Tue, May 01, 2012 12:31 AM in SCCPSS- A is for Assessment
Claire,
thanks for another great idea. Having students explain thing while waiting in line is my favorite new trick! I always used line time but usually I had my students counting by 2s,5s,10s or rhyming. Time fillers that didn't tell me anything. Not anymore, were talking ss and science!
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Tue, May 01, 2012 12:20 AM in SCCPSS- A is for Assessment
Missy,
I don't do individual journals for science. I bought a huge sketch book and at our closing. We as a class or a student will summarize our day's activity. We read it together. Sometime add information or correct something. That way we can go back and see when we began a unit or an experiment and see what we thought was going to happen. We can note when chrysalis' formed or seeds were plante...
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Tue, May 01, 2012 12:04 AM in SCCPSS- Less Talk but Better Feedback
Sue,
Our boys have mastered the art of argument. They have strong opinions and love to argue a point. If only we could bottle that for classroom use. I have spent all week biting my tongue and allowing my students to post entries about our tadpoles and then discuss. Fun? absolutely! factual? sort of. Instead of correcting them I've checked out a number of books on frogs/toads life cycles and plan...
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