Susan Fitzell - Educational Consultant and Speaker » NM http://hightestscores.org Practical Strategies for Co-taught, Inclusive, and Differentiated Classrooms! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:04:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Thank you Northeast Regional Education Coop (Rec 4) from Las Vegas, NM http://hightestscores.org/2008/09/thank-you-northeast-regional-education-coop-rec-4-from-las-vegas-nm/ http://hightestscores.org/2008/09/thank-you-northeast-regional-education-coop-rec-4-from-las-vegas-nm/#comments Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:43:42 +0000 Susan Fitzell http://susanfitzell.edublogs.org/?p=78 Presented Differentiated Instruction Strategies
Tuesday, I presented “A Differentiated Instruction Strategy Blast” at a conference held by the Northeast Regional Education Coop (Rec 4) from Las Vegas, NM. We had a great day discussing strategies for differentiating curricula and how it can raise student test scores and encourage success for both students and teachers. They were a fabulous group with …

a lot of questions and willing to share their best tips for student success. Here are a couple shared tips:
Students who fidget often find it calming to use stress balls. An inexpensive solution to obtaining stress balls is to make your own. You’ll need:

  • Balloons
  • Flour or Baking Soda
  • A paper funnel for pouring the Flour or Baking Soda into the balloon.

Instructions:

  • Fill the balloon using a paper funnel.
  • Tie the end of the balloon and squeeze away!

This tip was contributed by Lisa Burciaga Segura, NM: NE Regional Education Coop. (Rec 4).

Another educator who chose to remain nameless suggested that teachers could use pieces of swim noodles  as a buffer for tapping pencils and pens. Tap on the swim noodle! Other options are tapping on pieces of soft sponge or mouse pads.

When I mentioned the calming effect of coloring mandalas, one teacher shared www.papersnowflakes.com. This website has access to mandala style snow flakes and many other cool links.

Thanks once again for all your hospitality and all the positive feedback I received after the seminar. I had a great time and I hope you not only learned a lot to help your students and teachers, but that  you had a great time, too!

 

 

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I’m preparing and packing today to go to Albuquerque tomorrow morning. I’ll head up to Santa Fe tomorrow night and plan to spend some time enjoying Santa Fe on Monday. Tuesday, I will present “A Differentiated Instruction Strategy Blast” at a conference held by the Northeast Regional Education Coop (Rec 4) from Las Vegas, NM. I worked with this group of educators a couple years ago and thoroughly enjoyed the audience so ….read moreI’m really looking forward to being with them again. Las Vegas, NM and Santa Fe are simply beautiful places to visit.
If you’d like some practical, easy to implement, “strategy blast” tips to use with your differentiated instruction initiative Susan Fitzell’s website can help you!
 
 

 

 

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