Adding flexible seating to my classroom has added more work to my plate than I had anticipated. I enjoy setting up my room, but there was a lot more thought that went into room setup this year. As with all new things, there is a lot of trial and error and since I haven’t found… Continue reading Starting Out With Flexible Seating
My French 1 students needed more practice reviewing numbers, so we played Bingo and a modified version of Heads Up. Students loved playing it and it got them speaking and listening to numbers. Plus it was so simple to set up as I already had sets of cards with numbers on them that we had… Continue reading Heads Up Number Game
Last year, I began to rethink my classroom so that it would better meet the needs of my students and enhance my blended learning model. In my blended French 1 class, I was giving students control over their pace, place and path. Students had a choice in how they were learning, but my classroom setup… Continue reading Classroom Redesign Update
This summer I attended a CARLA summer institute that allowed me to explore different apps that can be used for formative and summative assessments. When exploring applications and website for assessing interpretive reading, Google Forms was my main focus. Usually when I have students complete a reading activity, they complete it on paper and are… Continue reading Using Google Forms for Formative Reading Activities
I recently attended a Making Thinking Visible workshop by Ron Richhart. The focus on the breakout session was to help students develop routines of thinking. Thinking routines are: Tools that facilitate learning for students. Structures and scaffolds that help us engage the student. Patterns of behavior used over and over so that the thinking becomes… Continue reading CSI Thinking Routine
At the very end of the school year, I posted about what I hoped to accomplish this summer. I am about halfway through the summer, so I thought I would check-in to see where I am at. There were a few things that I forgot to include on my to do list, like finish… Continue reading Midsummer Check-In
Flexible seating is widely utilized in elementary schools, but rare in middle and high schools. Since I have been blending my French 1 class, I have been researching how to give my students more choice in their learning and one way is by using flexible seating. Currently, I have several groups of tables to facilitate… Continue reading Classroom Redesign
