful with a strict diet when I have an arsenal of recipe and food ideas I am already comfortable with. If every meal is a new recipe, it can be overwhelming.<br />
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<b><u>Summer Squash Taco Boats </u></b><br />
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I bought some summer squash at the farmer's market, so I thought I would try this recipe for taco-filled summer squash. The recipe calls for ground turkey, but I used ground beef. <br />
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I used <a href="http://smilesandwich.com/2014/07/22/taco-stuffed-summer-squash-boats/">SmileSandwich's recipe</a> with the taco seasoning part from <a href="http://www.skinnytaste.com/2013/07/taco-stuffed-zucchini-boats.html">Skinny Taste's recipe</a>. If you leave off the shredded cheese, it is easily Paleo. It was very good. The hardest part was hollowing out the squash with a small spoon. Here was my picture right before I put it in the oven:<br />
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I really wanted to find a good recipe for sweet and sour meatballs without soy. I have made <a href="http://www.plaidandpaleo.com/2014/08/sweet-n-sour-meatballs.html">Plaid and Paleo's recipe</a> a couple times, and it is very good. It is one of my new favorite recipes. I did use the Coconut Aminos and Apple Cider Vinegar alternative they mention in the recipe. <br />
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I will be honest though; I made a cheat version. Instead of making the meatballs from scratch I used frozen turkey meatballs and cooked it in the crockpot with all the seasoning from the recipe and with onion, broccoli, and bell pepper. We had it with rice, but if I was making it more paleo I would make a cauliflower rice. Crockpot recipes just make things so much easier. You also can find gluten free frozen meatballs, so I might do that when I do Paleo. I usually cooked it in the crockpot on high for 2-3 hours or low for 4-5 hours.<br />
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<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/ideabackpack/paleo-recipes/">HERE</a> is my Pinterest board for Paleo recipes. Have you tried any good recipes this summer?<br />
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I have been meaning to link up for <a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/#axzz3gTzBmBSu">#IMWAYR</a> for a couple weeks now. Earlier this month we went on vacation to California where we went on a bike ride through wine country and went whitewater rafting. I have been slowly returning to the world of productivity since I returned. What have I read recently?<br />
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<i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Station-Eleven-Emily-John-Mandel/dp/0804172447/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1437439998&sr=8-1&keywords=station+11">Station Eleven</a></i> by Emily St. John Mandel<br />
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I really enjoyed listening to this book. It is a dystopian novel about a group of musicians and actors who travel from town to town in a post-civilization, dystopian setting. It almost reminiscent of a traveling carnival or circus around the Great Depression or early 1900's. Most dystopian novels focus on years or decades after civilization has fallen. The structure of this novel flashes back and forth between pre-fall and twenty years after a plague has killed most of the planet. It deals with bigger issues of humanity and the meaning of life. It asks questions like: What is the role of beauty and art in humanity and civilization? The book was very well written and very unique. I would highly recommend it.<br />
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<i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Goldfinch-Novel-Pulitzer-Prize-Fiction/dp/0316055441/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1437440480&sr=8-1&keywords=the+goldfinch">The Goldfinch</a></i> by Donna Tartt<br />
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I will first say this book is very long. It will not be a light, easy read. The audiobook was 26 discs. The novel is about a teenage boy who loses his mom under tragic circumstances and finds himself on this crazy path of loneliness, stolen art, drugs, and complicated relationships. The book started slow in my opinion and took awhile for me to get into it, but once I did I was determined to finish. Like many long novels, at times it felt some sub-plots went on for too long. However, overall I would recommend reading it. It is another novel that deals with greater issues on the role of beauty and love in life. There is also a romance with the joy to be found in beautiful objects and a respect for the history of things.<br />
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I have been meaning to read this book for many months, and I am so glad I did. This was the first book in a very long time to make me repeatedly laugh out loud. The last book that made me laugh out loud was <i>Beauty Queens</i> by Libba Bray. I absolutely love juvenile novels with a great sense of voice and wonderful humor. Kate Dicamillo did a fabulous job creating fun, unique characters who each have a wonderful sense of voice. I absolutely intend to use this book as a mentor text next year. This book alternates between a superhero squirrel's point of view and a little girl who is a self-proclaimed cynic. It will be such a great text to use to discuss writing about small moments, voice, point of view, imagination, plot, etc. </div>
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I borrowed the ebook of this novel from the library and read it on my Kindle app while I was on vacation. I enjoyed this teen novel. This is a fantasy novel where some in the land are given graces, which are special abilities. The main character Katsa has been raised to believe she has the grace of being able to kill others, so her uncle who is a king uses her as an assassin and an enforcer. She meets a love interest in the novel and goes on your typical journey of self-discovery and good versus evil. It was an easy, fantasy read and overall pretty enjoyable. </div>
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This book is about a girl who is a scientist and finds herself in the middle of a love story and a mystery. She is the daughter of Sherlock Holmes. It was a fun, easy on-the-airplane read. I do love the idea of heroines solving mysteries in a time period where women had limited roles. If you are looking for a contemporary spin-off of Sherlock and Holmes with young heroines though, I think <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Clockwork-Scarab-Stoker-Holmes/dp/1452110700/ref=pd_bxgy_14_text_y">The Clockwork Scarab</a></i> by Colleen Gleason is a lot better novel. </div>
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For Ancient Civilizations, this means that I want to teach my students to think like historians, archaeologists, linguists, anthropologists, art historians, etc. To introduce what it is to think like an archaeologist, we are going to watch the Magic School Bus<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQoKyxpDOv0"> "Show and Tell" episode.</a><br />
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You can get a copy <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Quiz-and-Assignment-for-the-Magic-School-Bus-Show-and-Tell-Archaeology-Episode-1925168">HERE</a>. Do you have a favorite way to introduce students to the field of archaeology.<br />
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I have been thinking more about how I want to break down my grading structure for math next year. I decided I wanted to make a math participation rubric that students could use to evaluate their own habits and effort. Using the rubric, they will be able to earn up to 20 points per week based on this self-assessment. I then will also grade their effort and behaviors in math, and we can discuss how my assessment of them compares to their own self-assessment.<br />
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This version of the rubric I made for a teacher who is teaching our 3rd and 4th grade students. She will be using Xtramath with her students, so I included that as a component of the rubric. I will probably change the rubric slightly for myself for next year. The rubric is a word document, so it is editable. You can get a copy <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Math-Weekly-Participation-Rubric-Free-1913362">HERE</a>.<br />
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How do you break down your grade in math? Do you use standards-based grading? Do you grade just based on performance on daily work and tests? Do you ever give your students opportunities to grade themselves and reflect on their own habits and academic behaviors? How do you try and encourage a growth mindset in math?<br />
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I really like the idea of planning with my objectives and end results in mind and then using that to plan for assessments and learning activities. I also had read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Advancing-Differentiation-Thinking-Learning-Century/dp/157542357X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1434239815&sr=8-1&keywords=advancing+differentiation">Advancing Differentiation</a> for a class two summers ago and liked the way the author broke down knowledge into conceptual knowledge, procedural knowledge, and factual knowledge. This idea of considering what students should know, be able to do, and understand aligns with <i>Understanding by Design</i> but I liked the descriptions of conceptual, procedural, and factual. For me, it helps me to visualize what I want my students to accomplish and learn.<br />
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I kept looking for good templates to plan units and lessons plans using this format. I found some examples, but nothing that really had all the elements I wanted. So I decided to create my own templates. For the unit plan template, I basically used similar templates I had found, but I wanted to add more elements to consider how I would pre-assess and differentiate. I also wanted to add something at the bottom where I could break down the unit into the goals of each individual lesson. You can get a copy of the unit plan template <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Unit-Plan-Template-for-Understanding-by-Design-freebie-1904918">HERE</a>.<br />
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For the lesson plan template, I wanted to find something that would flow well from the unit plan and include many of the same elements, but also let me incorporate elements of a traditional lesson plan. Once again, having options to differentiate was important to me. This template may be overly detailed and not all elements would apply to all lessons/class periods but I wanted to have the elements if I wanted them. I do not really have to turn in detailed lesson plans very often any more, but I think it is good to still practice and reflect on my own teaching practices on a regular basis. Another part of considering what students should know, be able to do, and understand is giving students opportunities to learn thinking skills. Direct instruction of different types of thinking skills is something I want to incorporate into each unit I teach this year. This is a word document that be edited, so columns/row can be typed in, deleted, or edited for size. You could either type directly into the template or edit the boxes to be the size you want and then handwrite into the template. You can get a copy <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Lesson-Plan-Template-for-Understanding-by-Design-freebie-1904915">HERE</a>.<br />
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Realistically, for lesson planning on a regular basis I really enjoy using www.planbook.com. You can read my review of different online lesson planning websites <a href="http://ideabackpack.blogspot.com/search/label/lesson%20planning">HERE</a>. I would only use a template like this when I decided to make a more detailed lesson plan. However, even on Planbook I can create templates for each class/subject so I will probably incorporate elements of this template into my Planbook templates.<br />
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I am looking forward to trying them out. Have you ever planned units using the backwards design process? Did you feel your units were stronger for using this approach?<br />
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1. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Orphan-Train-Christina-Baker-Kline/dp/006195070X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433778258&sr=8-1&keywords=orphan+train">The Orphan Train</a> by Christina Baker Kline<br />
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I enjoyed this story that linked history to the present. As a reader, you were able to follow the parallel stories of a foster child and an elderly lady, who had been an orphan from the past who was shipped west on the orphan train. I do think they could have developed Molly's character (the foster child) more. Molly learns about Vivian's story by helping her clean out her attic and ends up doing an oral history project on her for a school project. This book definitely made me want to incorporate more oral histories into my classroom. Oral histories could offer a great day to give students opportunities to think like historians.<br />
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2. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Asylum-Madeleine-Roux/dp/0062220977/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433778486&sr=8-1&keywords=asylum">Asylum</a> by Madeleine Roux<br />
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I wanted to read this book because I enjoyed <i>Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.</i> I have been very intrigued with the idea of photo text ever since I read Wright Morris' <i>The Home Place</i> for a class during my Master's degree. I love the idea of juxtaposing photography with a fictional story to see how the visual and the verbal narratives interact. <i>Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children </i>is a much more successful photo text than <i>Asylum.</i> <i>Asylum </i>has an interesting concept for a plot and was an easy read, but the story is very flat with not much development of the characters. The main character goes away to a summer college prep program for high school students. The students are housed in an old mental asylum turned dorm. It turns into a somewhat suspenseful mystery.<br />
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3. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Grisha-Trilogy-Leigh-Bardugo/dp/1250027438/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433778866&sr=8-1&keywords=shadow+and+bone">Shadow and Bone</a> by Leigh Bardugo<br />
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I am almost done listening to <i>Shadow and Bone</i> on audio. This book I am actually really enjoying. I generally enjoy plots that are fantasy but use historical settings you recognize. The setting of this story is a historical Russia that is war-torn but magic plays an important role. An orphan girl finds out she has a long dormant power and could be the secret to saving the world. She is swept away to the palace where she finds herself in the middle of politics. I always enjoy fantasy stories with history, magic, and a little bit of romance. I look forward to reading the next one when I finish this one.<br />
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Any good summer reads you recommend?<br />
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This summer I am doing some planning for next year for grades 5 and 7, so I decided to start searching for text and lesson ideas by standard. Standard 6 of the Reading Literature standards focuses on point of view. As you look at the wording of the standard of each grade, you can see that the concept just builds a little each year. My goal is to work on some lesson units for my store with lesson ideas by standard for middle school.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Grade 5 RL 6 - Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Grade 7 RL 6 - Analyze how an
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Grade 8 - Analyze how
differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader
(e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as
suspense or humor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Some great examples of picture books to use as a mentor text that include </span>multiple<span style="font-family: inherit;"> points of view:</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Voices-Park-DK-Publishing/dp/078948191X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433526953&sr=8-1&keywords=voices+in+the+park">Voices in The Park</a> - This is a simple story with four </span>differ<span style="font-family: inherit;"> points of view on a walk in the park.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pain-Great-One-Judy-Blume/dp/1481411454/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433527615&sr=8-1&keywords=pain+and+the+great+one">The Pain and the Great One</a> - This is one of my favorite books to teach with </span>because<span style="font-family: inherit;"> most students can relate to the idea of an annoying sibling. A </span>brother<span style="font-family: inherit;"> and sister each describe one another and how they annoy each other. This is also a great story to </span>teach making connections.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Day-Crayons-Quit-Drew-Daywalt/dp/0399255370/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433527637&sr=8-1&keywords=day+the+crayons+quit">The Day the Crayons Quit</a> - This is a great humorous story told from the point of view of a box of crayons to explain why they have decided to quit. I love following up this book with writing activities where students write from unique points of view. I have a <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/A-Literature-Unit-for-Drew-Daywalts-The-Day-The-Crayons-Quit-927901">unit for this book</a> in my TpT store for upper elementary.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hey-Little-Ant-Phillip-Hoose/dp/1883672546/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433527143&sr=8-1&keywords=hey+little+ant">Hey Little Ant </a>- This story is told from alternating points of view between a little boy and an ant. <br />
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Teaching point of view by looking at unique points of view:</h3>
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Teaching fractured fairy tales is always a fun way to teach about point of view and writing from unique perspectives. You can find many great examples of great fractured fairy tales if you search on Pinterest.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Two-Bad-Ants-Chris-Allsburg/dp/0395486688/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433528557&sr=8-1&keywords=two+bad+ants">Two Bad Ants</a> is a great book that gets kids thinking how life would be from the point of view of an ant. Getting students to write from different perspectives always produces some of my favorite writing pieces of the year. Ask your students to write from an object's point of view or the antagonist. <a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/teaching-point-view-with-789.html">Here</a> is a lesson for using <i>Two Bad Ants.</i><br />
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Some other lessons and resources from Read Write Think on point of view:<br />
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<a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/wolf-analyzing-point-view-23.html">http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/wolf-analyzing-point-view-23.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/activities-projects/explore-point-view-fairy-30148.html">http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/activities-projects/explore-point-view-fairy-30148.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/spend-shoes-exploring-role-265.html">http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/spend-shoes-exploring-role-265.html</a><br />
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Some other links I found:</h3>
Suggestions of kids and young adult novels with multiple points of view: <a href="http://thestylinglibrarian.com/2013/05/27/styling-librarian-children-books-with-multiple-points-of-view/">http://thestylinglibrarian.com/2013/05/27/styling-librarian-children-books-with-multiple-points-of-view/</a><br />
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Suggestions of kids books on point of view: <a href="http://www.teachingkidsbooks.com/3rd-4th-grade/point-of-view">http://www.teachingkidsbooks.com/3rd-4th-grade/point-of-view</a><br />
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Lessons on point of view from Read Write Think for middle school students:<br />
<a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/teaching-voice-with-anthony-167.html">http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/teaching-voice-with-anthony-167.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/story-writing-from-object-30917.html">http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/story-writing-from-object-30917.html</a><br />
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Resources of suggestions of short stories and lesson ideas for teaching standard 6 focusing on literary elements such as irony: </h3>
My favorite short story from this list that I would use to teach irony and point of view is <i>The Ransom of Red Chief</i>. After having students read this story, we always put the kidnappers on trial to see if they were really guilty.<br />
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<a href="http://www.elacommoncorelessonplans.com/literature-reading-standards/exemplars-g-9-10/short-story-guides-lessons/teaching-irony.html">http://www.elacommoncorelessonplans.com/literature-reading-standards/exemplars-g-9-10/short-story-guides-lessons/teaching-irony.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.brighthubeducation.com/high-school-english-lessons/41476-short-stories-to-teach-point-of-view/">http://www.brighthubeducation.com/high-school-english-lessons/41476-short-stories-to-teach-point-of-view/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.brighthubeducation.com/high-school-english-lessons/40339-short-stories-to-teach-irony/">http://www.brighthubeducation.com/high-school-english-lessons/40339-short-stories-to-teach-irony/</a><br />
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Today is Monday, so I am going to link up with <a href="http://frame.bloglovin.com/?post=4365640288&group=0&frame_type=a&context=feed_all&context_ids=&blog=2812576&frame=1&click=0&user=0">Teach Mentor Texts</a> and <a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/?p=6432">Unleashing Readers</a> for #IMWAYR. <br />
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I just finished <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cress-Lunar-Chronicles-Marissa-Meyer/dp/1250007224/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433198202&sr=8-1&keywords=cress">Cress</a> by audio book. Now, I just reserved <i>Fairest</i> at the library. <br />
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I have to see I have enjoyed this series by Marissa Meyer. I have listened to all three as audio books. As a teacher who has taught elementary grades, I have always enjoyed fractured fairy tales. The idea of fractured fairy tales for a little older audience set in a science fiction setting is unique spin on an old story. I also enjoyed seeing how they interweave all the stories. All three of these books are pretty clean too compared to many young adult/teen books, so you easily could read them with younger students.<br />
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I finally finished <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wednesday-Wars-Gary-D-Schmidt/dp/054723760X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433198527&sr=8-1&keywords=the+wednesday+wars">The Wednesday Wars</a> as the read aloud I was doing with my students on Friday.<br />
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This is a great book. It is a coming of age story set on Long Island that has some great examples of figurative language and good use of humor. I would use this as a read aloud again or even as a literature circle novel. I could see doing a set of literature circles all focusing on the 1960's using <i>The Wednesday Wars, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dead-End-Norvelt-Jack-Gantos/dp/1250010233/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433198895&sr=8-1&keywords=dead+end+in+norvelt">Deadend in Norvelt</a>, </i>and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Paperboy-Vince-Vawter/dp/030793151X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433199048&sr=8-1&keywords=paperboy"><i>Paperboy</i>.</a> All three of these books are from this era with young teenage boys as the protagonist. Each story has a unique setting and interesting characters but deals with different issues from the time.<br />
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I just put in my request for some summer reads from the library. What are you reading?<br />
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I am generally a very organized person, and I try to be very prepared. When I am organized and prepared, I feel better. I feel calm and confident, ready to tackle what may come my way. When I am less prepared, I am stressed and more likely to frazzle. (Is frazzle a word?) As a full-time teacher and doctoral student, I do not need to add extra reasons to my life to be stressed.<br />
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This weekend on Saturday, I remembered at 3pm I needed to go to the library this weekend. Of course, the library would be closed on Easter. So that meant I needed to go on Saturday right then before they closed. I made it to the libraries (plural) because you know the stacks of books I wanted existed across two locations to get everything I wanted. (Note: For next year to be more prepared I am going to make lists of all the books I want for specific activities and then I can just request all those books be delivered to the library I want ahead of time. So next year I will be more prepared.)<br />
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Anyway, I got all the books I wanted. I decided to take them all up to school on Saturday so I wouldn't have to deal with them Monday morning. Then today, I got to work about 15 minutes earlier than I needed to. You sometimes forget what a difference 10-15 minutes can make. I got a lot done this morning and was confidently ready to go. Now, I often try to have everything copied by Friday for the next week anyway. However, just getting to work a few minutes early on a Monday still just allowed me to have a few minutes of quiet to set the right intention for the day.<br />
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The rest of the day continued in the same fashion. I accomplished a lot. My students accomplished a lot. I was able to get several big assignments graded. I gave my students important feedback they needed. We started a group project this week that the students were enjoying. Often as teachers if we take the time to be prepared...to feel confident...then our students feed off of that. If we have a good day, they usually have a good day. If we start out frazzled, then they are more likely to be less productive that day. <i>We set the tone in our classroom.</i><br />
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Tonight at my Implementation and Evaluation of Curriculum class, we also were discussing a study that looked at differences between effective and less effective teachers for improving student performance. One of the factors that made the biggest difference was the instructional planning of the teacher. How well do you plan? How prepared are you? I often have said some of the best classroom moments I have experienced is when I was inspired by my students' ideas and questions, and we had an impromptu discussion or impromptu activity. However, I feel confident to be flexible...to be inspired...when I am prepared...when I have planned well. <br />
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How prepared are you? How confident did you feel today? How well did you plan your day? Does it make a difference in how you set the tone for your classroom?<br />
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This week I decided to go back and do some review activities in Science with my 7th graders. We had finished up a unit not long ago on the moon and space. Even after the test, some of my students were still confused on rotation versus revolution, the moon phases, how the moon interacts with the tides, and the different eclipses.<br />
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We began by watching Flocabulary's <a href="https://www.flocabulary.com/solar-system/">Confessions of a Planet</a>. They were equally intrigued and mock horrified with the video. It was a good way to begin the discussion, though.<br />
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I first had us complete some foldables from this <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Space-Science-for-Interactive-Notebooks-539141">Space Interactive Notebook </a>file I had bought last year. We compared and contrasted revolution and rotation. Then, we labeled the different moon phases and put them in the correct order.<br />
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We used these two websites to help us look up the moon phases and review:<br />
http://www.moonconnection.com/moon_phases.phtml<br />
http://www.astronomyknowhow.com/moon-phase.htm<br />
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Today we did the activity where you make the moon phases out of Oreos. Edible labs are always better! I know this is an activity often done with younger students, but I found this <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Phases-of-the-Moon-Cookie-Activity-FREE-218580">great set of lab directions as a freebie from Addie Williams</a>. <br />
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It has a great set of procedures and really good questions for them to answer at the end. It took the activity from just being an activity to truly being more of a lab. <br />
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Overall, it was a good week in Science and we got to have some fun reviewing and reteaching. How is your week going?<br />
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I teach middle school now, so honestly my students don't really go to recess anymore. However, the same thoughts apply. Over the last week, the energy level and the chattiness has multiplied exponentially. Just in time for my pre-algebra students to do their unit on exponents, too. Now, energy levels and chattiness always go up right before spring break, but days and days of cold and no sunshine make it worse.<br />
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I know there are all sorts of great ways to get your students up and moving this time of year. Great ways to harness their energy. This is not that post. I have used those strategies. Today I just feel like saying I prefer sunshine to helpful inside strategies.<br />
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Next week is Spring Break, and yet tonight in North Texas we are anticipating "wintry mix." We had spring in January and February and then winter showed up just in time for spring break. Go away, Winter! I want sunshine and vitamin D. I am sure I might complain later when it is 105 in Dallas in July. I know I need to be grateful for all of the precipitation that is good for my foundation, but I just don't feel grateful on the inside. Right now I want sunshine.<br />
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So that's it. No words of wisdom or great ideas to share. I just wanted to say I am ready for sun and flowers and spring.<br />
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I hope you are having a wonderful week, and that inside recess makes you feel rainbows and unicorns and sunshine and not tired and tortured and worn out. I guess that is why we have spring break. Not for the kids...for the teachers.<br />
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<img align="center" src="http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g447/eschaff/Idea%20Backpack/sgn1.png" />April Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001622249478503557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234520836855164054.post-43358918628383472472015-02-25T22:01:00.000-06:002015-02-25T22:03:00.922-06:00Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable<h3>
Curriculum Camp</h3>
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This past weekend I had the opportunity to present a paper I had written at a graduate student led conference at LSU called Curriculum Camp. I spoke on using dystopian literature with adolescents to explore concepts of giftedness.<br />
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It was unlike any conference I had ever been to. It was small and intimate, filled with graduate students and their ideas. Graduate students shared papers they had written, research they were doing, and ideas from their dissertations. Just about each session tackled thought-provoking and challenging issues. I took a lot of notes of thoughts, questions, and ideas I walked away with. I have a large list of curriculum theorists and their ideas I want to read more about. <br />
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One of the themes I caught throughout the conference was this idea of being comfortable with the uncomfortable. We live in a world that is surrounded by the politically correct. We spend hours molding ourselves into boxes, trying to be so many things at once. I joke about it, but one of things I am highly uncomfortable with is other people's emotions. I am not even comfortable with my own emotions, so I am highly uncomfortable with other people's emotions. This is why I have to teach above grade 4. Grade 3 and below includes way too many tears. Tears terrify me. I can relate to the quote below. I usually refused to give in to expressing emotion because I felt I had to be strong.<br />
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This idea of being comfortable with the uncomfortable is a theme in my life I have been wrestling with all year. You can see where I blogged about this at <a href="http://balancingthebackpack.blogspot.com/2014/09/being-comfortable-with-uncomfortable.html">Balancing the Backpack</a> in September. It also got me thinking about my students. How do I help them embrace ambiguity? We need to inspire students to be creative and critical thinkers. However, we often frame their learning experiences around questions that have right and wrong answers. How do we open them to the possibilities? How do we help them to see how big the world is? How many ways of seeing there are...<br />
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I was reviewing through some old lesson plans and I found one of my weekly reading responses from a World Literature class I took during my Masters. The themes matched up well to my current thoughts.<br />
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Thoughts on Ambiguity from 2010</h3>
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How does one become comfortable with ambiguity in a text? Should
ambiguity just be defined as the act of being uncertain and unclear? What other
elements exist in the concept of ambiguity? If the path is unclear, do we stand
at the edge of the unknown and gaze upon it waiting for clarity to strike us? Or
is it better to venture forth into uncertainty with confidence? We have to
decide if our goal is to reach the destination, or if we really just want to
experience the journey. In asking myself how I become comfortable with
ambiguity, I feel the need to gain a deeper understanding of the nature of
ambiguity, essentially wanting to make the notion of ambiguity less ambiguous. Maybe
becoming comfortable with ambiguity is not the idea of understanding ambiguity
but embracing it. Does everything in life need to be broken down and
categorized? At the same time, it is the nature of the ambiguous that makes it
so intriguing and makes us want to analyze it deeper. Are we inherently
attracted to things that are ambiguous, and it is the events and duties of our
everyday life that have forced us to try and compartmentalize the world into
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As an elementary teacher, I find it fascinating
to see how children view the world. They abhor the monotonous and thrive on
creativity, anything that stimulates their imagination. I have seen firsthand
the difference age makes on the acceptance of uncertainty. You can give a
prompt to a fourth or fifth grader and while they may still seek to ensure that
they understand the directions or the questions asked, they will enter into the
assignment with confidence of their own ability to analyze and imagine. They
are sure of their world and their ability to perceive it. Many of my sixth
grade students will hesitate to finish an assignment or answer a question
unless someone can provide them confirmation that is accurate and complete. I
am finding the need to instill in my older students what seems to come
naturally to my students only a year younger, that they need to trust their own
ability to analyze and verbalize their thoughts. If younger children can
embrace the ambiguous, what along the way has caused us to create our own
roadblocks? Is it as simple as wanting others to like us, being afraid of
making a mistake, a reinforced need to be correct, overwhelming availability of
possible answers to every question, or just the pressures of everyday life? If
we are to become comfortable with ambiguity in an ever-increasingly complex
world, we need to shed our adult-learned hesitations and approach the uncertain
with the imagination and confidence of a child. We can make sense of the
uncertain path only by jumping into it with the confidence that we may never
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I decided to make a form they all are going to have to fill out this week. Despite my reminders, many of my students have not checked their grades and are going to be surprised if their grades are lower than they realized. This time of the year it is easy to have a lot of students with various missing assignments due to cold and flue season. So I am going to make them fill out a form to record their current grade and whether they have any missing assignments. They also will have to fill out a separate form to track any missing assignments for any class for which they had missing assignments.<br />
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You can get a free copy <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Form-to-Check-Grades-Missing-Assignments-and-Reflection-Freebie-1714006">HERE</a>. How do you help hold your students responsible for taking ownership of their grades and getting everything turned in.<br />
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I don't recommend the flu, but it did give me an excuse to alternate between sleeping, reading, and watching movies this weekend. Anyone else admit to watching the Twilight marathon? #notashamed<br />
I did squeeze in some necessary homework as well. It comes with the territory of being a graduate student.<br />
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Today is Monday, so I am going to link up with <a href="http://bookjourney.net/the-movies/">Book Journeys</a> and <a href="http://www.unleashingreaders.com/?p=5452">Unleashing Readers</a> to share what I have been reading lately.<br />
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Adult Fiction Reads</h4>
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This weekend I finished<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dragonfly-Amber-Outlander-Diana-Gabaldon/dp/0440215625/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1424126654&sr=8-1&keywords=dragonfly+in+amber"> Dragonfly in Amber</a> and started <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Voyager-Outlander-Diana-Gabaldon/dp/0440217563/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1424126677&sr=8-1&keywords=voyager">Voyager</a>.<br />
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So far I am enjoying the Outlander series. I have always loved historical fiction. I will say I enjoy the series, but at times the books do seem overly long. Some parts of the plot feel unnecessary or feel like they drag on a bit longer than they should, but overall still entertaining.<br />
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Audio Books I am Reading</h4>
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I spend way too much time in the car, so audio books help keep me sane. Audible is my friend. This past week, I started <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Scarlet-Lunar-Chronicles-Book/dp/1250007216/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1424127094&sr=8-1&keywords=scarlet">Scarlet</a> after finishing <i>Cinder.</i><br />
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I love the idea of a fractured fairy tale for teens. I felt so inspired by the idea of a science fiction fairy tale that my 8th graders are writing their own version of a fairy tale set in a science fiction setting in class. We just finished <i>Ender's Game</i>, so science fiction has been on the brain.<br />
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Teen Fiction I am Reading on My Own</h4>
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I have been reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_2_11?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=scandalous+sisterhood+of+prickwillow+place&sprefix=scandalous+%2Caps%2C266">The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place</a>. <br />
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It is a lovely satire that will make you laugh out loud. Some girls at a a girl's finishing school find themselves in a predicament when their headmistress and her brother fall over dead at dinner. They decide to hide the deaths, so they don't have to be sent home. Still reading it currently, but I intend to read parts of it to my students later in the year before we read <i>Taming of the Shrew</i>. I think it will make for a fun discussion of satire.<br />
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Read Alouds to My Students</h4>
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We read the first few chapters of <i>Ruby Red</i> and my students were loving it. <i>Ruby Red</i> is very funny, so it really does translate very well to audio or as a read aloud. I considered reading the whole book, but I really want to introduce them to different books every couple weeks.<i> </i>I want to expose them to different books to hopefully get them to want to pick up some books on their own to read for pleasure.<br />
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This past week we just started <i>The Testing.</i> <i>The Testing</i> is a great dystopian teen fiction read that is not as well known yet, so not many have read it yet.<br />
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