EXEMPLARS
Personalized Learning calls for flexibility.
Flipgrid
Flipgrid allows educators and their students to create simple, free video discussions to make learning fun, fulfilling, and empowering. During a class period, students in Ms. Anitra Medlock classes' were completing Milestone Review and were asked to record their reflection statements about what they remembered or relearned.
Hands-On Activities in the Math Classroom with Amplify
Amplify Math - Grade 8 - Volume Foldable- Unit 5
Foldables provide students a sense of ownership in their work which make them invest in the concept or lesson.
Amplify Math - Grade 8 - Rational and Irrational Numbers Comparison Chart - Unit 7
English Language Arts in the Math Classroom
Amplify Math - Grade 8 - Pythagorean Theorem - Unit 7
The page was titled The Pythagorean Difference and the facts were pulled directly from the students textbooks.
Music in the Classroom
Students have shared through feedback that this song has helped them during testing. The Transformation Song used with Amplify Math Grade 8 Unit 1.
Angle Measures Chant used with Amplify Math Grade 8 Unit 2
Slope-Intercept Form Rap Chant used with Amplify Math Grade 8 Unit 3
The Importance of Summarizing and Note-taking in the Classroom
Summarizing and Note-taking are researched based strategies that are known to increased student achievement. Even when mandated curriulums are not designed with these techniques in mind, summarizing and note-taking are strategies that can be integrated with Amplify. Notes help especially when students are absent or when they need help recalling information for remediation and/or review. Below are examples or some notes and organizers we have used in the math classroom.
Note-taking in the 8th Grade Math Classroom with Amplify
Note-taking in the 8th Grade Math Classroom with Amplify