Transcript Everything I Know About Teaching Language Arts I Learned at the

Everything I Know About
Teaching Language Arts I
Learned at the Office Supply
Store
Written By: Kathleen O’Shaughnessy
Presented By:
Brittany Litke
Sharon Eppard
Anna Andersen
Activity Directions…
• Get a stack of Post-it Notes
• Write down the ideas you find most
helpful as you read and/or listen to this
power point presentation.
Synopsis:
This article is about visual and kinetic ways
to use office supplies to enhance student
learning. O’Shaughnessy goes into
supplies such as post-it notes, high
lighters, spray on adhesive and even shoe
organizers. There are a plethora of ways
to incorporate these little items in the
classroom to make blah writing into an
exciting experience.
Ideas from Sharon
• Using post-it notes to mark a word that you don't know
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when your reading.
Blind conferences because you can really say what you
think without the reader knowing who wrote it.
Using highlighters to mark the five sense to help you
know where you need to add more info or where to take
some out
Using the artist spray adhesive to be able to move things
around to help better organize them
Using presentations binders that can hold all the info
that the kids need to know ex. when something is due,
more directions etc.
Ideas from Anna
• Post-its for: vivid images in writing, new
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vocabulary, peer feedback.
Highlighters for: end punctuation to check for
run on and fragment sentences, highlight verbs,
highlighting dialogue and to highlight the five
senses in writing.
Artist Mount Spray adhesive
Presentation binders to make students more
independent.
Hanging shoe organizer to organize supplies.
Ideas from Brittany
• Use Post-it notes daily. For example; they can be used to
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mark ideas while reading and listening and write notes in
a book without marking the book.
Post-its make it easier for students to be honest in their
remarks.
Authors can write their own questions about their work
on a Post-it and their peers can answer anonymously.
Highlighters can be used to see the abundance or lack of
sensory details, verb use and “hot spots”.
Most important of all: go to your local supply store and
see what they have to offer and how simple things can
be used to enhance a classroom learning.
Ideas from the Article
A hanging shoe organizer
can be used to sort and
store class
supplies
Add Post-it Notes to
class supplies for
students. Make sure
you have
plenty!
Ideas continued…
More ideas…
Conclusion
Small things like Post-it notes, highlighters
and a shoe organizer can make learning
much more affective while keeping the
classroom organized. The office supply
store can teach us quite a bit!
Activity Conclusion
Was it convenient to
have the Post-its to
write down the ideas
that stood out to you?
Now you can see how
useful it could be for
students while
reading, listening and
working in class.