6-12 Creativity & Innovation Rubric (CCSS Aligned) | Project Based Learning | BIE:
What is it? The first part of this rubric helps teachers guide students in grades 6-12 in using an effective process for innovation in various phases of a project, and it can be used to assess their performance. Alignment with CCSS is noted. The second part of the rubric can be used to assess the degree of creativity shown in the products students create in a project. '
Why do we like it? Creativity is a difficult quality to describe, but we think this rubric is clear and concrete. It shows how CCSS can be met through PBL. It is more appropriate for "product design" than for assessing creativity in the arts.
How can you use it? Use one or both parts of the rubric to guide students and assess their work, or to inform your thinking as you create your own assessment tools. Schools and districts can adopt or adapt this rubric for use across all classrooms.
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Newsela
Newsela | About: Read closely. Think critically. Be worldly.
Newsela is an innovative way to build reading comprehension with nonfiction that's always relevant: daily news. It's easy and amazing.
See the impact Newsela can have on your classroom.
Every Article At 5 Levels
Newsela is an innovative way to build reading comprehension with nonfiction that's always relevant: daily news. It's easy and amazing.
See the impact Newsela can have on your classroom.
Every Article At 5 Levels
Newsela makes it easy for an entire class to read the same content, but at a level that’s just right for each student.
Text Levels– Tool or Trouble? | Irene Fountas
Text Levels– Tool or Trouble? | Lesley University Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative: "With every good intention, the levels may have been applied by professionals in ways we would not have intended. We did not intend for levels to become a label for children that would take us back to the days of the bluebirds and the blackbirds, or the jets and the piper cubs. Our intention was to put the tool in the hands of educators who understood their characteristics and used it to select appropriate books for differentiated instruction".
Sunday, December 28, 2014
News-O-Matic, Daily Reading for Kids on the App Store on iTunes
News-O-Matic, Daily Reading for Kids on the App Store on iTunes
News-O-Matic is a service that offers daily news stories for school students. Along with the news stories, News-O-Matic provides videos, games, and quizzes to help students learn about the world.
News-O-Matic is a service that offers daily news stories for school students. Along with the news stories, News-O-Matic provides videos, games, and quizzes to help students learn about the world.
Timeline Comparison Chart
Timeline Comparison Chart: Free Online Tools for Creating Timelines - Richard Byrne - FreeTech4Teachers.com
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