Middle School Matters

MSM 492: Insta is the new Santa?

Jokes:

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

What a Year!

I was recently reading the November/December 2020 issue of “Science and Children” a publication of the National Science Teaching Association. In this issue, I read the “Editor’s Note” column written by Elizabeth Barrett-Zahn. Her article was entitled “What a Year.”

Reports from the Front Lines

Advisory:

Ira Glass on Storytelling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2wLP0izeJE

https://vimeo.com/24715531

The Twitterverse

#mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!”

Strategies:

General Principles of Virtual Learning - Georgia State University

https://gpl.gsu.edu/files/2020/07/Virtual-Learning_Literature-Review_20200707_FINAL.pdf

Could we make the case for additional Encore classes in Social Studies?

https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/resources/social-studies-instruction-and-reading-comprehension

Resources:

Good News

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/

AXIS Network - The Culture Translator (www.axis.org)

Web Spotlight:

Tree.fm

https://www.tree.fm/

Black Out Poetry

https://blackoutpoetry.glitch.me/#

MSM 491: France is Bacon...Another Lie I Tell Future Me.

Jokes:

Advisory:

SURPRISE (NOT)! NEW STUDY FINDS APPLYING ASSET-BASED INSTRUCTION HELPS BLACK YOUTH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2020/12/26/surprise-not-new-study-finds-applying-asset-based-instruction-helps-black-youth-academic-achievement/

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

Count Birds for Science This Winter with Project FeederWatch

https://feederwatch.org

Reports from the Front Lines

The Twitterverse

#mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!”

Strategies:

Unit of Inquiry Planning Process and Resources (open)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/11GP5Ht6Mghm5hylfOB7JtdoTKS4IWJViVHUV6OrsiSM/edit#annotations:0VFJtkPyEeuFQGv1kX8gsQ

Resources:

Standard Ebooks

https://standardebooks.org/#annotations:IRO9KkPqEeu1ytMDZLevIg

40 Excellent Short Stories For Middle School

https://www.rethinkela.com/2014/05/40-excellent-short-stories-for-middle-school/#annotations:3TgUgkP1EeuvCZ9puLyX3Q

Web Spotlight:

Alphabetize This

https://alphabetizer.flap.tv/#annotations:PF0IwEceEeuMyG8jifCIjA

MSM 490: The Blob Opera, Can I get you off task….

Jokes:

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

K12Science Podcast on Traditional Science Songs and Science

http://k12science.net/scienceexplosion/songs

Happy Holidays!

Reports from the Front Lines

Advisory:

Identical Twins Who Look Nothing Alike

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0Hp3HnS8M4&feature=emb_logo

The Twitterverse

#mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!”

Strategies:

Formative and Summative Assessment in a Hybrid Classroom

https://www.edutopia.org/article/formative-and-summative-assessment-hybrid-classroom

Resources:

Welcome to the launch of Enslaved.org

https://enslaved.org/#annotations:Wmr3NDypEeuy9Dund5P7hQ

Web Spotlight:

Pocket Casts App

https://www.pocketcasts.com/podcast-player/

How Ending Behavior Rewards Helped One School Focus on Student Motivation and Character

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/48578/how-ending-behavior-rewards-helped-one-school-focus-on-student-motivation-and-character#annotations:wYOaij8KEeulo-d-o3Oj8w

Random Thoughts . . .

Blob Opera - A Google Experiment

https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/blob-opera/AAHWrq360NcGbw?hl=en

Fireside Fellowship

https://fpatheatre.com/fireside-smo/?fbclid=IwAR0uqYP4oKwzG-4rOz_eF14KLHT3Lv3xb_xZbtrwair8COp1lWgIzBWX3HE

MSM 489: It’s a 50/50 . . .

Jokes:

Reports from the Front Lines

I’m Worried About My Students

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2020/12/05/im-worried-about-my-students-very-worried-and-here-is-what-im-planning-to-do-about-it/

The Twitterverse

#mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!”

Strategies:

New Year’s Resolutions

Forbes- Seven Strategies

Time - Make New Year’s Stick

If You Come to Earth

https://www.brainpickings.org/2020/12/05/if-you-come-to-earth-sophie-blackall/

Resources:

Google Books

https://books.google.com/

Others:

https://www.gutenberg.org/

https://librivox.org/

Web Spotlight:

Stipple Art

StippleGen is a free, open source, and cross-platform application from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories that can create stipple drawings and “TSP art,” from image files.

https://wiki.evilmadscientist.com/StippleGen

It’s Time to Stop Posting Lesson Plans

https://www.weareteachers.com/stop-requiring-lesson-plans/

MSM 488: The Fungus, Among Us...

Jokes:

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

Middle School Science Minute: Conducting Science Labs in a Virtual World Part 3

Reports from the Front Lines

The Twitterverse

#mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!”

Advisory:

Interviews

https://slate.com/tag/interview-with-an-old-person

Resources:

Hidden in Plain Sight: The Ghosts of Segregation

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/30/travel/ghosts-of-segregation.html#annotations:lhEBZjWNEeu0MldgoMvrew

PDFDrive

https://www.pdfdrive.com/#annotations:lYrv5DHiEeuU1gMPWhg22w

Web Spotlight:

Looks Like You Need Iceland

https://lookslikeyouneediceland.com/#annotations:vhTibDV1EeuZu0fVlSD_Bw

Royalty Now

https://www.bigedition.com/s/royalty-now-saladin-portraits-911a9ad5bd644975

Random Thoughts . . .

Check out these other Podcasts/Resources that we like:

ArchiTechs of Learning: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/architechs-of-learning/id1541761752

K-12 Science: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k12science/id1541918360

MSM 487: Linguee-knee and Its Raining in Germany

Jokes:

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

Conducting Science Labs in a Virtual World, Part 2

Reports from the Front Lines

Advisory:

The Twitterverse

#mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!”

Resources:

LingueeTranslation with lots of details.

https://www.linguee.com/#annotations:hW5X9DGIEeufMTt_bE8JSQ

Bill of Rights Institute - Free eCivics Book!

American Battlefield Trust - Gettysburg AR Experience

https://www.battlefields.org/visit/mobile-apps/gettysburg-ar-experience?fbclid=IwAR1UY5DqaTDIegzL9yFQtqjLtVStOYDE803MyUFfm3c8u7CeX6C-7PAX7XQ

Other mobile apps from ABT: https://www.battlefields.org/visit/mobile-apps

Open Source - Public Discourse Unit

https://goopenmichigan.org/courses/public-discourse-unit

Julia Child, The French Chef, 1963

Tuttle Twins Series (Economic Principles in Story Form)

On Sale: https://tuttletwins.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2243d8fae3f290c0d90e2c101&id=203cbc82d1&e=67e11c9189

Radio Garden

http://radio.garden/

Tip Of My Tongue

https://chir.ag/projects/tip-of-my-tongue/#annotations:SzT0GjGFEeu2Pq_cPAnL4g

Web Spotlight:

K-12 Science Net

http://k12science.net/

ArchiTechs of Learning

https://techcoaches.dearbornschools.org/2020/11/24/its-happening/

https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=1541761752

Random Thoughts . . .

Fresh for Christmas 2020! The Pandemic Version of We Three Kings

MSM 486: We’ve done too much with sowing Discord.

Jokes:

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

Middle School Science Minute: Conducting Science Labs in a Virtual World Part 1

Reports from the Front Lines

Advisory:

Get To Know Your Students Better

https://www.edutopia.org/article/6-exercises-get-know-your-students-better-and-increase-their-engagement#annotations:Fwn4dCqNEeuqurPfi8w4Zg

The Twitterverse

Don’t forget #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm.

Strategies:

56 Ways to Gather Evidence of Student Achievement

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nzhdnyMQmio5lNT75ITB45rHyLISHEEHZlHTWJRqLmQ/pub?slide=id.p

Redefining Annotation

https://ditchthattextbook.com/redefining-annotation-ditch-that-pdf-and-hyper-annotate/#annotations:nM7zdCtQEeujoZsts2gahg

Resources:

Slides Timer

https://jakemiller.net/slides-timer-extension/#annotations:1x9gDitLEeu5i4dfbtoI1Q

Summarizing

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jC7CnwsfH28JOutuuTdC1Peh2IncYq1z2btxSA5LIOk/edit#slide=id.ga8f0823e1d_0_0

Digital Notebook

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ux0CZCiJK5WH4x4jM-UMXey97PzrpES8dKM1apJ3eYA/edit#slide=id.ga3c92daea4_0_27

Gettysburg AR Experience - American Battlefield Trust

https://www.battlefields.org/visit/mobile-apps/gettysburg-ar-experience?fbclid=IwAR1UY5DqaTDIegzL9yFQtqjLtVStOYDE803MyUFfm3c8u7CeX6C-7PAX7XQ

Web Spotlight:

We Can Help Students with Trauma Face Life More Positively

Mood Weather Report: Learn More About Your Students

http://www.ascd.org/ascd-express/vol16/num04/we-can-help-students-with-trauma-face-life-more-positively.aspx#annotations:QVmjrCjXEeustDeRPXYEwA

Are You Smarter Than Middle Years Kid?

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KfNJYJE9nhcZ90Mq7yyFBGhkI3J_Vw3pedvJFzM83Sk/edit#slide=id.ga3bc1442ab_0_0

15 Second Video Challenge

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/learning/our-8th-annual-15-second-vocabulary-video-challenge.html

Teacher Mental Health Break: The Homework Song

https://youtu.be/rek_7cDtI2I

MSM 485: Copy/Copy/Copy Conundrum - My Evil Twin

Jokes:

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

Middle School Science Minute: Using Literature in the Science Classroom

Reports from the Front Lines

Advisory:

The Twitterverse

Pernille Ripp @pernilleripp

Don’t forget #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm. Join host Todd Bloch for a scintillating discussion!

Strategies:

Why Do Teachers Love Sad Books Like Where the Red Fern Grows?

https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/11/why-teachers-make-kids-read-sad-books.html#annotations:trRFMiTjEeuosH8yiIvCVw

Resources:

Math Language/Content Objectives

https://robertkaplinsky.com/content-and-language-objectives-using-the-standards-for-mathematical-practice/

Formative Assessment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfAutEWaqOE&feature=emb_logo

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qzntgblfkrptpau/DVD2.pptx?dl=0

ELL Support

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2020/11/10/thirteen-instructional-strategies-web-tools-to-support-ells-in-distance-learning/

Web Spotlight:

Armistice Day Resource - Sabaton, In Flanders Fields

https://youtu.be/NQmMqZlLFVc

Greenville News (SC) - The Number of Students Failing

https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/education/2020/11/11/number-students-failing-greenville-sc-schools-has-tripled-2020/6241547002/

MSM 484: Digital Learning - It’s about time.

Jokes:

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

Middle School Science Minute: Formative Assessment Probes

Reports from the Front Lines

Advisory:

Media Multitasking Disrupts Memory, Even in Young Adults

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/media-multitasking-disrupts-memory-even-in-young-adults/#annotations:z540oh-fEeu83weTHLtaLA

The Twitterverse

Don’t forget #mschat on Thursdays at 8:00 pm EST.

Strategies:

The Neuroscience of Viewing Your Past Like a Fly on the Wall

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-athletes-way/202008/the-neuroscience-viewing-your-past-fly-the-wall#annotations:Z5vkUh-bEeuykJurHa6Pug

Resources:

Among Us Template

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1r0IYtaTi8bOoKkP9rdKM6pYV9yP7W1PxF2jmHxt83dc/edit?usp=sharing

Critical Reading: 50 Sentence Stems To Help Students Talk About What They Read

https://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/critical-reading-sentence-stems-discussion-journal/#annotations:W-jAoh-NEeu26lfdOCDsyA

Parent and Family Digital Learning Guide

https://tech.ed.gov/publications/digital-learning-guide/parent-family/#annotations:idlr5h-EEeuqmT-VJALxPw

Web Spotlight:

Other Data: 20 Signs You’re Actually Making A Difference As A Teacher

https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/other-data-20-signs-youre-actually-making-a-difference-as-a-teacher/#annotations:0chRuh35EeuilTfRuh9COg

Random Thoughts . . .

MSM 483: Straight to Lazy . . .

Jokes:

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

Middle School Science Minute: The New Normal

AND, A SPECIAL “Happy Birthday” to the one and only, the fantastic, Mr. Dave Bydlowski.

Reports from the Front Lines

The Twitterverse

Don’t forget #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm! Todd Bloch will have a topic all ready to go and another great discussion will ensue.

Strategies:

20 juicy questions to ask students (#5 will REALLY get them talking!)

https://ditchthattextbook.com/juicy-questions/#annotations:hGaeWBYgEeukDeMN8dPRKg

Resources:

IDA Treaties Explorer

https://digitreaties.org/