Hey Everyone,
Today is Camel Day, December 14, 2011. You guys and gals are all sick of me pushing SQ3R. Well... Good! That means it may have begun to sink in as to what SQ3R is. However, now that you know what it is you can dig deeper to really see the PURPOSE of SQ3R. There is a method to my madness, and I truly do have your future academic experiences at heart. You are no longer reading to simply enjoy a narrative text. You must learn how to read and ENGAGE PARTS OF YOUR BRAIN!!
SQ3R
University of Phoenix Dude
Here are our learning targets. (Wait a minute, they look familiar!):
Reading: I can compare and contrast information on the same topic from different sources.
History: I can recognize how people’s behaviors were influenced by the values and attitudes of their times.
From the cluttered mind of C, Teacher
School District of Waukesha
Waukesha STEM Academy
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
Choices, choices, choices...
Hey there!
Today is Monday Funday, December 12, 2011. Today is the last day for finishing up the four modules we have been working on so far. You will have some choices today as we move forward:
1. Feel free to finish up the last module or modules you need to.
2. Feel free to open up and begin the Primary Source Activity found in INVESTIGATE.
3. Feel free to meet with me in a strategy group to start picking apart the Socratic Seminar document.
Any one of these three choices would put you in a position to rock out the Socratic Seminar this Thursday the 15th. Take some time to view one of these short clips before joining the community circle. Our focus will soon shift as we focus on a couple societal norms that were accepted during the early colonial years of the United States.
Indentured Servants from Ireland
History of Slavery Brought to you by Tim & Moby
If you do join the strategy group, here will be the learning targets we will hit today.
Reading: I can compare and contrast information on the same topic from different sources.
History: Recognize how people’s behaviors were influenced by the values and attitudes of their times.
Sincerely,
C
From the cluttered mind of C, Teacher
School District of Waukesha
Waukesha STEM Academy
Today is Monday Funday, December 12, 2011. Today is the last day for finishing up the four modules we have been working on so far. You will have some choices today as we move forward:
1. Feel free to finish up the last module or modules you need to.
2. Feel free to open up and begin the Primary Source Activity found in INVESTIGATE.
3. Feel free to meet with me in a strategy group to start picking apart the Socratic Seminar document.
Any one of these three choices would put you in a position to rock out the Socratic Seminar this Thursday the 15th. Take some time to view one of these short clips before joining the community circle. Our focus will soon shift as we focus on a couple societal norms that were accepted during the early colonial years of the United States.
Indentured Servants from Ireland
History of Slavery Brought to you by Tim & Moby
If you do join the strategy group, here will be the learning targets we will hit today.
Reading: I can compare and contrast information on the same topic from different sources.
History: Recognize how people’s behaviors were influenced by the values and attitudes of their times.
Sincerely,
C
From the cluttered mind of C, Teacher
School District of Waukesha
Waukesha STEM Academy
Friday, December 9, 2011
Thirteen Colonies...
High Five Friday,
Today is High Five Friday, December 9, 2011. I am hoping most of you are finishing your modules by now. If you have not gotten to module 4 try to get there today and work through it. Here is a link that might help you:
From the cluttered mind of C, Teacher
School District of Waukesha
Today is High Five Friday, December 9, 2011. I am hoping most of you are finishing your modules by now. If you have not gotten to module 4 try to get there today and work through it. Here is a link that might help you:
If you finish your modules today your guest teacher from yesterday should have shown you where the primary source documents are in bb9. They are under INVESTIGATE. Read, practice sq3r, and enjoy.
Sincerely,
C
From the cluttered mind of C, Teacher
School District of Waukesha
Waukesha STEM Academy
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Primary Sources vs. Secondary Sources
Welcome to Think Spot Thursday Teenie Boppers,
Today is Thursday, December 8, 2011. If you are reading this by now you realize there is a guest teacher in my stead. I am at a grammar workshop with the other middle school literacy teachers within the district. Below is a link to a video of some of the things we are discussing. (Between you and me kiddies, I think I would rather be in my tooth extraction surgery instead of a workshop about grammar... Ugh!)
Today you will complete your learning modules. We took a break yesterday to COLLABORATE and create our bumper sticker messages. They turned our great and show how much you all know about this point in history. Well done. Remember, your learning modules can be found in EXPLORATION, COLONIZATION, AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION - IMMERSE - (Chapter 3 or Chapter 2) Here is the plan for the day in Historical Literacy...
A primary source is a document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study. These sources were present during an experience or time period and offer an inside view of a particular event. Some types of primary sources include:
A secondary source interprets and analyzes primary sources. These sources are one or more steps removed from the event. Secondary sources may have pictures, quotes or graphics of primary sources in them. Some types of seconday sources include:
You can search the Main Catalog to find direct references to primary source material. Perform a keyword search for your topic and add one of the words below:
(these are several examples of words that would identify a source as primary)
C
P.S. I hear and I forget.
I see and I remember.
I so and I understand.
Do your best and forget the rest!
Today is Thursday, December 8, 2011. If you are reading this by now you realize there is a guest teacher in my stead. I am at a grammar workshop with the other middle school literacy teachers within the district. Below is a link to a video of some of the things we are discussing. (Between you and me kiddies, I think I would rather be in my tooth extraction surgery instead of a workshop about grammar... Ugh!)
http://youtu.be/TwFCZSd7Fvo
"You're rhyming 'BADLY'" Hahaha
"You're rhyming 'BADLY'" Hahaha
Today you will complete your learning modules. We took a break yesterday to COLLABORATE and create our bumper sticker messages. They turned our great and show how much you all know about this point in history. Well done. Remember, your learning modules can be found in EXPLORATION, COLONIZATION, AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION - IMMERSE - (Chapter 3 or Chapter 2) Here is the plan for the day in Historical Literacy...
- Attendance
- Students are working on 4 different Learning modules. (LEARNING MODULES ARE LISTED ON THE WHITE BOARD)
- Students are within the process of one of these 4 modules: The Arrival of the Spanish, Chapter 2 reading test, Chapter 3 reading test, and finally Our Founding Colonies.
- Students on task will be typing up blog posts, taking online tests, viewing videos, reading in the textbooks, and may be having conversations together.
- Students have been going to other learning spaces with in the school, but I DO NOT want them to leave the room today. If they really want to, the hallway is a reasonable alternative.
- If students finish the modules early there is a Primary Source Lesson under the investigate tab of Exploration, Colonization, and the American Revolution.
- Please have the students wrap up their work, save, submit, and clean up at around 8:35 so that they may move on to CORE 2.
- As students are working, walk around the room and see if any need help with historical contexts or reading the text.
A primary source is a document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study. These sources were present during an experience or time period and offer an inside view of a particular event. Some types of primary sources include:
- ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS (excerpts or translations acceptable): Diaries, speeches, manuscripts, letters, interviews, news film footage, autobiographies, official records
- CREATIVE WORKS: Poetry, drama, novels, music, art
- RELICS OR ARTIFACTS: Pottery, furniture, clothing, buildings
- Diary of Anne Frank - Experiences of a Jewish family during WWII
- The Constitution of Canada - Canadian History
- A journal article reporting NEW research or findings
- Weavings and pottery - Native American history
- Plato's Republic - Women in Ancient Greece
A secondary source interprets and analyzes primary sources. These sources are one or more steps removed from the event. Secondary sources may have pictures, quotes or graphics of primary sources in them. Some types of seconday sources include:
- PUBLICATIONS: Textbooks, magazine articles, histories, criticisms, commentaries, encyclopedias
- A journal/magazine article which interprets or reviews previous findings
- A history textbook
- A book about the effects of WWI
You can search the Main Catalog to find direct references to primary source material. Perform a keyword search for your topic and add one of the words below:
(these are several examples of words that would identify a source as primary)
- charters
- correspondence
- diaries
- early works
- interviews
- manuscripts
- oratory
- pamphlets
- personal narratives
- sources
- speeches
- letters
- documents
C
P.S. I hear and I forget.
I see and I remember.
I so and I understand.
Do your best and forget the rest!
From the cluttered mind of C, Teacher
School District of Waukesha
Waukesha STEM Academy
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Camel Day: BUMPER STICKERS!
Good Day to you all,
Today is Camel Day, December 7, 2011. You all have been doing a remarkable job with the past few learning modules, the Colonization/Exploration blogging, and ALL THE FRUSTRATIONS WITH THE TEXT BOOK TESTS. Well, today all your hard work, headaches, and conferences with me should all pay off. Let me explain...
Remember the "C" in WICR? Yeah, that "C" doesn't just stand for "Cool Christianson"; it also stands for "Collaboration". What better way to collaborate than a tribes activity? The tribes activity is called Bumper Stickers. To launch this activity you are going to need an "ADMISSION TICKET". If you have ever played poker, an admission ticket is kind of like an ante. It's what you pay to get into the game. Your admission ticket for Bumper Stickers will be one or two nuggets from the work you have done on your modules thus far. A nugget for this admission ticket could be one of the following:
I do and I understand.
Do your best and forget the rest!
Today is Camel Day, December 7, 2011. You all have been doing a remarkable job with the past few learning modules, the Colonization/Exploration blogging, and ALL THE FRUSTRATIONS WITH THE TEXT BOOK TESTS. Well, today all your hard work, headaches, and conferences with me should all pay off. Let me explain...
Remember the "C" in WICR? Yeah, that "C" doesn't just stand for "Cool Christianson"; it also stands for "Collaboration". What better way to collaborate than a tribes activity? The tribes activity is called Bumper Stickers. To launch this activity you are going to need an "ADMISSION TICKET". If you have ever played poker, an admission ticket is kind of like an ante. It's what you pay to get into the game. Your admission ticket for Bumper Stickers will be one or two nuggets from the work you have done on your modules thus far. A nugget for this admission ticket could be one of the following: -a fact you remember
-new schema you know now that you didn't know before
-a lingering question you have after reading and studying
-a question you remember from an online test that threw you for a loop
-a concept we talked about in class
-an idea you recorded in your Cornell Notes
-a connection to something else you have read
-a blog post you or someone else posted
Write your nugget on a post-it note WITH YOUR NAME and park it in the parking lot that we know so well. This will take us to the next stage in out tribes day activity. Grab your chairs and let's head out to the office commons just like old times.
When we get back from the office commons we should be ready to start creating our bumper stickers. In groups of 4 we are going to compile our nuggets into a bumper sticker we would all put on our cars, but instead of putting them on a car we are going to redecorate our walls and windows in our learning space. Based on some of the things we have read and talked about in our energizer, create a "BUMPER STICKER MESSAGE" that the group can mutually agree upon. Please try to include everyone's nuggets if possible. We need to throw all our collective knowledge up on the walls. I hope you all enjoy!
Yours Truly,
C
P.S. I hear and I forget.
I see and I remember.I do and I understand.
Do your best and forget the rest!
From the cluttered mind of C, Teacher
School District of Waukesha
Waukesha STEM Academy
Monday, December 5, 2011
Monday Funday...
Happy Monday,
Today is Monday, December 5, 2011. Another short and sweet blog post today teeny boppers. Go to Bb9-Exp, Col, and The American Rev-IMMERSE. When it is on your screen, you are ready to join me in the circle.
Good Luck,
C
Today is Monday, December 5, 2011. Another short and sweet blog post today teeny boppers. Go to Bb9-Exp, Col, and The American Rev-IMMERSE. When it is on your screen, you are ready to join me in the circle.
Good Luck,
C
From the cluttered mind of C, Teacher
School District of Waukesha
Waukesha STEM Academy
Friday, December 2, 2011
High Five Friday!
Hey gang,
Today is High Five Friday, December 2, 2011. I'm going to make this short and sweet. Go to Bb9-Exp/Col-Immerse-Exploration:The Spanish and the Americas. If you are there you have reached your learning module for the day and you may now join the community circle. Congratulations!!
Sincerely,
C
Today is High Five Friday, December 2, 2011. I'm going to make this short and sweet. Go to Bb9-Exp/Col-Immerse-Exploration:The Spanish and the Americas. If you are there you have reached your learning module for the day and you may now join the community circle. Congratulations!!
Sincerely,
C
From the cluttered mind of C, Teacher
School District of Waukesha
Waukesha STEM Academy
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Repurposing the Textbook II
Hey Teeny Boppers,
Today is Wednesday, November 30, 2011. After reading Howard Zinn we know his feelings about "watered down historical perspectives". However, the more you know, the stronger your voice becomes. Howard Zinn would call our textbooks a necessary evil. Even though they give you a "watered down" version of history they are chalk full of dates, places, events, people, ideas, maps, questions, and USEFUL FACTS. If a person can remember facts in a textbook it doesn't mean they are an expert in history. It means that person has a basic understanding of history and can then CREATE MEANING THEMSELVES. Memorizing facts is the beginning not everything. Our job as historians is to make our own meaning from the information and facts we remember. TEXTBOOKS ARE THE BEST TOOL FOR THAT JOB.
When I was in middle school we always had to read a chapter: take a test. Read a chapter: take a test. Read a chapter... I think you guys can see a pattern forming here. Anyways, you are going to read a test and take a chapter. Your task today is to READ WITH QUESTIONS IN MIND. Here is what I mean. We are going to look at the test first so that the questions drive our reading. Our research will become our PURPOSE FOR READING. The links below will take us to the textbook and the google test. Click on them now before joining the community circle.
Test link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dGVYWkFsa1lOdkZwMURvQ0JPUVlkSkE6MQ#gid=0
Textbook link:
http://my.hrw.com/tabnav/controller.jsp?isbn=9780547523262
Now that you know where we will be focussing our attention in class today, lets look at page 64 of our textbooks and read a bit together. Plus, I want to show you a cool feature and how to use it.
Yours truly,
C
P.S. I hear and I forget.
I see and remember.
I do and I understand.
Do your best and forget the rest.
(Hear one. See one. Do one. Teach one.)
Sent from my iPhone
Today is Wednesday, November 30, 2011. After reading Howard Zinn we know his feelings about "watered down historical perspectives". However, the more you know, the stronger your voice becomes. Howard Zinn would call our textbooks a necessary evil. Even though they give you a "watered down" version of history they are chalk full of dates, places, events, people, ideas, maps, questions, and USEFUL FACTS. If a person can remember facts in a textbook it doesn't mean they are an expert in history. It means that person has a basic understanding of history and can then CREATE MEANING THEMSELVES. Memorizing facts is the beginning not everything. Our job as historians is to make our own meaning from the information and facts we remember. TEXTBOOKS ARE THE BEST TOOL FOR THAT JOB.
When I was in middle school we always had to read a chapter: take a test. Read a chapter: take a test. Read a chapter... I think you guys can see a pattern forming here. Anyways, you are going to read a test and take a chapter. Your task today is to READ WITH QUESTIONS IN MIND. Here is what I mean. We are going to look at the test first so that the questions drive our reading. Our research will become our PURPOSE FOR READING. The links below will take us to the textbook and the google test. Click on them now before joining the community circle.
Test link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dGVYWkFsa1lOdkZwMURvQ0JPUVlkSkE6MQ#gid=0
Textbook link:
http://my.hrw.com/tabnav/controller.jsp?isbn=9780547523262
Now that you know where we will be focussing our attention in class today, lets look at page 64 of our textbooks and read a bit together. Plus, I want to show you a cool feature and how to use it.
Yours truly,
C
P.S. I hear and I forget.
I see and remember.
I do and I understand.
Do your best and forget the rest.
(Hear one. See one. Do one. Teach one.)
Sent from my iPhone
Monday, November 28, 2011
Welcome Back...
Hey Guys and Gals,
Today is Monday, November 28, 2011. I hope all of you had an enjoyable break. I had a chance to start grading your digital memoirs and was blown away!! You all are so very talented. In the spirit of our Thanksgiving break, I wondered if we all remember why we celebrate the national holiday of Thanksgiving. Take a few minutes to watch the video below before we get started on our reading today. IT'S A DOOSY!!
http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/culture/thanksgiving/
Let's do some reading,
C
Today is Monday, November 28, 2011. I hope all of you had an enjoyable break. I had a chance to start grading your digital memoirs and was blown away!! You all are so very talented. In the spirit of our Thanksgiving break, I wondered if we all remember why we celebrate the national holiday of Thanksgiving. Take a few minutes to watch the video below before we get started on our reading today. IT'S A DOOSY!!
http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/culture/thanksgiving/
Let's do some reading,
C
From the cluttered mind of C, Teacher
School District of Waukesha
Waukesha STEM Academy
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Drawing Diagrams and Prototype Sketches...
Hey Steamers,
Below you will find some professional diagrams drawn by two inventors. Inventors have to take on the role as product designers at times. A diagram is not the same thig as a sketch. A sketch would be considered a DRAFT within the diagramming process. Diagrams are not only visual pictures but also labels. Diagrams also require product designers to show multiple perspectives of a product. Imagine a microscope and how "Close-up" a microscope allows a viewer to see. Then picture a globe. A globe shows a person everything the earth has on its surface from landmasses to bodies of water. Product designers use both perspectives to educate their customers. Take a look at the examples below. I took these photos while at the National Archives in Washington D.C.
Sincerely,
C
Below you will find some professional diagrams drawn by two inventors. Inventors have to take on the role as product designers at times. A diagram is not the same thig as a sketch. A sketch would be considered a DRAFT within the diagramming process. Diagrams are not only visual pictures but also labels. Diagrams also require product designers to show multiple perspectives of a product. Imagine a microscope and how "Close-up" a microscope allows a viewer to see. Then picture a globe. A globe shows a person everything the earth has on its surface from landmasses to bodies of water. Product designers use both perspectives to educate their customers. Take a look at the examples below. I took these photos while at the National Archives in Washington D.C.
Sincerely,
C
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| This is Eleazer Kempshall's patent sketch. He submitted them on December 18, 1901. |
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| Thomas Alva Edison's digram of the electirc light bulb. |
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