CEC Conference @ Fetzer

Collaboration between Teachers & Paraprofessionals
Literacy Techniques/Strategies
Speaker: Rebecca Hines
see: Paraprofessional Teaching Tools

Useful Resources:
~MS/HS sites
Hippocampus~ videos & lessons geared toward HS/MS content areas also linked to certain curriculums

MIT Open Courseware~ FREE college courses

~Upper El/MS sites

Dimension M~ Online math games for grades 3-8

Bill Nye the Science Guy~ scientific programs geared for teachers and kids

Big Brainz~ Multiplication practice based on playing a variety of games

Math Games~ Kids Numbers provides a variety of math games to enhance a variety of math skills

~Teacher sites

Webspiration~ Organizing tool for teachers to make visual aids, including flow charts

Favorite Tips:
Use FreeCycle to gain materials in area
Utilize new & relevant technology (Ipad/ Itouch)
Teach Self Realization Techniques to all students
Create an Access Center in own classrooms
For students with EI/EBD: 5 positives = 1 negative
Strive for 30 nonverbal positive interactions/ 30 min
Use symbaloo to individualize technological support for students
Divide classroom roles & responsibilities (Instructional Tasks/Managerial Tasks)

Literacy Techniques/Strategies:
Graphic Organizers
SQ3R
Prop Boxes (to be used at any age)

Food for Thought

"I hear and I forget.
I see and I remember.
I do and I understand."
~ Chinese Proverb

"By learning you will teach;
by teaching you will understand."
~ Latin Proverb

For more inspirational teaching quotes visit:
http://www.inspirational-quotes.info/teacher-quotes.html

Awesome Websites for Teachers!

Research Based Strategies & Activities
The Flordia Center for Reading Research
http://www.fcrr.org

Intervention Central
http://www.interventioncentral.org/

Dr. Elizabeth Whitten WMU Homepage ~Teaching Strategies
http://homepages.wmich.edu/~whitten/

New Horizons for Learning
http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/front_strategies.html

Reading Rockets
http://www.readingrockets.org/

What Works Clearinghouse
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/

Teaching Matters
http://www.teachingmatters.org/index.asp


Teaching in Michigan
Michigan Curriculum Framework
http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-28753---,00.html

Grade Level Content Expectations (GLCEs)
http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-28753_33232---,00.html


Professional Teacher Organizations
National Association of Special Education Teachers
http://www.naset.org/

International Reading Association
http://www.reading.org/General/Default.aspx

Class Brain
http://www.classbrain.com/artschool/publish/article_21.shtml


Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans Page
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/

Lesson Planz
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/


Additonal Teaching Resources
Teacher Tube
http://www.teachertube.com/

Teachnology
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/

Primary Resources
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/index.htm

Assisitve Technology Resources
http://www.sc.edu/scatp/ATclassroom.htm

Super Kids! Educational Software Reviews
http://www.superkids.com/

Teaching Heart
http://www.teachingheart.net/

Songs for Teaching
http://www.songsforteaching.com/movement.htm

Brain Pop
http://www.brainpop.com/

Video Field Trips ~Southwest Net Distance Learning
http://www.remc11.k12.mi.us/dl/fave/

Favorite Poem Project
http://www.favoritepoem.org/

International Children's Digital Library
http://en.childrenslibrary.org/

Resources for Teaching Science
Exploratorium~ Museum of Science, Art, and Human Perception
http://www.exploratorium.edu/

Astronomy Picture of the Day~ NASA
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html

Kids Know It!
http://www.kidsknowit.com/


Student Learning Websites
Starfall ~ Promotes Literacy
http://www.starfall.com/

Primary Games ~ Focuses on a variety of learning subjects
http://www.primarygames.com/

Kids Numbers~ Promotes Math
http://www.kidsnumbers.com/

Fun Brain
http://www.funbrain.com/

Story Place~ Digital Library (includes both English and Spanish)
http://www.storyplace.org/

Make Beliefs Comix
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/

Idea Box

Lost Pencils...

"Can I get a pencil?" Students seem to be constantly losing pencils. One way to solve this probem is to number pockets, such as those used for the inside of library books, and assign each student a number. Their pencil goes in that pocket at the end of each session (especially useful in a resource room setting). This allows the students a place to put their materials and also reduces the time the teacher has to spend dealing with this constant pressing issue!

More to come! :)