Mrs. Thompson's Teaching Tools

               During a 3 day unit, we are learning about main idea. In the first lesson, students are only learning to identify what main idea is. The next day, students are learning that we need to support our main idea with evidence and determine what evidence can help support our main idea. In the final lesson, students are finding the main idea of a passage with evidence, independently. There are many ways to incorporate technology within all lessons.  In the first day of this unit, students will create a Flipgrid as an exit ticket to express their understanding of main idea. They will explain what it is and how much of a grasp they have on the concept. This will be a quick formative assessment for me to determine what they are understanding in the first place. Flipgrid will allow students to express what they know in an engaging manner. Students will share their thoughts through video, rather than having to worry about writing th...

  When creating lessons, it is important to ensure that are engaging and provide differentiation for learning styles, abilities, and needs.   “ As educators, we need to create classrooms that will maximize the success of all students, and will accommodate a diverse range of skills, needs, and interests” (O’Donnell 2017). There are students with ADHD, Autism, who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing, and ELL.   To ensure all students are gaining access to information and assessments, I needed to make sure I appealed in ways to all students. For example, providing the base 10 blocks provides a visual and is also a hands-on manipulative that students can use and physically see the process of regrouping. Using the white boards and discussion during Numbered Heads Together allows for student discourse and auditory learners to discuss their process for solving the problems, as well as listening to what other people did to solve.   “The idea of teaching every concept in every conte...