INSANITY

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IN?SAN?I?TY
in Education
N. 1. Doing the Same Thing Over and
Over Expecting Different Results Anonymous
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Having completing the formation of the earth, on
the seventh day the Lord rested. Then, on the
eighth day the Lord said, Let there be
problems. And there were problems, especially in
education.
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H.O.T. vs. L.O.T.
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UP to 70 of the students school day is spent
in SEATWORK.Yet Students achieve more in classes
where they spend most of their time being
taught or supervised by their teachers rather
than working on their own. Brophy Good, 1986
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Do you examine the quality of the worksheets
given to the students?
DIRECTIONS Find America King Voyage Sea
Queen Spices Indies Tell me what you know
about Columbus doing this word search. They may
may be diagonal, horizontal, backwards or
vertical.
V O Y A G E L M H T M K R S O Q
U E E N P K P W R B C I I N D I
E S C N X Z C J E E G L S A F A
S
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Ship Ahoy
Use the secret code to decode this message from a
ships captain.
4 22/ 26922/ 1322269181320/
Word Math
Unscramble the words, and the add or subtract the
letters shown to make a List word. For example
Bright - b fed - d freight
(1) hear - a my
(2) lead my - y (3) hope - e try
(4) itch - t oar -a

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Math Facts test (subtraction to ten)
2 -1
3 -2
4 -0
4 -3
6 -3
5 -1
6 -6
1 -1
4 -1
6 -2
8 -0
9 -9
2 -2
3 -1
10 - 9
9 -8
7 -6
7 -0
8 -2
8 -4
10 - 6
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Directions Inside each circle, draw only THREE
STRAIGHT line to group the letters into six
words. Each line must be straight. After you
figure out where to draw the three lines, the six
words will form a message. Words inside the
circles are from the pages on the Grand Canyon
and Niagara Falls. Use your ruler to help you
figure out where lines might go. This is VERY
CHALLENGING. Be patient. The first one is done
for you. GOOD LUCK!
O N A A S I
R O G E H R
A S E N E S
C E S L H R Y L
A E A F A
E G E T T
E H E S R Y
E L L R R O
I U
F C
L A S
Message Erosion reshapes Niagara Falls each
year.
Message ________________________
A B \ B R V
E E T A N
O N O C I
F Y T N H
Y L E

R N D O E
G R
A W R A U
L A T D N
N N C A A H
E Y O T
Message ______________________
Message __________________________
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WORKSHEETS
Proper Worksheet Usage, Extend the students
thinking.
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Examples

• Reduce paper pencil assignments.
• Orally review the skills.
  Look around the room and find
  examples of nouns and adjectives-be ready to
  identify if asked.
• Children immediately begin to review
• Try to call on each student-less able first

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RULE OF THUMB
If a student does 5 to 10 problems on a worksheet
correctly, the student knows the skill.
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EXTENSIONS

• Worksheet Circle the adjectives in the
  following sentences.
• Extension Write three sentences of your own
  that include two adjectives in each sentence.
• Worksheet Add the following numbers with
  regrouping
• Extension Make up five problems with
  regrouping

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EXTENSIONS continued

• Worksheet Read a passage, then answer questions
  about it.
• Extension Make up who, what, where, when and
  why questions about the passage. Trade papers
  with a partner and answer each others
  questions.
• Worksheet Identify geometric shapes.
• Extension Draw a real object that is in the
  form of each shape.

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MAKE YOUR OWN WORKSHEET

• Oral Instructions Fold paper into fours
• Square 1 - Write 3 adjectives
• Square 2 - Make up subtraction problems with
  regrouping
• Square 3 - Write and punctuate the following
  interrogative sentence
• Square 4 - What is the height of Mt. Everest?

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Questions to Ask Before Giving a Child a Worksheet

• What Level of Thinking Is the Child Required to
  Do?
• HOT Vs. LOT
• Is the Activity (the Child Must Perform) the Best
  Possible Match With the Learning? (Congruent)
• 52 Or 5
• 2
• Is the Allocated Time for the Activity
  Appropriate?
• But the Kids Love to Do It!

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To be a good teacher, one must have a
built-in, shock proof, crap detector.
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  Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer in waht oredr the
  ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng
  is taht The frist and lsat ltteer be at the
  rghitpclae. The Rset can be a total Msess and
  you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is
  bcuseae the huamn Mnid deos not raed ervey lteter
  by istlef, by the wrod as a wlohe.

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93 of all teachers assume that if a child
understands all of the vocabulary words, they can
understand the paragraph
are between consists corresponding
curve draws variation graph
if isolated known
making only often
with often one
points relation set
table values variables
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If the known relation between the variable
consists of a table of corresponding values, the
graph consists only of the corresponding set of
isolated points. If the variables are known to
vary continuously, one often draws a curve to
show the variation.
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DO WE GROUP CHILDREN?
Same amount of time spent for each group.
Research states the very placement of a child
in the low group -- the child has a 95 chance
of not going to college 8 times higher chance
of dropping out of school.
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The Normal Curve
Aptitude Test Given in KDG 1st Grade
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The Normal Curve
Achievement Test Given in Grade 12
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APTITUDE RATE OF LEARNING
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At-Risk Students Need
More Time
More Practice
More Experiences
More Indirect Instruction
More Direct Instruction