1. LOTS of ELL Resources
I discovered a website developed by ELL/ML educators Dr. Irina McGratch and Michelle Shory and it is jam-packed full of goodness! One of the items that led me to their website is the below graphic that shares examples of narrative leads. You can get a copy on their site.
2. Classroom Weekly Address
Making sure all stakeholders know what’s going on in your classroom can be tough! This idea by Mr. Bemiss, originally inspired by Sons of Technology, uses Flip to record a message sharing events that happened in class that week and what’s coming up. All of his weekly video announcements are in a collection in Wakelet, so they’re easy to go back to if needed. Both Flip and Wakelet have Immersive Reader will allow for translations and videos also have closed captions.
3. Who Said It?
This very simple graphic immediately grabbed my attention on Instagram. I binge-watched Wednesday while I had COVID recently and am obsessed with this show! Michele Haiken created these graphics in Canva and shares several ways they can be used such as a hook activity, bulletin board, or within station rotations. I thought our librarians could use these for a game with students, where each graphic is a clue on our morning announcements and to get a prize, students go to the library to tell them the answers!
4. Sneaky PD
PD comes in all shapes and sizes! After attending a session at VSTE this year, I’ve incorporated “sneaky PD”, through the use of a weekly rotation with a newsletter, quick tech tip, drop-in time aka office hours, and Tech Takeout. Here’s another way to sneak in some PD – through the use of social media graphics!
I learn so much from my colleagues and everyone has a different take; seeing a quote in graphic form can give someone else a takeaway or inspire other ideas. What are your favorite exit tickets strategies?
5. Tell All About It!
Speaking of inspiring ideas, I took one look at the below activity from The Literacy Dive and automatically thought “there’s a good warm-up activity!” I don’t think that was the intention, it’s really about practicing writing skills, but there are so many ways you could use this, and what’s a better way to check for understanding? Have students tell you all about it!
This could be a warm-up, extension activity, or exit ticket…
Here are a couple of Canva templates you could adapt to include headings for who, what, where, when, etc. I searched for “newspaper”.
Newspaper Student Introduction
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