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Monthly Archives: December 2011

Progression of Listening Strategies By Grade

December 22, 2011

1. Retell (kindergarten and grade 1) Tell teacher the most important parts 2. Paraphrase (grade 2) Tell teacher what you’ve …

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Promoting and Controlling Group Discussions

December 22, 2011

Open the topic up to the group, so that everyone has a chance to participate. Examples: “Let’s hear what other …

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Action Verbs Organized by Achievement Chart Categories

December 22, 2011

Knowledge/Understanding Thinking Communication Application AskCalculate Check Classify Compare Complete Compute Connect Contrast Correct Decide Define Detect Differentiate Estimate Evaluate Generalize …

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Teacher strategies to assist students in achieving the provincial standard

December 22, 2011

  Provide descriptive feedback Provide written feedback accompanied by oral feedback Show student the sample/exemplar/anchor chart and give the student …

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Transition Words

December 22, 2011

Why are transition words and phrases important in writing? Transition words and phrases help writers organize and structure their ideas. …

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Thinking Children

December 21, 2011

Children come to elementary school thinking. They do not possess all the skills they need to make sophisticated interpretations and …

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Discussion Prompts

December 20, 2011

Clarifying what others have said: “Are you saying…?” “To paraphrase what you’ve said…” “So let me get this right. What …

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The Elements of Style by Strunk and White, illustrated by Maira Kalman

December 16, 2011

In 2011, Time magazine listed this writing style-guide as one of the 100 best and most influential books written in English …

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Children’s Arts Theatre School

December 16, 2011

http://www.catsdrama.com/

Story Planet writing workshops for students

December 16, 2011

http://storyplanet.ca/

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