During our visits to various classrooms we get the chance to see many creative ways teachers are supporting content instruction in multi-sensory ways. Sometimes this is through visually presenting learning targets and I Can statements, through embedding higher-level concepts into daily routines, or developing engaging lessons for students. During our latest Around Town Roundup we want to highlight some of the innovative ways we have seen content covered throughout the Miami Valley.
Sometimes content standards and learning targets can be tricky for students to understand so we love to see different ways teachers are presenting them in the classroom.
We love this pocket chart with all of the I Can Statements for a unit on Earth.
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| Brittany Bush, Spinning Hills, Mad River Local Schools |
Using Boardmaker icons to illustrate the I Can Statements is another great way to present them in a way students can better understand.
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| Emily Ottmar, Stevenson Elementary, Mad River Local Schools |
We love mini-schedules to help students understand the expectation. This handy poster has space to include the subject, activities, and I Can statement. And we would love to share this resource which can be found by clicking HERE or by clicking on the picture.
We also love this Focus Wall which introduces the core vocabulary for the unit of study.
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| Laura Brown, Perrin Woods Elementary, Springfield City Schools |
Or this variation where students can match the words to the pictures which are used to illustrate various vocabulary terms.
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| Taylor Ruef, Stevenson Elementary, Mad River Local Schools |
We love how this classroom made a bulletin board to highlight their classroom's Bill of Rights and used terms that could be easily understood by students.
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| Brian Frimel, Bradford Elementary, Bradford Exempted Village Schools |
And this bulletin board illustrates the Scientific Method:
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| Laura Brown, Perrin Woods Elementary, Springfield City Schools |
In this classroom, the teacher uses higher level community helper positions to label the classroom jobs such as "reporter", "electrician", and "veterinarian" so that these vocabulary terms are embedded into students' every day lives and so they start to learn what they mean in a functional way.
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| Anne Rosenbaum, Orchard Park Elementary, Kettering City Schools |
Other ways we have seen higher level concepts embedded into classrooms include labeling horizontal and vertical lines in the door way,
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| Brian Frimel, Bradford Elementary, Bradford Exempted Village Schools |
including environmental print in a dramatic play center,
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| Jessica Burns, Demmit Elementary, Vandalia-Butler City Schools |
a bulletin board pinpointing addresses for the students in the class,
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| Anne Rosenbaum, Orchard Park Elementary, Kettering City Schools |
or a phonics bulletin board which groups hunks and chunks (Phonics Dance) and peanut butter and jelly/layered cake sounds (Stevenson Reading program) by sound.
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| Athenia Eversole, Versailles Elementary, Versailles Exempted Village Schools |
Sometimes teachers incorporate multi-sensory techniques into activities and learning centers. Like this illustrated thematic word wall in the writing center.
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Or this Read It-Build It-Write It mat for spelling
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| Amy Stammen, Versailles Elementary, Versailles Exempted Village Schools |
Or using art projects to allow students to explore their senses like these tactile crayon rubbings pumpkins
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| McKinley Elementary, Xenia Community Schools |
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