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Each March, we celebrate Women’s History Month to recognize the achievements women have made throughout history. Originally started by President Jimmy Carter as a weeklong holiday back in March 1980, it became a full month’s celebration in 1987.
The resources below will help you and your students find some exciting ways to celebrate Women’s History Month!
From Lesson First to Felt Need: Authentic Connections
Watch this video by Dr. Sulla, the "Tree of Whys", to utilize a technique to identify an authentic context and a relevant, performance-based task for an instructional unit. Brainstorm your own Tree of Whys. ➡️
This tool will assist you in creating PBL tasks, beginning with the essential skills and standards necessary for students to master in a unit of study.
Building Executive Function
Building Executive Function
Executive Function Skills Mapped to Increasing Levels of Complex Thinking - In her book Building Executive Function: The Missing Link to Achievement, Dr. Nancy Sulla maps the 40 key executive function skills to the important life skills of conscious control, engagement, collaboration, empowerment, efficacy, and leadership. The more teachers think through deliberate activation of executive function skills, the more it will become a part of the classroom culture.
Scheduling Time with Students: An important step for students in taking charge of their own learning in the Learner-Active, Technology-Infused Classroom™ is effectively scheduling and managing time.
Scheduling Time with Students: An important step for students in taking charge of their own learning in the Learner-Active, Technology-Infused Classroom™ is effectively scheduling and managing time.
Executive Function skills being built during scheduling:
Setting Goals (Empowerment)
Managing Time (Empowerment)
Working toward a goal (Efficacy)
Organizing actions and thoughts (Efficacy)
Levels to Students Scheduling Their Time - Students will need support as they begin to learn how to manage their time and schedule when they will complete certain activities. This sheet will give you a possible progression to help students “level up” in this skill. Be sure to note any ideas you want to try or any questions you have.
Levels to Students Scheduling Their Time - Students will need support as they begin to learn how to manage their time and schedule when they will complete certain activities. This sheet will give you a possible progression to help students “level up” in this skill. Be sure to note any ideas you want to try or any questions you have.
Scheduling Time in a Primary Classroom - The way students schedule their time in a primary classroom looks quite different from how students in the upper grades do it. Read this tip sheet to learn more.
How-To Schedule Your Time for MS Students - This resource provides middle and high school students with step-by-step directions to follow to support their ability to effectively schedule their time.
Sample Student Schedule Template – View the sample schedules below that best fits your grade level and consider how you might use or modify them for your purposes.
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