This week, Zach is joined by Emily Johb, Dave Read, and Karla McEachern to talk about a wide variety of tools they use to facilitate self-pacing in their Modern Classrooms.
Show Notes
Presenting Self-Pacing to Students
The Progress Tracker: Our Primary Tool for Self-Pacing
Auto-updating tracker (https://mcp-tracker.paperform.co/)
Karla’s game board, group tracker, and student-facing trackers (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OUQ0GHW-T_zwbloWiWM_IGQMLfTgFwp7oI3JFV8UjSE/edit?usp=sharing)
MCP Podcast episode on self pacing in elementary (https://podcast.modernclassrooms.org/73)
Zach’s anonymized pacing tracker template (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rnBNAWyuKMirEbesDdw5kMHDltfkKqA706uzhpNLeRU/edit?usp=sharing)
Emily’s student tracker (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bUBdFxBNP5zyg9YmNLRrhOaEQn7gJu6fz1P6YFOUK_0/edit?usp=sharing)
Emily's Gameboard tracker (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MzVX_Ne2F9SRyEWdeVEOr0I6pJ4e-GeK/view?usp=sharing)
Emily’s Teacher Tracker (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kVuEk4DjPN1niIjeCArYnFcQUmWhJUvYCWAsm5uWe3o/edit?usp=sharing)
The LMS as a Tool for Self Pacing
Zach’s Google Classroom Classwork page (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cTzf62pWThlv1EqdKtHXD_BjlEJulgNaHl_t4snuUsc/edit?usp=sharing)
Karla’s Google Classroom Classwork page (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qdp5s0nwKJPcm-vkZ_uWQX2NwrPOCJ_aNcjwYJ_dzjo/edit?usp=sharing) (Book Club Unit)
Lesson Classifications as a Self-Pacing Tool
MCP Podcast episode on Lesson Classifications (https://podcast.modernclassrooms.org/47)
Daily Routines for Self-Pacing
Karla’s expert board
Grades as a Self-Pacing Tool
Ungrading - Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead) (https://wvupressonline.com/ungrading) by Susan Blum
Tools We Use When Students Fall Behind
Using YAMM to send automated progress reports to families (https://www.learningtoteach.co/blog/automating-emails-to-families-with-yamm)
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