Teachers have known for decades that 'summer learning loss' is a reality. Studies vary on how much knowledge students lose during the summer months--some say up to two months of reading and math skills--and results are heavily-dependent upon demographics, but the loss is real. To prevent this, teachers try approaches such as summer book reports, but students complain they intrude on their summer time. When teachers make it optional, many don't participate. The disconnect they're seeing is that students consider these activities as 'school' rather than
'life'. They haven't bought into the reality that they are life-long learners, that learning is not something to be turned on in the schoolhouse and off on the play yard. This summer, show students how learning is fun, worthy, and part of their world whether they're at a friend's house or the water park. Here are nineteen suggestions students will enjoy: More |
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home. More Blogging has become de rigeur in the Grade 3-8 classroom. It is flexible, scalable, and encourages diversity in both learning and teaching. Handled right, blogs can be used for pretty much any need that arises in the classroom. It has the added benefit of being an activity that
students want to do. They like that it's online, with lots of multimedia options, and a focus not on writing but communication. I decided to track the skills I teach through blogging. When I started, I had seven, but as I continued, it exploded to this long list that I'm adding to even as I write this post. Read through these, tell me other ways you use it in your class: More |
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