Our Curriculum in Action!

A few weeks ago, our sweet friend, Mrs. Bieberich, visited our classroom to take pictures of our class doing a Unique Learning Systems lesson using our iPads for a slideshow on our district website.  I talk about Unique Learning Systems all the time, particularly about how it has completely changed a) the way I deliver instruction, 2) how I plan, and 3) what much of my classroom assessment methodology looks like. Unique has become such an enormous part of the fabric of my classroom, that you can pretty much read any blog post and see at least a little tidbit about the curriculum. Hope you enjoy the sweet pictures as much as I did!

Our lesson was about the Revolutionary War as part of January's unit about American History.

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We love using our iPads to support instruction for the ULS chapters.

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The level of engagement increased dramatically when we started using iBooks to read along during group instruction.

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The overhead projector in our room is great as the central feature of our whole group instruction. The kids do a great job following directions based on what they see on the screen.

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Our peers are critical to a successful lesson. They are such naturals at appropriately prompting students and encouraging engagement.

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Besides, everyone knows it's much more fun to work with a friend than a teacher!

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Still blows my mind how awesome my peers have been this year. Incredible group of kids!

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Here we are wrapping up our lesson using Notability to complete our ULS worksheet. The worksheets are differentiated based on student level, so some kiddos will have worksheets with picture supports while others have worksheets with text only.

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The peers (and a few students!) are great about sending completed worksheets to each student's folder in GoogleDrive. How cool is that?!

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Even thought we love using our iPads, we still go old school and complete some cutting and gluing comprehension activities. Great fine motor practice, and it gets the kids up and moving!

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The kids fill in the blanks with a missing word (with picture supports).

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Then they read the completed sentence to the group.

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I think this one is my favorite of the day!

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HUGE thanks to Deb Bieberich for the wonderful photos and for working to showcase our students' hard work!

HAPPY FRIDAY!