Sun, Jan 27, 2019 9:00 PM in Gardening at school with young children
My school is about 85% socio-economically and I have always wanted to start a community garden where our families can go and get fresh produce. This will allow the students to have the opportunity to observe the lifecycle of plants and give them responsibly to care for the garden. I don’t know about the legal aspects about having the community access to the garden.
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Sun, Jan 27, 2019 9:18 AM in Integrating Science & Writing
Using the R.A.F.T. Model
RAFT assignments encourage students to uncover their own voices and formats for presenting their ideas about content information they are studying. Students learn to respond to writing prompts that require them to think about various perspectives:
Role of the Writer: Who are you as the writer? A movie star? The President? A plant? Audience: To whom are you wri...
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Sat, Jan 26, 2019 4:18 PM in Music in Science
I enjoy using music in the science classroom. Any chance I get, I try to find songs, raps, videos to help my students learn about the topics I am teaching.
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