Greetings from the Learning Bridges Team!
We want to provide YOU with FREE resources
and focus on special opportunities that might be helpful for your school improvement efforts.
We invite you to print the resources
that you can use in your classroom or school. We also hope you will share the newsletter
with your colleagues so that they might also receive the FREE resources. When it
is possible, we will connect the resources to your
state's content standards - whether those are
research-based instructional strategies/interventions or parent
activities.
We will feature one of the powerful online courses, an instructor, and a teaching
resource - all connected to your state standards and assessments.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
When you try an instructional strategy, share a parent activity with parents, complete
online professional development, or use one of the teaching resources, we hope you
will come back and share your
thoughts with us online. Read what other teachers have said, too!
We invite you to join our team as a Bridge to a New Way of Teaching and Learning!
Greetings from the Learning Bridges Team!
We want to provide YOU with FREE resources and focus on special opportunities that might be helpful for your school improvement efforts.
We invite you to print the resources that you can use in your classroom or school. We also hope you will share the newsletter with your colleagues so that they might also receive the FREE resources. When it is possible, we will connect the resources to your state's content standards - whether those are research-based instructional strategies/interventions or parent activities.
We will feature one of the powerful online courses, an instructor, and a teaching resource - all connected to your state standards and assessments.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
When you try an instructional strategy, share a parent activity with parents, complete online professional development, or use one of the teaching resources, we hope you will come back and share your thoughts with us online. Read what other teachers have said, too!
We invite you to join our team as a Bridge to a New Way of Teaching and Learning!
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Featured Online Class - EDCI 606U2 Patterning in Mathematics - Secondary
For: English Language Arts, Classroom Teachers 7 - 12, Special Education, Title I, Gifted and Talented, ELL Teachers, Culturally Diverse, Mentors, Coaches
Using Patterning in Mathematics enhances secondary student learning. Patterns arise in all part of mathematics - in numbers and chance, in geometry and data, and in formulas and functions. Patterns not only engage students in all areas of mathematics (arithmetic, algebra, geometry, probability, statistics, etc.), but also in all types of mathematical activity. Critical thinking, deductive reasoning and logic will be emphasized as problem solving skills.
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FREE Instructional Strategy- Phonics Applications - Effect Size: 1.63
For: English Language Arts, Classroom Teachers K – 3, Mentors, Coaches, Culturally Diverse, Special Education, Title I, ELL Teachers, Gifted and Talented
What is Phonics Applications?
Phonics Applications is a powerful decoding strategy used in the process of teaching reading. It helps students to understand that speech is composed of a series of individual sounds. Students analyze or manipulate the units of speech rather than focus on meaning as they master Phonics Applications.
Impact on Learning: 45 percentile points
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FREE Parent Activity - Language Arts - Literary Response and Analysis - Grade 5
Standard: Literary Response and Analysis
Most states have several benchmarks that focus on literary response and analysis. One might focus on how well students understand the difference between facts and opinions as they read. One might require student to look at archetypes and symbols across literary texts; for example, exploring heroes in different literary works. Another benchmark might ask students to focus on the use of figurative language, for instance, similes and metaphors used by different authors. Still another focus might be on literary devices such as foreshadowing, flashback, digressive time, suspense, etc. How can we engage parents to assist in support of our teaching of this standard?
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Featured Instructor - Kathy Johnson
My name is Kathy Johnson. I have been a member of the Learning Bridges Team since 1997 as a researcher, author, and instructor. I assisted in the research to create the Aligned Instructional Database. I authored Phonics Applications, Phonological Awareness, and Decoding Through Clues.
As an elementary teacher for 16 years I have taught first, second, and fifth grades. I also serve as a peer coach assisting other teachers in setting goals and working to improve academic achievement as a team. I serve my district on the Staff Development Team, the Behavior Discipline Team, and the Response to Intervention (RTI) Team.
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Featured Teaching Resource - Relationship-Driven Classroom Management
Relationship-Driven Classroom Management
Strategies That Promote Student Motivation
John M. Vitto
Positive teacher-student relationships are an important factor in increasing student achievement and motivation as well as decreasing a student's risk of dropping out, substance abuse, bullying, and violence. Learn how to proactively and positively manage your classroom and students and build on their inherent strengths and talents, rather than focusing on negative behaviors and outcomes.
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Discussion Topic - What do YOU think?
Introducing yourself to a new classroom full of students can set a classroom pattern and personality for the months ahead. Are there introductions and “ice breakers” that you’ve found to be especially successful?
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