Hope everyone is enjoying these last few days of school. Even as we are wrapping up for the year, the ideas are still flowing in out there in the blog-o-sphere. Here are my picks from Differentiation Daily from the last few weeks; hope they give you something to ponder by the pool this summer!
Differentiation Daily
- Create your own adventures: Leave it to Google! Through Google Forms, you can now create your own adventure for students. Bionic Teaching gives a nice run-down of how to make this happen on your own computer - definitely worth a try.
- Water writing: At the very least, I will be doing this with my toddler this summer (who is OBSESSED with all things letters ... and also, coincidentally, water). Try this for beginning literacy activities that need a little jolt of fun added to them!
- Voice recording app roundup: OTs with Apps has created an updated list of apps that can be used for students who need assistance with oral reports, group discussions, formulating ideas on paper, etc etc. Nice reference tool to get you kick-started in the fall or to help you wrap up finals!
- Writing center visual: LOVE this classroom visual for classroom writing. So many students need a visual providing them with their choices for an instructional time, but this one gets even better with work samples! Highly recommend this idea and the Teaching with Love and Laughter blog overall.
- Tap light fun: Hope King at Second Grade Shenanigans incorporates tap lights into activities for her students learning letter sounds. Another great idea to help shake up the Daily 5 or other types of activities (e.g., independent work, learning about syllables, etc.).
- Visual supports for math: Who hasn't tried to draw out a math concept for a student and failed miserably? I have! Mrs. Zimmerman at Mrs. Zimmerman's Learning Conservatory shows great examples of visuals she's created around her classroom for math rules and concepts. This link with her chart examples is going straight into my bookmarks!
