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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

2-29-2012 WHO SAID THAT?!


Teching the Core Curriculum Content Standards
Writing Standards
Standard: W 8.8 Grades 6-8

Consider the Source


Research to Build and Present Knowledge: STANDARD 8
RESOURCES
Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

2-28-2012 Successful Strategies for Student Research


Teching the Core Curriculum Content Standards
Writing Standards
Standard: W 8.7 Grades 6-8


THE RIGHT WAY TO RESEARCH

Research to Build and Present Knowledge: STANDARD 7
RESOURCES
Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.
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Monday, February 27, 2012

2-27-2012 60 Ways to Get Published!


Teching the Core Curriculum Content Standards
Writing Standards
Standard: W 8.6 Grades 6-8

Production and Distribution of Writing:
STANDARD 6
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of three pages in a single sitting.
RESOURCES
  1. Kid Pub
  2. National Writing Project
  3. Kids Bookshelf
  4. Scholastic: Writing with Writers
  5. Poetry.com
  6. Web English Teacher
  7. Bookworm Magazine
  8. eBook Hatch
  9. Storybird
  10. Zooburst - 3D story book creator
  11. Moglue eBooks
  12. LuLu
  13. Batalugu Children's Book Creator
  14. My eBook
  15. Issuu
  16. Squidoo
  17. My Story Maker
  18. Teen Ink
  19. KidBlog
  20. DoInk
  21. Raw Scripts
  22. Myths and Legends Story Creator
  23. PicLit
  24. Xtranormal
  25. Zimmer Twins movie making
  26. Webnode Websites
  27. Wix Websites
  28. Nota Display Boards
  29. Posterous Spaces
  30. Spaaze Corkboard
  31. Check This
  32. Weebly
  33. Bitstrips
  34. Comic Master
  35. Pixton
  36. Witty Comics
  37. Super Hero Squad
  38. Strip Generator
  39. Write Comics
  40. Make Beliefs Comix
  41. Chogger Comic Creator
  42. Kids Space
  43. Bombay TV Subtitler
  44. LEGO Comic Builder
  45. Toon Doo
  46. Kid Cast
  47. Animoto
  48. Glogster 
  49. Prezi 
  50. Tagul 
  51. Voicethread 
  52. Google Docs
  53. Dropbox
  54. Meeting Words
  55. TWIDDLA 
  56. Edmodo
  57. Typing Tutorials 
  58. Bookemon 
  59. Batalugu - create on-line story books
  60. Today's Meet  - instant disposable chat

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Friday, February 24, 2012

2-24-2012 Perfecting the Process of Writing

Teching the Core Curriculum Content Standards
Writing Standards
Standard: W 8.5 Grades 6-8

The Writing Process


Production and Distribution of Writing: STANDARD 5 – 
With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
RESOURCES
Planning
Graphic Organizer Power Points 
Revision
Editing
Proofreading Power Points
Rewriting
Approach
The Writing Process
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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

2-22-2012 Share Your Story!

Teching the Core Curriculum Content Standards
Writing Standards
Standard: W 8.3 Grades 6-8

Writing a Narrative



Text Types and Purposes: STANDARD 3
RESOURCES
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.

Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.

Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.

Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.

Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events.

Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

2-21-2012 INFORM, EXPLAIN, DESCRIBE!


Teching the Core Curriculum Content Standards
Writing Standards
Standard: W 8.2 Grades 6-8

Writing an Informative or Explanatory Essay


Text Types and Purposes:
Standard W 8.2
RESOURCES
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.

Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using  strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.

Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.

Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.

Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.

Establish and maintain a formal style.

Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
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Friday, February 17, 2012

2-17-2012 Argue to Win!

Teching the Core Curriculum Content Standards
Writing Standards
Standard: W 8.1 Grades 6-8

Writing an Argumentative or Persuasive Essay

Text Types and Purposes:
STANDARD W 8.1 
RESOURCES
Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.

Introduce claim(s), acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.

Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.

Use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships among claim(s) and reasons.

Establish and maintain a formal style.
Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the argument presented.
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Thursday, February 16, 2012

2-16-2012 Life Science: Evolution and Diversity


Continuing my way through the standards, offering links, lessons, and ideas to help teach the 
Core Curriculum Content Standards
Science Grades 6-8


5.3 Life Science: All students will understand that life science principles are powerful conceptual tools for making sense of the complexity, diversity, and interconnectedness of life on Earth. Order in natural systems arises in accordance with rules that govern the physical world, and the order of natural systems can be modeled and predicted through the use of mathematics.

E. Evolution and Diversity: Sometimes, differences between organisms of the same kind provide advantages for surviving and reproducing in different environments. These selective differences may lead to dramatic changes in characteristics of organisms in a population over extremely long periods of time.
By the end of grade
Content Statement
CPI#
Cumulative Progress Indicator (CPI)
RESOURCES 
6
Changes in environmental conditions can affect the survival of individual organisms and entire species.
5.3.6.E.1
Describe the impact on the survival of species during specific times in geologic history when environmental conditions changed.
8
Individual organisms with certain traits are more likely than others to survive and have offspring in particular environments. The advantages or disadvantages of specific characteristics can change when the environment in which they exist changes. Extinction of a species occurs when the environment changes and the characteristics of a species are insufficient to allow survival.
5.3.8.E.1
Organize and present evidence to show how the extinction of a species is related to an inability to adapt to changing environmental conditions using quantitative and qualitative data.
8
Anatomical evidence supports evolution and provides additional detail about the sequence of branching of various lines of descent.
5.3.8.E.2
Compare the anatomical structures of a living species with fossil records to derive a line of descent.
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