Authored by Belal Joundeya, Fly with Arabic: Unit Eight (Travel and Transportation) features a variety of language-learning lessons tied together by fun themes related to travel, sightseeing, and transportation. The unit focuses on the acquisition of listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills, as well as knowledge of Arabic cultures and history.

Unit eight is the last chapter in the "Fly with Arabic" series, which is comprised of a total of eight units, each containing several lessons, including fill-in-the-blank exercises, open-ended writing practice, and word-matching games, that seek to reinforce specific learning outcomes, such as oral and written production, writing, and reading. Additionally, brief cultural drills are included in each unit, and are designed to add a cultural dimension to each unit's language activities. All units also contain self- assessment checklists to help monitor and measure the learner's progress during the unit.

In summary, through using a number of drills to produce vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, and speaking skills, including pictures, word-matching games, open-ended writing practice, and fill-in-the-blank exercises, the "Fly with Arabic" series seeks to connect all phases of Arabic-learning into one comprehensive package.

Authored by Belal Joundeya, Fly with Arabic: Unit Five (School Subjects) features a variety of language-learning lessons tied together by fun themes related to school subjects, careers, and schooling culture. The unit focuses on the acquisition of listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills, as well as knowledge of Arabic cultures and history.

Unit five is the fifth chapter in the "Fly with Arabic" series, which is comprised of a total of eight units, each containing several lessons, including fill-in-the-blank exercises, open-ended writing practice, and word-matching games, that seek to reinforce specific learning outcomes, such as oral and written production, writing, and reading. Additionally, brief cultural drills are included in each unit, and are designed to add a cultural dimension to each unit's language activities. All units also contain self- assessment checklists to help monitor and measure the learner's progress during the unit.

In summary, through using a number of drills to produce vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, and speaking skills, including pictures, word-matching games, open-ended writing practice, and fill-in-the-blank exercises, the "Fly with Arabic" series seeks to connect all phases of Arabic-learning into one comprehensive package.

Authored by Belal Joundeya, Fly with Arabic: Unit One (I am a Student in Renaissance Academy) features a variety of language-learning lessons tied together by fun themes related to studying, school, and classroom culture. The unit focuses on the acquisition of listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills, as well as knowledge of Arabic cultures and history.

Unit one is the first chapter in the "Fly with Arabic" series, which is comprised of a total of eight units, each containing several lessons, including fill-in-the-blank exercises, open-ended writing practice, and word-matching games, that seek to reinforce specific learning outcomes, such as oral and written production, writing, and reading. Additionally, brief cultural drills are included in each unit, and are designed to add a cultural dimension to each unit's language activities. All units also contain self- assessment checklists to help monitor and measure the learner's progress during the unit.

In summary, through using a number of drills to produce vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, and speaking skills, including pictures, word-matching games, open-ended writing practice, and fill-in-the-blank exercises, the "Fly with Arabic" series seeks to connect all phases of Arabic-learning into one comprehensive package.

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Authored by Belal Joundeya, Fly with Arabic: Unit Seven (I Like Shopping) features a variety of language-learning lessons tied together by fun themes related to shopping, visiting malls, and buying/selling. The unit focuses on the acquisition of listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills, as well as knowledge of Arabic cultures and history.

Unit seven is the seventh chapter in the "Fly with Arabic" series, which is comprised of a total of eight units, each containing several lessons, including fill-in-the-blank exercises, open-ended writing practice, and word-matching games, that seek to reinforce specific learning outcomes, such as oral and written production, writing, and reading. Additionally, brief cultural drills are included in each unit, and are designed to add a cultural dimension to each unit's language activities. All units also contain self- assessment checklists to help monitor and measure the learner's progress during the unit.

In summary, through using a number of drills to produce vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, and speaking skills, including pictures, word-matching games, open-ended writing practice, and fill-in-the-blank exercises, the "Fly with Arabic" series seeks to connect all phases of Arabic-learning into one comprehensive package.

Authored by Belal Joundeya, Fly with Arabic: Unit Six (My Daily Routine) features a variety of language-learning lessons tied together by fun themes related to everyday life, daily schedules, and interpersonal interactions. The unit focuses on the acquisition of listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills, as well as knowledge of Arabic cultures and history.

Unit six is the sixth chapter in the "Fly with Arabic" series, which is comprised of a total of eight units, each containing several lessons, including fill-in-the-blank exercises, open-ended writing practice, and word-matching games, that seek to reinforce specific learning outcomes, such as oral and written production, writing, and reading. Additionally, brief cultural drills are included in each unit, and are designed to add a cultural dimension to each unit's language activities. All units also contain self- assessment checklists to help monitor and measure the learner's progress during the unit.

In summary, through using a number of drills to produce vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, and speaking skills, including pictures, word-matching games, open-ended writing practice, and fill-in-the-blank exercises, the "Fly with Arabic" series seeks to connect all phases of Arabic-learning into one comprehensive package.

Authored by Belal Joundeya, Fly with Arabic: Unit Three (I Only Like Healthy Food) features a variety of language-learning lessons tied together by fun themes related to dietary customs, including food, drink, and the concept of eating healthy. The unit focuses on the acquisition of listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills, as well as knowledge of Arabic cultures and history.

Unit three is the third chapter in the "Fly with Arabic" series, which is comprised of a total of eight units, each containing several lessons, including fill-in-the-blank exercises, open-ended writing practice, and word-matching games, that seek to reinforce specific learning outcomes, such as oral and written production, writing, and reading. Additionally, brief cultural drills are included in each unit, and are designed to add a cultural dimension to each unit's language activities. All units also contain self- assessment checklists to help monitor and measure the learner's progress during the unit.

In summary, through using a number of drills to produce vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, and speaking skills, including pictures, word-matching games, open-ended writing practice, and fill-in-the-blank exercises, the "Fly with Arabic" series seeks to connect all phases of Arabic-learning into one comprehensive package.

Authored by Belal Joundeya, Fly with Arabic: Unit Two (Weather around the World) features a variety of language-learning lessons tied together by fun themes related to weather, seasons, and weather-specific dress. The unit focuses on the acquisition of listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills, as well as knowledge of Arabic cultures and history.

Unit two is the second chapter in the "Fly with Arabic" series, which is comprised of a total of eight units, each containing several lessons, including fill-in-the-blank exercises, open-ended writing practice, and word-matching games, that seek to reinforce specific learning outcomes, such as oral and written production, writing, and reading. Additionally, brief cultural drills are included in each unit, and are designed to add a cultural dimension to each unit's language activities. All units also contain self- assessment checklists to help monitor and measure the learner's progress during the unit.

In summary, through using a number of drills to produce vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, and speaking skills, including pictures, word-matching games, open-ended writing practice, and fill-in-the-blank exercises, the "Fly with Arabic" series seeks to connect all phases of Arabic-learning into one comprehensive package.

Unit two is the second chapter in the "Fly with Arabic" series, which is comprised of a total of eight units, each containing several lessons, including fill-in-the-blank exercises, open-ended writing practice, and word-matching games, that seek to reinforce specific learning outcomes, such as oral and written production, writing, and reading. Additionally, brief cultural drills are included in each unit, and are designed to add a cultural dimension to each unit's language activities. All units also contain self- assessment checklists to help monitor and measure the learner's progress during the unit.

In summary, through using a number of drills to produce vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, and speaking skills, including pictures, word-matching games, open-ended writing practice, and fill-in-the-blank exercises, the "Fly with Arabic" series seeks to connect all phases of Arabic-learning into one comprehensive package.

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Estudar é um ato intrínseco ao ser humano, sendo que provavelmente você já deparou-se com a necessidade de aprender algo e precisou dedicar-se aos estudos. Se você é professor, estudante ou trabalha em uma profissão que lida com conhecimento, o foco e o estudo é essencial para o seu sucesso. Esta apresentação tem dois objetivos: Refletir sobre as dificuldades em manter o foco na sociedade atual; e Partilhar dicas para diminuir as distrações e aumentar a concentração nos estudos. O material foi desenvolvido inicialmente na disciplina de Materiais e Recursos para E-Learning do Mestrado em Pedagogia do E-Learning da Universidade Aberta de Portugal.

Focused classrooms maximise students’ on-task learning time by minimising disruptive behaviour and disengagement. Research shows that students cannot learn as well in classrooms that lack consistency, have too many potential distractions or do not offer ample opportunities to engage. Teachers can create focused classrooms by implementing clear structures and routines, modelling appropriate behaviours, and actively engaging students in their learning.

Implementation checklists are a list of practical steps you can take to support the implementation of an evidence-based practice in your setting.

This checklist focuses on implementing a focused classroom.

Have I...

* established and explicitly taught positive rules for learning?
* developed routines that signal to students when learning is ready to begin and how learning will happen?
* organised my classroom to promote on task behaviour so that learning routines can be embedded consistently?
*explicitly taught the verbal and non-verbal cues about the rules and routines for learning to my students so that they can regulate themselves?
*set learning goals for my students that are both ambitious but achievable? (Consult your formative assessment data and mastery learning objectives to help with this)
*explored various options for participation that enable all students to participate in class activities? (for example, different types of grouping).

This online lesson provides perspectives from Native American community members, images, objects, and other sources to help students and teachers understand the efforts of Native Nations of the Pacific Northwest to protect and sustain salmon, water, and homelands. Scroll to begin an exploration of the Pacific Northwest history and cultures.

Assigning students particular roles can be an effective way to organize groups and simulate job site communication.  Assigning a ‘foreman’ for groups in an agriculture education classroom helps to distribute responsibility among group members and ensures accountability for all students’ participation. As students practice assuming greater responsibility, they can develop new skills. Designed by Donald Fowler.

IntroductionThe Concept behind Form and Function(s): Sustainable Design meets Computational ThinkingWhen Architecture, the Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Computing intermingle something beautiful and purposeful occurs. Through this course of study, students are challenged to think computationally by considering the notion of “design” through three perspectives on form and function.  Through the first perspective, we challenge students to consider a structure’s architectural form in the context of its function within the ecology in which it belongs.  A second perspective on form and function is provided by way of the natural sciences, where students explore nature’s designs, which are created through natural selection.  Finally, form and function are further abstracted through a mathematical and computational perspective that focuses on how natural selection can be emulated through modelling and coding. The journey comes full circle, and the three perspectives coalesce when students engage in a hack-a-thon in which they model and code evolutionary algorithms to design a better building.Watch the Form and Function(s) animation on the Callysto Youtube channel.

What does formative assessment look like during distance learning? Without proximity, how can teachers gather and act on “in-the-moment” information – the behaviors, emotions, and situations that affect learning and inform instruction?
This resource provides explanations, sample questions, and possible actions to implement formative assessment during distance learning scenarios.

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Formative assessment refers to the variety of methods teachers use to gather and interpret information about student learning as learning is taking place. Formative assessment allows teachers to monitor student learning and to adapt their teaching to meet student learning needs. It can also help with students’ learning retention by bringing what students have learned to the top of their mind. Formative assessment is most effective when it is a regular part of teaching and learning programs.

Implementation checklists are a list of practical steps you can take to support the implementation of an evidence-based practice in your setting.

This checklist focuses on formative assessment.

Have I...
* identified a way to determine where my students are currently at in their learning and the correct level of challenge for them? (either through a diagnostic task or existing data)
* written achievable learning objectives for the lesson?
* presented these objectives in a way that is easy for students to understand?
* provided students with models and scaffolds that allow them to see what success in this lesson looks like?
* created opportunities within every lesson to collect formative assessment?
* provided timely feedback to progress my students’ understanding and skill development?
* progressed students who have mastered the skill onto the next step of learning?

This rubric outlines a set of capabilities to do with the evidence-based practice of formative assessment. It can help teachers and their teams implement formative assessment by demonstrating a shared understanding of what it looks like in practice.

This rubric outlines a set of capabilities to do with the evidence-based practice of formative assessment. It can help teachers and their teams implement formative assessment by demonstrating a shared understanding of what it looks like in practice.

A Aprendizagem Baseada em Projetos (ABP) é uma metodologia ativa que possibilita o aluno ser protagonista no seu processo de aprendizagem, construindo saberes a partir de sua vivência e de troca de experiências. Nessa metodologia o professor assume o papel de facilitador da transferência de conhecimento, mas para que isso seja possível, o docente precisa conhecer e dominar a metodologia. Com foco na formação docente no ensino das ciências ambientais e de possibilitar aos alunos uma aprendizagem significativa, o objetivo desse estudo foi desenvolver um curso de formação continuada utilizando a metodologia Aprendizagem Baseada em Projetos-ABP, para ensino das ciências ambientais. Para isso foi desenvolvido uma pesquisa de natureza quantitativa, realizada em cinco etapas: 1º Etapa-Planejamento; 2º Etapa- Coleta de dados para analisar por meio de aspectos conceituais e procedimentais, a forma pela qual a ABP auxilia para o ensino das Ciências Ambientais; 3º Etapa- Análise e planejamento das ações; 4º Etapa - produto final: Curso de formação continuada acerca da Aprendizagem Baseada em Projetos-ABP; 5° Etapa - Validação do produto. A pesquisa-ação foi aplicada e validada com onze professores do sexto ano do ensino fundamental II e do ensino médio, em três escolas do município de São Sebastião do Tocantins - TO. A partir dos resultados, propôs-se a utilização de um curso sobre ABP, focado na temática das ciências ambientais, e que o professor poderá utilizar para o planejamento de suas aulas. Dessa maneira contribui-se no processo de ensino aprendizagem por meio de metodologia ativa, capacitando os professores a atuar com seus alunos de forma ativa e interdisciplinar possibilitando um ensino baseado em projetos com foco nas problemáticas ambientais locais. Foi produzido uma cartilha visando contribuir com o uso e aplicabilidade do tema principal (ciências ambientais) e a interdisciplinaridade com outras disciplinas. A cartilha foi validada e aprovada pelos professores; salientando o esclarecimento para aplicabilidade da metodologia ABP.
Palavras-chave: formação docente; interdisciplinaridade; metodologia ativa.

A Aprendizagem Baseada em Projetos (ABP) é uma metodologia ativa que possibilita o aluno ser protagonista no seu processo de aprendizagem, construindo saberes a partir de sua vivência e de troca de experiências. Nessa metodologia o professor assume o papel de facilitador da transferência de conhecimento, mas para que isso seja possível, o docente precisa conhecer e dominar a metodologia. Com foco na formação docente no ensino das ciências ambientais e de possibilitar aos alunos uma aprendizagem significativa, o objetivo desse estudo foi desenvolver um curso de formação continuada utilizando a metodologia Aprendizagem Baseada em
Projetos-ABP, para ensino das ciências ambientais. Para isso foi desenvolvido uma pesquisa de natureza quantitativa, realizada em cinco etapas: 1º Etapa-Planejamento; 2º Etapa- Coleta de dados para analisar por meio de aspectos conceituais e procedimentais, a forma pela qual a ABP auxilia para o ensino das Ciências Ambientais; 3º Etapa- Análise e planejamento das ações; 4º Etapa - produto final: Curso de formação continuada acerca da Aprendizagem Baseada em Projetos-ABP; 5° Etapa Validação do produto. A pesquisa-ação foi aplicada e validada com onze professores do sexto ano do ensino fundamental II e do ensino médio, em três escolas do
município de São Sebastião do Tocantins - TO. A partir dos resultados, propôs-se a utilização de um curso sobre ABP, focado na temática das ciências ambientais, e que o professor poderá utilizar para o planejamento de suas aulas. Dessa maneira contribui-se no processo de ensino aprendizagem por meio de metodologia ativa, capacitando os professores a atuar com seus alunos de forma ativa e interdisciplinar possibilitando um ensino baseado em projetos com foco nas problemáticas ambientais locais. Foi produzido uma cartilha visando contribuir com o uso e aplicabilidade do tema principal (ciências ambientais) e a interdisciplinaridade com outras disciplinas. A cartilha foi validada e aprovada pelos professores; salientando o esclarecimento para aplicabilidade da metodologia ABP.