tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115493794020921973.post7740437191805857806..comments2024-03-18T22:46:49.398-07:00Comments on Vocabulogic: Content Knowledge & VocabularySusan M. Ebbershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08407326546315049925noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115493794020921973.post-16567703745777273002015-04-06T08:11:34.989-07:002015-04-06T08:11:34.989-07:00Using cross-curricular themes can unlock extra tim...Using cross-curricular themes can unlock extra time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12939387761739757036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115493794020921973.post-54494599749547889172015-04-06T08:10:58.653-07:002015-04-06T08:10:58.653-07:00Using cross-curricular themes can work well for fi...Using cross-curricular themes can work well for finding extra time. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12939387761739757036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115493794020921973.post-62634760143368221572010-01-24T12:56:10.674-08:002010-01-24T12:56:10.674-08:00Hi Ron. Glad to hear you are including art history...Hi Ron. Glad to hear you are including art history in general history. Your art-era sorting activity requires a good deal of critical thinking. I can imagine the discussion and debate that goes on, nicely prompting oral language skills along with content knowledge and vocabulary growth.<br /><br />So, what would we call the art we see on bathroom and building walls and halls? Cave art reinvented Susan M. Ebbershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08407326546315049925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115493794020921973.post-48685231426599562162010-01-24T12:39:11.391-08:002010-01-24T12:39:11.391-08:00As a history teacher, I love to use art history al...As a history teacher, I love to use art history along with our studies of different eras. One fun activity is to have the students try to place images of art in order of the time period in which they were created. From cave art to the art of today, it is very difficult to define what is "archaic" and what is "modern". My message is that art is timeless as are human ideas. Ronald Scribnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15843953195825668676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115493794020921973.post-33643543728442481882010-01-16T22:48:32.431-08:002010-01-16T22:48:32.431-08:00I could not have said it more beautifully, Nancy, ...I could not have said it more beautifully, Nancy, and I could not have been more succinct, Emily. Art is not a luxury; it is an essential aspect of human development, so it must be included in education. We must overcome the challenges Emily speaks of (funding and scheduling). One way to protect the arts is to show their potential for developing knowledge and vocab along with creativity, identitySusan M. Ebbershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08407326546315049925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115493794020921973.post-9782488433449608502010-01-16T12:21:07.996-08:002010-01-16T12:21:07.996-08:00Creation springs from the fundamentals of art and ...Creation springs from the fundamentals of art and design. How will children learn who they are and what will stimulate them and encourage them to find meaning and direction if they are not exposed to art? They may never find their vocation or possess the vocabulary to describe and implement the ideas that are in their hearts and minds. If we are to raise a society devoid of art, we would be Nancy Verheynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115493794020921973.post-34389468650878792132010-01-15T01:27:42.121-08:002010-01-15T01:27:42.121-08:00My school has no funding for art, but we still do ...My school has no funding for art, but we still do what we can, but finding time in the schedule is hard.Emily Streetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115493794020921973.post-76356744316547134202010-01-12T11:08:42.600-08:002010-01-12T11:08:42.600-08:00I agree, Dolores, and your point applies to learn...I agree, Dolores, and your point applies to learning new words in the primary language, too. Spacing study time and taking smaller bites has been found to be more effective than cramming. Daniel Willingham discussed the research base for this in 2002, American Educator.Susan M. Ebbershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08407326546315049925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115493794020921973.post-60683071782292947992010-01-12T07:57:20.088-08:002010-01-12T07:57:20.088-08:00The summer we spent in Paris I studied French, and...The summer we spent in Paris I studied French, and at first slogged away with difficulty. <br /><br />Soon I discovered studying in short bursts (ten minutes or so) three or four times a day was much more productive--and I was soon speaking and reading French!<br /><br />Dolores G. Hiskes<br />www.dorbooks.comDolores G. Hiskeshttp://www.dorbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115493794020921973.post-81557371497596382942010-01-10T10:43:09.298-08:002010-01-10T10:43:09.298-08:00I received a few emailed questions about the seven...I received a few emailed questions about the seven-minute rule. To learn more, refer also to the snowpeople link in the blog, and read down a bit. In the lesson description, Dan describes 7 minutes of silent yet reflective work followed by 3 minutes of deliberative conversation with a peer. The conversations carried out in the 3 minutes, apparently, reflect the 7 minutes of silent thought, when Susan M. Ebbershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08407326546315049925noreply@blogger.com