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My name is Steve Reifman, and I am a National Board Certified elementary school teacher, author, and speaker in Santa Monica, CA.
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"Place Value Hopscotch" is the third of my 4-part "Rock Your Students' World" series of instructional videos. I filmed these short videos with five of my former students recently one day after school. Each Teaching Tip over this four week period will feature one of the videos.
"The Synonym-Antonym Jumping Game" is the second of my 4-part "Rock Your Students' World" series of instructional videos. I filmed these short videos with five of my former students recently one day after school. Each Teaching Tip over this four week period will feature one of the videos.
"Moving Through The Coordinate Grid" is the first of my 4-part "Rock Your Students' World" series of instructional videos. I filmed these short videos with five of my former students recently one day after school. Each Teaching Tip over the next four weeks will feature one of the videos.
The Teaching Tips will focus on the topic of Writing Workshop for the next four weeks.
Week 1: Peer Revising
Week 2: The Writing Workshop Warm-up
Week 3: Four-Color Editing
Week 4: Written Reflections
Written Reflections
During a typical school day we are often so busy trying to help our students learn knowledge and skills that it can be difficult to find the time to have everyone reflect on that learning.
Such metacognitive endeavors, however, are incredibly valuable, and I try to incorporate these activities into the curriculum as frequently as possible. Sometimes I ask my students to reflect orally while other times I want them to reflect in writing.
Week 1: Peer Revising
Week 2: The Writing Workshop Warm-up
Week 3: Four-Color Editing
Week 4: Written Reflections
Written Reflections
During a typical school day we are often so busy trying to help our students learn knowledge and skills that it can be difficult to find the time to have everyone reflect on that learning.
Such metacognitive endeavors, however, are incredibly valuable, and I try to incorporate these activities into the curriculum as frequently as possible. Sometimes I ask my students to reflect orally while other times I want them to reflect in writing.
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