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Being a Resource teacher (we call the class Extended Core in my building), my job is not only to help my students with their IEP goals and objectives, but to help keep them caught up in their core classes. Today, we worked on Social Studies review. Let’s rewind 10 hours, shall we? The Hubs (who […]
Tell me this wasn’t all of you guys the first morning back to school after Spring Break. Uh huh….thought so. While I was not the most excited to get up and tackle the school day today, I was excited about being able to introduce Innovation Day 2013 to my students. I was given the ok […]
…is what you’re probably saying to me right now. Sooooo yeahhhh, see, what had happened was…. Ok, enough beating around the bush. I’m a bad blogger. Bad, bad blogger. I know what you’re thinking: “Where’ve you been, Miss Rivas? What happened to you?” Life happened, folks. Life. Just a quick little view into the mayhem I […]
No, I promise I haven’t broken up with you. I just finished the two Master’s classes I’ve been taking, with the last major assignments due this past week. Priorities, man. Priorities. So, Miss Rivas, what has the wonderful world of Extended Core been up to lately? Let’s start with our class blog, Operation X. The […]
Wow. I seriously underestimated the video-making process for my flipped classroom library. I know I’m a newbie at the video recording anyway, but I am still trying to figure out how Camtasia works. I did a PowerPoint on adjectives, then used the Camtasia to narrate through it. That alone was an eye-opener for me. I […]
*insert Mission Impossible theme song here* So my class has been practicing getting used to the flipped classroom components by watching the videos in class and filling out their SSS Packets. We are about halfway through our Parts of Speech unit and so far it’s been going really well. I just purchased a small lot […]
First and foremost, I’d like give a big OOH-RAH to all my fellow Devil Dogs today. Happy 237th birthday, Marines! Today, I raise my glass to you! Next, I’d like to update you on how it’s going with my semi-flipped classroom. The unit is on parts of speech, and that’s broken down into categories. We’re […]
This title actually reminds me of a clip from one of my fave movies, “The Three Amigos.” If you like the movie as much as I do, click here. If not….well, then…don’t. So, where to begin? Yesterday I spent most of my day at the 2012 EdCampGR conference. Two words: Dee. Lish. I came out […]
If I could have a soundtrack to this blog entry, it would be this. At long last, I’ve finally been able to get around to intro-ing the flipped classroom component. If you’re not familiar with the flipped classroom model, click here for some info. I can’t tell you how long I’ve been waiting to actually […]
So, my students took their tests today in Social Studies via the iPads while listening to the test recorded. They did better than I thought they would, to be honest. 🙂 It could’ve been the review game. It could’ve been the QuizRevolution I created. It could’ve been them going at their own pace because it […]