This summer I am ramping up on ideas for my second year in a 1:1 classroom. I have learned a TON on what to do and what NOT to do in my 1:1 ELA secondary classroom and am taking all of those lessons to heart. That being said, I want to share with you a few things I will be working on this summer to incorporate into my classroom this upcoming year.
- Flipped Classroom:
I attended a district led Flipped Classroom Training in early June. I was VERY impressed with training and variety of ways I can Flip lessons. My thinking for my own classroom will be a little different from the traditional idea of Flipped because I will also be incorporating some PBLs into my curriculum. Follow this link for more info: http://www.flippedclassroom.com/
I will used Flipped Lessons for the following: 1st Week back to Introduce the Writing Cycle (used as a pre-assessement of knowledge), PBL Workshops, Writing Skills (mini-lessons), and Intervention lessons.
Note: Not all flipped lessons will be homework. Some will be in class flips. I will post more as I go along this year so you can see how I'm going to accomplish these tasks. I will post my writing cycle flipped lesson in August. I'll also share my resources. So stay tuned!
- Writing Workshop:
I'm reading Writing Workshop The Essential Guide by Ralph Fletcher this summer to really structure my writing workshop this year. I am a reflective teacher and I need to change the way I am teaching writing for a few reasons... sadly... STAAR is one of those reasons but a reality. This is a great book. I will be using some Flipped Lessons in order to accomplish this. Will share as I create them!
I would LOVE to collaborate with other Teachers on writing workshops and share resources! If you would like to join me, follow me on Twitter @MaasClassroom. I would love to start a networking group for writing there!
That's it for now! Please feel free to contact me any time. I love hearing from other teachers!
april@aprilmaas.com OR @MaasClassroom on Twitter
Maas Out!
