@Ms_L_White Thank you for writing and sharing this. Point 5 about consequences is interesting. The most common consequences my intelligent, autistic child got: 1. Losing break time 2. Being sent out of the classroom 3. Exclusion. Until the only safe option was opting out.
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‘So to mortal men, we are monsters. Because of our flight, our strength. They fear us, so they call us monsters’
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As we head into End of Year exams season, it's worth revisiting a helpful technique: annotating exam questions.
There's a growing body of evidence supporting its effectiveness. Here are some ways I use annotating along with some recent evidence.
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In 1847 as the Irish famine raged, a prison was opened on a small Irish island
Within 5 years it was the largest prison in the world
Within 20, it had redefined modern approaches to prisoner reform
This is the story of Spike Island (1)
Hello - I wrote a new blog about the teaching of whole class reading, which I haven't in a while. It's over 9000 words so quite a read, but I hope the comprehensive nature of it comes across as helpful, rather than patronising. Anyway - hope it's useful!
https://t.co/IYeEqSwt0X
@SurreyLibraries Thanks for getting back to me! We've been doing the winter challenge but last night it said the domain not available but we've logged in again tonight 🤷🤷🤷
Why Means of Participation are so important, a tiny 🧵
First what are Means of Participation?
They are intentionally installed routines for the common ways students will be expected to answer questions in class.
Usually:
Cold Call,
Turn & Talk,
Stop & Jot (Everybody Writes)
Volunteers (taking hands)
Call & Response
Mini White Boards
12 DAYS of CHRISTMAS
Day 7 already!!
Anyone feeling artistic?
Todays resource is a snowflakes and symmetry worksheet.
Access this and the 6 previous resources shared here
https://t.co/rmIY0yJbWO