Caroline's Corner

  Using an online magnetic poem site, I created this poem using the "nature" word set. I actually had a lot of fun making this, and was refreshing the words given over and over again until I found just the words I was looking for! The poem itself makes me feel happy and peaceful, so I'm quite content with how it turned out. If you'd like to try to make a magnetic poem for yourself, here is the site I used: https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fmagneticpoetry.com%2Fpages%2Fplay-online&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AOvVaw1kqA3IzscB8Mh15R9f8u3Y Next, I went to Writeabout.com, which provides both students and educators with a variety of prompts based on a variety of topics. The prompt of "You're an Animal!" would be a perfect fit for a past student of mine, H. H spoke limited English as he was a newer student from Japan, but he had a fondness for cats! He would often greet me each day with an excited "Meow!" and I would always respond with a meo

  Here, I included the entire overlook of the editing tools so you can see what it looks like while you're creating your Mindmup. As I created my review using a Mindmup, I have included a larger copy of the mindmup for easier reading. Implementing UDL Aligned Strategies in my Blog I choose to investigate the strategy of Text Sets and how I can connect it to my blog. In short, a text set it when a variety of different texts all connect to a common aspect, whether it be a theme, subject, message, etc. that is inspired by a book that students have read. By having this common aspect, students who may be reluctant to read are encouraged and motivated to do so due to read more, and allows for further and deeper engagement for students who already enjoy reading. With this in mind, it appears as though my blog already functions as a text set around the topic of Inclusive Education. In my posts, I always strive to build some level of connection to inclusion in the classroom, or at least inc

  Here, I made a digital crossword based on some important definitions from the subject of Ancient Civilizations. Personally, I've always loved solving crossword, so much so that I even handed out a crossword all about me instead of goody bags to my second grade classroom! 

 

     For my Digital Story assignment, I chose to keep with the Outer Space theme explored in the previous post. In the video, I explain the order of the planets, as well as a fact about each planet. Enjoy!  

This assignment was to use curriculum objectives to create a video assignment for students. After some research, I decided to use Grade 6 Science and Language Arts objectives to create a project about outer space. By allowing students to choose their own groups and choose between two topics to cover in their videos, they are able to practice self-autonomy in this project. In addition, by having the audience of the videos be future Grade 6 students, students are able to act as "mini-experts" in the subject, which also helps students to build upon their self-efficacy. Finally, other than having the requirement of having all group members speaking at some point in the video, the jobs/tasks for the video are left up to the students themselves. This way, students are able to choose their jobs within their group themselves, allowing for another opportunity for self-autonomy. By having the students include a list at the end of the video of what each student did in the creation of th