1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910810840803321

Autore

Powell Pia Hansen <1955-, >

Titolo

Buddies : reading, writing, and math lessons / / Pia Hansen Powell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-317-91975-0

1-315-85279-9

1-317-91976-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Collana

An Eye on Education Book

Disciplina

372.139/4

Soggetti

Peer teaching

Language arts (Elementary)

Mathematics - Study and teaching (Elementary) - Activity programs

Education, Elementary - Activity programs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2001 by Eye On Education.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; 1 BUDDIES: THE IMPORTANCE OF PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN AND TEACHERS; The Benefits for Children; The Benefits for Teachers; Meeting Student Needs; Grade Combinations and Considerations; Implementation; Planning for Buddies; Training the Buddies; The Importance of Standards; Assessing for Student Understanding; Generic Rubric; 2 READING ACTIVITIES; Beginning, Middle, and End; Character Cube; Dear Character Letter; Give Me Five Main Ideas; Mapping a Story; Memory with Words; Nonfiction Reading Timeline; Personal Dictionary

Read and RewriteRead and Spin; Reading Bookmarks; Reading the Newspaper; Story Brief; Word Search; 3 WRITING ACTIVITIES; Buddy Couplets; Cinquain Poetry; Color My World; Dear Buddy Letter; If I Could Be; Interview; My Buddy and I Book; Name Poem; Postcards; Recipe for a Buddy; Revising and Editing; Story Strip; Want Ads; Who Am I?; 4 MATHEMATICS ACTIVITIES; Birthday Cake Graph; Buying Books; Dichotomous Classification; Geo-mallows; Guessing About Capacity; Me and My Buddy Glyphs; Menu Math; Odd and Even, Fair Game; Paper Quilts; Pebbles and a King; Probability Experiment

Snowflake Symmetry, An Area LessonStrategy with Basic Facts; Tape



Measures

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides opportunities for older and younger children in different grades to work together on standards-based activities. It contains over 40 lessons in which elementary school students of different ages can learn together. Each activity can be assigned as a special project or as part of an organized program in which teachers work together on a regular basis. For each activity, you will be provided with: standards -- reading, writing, or mathematics, and assessment rubrics, student handouts, ready for photocopying. To help you assess your students objectively and confidently, about a