Vocabulary Concept Cards Cloud And Fog

These color vocabulary concept cards helps young learners build key vocabulary. Included extension ideas suggest interesting and fun ways to use the vocobulary words. Geared to early childhood students' unique needs, abilities, and interests.

This reference guide was developed by surveying student teachers, substitute teachers, returning teachers, emergency credential teachers, and teacher educators on what they wanted to see in a teaching reference. Samples of lesson units, themes, and communication with parents are provided, along with classroom-tested strategies. The 12 chapters are: (1) "Classroom Environment"; (2) "Parent Communications" (e.g., weekly newsletter, conferences, and telephone and written communications); (3) "Parent Involvement" (parents as tutors, guest speakers, lunch buddies, chaperons, and classroom helpers); (4) "Discipline" (rules and consequences, structure, and documentation); (5) "Instructional Planning" (e.g., long- and short-range planning and teamwork); (6) "Developing Themes" (weather unit and vowel search); (7) "Instructional Presentation"; (8) "Differentiation of Instruction" (layering assignments, grouping, and centers); (9) "Student Assessment and Record Keeping" (e.g., creating student portfolios, completing report cards, and grading); (10) "Using Technology in the Classroom" (e.g., computer use, computers as communication tools, and student computer use); (11) "Planning for Special Events" (class parties and field trips); and (12) "Professionalism of Teaching" (e.g., relationships with others and creating professional portfolios). (SM)

The nine lessons in the module introduce students to concepts about air and water, including air temperature, forms of water, the water cycle, and evaporation. Students investigate sources and uses of water, and environmental factors related to air and water pollution.Also included:materials lists activity descriptions questioning techniques activity centre and extension ideas assessment suggestions activity sheets and visuals The module offers a detailed introduction to the Hands-On Science program (guiding principles, implementation guidelines, an overview of the skills that young students use and develop during scientific inquiry), a list of children's books and websites related to the science topics introduced, and a classroom assessment plan with record-keeping templates.

Integrate academic vocabulary instruction into content-area lessons with this engaging new resource for Level 5, which provides teachers with 12 easy-to-implement strategies for teaching academic vocabulary. Included are 25 step-by-step standards-based lessons that each incorporate two vocabulary strategies. Also included are activity pages and assessments, an answer key, and a Teacher Resource CD.

Mary Presson Roberts remembers her first year of teaching fourteen years ago and the less than positive experience she had to overcome as she struggled alone to become the dedicated and excellent teacher she is today. Your Mentor: A Practical Guide for First-Year Teachers in Grades 1-3 is Roberts’ way of making sure other new teachers have the support they need when they need it. This practical, easy-to-implement guide was developed by surveying student teachers, substitute teachers, returning teachers, emergency credential teachers, and teacher educators. Their wide-ranging responses to what they wanted to see included in a teaching reference covered setting up a classroom, developing themes, instructional presentation, student assessment, parent communications, field trips, and more. Your Mentor was written as a stand-alone reference guide when no other support is available or as a supplement to existing school support programs. Actual samples of lesson units, themes, and communications with parents are included along with easy-to-follow, classroom-tested suggestions for: - Lesson plans - Record keeping - Using technology in the classroom - Planning special events - Developing and maintaining professional credentials and portfolios This book will be a valuable reference tool for those in their first few years of teaching, teachers returning to the classroom, and students considering the teaching profession. It will serve as daily companion—like the experienced teacher we all want and need.

This teacher resource offers a detailed introduction to the Hands-On Science and Technology program (guiding principles, implementation guidelines, an overview of the science skills that grade 2 students use and develop) and a classroom assessment plan complete with record-keeping templates. It also includes connections to the Achievement Levels as outlined in The Ontario Curriculum Grades 1-8 Science and Technology (2007). This resource has four instructional units: Unit 1: Growth and Changes in Animals Unit 2: Movement Unit 3: Properties of Liquids and Solids Unit 4: Air and Water in the Environment Each unit is divided into lessons which focus on specific curricular expectations. Each lesson has curriculum expectation(s) lists materials lists activity descriptions assessment suggestions activity sheet(s) and graphic organizer(s)