A ‘Visual Instruction Plan’ (VIP) is a set of visual prompts that provide a clear step-by-step outline of what students have to do to complete a procedure or process. Learn how they can be used in class to support students with analytical writing.

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Discover a treasure trove of CER resources to kickstart your #science class this year! Dive into this roundup of claim, evidence, reasoning materials and take your scientific investigations to the next level.

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App development with students can be quick, easy, and code-free with Glide. Download free guides, explore ideas, and start a project today!

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Need to mix it up to end the year? Try having groups to create a 'collaborative slide deck':
✔️ S's close-read on their own
✔️ S's share their findings in small groups
✔️ Each group fills out a slide

Here's a blank template, if anyone wants to try: docs.google.com/presentation/d…

A Question Matrix is a tool to assist students in developing the skill of asking rich, higher-order questions about objects, events, ideas, and places in their environment.

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Whose Phone? Directions, scrapbook page, and phone. Civil War and Reconstruction #finishstrong
Cougar Pride Frisco ISD Secondary Social Studies
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🤔 'Think-Pair-Share' - a classic, but can get old. Spice it up with fun variations! Check out ways to revamp this strategy for your secondary students. Keep it fresh and engaging!

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Help students learn to have a critical eye with AI:

Have it produce 5 statements about a topic you are studying, but tell it to intentionally include a falsehood. Challenge students to find and correct the inaccuracy.

🔔 Works great as a quick bellringer or exit ticket!

When encountering a new 'technology,' I always (1) operate from the assumption that learning is natural; (2) ask what authentic thing kids can do to gain agency over the system; (3) explore how the thing may be used to amplify human potential and expand access to powerful ideas.

Do you teach upper grades? Check out this website on morphology instruction! Dr. Shelley Blackwell, SLP.D sites.google.com/view/literacyt…

'Gifted musicians in an orchestra generally do not write the symphonies they play. We do not think less of a talented actor who merely performs but did not write a Shakespearean tragedy. Teachers, by noteworthy contrast..' 1/2 the74million.org/article/40-yea…

My 6Bower LIC students are excited to jump in to MySciLife and write about their #SolarEclipse2024 experience!

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A10: You can set passwords for pages to share benchmark info and data for families.

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A9: Animals of the sea student portfolio - sites.google.com/view/ocean-sit…

Anyone can do it!

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A8: Check out this resource of mini tutorials and it has some on embedding - cammiekannekensblog.wordpress.com/2023/02/07/goo…

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A8: Check out this student example of a digital portfolio - sites.google.com/view/johns-oce…

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A7: Here's an example of my class site. I integrated Google Calendar, Google Workspace folder PDF from Google Workspace, all kids of stuff!

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A6: Here's an example a teacher used for flip instruction sites.google.com/prod/g.dentoni…

A nice way to differentiate for students

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A5: Check out this example of embeds from my space unit - sites.google.com/hempfieldsd.or…

I embeded Wakelet 💙 and other media

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A5: Embed videos from YouTube, audio recordings, interactive Google Maps, and Google Drive files such as presentations, documents, and spreadsheets. This multimedia integration enhances engagement and provides interactive learning opportunities.

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