Creating a ResourceRich Classroom Session 9, Focus on Realia and Learning Centers

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Creating a Resource-Rich Classroom Session 9,
Focus on Realia and Learning Centers

• L. Opp-Beckman, C. KiefferUniversity of Oregon
• http//thaiuo.uoregon.edu/session_09.html

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Session 9

• Opening Remarks and Review
• Learning Centers
• Activity 1 Realia
• Activity 2 Read, Write, Realia
• Q A (time permitting).

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Learning Centers

• Rationale
• Individualize learning
• Offer student choices
• Integrate skills thematically
• Motivatingfun!

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Learning Centers

• Management
• Scheduled rotation
• Students sign up
• Open access
• Tracking
• Self-tracking
• Documentation

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Activity 1

• United Nations Environment Programme
• http//www.unep.org/
• Clean Up the World Weekend
• September 15-17, 2006

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Activity 1

• Realia Bio-rama
• From 35 Rubrics Checklists to Assess Reading
  and Writing.
• Make a plan for a Clean Up the World diorama
  with a biospheres theme (e.g. Saharan desert,
  Oregon rain forest, Amazon rain forest, Arctic
  Circle).

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Realia

• Rationale
• Kinesthetic learners
• Learning by doing
• Authenticity
• More interesting (motivating)
• Process and product-oriented

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Realia

• Examples
• Dioramas or artwork
• Clothing, props
• Creating games, making inventions
• How-to activities (cooking, building, inventing,
  etc.)

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Activity 2

• Bio-rama Song
• Using the research/reading from your bio-rama
  (biosphere diorama), write an original song about
  an animal, plant, place, or other item in your
  ecoregion. Use the tune for A-B-C or another
  already familiar tune.

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Realia Libraries

• Shared Resources
• Choose thematic areas
• Build thematic realia collections
• House in a shared library
• Add and update over time

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Final Session

• Bring
• Resources for the Swap Shop.
• Your classroom examples.
• For copies of handouts, see
• http//thaiuo.uoregon.edu

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Creating a Resource-Rich Classroom Session 9,
Focus on Realia and Learning Centers

• L. Opp-Beckman, C. KiefferUniversity of Oregon
• http//thaiuo.uoregon.edu/session_09.html