Olchfa Research

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[Suzie @SuzieJabarian]

✅ Interested in utilising etymologies to enhance vocabulary acquisition?

❌ You don't need to spend time designing fancy slides.

💡Google does this really well. Type in the target word followed by 'etymology'. You can simply display what comes up and discuss.

[Suzie @SuzieJabarian]

**THREAD**

What does explicit vocabulary instruction look like in the English classroom?

Here are some examples taken from when I teach 'Of Mice and Men'.

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[Matt Stone @MattTeachCoach]

*NEW* Teaching in the Online Classroom @Doug_Lemov @TeachLikeAChamp fish-bone summaries @olicav @MrGoodwin23

✅Dissolve the Screen (new)
✅Means of Participation
✅Pause Points
✅Checking for Understanding (new)

Download a full colour PDF:

https://t.co/MNWk2N3JXs

[Impact @ImpactWales]

This is why & how we should support reading at home. Resource by @EducEndowFoundn sketchnote by us 😁👍

[Tom Sherrington @teacherhead]

Remote Learning Solutions: Crowd-sourced ideas for checking students’ writing https://t.co/gvkbNp1bjr

[Olchfa Research @OlchfaResearch]

5 online tools to support remote learning - Kate Jones (@KateJones_teach... https://t.co/Tz1vH9R8im via @YouTube

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Desirable Difficulties - Damian Benney (@Benneypenyrheol) #BrewEdCymru https://t.co/y04aO1cZ39 via @YouTube

[Olchfa Research @OlchfaResearch]

Teaching and Teacher Agency - Dr Kevin Smith (@dr_kevinsmith) #BrewEdCymru https://t.co/H3PIAUdL59 via @YouTube

[Olchfa Research @OlchfaResearch]

SWOTting up on Curriculum for Wales - Dave Stacey (@davestacey) #BrewEdC... https://t.co/jtMSsyBTPP via @YouTube

[Olchfa Research @OlchfaResearch]

Whole Class Feedback - Rebecca Brett Harris (@EnglishRbh) #NetworkEdCymru https://t.co/gC3NqshCIe via @YouTube

[Rebecca B-H @EnglishRbh]

Getting home to find your article in the TES is such a great way to start the weekend 😊 #wcf

[BrewEdCymru @BrewEDCymru]

"We should reduce marking, but not at the cost of valuable feedback."

- @EnglishRbh @OlchfaResearch

[Suzie @SuzieJabarian]

Such a fantastic line-up and a great opportunity to hear from both seasoned and new voices today.

*Free* CPD on a range of topics

Starting at 10.30am

Follow @BrewEDCymru

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[BrewEdCymru @BrewEDCymru]

🚨🚨 SCHEDULE 🚨🚨

Here it is: our speaker list and schedule for tomorrow.

A huge thank you to our 11 wonderful speakers.

It's safe to say we've got an absolutely brilliant day lined up.

Keep a close eye on our Twitter feed for links to presentations.

#BrewEDCymru

[Suzie @SuzieJabarian]

*** THREAD ***

Three really useful Google Chrome extensions for Google Classroom.

[Graham Donaldson @GHCDon]

Qualifications, assessment and curriculum all need to be aligned. Reliance on a single external exam helps reliability but at the expense of many important facets of learning. We need to learn from the current situation to achieve a better external/internal balance.

[Alex Quigley @AlexJQuigley]

Really good thread on the evidence on remote and blended learning by @SuzieJabarian

[Olchfa Research @OlchfaResearch]

2020 off to a great start. We delivered workshops on: An Introduction to Improving Literacy, Metacognition, The Science of Learning and Research Resources to teachers and senior leaders.
A thoroughly beneficial day.

[Suzie @SuzieJabarian]

8 vocabulary Do Now tasks, with a specific focus on Lady Macbeth. @EnglishWales
https://t.co/xiok1ffFhY

[Suzie @SuzieJabarian]

*Explicit Vocabulary Instruction*
An easily digestable summary of some of the key recommendations from #ClosingTheVocabularyGap and #BringingWordsToLife, with a little inspiration from @olicav, of course. #vocabularyinstruction #literacy @HuntingEnglish

https://t.co/Mk6SEhmGEa