Searchlight: See the Strategy in Action

The University of Texas at Austin has a great site that includes web videos of the instructional technique that is being taught.

Celebrate! Creative, Student-friendly Interactive Boards in the WFP

At the beginning of the school year, Ms. Fonteno challenged Westbury schools to make every space of the school a learning place. Now, every elementary in the WFP boasts of creative, interactive bulletin boards that address TEKS, focus learning, create common understanding, and make sure that hands-on learning happens everywhere in the building. There are over 50 great photos of the work in the slide show below.


I really enjoyed snapping the photos, and admired the ingenuity and creativity of so many talented teachers and students. (I'm working on improving my snapshot skills).

I'd love to give each teacher personal credit for their work. If you designed a board displayed, please send me your name.

Submit photos directly to me, if you have an interactive board to add to the Westbury Feeder Collection.

View Album

Get your own

Mind Map: Where are your thoughts going?

Mind mapping is a great way to access prior knowledge and make connections. Students love the combination of visuals and text.

Interactive Bulletin Boards

Hi WFP Educators:

I've had so much fun exploring and clicking photos at our campuses. It's taken a lot longer then I anticipated to get these in an album. There are also a lot more photos from other schools. This is just a start! http://picasaweb.google.com/evanauke/InteractiveBulletinBoards02?authkey=mq2pzZ-aYG8#

Interactive Bulletin Boards

Neuhaus in Your Pocket

You'll love this site that has all of the Neuhaus techniques at your fingertips: http://www.readingteachersnetwork.org/

Thanks to Tinsley for sharing!

Choose a Chart Homework Activity

Thanks to Tinsley for sharing this chart-paper-sized homework idea:




Michael Moore’s Choose-A-Chart:
http://www.geocities.com/mrmooresclassroom/caclanguage.html
(He writes these on chart paper, laminates, and then sends home with the students. The students bring back with their original work. You can modify for whatever skill they need to work on.)

His math ideas:
http://www.geocities.com/mrmooresclassroom/cacmathpage3.html


For more info on how he handles homework in general please see his website:
http://www.geocities.com/mrmooresroom/chooseachart.html

If you want to improve student engagement in the class and at home, here are Doug Reeves 5 Top Tips for doing just that (he writes about homework menus on #2 here):
http://www.middleweb.com/mw/resources/reeves_fivetips.doc