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ZOOschool website Antwerp
On this Antwerp ZOO site you will find lesson packages, stories, games, photos and videos to prepare for a trip to Antwerp ZOO or to discuss it in class.
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Better anchor learning with the +1 routine
Testing yourself and trying to recall the important concepts after you've rehearsed something, also known as retrieval practice , often yields more learning returns than going through the subject matter a second time right away. The +1 routine is a …
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Freedom in the picture: Teaching materials children's rights
How self-evident are peace and freedom? What is it like to have to flee? What children's rights do you have? And a kid on the run? What is the UN doing to make the world a better place? And what can you do yourself? You will discover all that in …
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From a diverse book collection to an inviting reading place: How schools build a quality reading environment
36 primary and secondary schools started a process in January 2021 where they will develop a high-quality reading environment, supported by a supervisor.
Weeding, registering and expanding the book collection at school were some of the first actions …
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Which book lending systems can you use as a school?
Books are indispensable in a school. Many schools are looking for a suitable lending system for their school or classroom library. This article by Everyone Reads provides an overview of existing (paid and free) lending systems.
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The System of the Houses
Kassim, a teacher from a school in Rwanda, introduced The System of the Houses there.
There the students are not only divided into grades, but also into houses , each with their own color.
Jan Royackers wrote an article about this.
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Gone courses, back to learning objectives!
Things are moving in the first grade of secondary schools. Many teachers notice that it is not enough for these students to differentiate solely within their own regular class group. That is why more and more school teams are jointly taking …
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Blogging teachers with ideas to differentiate
Stories, articles, podcasts ... about differentiation appear regularly. Saskia Vandeputte and Jan Royackers collected their six favorite differentiation posts:
- top strategies for learning;
- differentiated evaluation;
- the review committee;
- class …
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Working with jokers: Activating work form
Students use a joker during an assignment or test. You determine in advance what that joker means: extra support, a question that is omitted or an evaluation criterion that weighs double.
In the screencast Saskia Vandeputte explains more about …
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Has everyone understood?
Has everyone understood? With that question you rarely find out what students have mastered and what not.
In this article, Saskia Vandeputte gives fifteen ways to evaluate formatively, divided into three categories:
- at the beginning of the lesson …
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CLB chat: Online advice for the student
On the chat, the student talks to an employee of the CLB.
He can tell his story anonymously, ask a question ... or together with the chat facilitator see what he would like to achieve and how he can go about it.
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Feather and stone: Working on low self-esteem
The article explains how you can use feathers and stones to help students with low self-esteem and a perfectionist attitude determine that their school results are good and that their bar is set too high.
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