TEACHING:
WAYS TO SHOW (done by the teacher)
EVALUATING:
WAYS TO SHOW (done by the student)
WAYS TO TELL (done by the student)
WAYS TO SHOW (done by the teacher)
- Sketching something while talking about it.
- Watching videos, a performance on a subject.
- Observing nature, people, places, things related.
- Going places. Any family outing brings opportunities for learning.
- Looking at pictures, photos, art work, maps, charts, diagrams, graphs... For ready made visuals: thrift stores are a great place to hunt down very old books you won't mind tearing along with countless magazines. Many books are outdated in information but carry great pictures. Sort and file away until needed for illustrations or for art projects, writing inspiration, research notebooks... LATER NOTE: Now using Google image search!
- Demonstrating a scientific principle, how to draw a face, how to sew on a buttonhole, starting a plant from seed, how to look up a word, diagramming a sentence, rolling a chapati...Using manipulatives for math, spelling, grammar...
- Holding a child's hands to show how to swing a bat or guiding him where to stick the stamp on an envelope or grating cheese without getting nicked, or to write the alphabet for the first time. And not just seeing, but also -whenever opportunity arises- tasting, smelling, feeling and experiencing...
- Telling students what you know about a topic. Or preparing ahead of time what you want to say about it, then telling.
- Reading aloud- prose, poetry.
- Telling a story or anecdote to illustrate a point made, etc.
- Describing - a place, an experience, what you saw...
- Explaining- what you did, how something works...
- Reading aloud poetry and prose
- Arguing for or against something, and telling why.
- Students listen and may read also, including supplementary reading on their own.
EVALUATING:
WAYS TO SHOW (done by the student)
- Drawing and or using visuals- an illustration, graph, chart, diagram, cartoon, poster, photos...
- Using information- divide the pie for guests, multiply ingredients in a recipe, streamline a paper airplane...
- Modeling - a sculpture, artistic piece or craft...
- Presentation - a video, play, puppets, a speech, science experiment, collection, report, exhibit, a web page...Or a notebook presentation with drawings, poems, research... whatever is related to chosen subject. Notebooks can be put together as a place to store accumulated knowledge of a subject for a given amount of time before presenting. It becomes a record of study and a place to store things like narrations and other compositions, illustrations, instructions to remember, hand outs, memory work, and more.
WAYS TO TELL (done by the student)
- Making comments or asking questions after listening, observing, etc. Teacher waits to give time for this.
- Recite memory work
- Writing- from dictation or original
- Reading aloud own written work
- Narrating Orally or in writing
- Answering questions- orally or written
- Reporting orally or written, on research done
- Telling a story or event or experience
- Describing what was seen or done
- Explaining how to do something, how something works...
- Arguing for or against something and telling why
- Teaching- Teaching another person is good way to show and tell what's been learned..
