Mon, Jul 27, 2015 10:57 PM in The 5E's
In our district we use the I, We, You lesson plan format. The first part is the Bell Ringer or hook. To me that is the first "E" engage. Then I do the introduction which most of the time incorporates explaining the bell ringer. That would be the second "E" elaborate. Now the explore and explain would be in the "You do part" when the students are learning. Then the last part is the evaluate. This w...
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Thu, Jul 23, 2015 5:27 PM in Use the textbook a lot?
I teach 5th grade science and we hardly ever use the textbook. I use power points, podcast, and lots of interactive resources. The textbook is for some vocabulary and some times I will use the chapter test as weekly assessments. I think I would use the textbook more if it were up to date but as of now we are using the same textbook my daughter used when she was 5th grade, guess what, she is in her...
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Thu, Jul 23, 2015 4:30 PM in Science Notebook
I have never used interactive notebooks but would love to. I need ideas on how to set them up if you could send me some info on set-up I would appreciate it. I can barely get them to keep-up with a vocabulary journal. When I check their journal they have every other teachers work in them.
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