New Experiences
Learning to ride a bike
Flying
Making friends
Moving house
Favourite Things
Being in a sports team
Eating out
Favourite games
Foods I like
Friends
Hobbies
Holidays
My cubby
My family
My favourite toy
My pet
Parties
Staying overnight
Games and pastimes
Board games
Building a go-kart
Dressing Up
Swimming
The cooking experiment
Special Days
Christmas Day
First day of school
School holidays
Dress up day
People in my life
Aunts
Siblings
Best friends
Favourite singers
Grandparents
People I like
Special Places
My Bedroom
My trip overseas
My Favourite country
Staying at a motel/hotel
The most unusual place I've ever been
The museum
My treehouse
Good Times
After school
Going fishing
Going on a plane
Horse riding
In my spare time
My biggest success so far
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
Spelling Yr 4 2010
Unit 1
spade, blade, trade, lane, mane, cane, crane, ape, cape, tape, shape, scape, grape, escape, daze, blaze, gaze, maze, graze, crate, plate, skate, state, grate, slave, grave, shave, behave
Challenge Words:
barricade, decade, lemonade, debate, insane, humane, hurricane, elevate, inflation, vibrate, operate, amazed
Unit 2
dare, care, hare, mare, fare, ware, pare, rare, bare, spare, blare, scare, stare, glare, share, square, aware, beware
Challenge Words:
compare, declare, prepare, nightmare, welfare
Unit 3
time, mime, lime, crime, slime, grime, chime, prime, overtime, pantomime
Challenge Words:
sublime, limelight
Unit 4
role, dole, home, dome, zone, alone, cone, tone, cope, lope, mope, scope
Challenge Words:
rissole, gnome, chrome, aerodrome, telephone, microphone, microscope, stethoscope, telescope, periscope, kaleidoscope
Unit 5
sheep, green, speed, creek, creep, sleep, greet, bleed, sweet, breed, knee, queen, fleet, steep, agree, greed, sweep, street, teeth, speech, screech
Challenge Words:
agreed, decree, asleep, esteem, tweed, freedom, screen
Unit 6
stout, cloud, blouse, drought, trout, proud, trousers, plough, spout, shroud, thousand, scout, shout, flour, crouch, sprout
Challenge Words:
pronoun, scoundrel, flounder, pronounce
Unit 7
bow, crow, show, tow, blow, know, row, glow, stow, sow, flow, throw, mow, slow, bowl, low, grow, below, own, snow
Challenge Words:
tomorrow
Unit 8
roast, toast, coast, boast, float, throat, coach, grown, croak, cloak, cocoa, approach
Challenge Words:
gloat, loathe, shoal, encroach, cockroach
Unit 9
air, fair, hair, pair, lair, chair, stairs, fairy, repair, upstairs
Challenge Words
affair, flair, prairie
Unit 10
real, deal, seal, steal, meal, heal, squeal, beam, seam, cream, steam, peak, leak, bleak, freak, streak, neat, beat, heat, feat, bleat, treat, lean, lead, leaf, leap, peach, bleach, least, yeast, leash
Challenge Words:
conceal, appeal, league, reveal, ideal
Unit 11
head, dead, lead, read, tread, bread, ahead, spread, thread, ready, stead, already, instead, homestead, meadow
Challenge Words:
measure, pleasure, treasure, steadfast, breadth, dreadful
Unit 12
boil, soil, toil, oil, foil, coil, spoil, toilet, join, coin, point, choice, voice, rejoice, noise, poison, moist, hoist, avoid
Challenge Words:
appoint, quoit, void, recoil, poise, joist, ointment, invoice
Unit 13
tie, die, lie, pie, magpie, fried, flies, pied, science, society
Challenge Words:
anxiety, piety, piebald
Unit 14
dew, blew, grew, nephew, few, brew, knew, jewel, new, chew, stew, ewe, crew, screw, drew, threw, flew
Challenge Words:
pew, shrewd, renew, skewer, mildew, jewelry, newspaper
Unit 15
spade, blade, trade, lane, mane, cane, crane, ape, cape, tape, shape, scape, grape, escape, daze, blaze, gaze, maze, graze, crate, plate, skate, state, grate, slave, grave, shave, behave
Challenge Words:
barricade, decade, lemonade, debate, insane, humane, hurricane, elevate, inflation, vibrate, operate, amazed
Unit 2
dare, care, hare, mare, fare, ware, pare, rare, bare, spare, blare, scare, stare, glare, share, square, aware, beware
Challenge Words:
compare, declare, prepare, nightmare, welfare
Unit 3
time, mime, lime, crime, slime, grime, chime, prime, overtime, pantomime
Challenge Words:
sublime, limelight
Unit 4
role, dole, home, dome, zone, alone, cone, tone, cope, lope, mope, scope
Challenge Words:
rissole, gnome, chrome, aerodrome, telephone, microphone, microscope, stethoscope, telescope, periscope, kaleidoscope
Unit 5
sheep, green, speed, creek, creep, sleep, greet, bleed, sweet, breed, knee, queen, fleet, steep, agree, greed, sweep, street, teeth, speech, screech
Challenge Words:
agreed, decree, asleep, esteem, tweed, freedom, screen
Unit 6
stout, cloud, blouse, drought, trout, proud, trousers, plough, spout, shroud, thousand, scout, shout, flour, crouch, sprout
Challenge Words:
pronoun, scoundrel, flounder, pronounce
Unit 7
bow, crow, show, tow, blow, know, row, glow, stow, sow, flow, throw, mow, slow, bowl, low, grow, below, own, snow
Challenge Words:
tomorrow
Unit 8
roast, toast, coast, boast, float, throat, coach, grown, croak, cloak, cocoa, approach
Challenge Words:
gloat, loathe, shoal, encroach, cockroach
Unit 9
air, fair, hair, pair, lair, chair, stairs, fairy, repair, upstairs
Challenge Words
affair, flair, prairie
Unit 10
real, deal, seal, steal, meal, heal, squeal, beam, seam, cream, steam, peak, leak, bleak, freak, streak, neat, beat, heat, feat, bleat, treat, lean, lead, leaf, leap, peach, bleach, least, yeast, leash
Challenge Words:
conceal, appeal, league, reveal, ideal
Unit 11
head, dead, lead, read, tread, bread, ahead, spread, thread, ready, stead, already, instead, homestead, meadow
Challenge Words:
measure, pleasure, treasure, steadfast, breadth, dreadful
Unit 12
boil, soil, toil, oil, foil, coil, spoil, toilet, join, coin, point, choice, voice, rejoice, noise, poison, moist, hoist, avoid
Challenge Words:
appoint, quoit, void, recoil, poise, joist, ointment, invoice
Unit 13
tie, die, lie, pie, magpie, fried, flies, pied, science, society
Challenge Words:
anxiety, piety, piebald
Unit 14
dew, blew, grew, nephew, few, brew, knew, jewel, new, chew, stew, ewe, crew, screw, drew, threw, flew
Challenge Words:
pew, shrewd, renew, skewer, mildew, jewelry, newspaper
Unit 15
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 1, 2008
Reading List - for children of all ages
Including me.
Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery
Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
The Father Christmas Letters - J.R.R. Tolkien
The Tale of Peter Rabbit - Beatrix Potter
The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Graham
The House at Pooh Corner - A.A. Milne
Ballet Shoes - Noel Streatfeild
Just William - Richmal Compton
Dr Dolittle - Hugh Lofting
My Family and Other Animals - Gerald Durrel
P.L. Travers
Round The Twist - Paul Jennings
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy - Lynley Dodd
Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak
Dr Seuss
Madeline - Ludwig Bemelmans
Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery
Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
The Father Christmas Letters - J.R.R. Tolkien
The Tale of Peter Rabbit - Beatrix Potter
The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Graham
The House at Pooh Corner - A.A. Milne
Ballet Shoes - Noel Streatfeild
Just William - Richmal Compton
Dr Dolittle - Hugh Lofting
My Family and Other Animals - Gerald Durrel
P.L. Travers
Round The Twist - Paul Jennings
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy - Lynley Dodd
Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak
Dr Seuss
Madeline - Ludwig Bemelmans
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Terminology - for the differentiated classroom
Curriculum telescoping - is a form of acceleration as students complete several years of the school curriculum in less time than their peers. Note that material is not 'skipped', rather, students move through the program more rapidly by increasing the pace of instruction.
Enrichment - the student's learning pace is faster than that of their cohort. The student's learning is broadened by enrichment activities that are related to the content area.
Extension - leads to deepening of knowledge and a greater understanding. Students are given additional tasks, projects, and research questions and have a variety of ways to present their work such as by publishing it to the Internet and by teaching it to others. Extension activities are more challenging, abstract, have advanced content and are appropriate in difficulty.
There are five levels of giftedness: mild, moderate, high, exceptional and profound.
Differentiation - is where students learn differently and have different needs. It's where there is a commitment to plan for students' differences. It celebrates diversity. Its goal is to maximise student growth and to promote individual student success. It builds academic self esteem.
Enrichment - the student's learning pace is faster than that of their cohort. The student's learning is broadened by enrichment activities that are related to the content area.
Extension - leads to deepening of knowledge and a greater understanding. Students are given additional tasks, projects, and research questions and have a variety of ways to present their work such as by publishing it to the Internet and by teaching it to others. Extension activities are more challenging, abstract, have advanced content and are appropriate in difficulty.
There are five levels of giftedness: mild, moderate, high, exceptional and profound.
Differentiation - is where students learn differently and have different needs. It's where there is a commitment to plan for students' differences. It celebrates diversity. Its goal is to maximise student growth and to promote individual student success. It builds academic self esteem.
When planning a teaching unit:
- pre-assess to identify current levels of knowledge and understanding
- base a unit on a concept rather than a topic
- be prepared to modify the content, process and product
- layer tasks to contain at least three levels of teaching and learning experiences-
use higher order questioning strategies
- use creative/divergent thinking strategies
- ensure students have a choice of activities
- students may negotiate aspects of the curriculum
- layered assessments are planned to assess students of different skills and abilities
- students know and accept that other students may be engaged in different tasks within the classroom.
- student work samples are used to evaluate differentiation
- parents are informed of student progress using learning gain measures not just with test scores.
- base a unit on a concept rather than a topic
- be prepared to modify the content, process and product
- layer tasks to contain at least three levels of teaching and learning experiences-
use higher order questioning strategies
- use creative/divergent thinking strategies
- ensure students have a choice of activities
- students may negotiate aspects of the curriculum
- layered assessments are planned to assess students of different skills and abilities
- students know and accept that other students may be engaged in different tasks within the classroom.
- student work samples are used to evaluate differentiation
- parents are informed of student progress using learning gain measures not just with test scores.
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