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Bill MacDonald Consultant
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Hello my friends!
This is Bill Macdonald the writing doctor. After 12 years in the classroom, I felt like it was time to share my ideas and strategies with other teachers and students across Texas. Welcome to my channel, and God bless you!
Feel free to email me at writing_doctor@yahoo.com with any specific questions you might have.
This is Bill Macdonald the writing doctor. After 12 years in the classroom, I felt like it was time to share my ideas and strategies with other teachers and students across Texas. Welcome to my channel, and God bless you!
Feel free to email me at writing_doctor@yahoo.com with any specific questions you might have.
Science Question - What is 1 more piece of equipment needed AND how can the hypothesis be tested?
5th Grade Science Non-Multiple Choice
Two Point Question from 2023
(5th Grade Science will have 7 two point non-multiple choice questions this coming year worth a total of 14 points on the test.)
Question #15
Results: 2 points = 27% 1 point = 18% 0 Points 55%
This is box # 6 on my English Reading & Writing Guide for Non-Multiple Choice Questions
(Multi-Select: More Than One Correct Answer to a Question)
Given in Picture: Three books stacked on left side, a ramp of a specific length not given, one marble, one book on the right side of the ramp, a toy truck, and a plastic cup resting on the back of the toy truck
Hypothesis: "The shorter the stack of books becomes, the shorter the distance the toy...
Two Point Question from 2023
(5th Grade Science will have 7 two point non-multiple choice questions this coming year worth a total of 14 points on the test.)
Question #15
Results: 2 points = 27% 1 point = 18% 0 Points 55%
This is box # 6 on my English Reading & Writing Guide for Non-Multiple Choice Questions
(Multi-Select: More Than One Correct Answer to a Question)
Given in Picture: Three books stacked on left side, a ramp of a specific length not given, one marble, one book on the right side of the ramp, a toy truck, and a plastic cup resting on the back of the toy truck
Hypothesis: "The shorter the stack of books becomes, the shorter the distance the toy...
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How to Use the Topic and a Student's Off Topic Response to Go From La La Land to Zero Land
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How to Use the Topic and a Student's Off Topic Response to Go From La La Land to at Least Zero Land From "La La Land" to "Zero Land using an Off Topic Response and the Key Words of the Prompt to Create a Central Idea Statement that Actually RESPONDS to the Prompt, not Just RESTATES OR REPEATS It. (Off topic responses were just one of 35 ways to get zeroes that I mentioned in Saturday's Lesson.)...
My Process & Product of ECR Pirate to Understand How to Write an Essay Based on a Purpose & Product
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Using Page One of Elementary ECR Part One - My Process & Product of ECR Pirate to Understand How to Write an Essay Based on a Purpose & Product Some of you will watch this video and decide that it's worth purchasing Part One of ECR, "How to Go From La La Land to One and Two Land based solely on my amazing pirate on page one and my two page Quick Check Scoring Guide on how and why your students ...
Training You How to Use a Train as a Simple Graphic Organizer for ECR
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Training You How to Use a Train as a Simple Graphic Organizer for ECR For this video, I use the concept of color coding, monkeys, and my ECR train graphic to "train" you on the basics of how to guarantee that your students can get a one or higher from each reader or ASE on their essays. I start off the video by making the traditional sign language expression of I love you. This will represent t...
Revising 7th Grade #28 51% State Average Correct Transitioning Between Sentences TEKS 10Bi
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Revising 7th Grade #28 51% State Average Correct Transitioning Between Sentences TEKS 10Bi This video is dedicated to my good friend in our group Kathy Heath who requested some secondary revising and editing strategies by messenger. :) For this video, I will use the Teeter Totter/See Saw transitioning portion of my Read-Vising & Writing Graphic Organizer. Revising is the improving of content by...
7th Grade TEKS 10C Readiness Category 1 Question #29 MOST Effective Revision of a Sentence
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7th Grade Revising: TEKS 10C Readiness Category 1: Using yellow, red, and green as play, rewind, and fast forward buttons to help you determine the correct revision/yellow of the sentence being asked about. This allows your students to see a portion of a paragraph in context to understand the content and choose an answer that does not change the meaning. Question #29 What is the MOST effective ...
4th Grade Revising Question #26 44% Correct Skill-Starting a Sentence with an Introductory Phrase
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Revision: 4th Grade 44% Correct as a Statewide Average #26 What revision, if any, should be made in sentence 13? (13) Night after night, he just kept coming back. There was absolutely nothing wrong with this sentence! The correct answer was D. No change is needed. The introductory phrase, "Night after night" starts off the sentence by telling the reader how often something was taking place. (wh...
4th Grade Spring 2024 Math Test Most Missed Problem #16 20% State Average Correct 2 Step Problem
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4th Grade Spring 2024 Math Test Most Missed Problem #16 20% State Average Correct 2 Step Problem with Money. All of these steps below are modeled in the video! Step One: Understanding the Value of Money/Denominations (Page 28 and 29 from by Come on Sense Math Hard Copy or Digital Binder) Step Two: Adding the amount received as change after purchasing something at the store with a $50 bill. To d...
4th Grade Most Missed Question #15 Multi Select Contrasting Two Passages
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4th Grade Spring 2024 Mossed Missed Question: Difficulty One: #17 Was a Non-Multiple Choice/Multi-Point Question: Answer #1 Correct 23% Answer #2 Correct 56% Both Answers Correct 21% Difficulty # Two: Paired Passage Difficulty # Three: How an idea from both passages in different Question: How is the idea of traveling in Riding Out West" different from "Going Home?" STRATEGIES USED IN THE VIDEO:...
3rd Grade Spanish 35% Correct How to Apply the Commas in a Series Rule to Two/Three or More Subjects
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3rd Grade Spanish 35% Correct How to Apply the Commas in a Series Rule to Two/Three or More Subjects and/or Predicates With OR Without the Oxford Comma Here is a question from the 3rd grade Spanish Editing portion of the test from this past year that only had 35% as a stage average correct. I believe that the biggest problem your students had was that commas in a series was being tested, BUT th...
3rd Grade Most Missed Revising Question #27 34% State Average Correct
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3rd Grade 2024 Most Missed Revising Question 34% Correct #27 Chun has written a weak central idea for her paper. Which sentence should replace sentence 10 to prove a better central idea for this paper? Let me start off by clarifying the difference between reading, editing, revising, and writing. Reading is demonstration your comprehension and understanding of the content. Revising is improving ...
Most Missed 3rd Grade Reading Question SCR Answer 39% Evidence 40% Answer AND Evidence 21%
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This is the lowest performing question for 3rd grade. It was #13 and was an SCR question worth one point for the correct answer in what resembled a complete thought and another point for evidence also in a complete thought that related to the topic of the question AND the answer the student chose to give. Here are the results: 39% received one point for only being able to answer the question. 4...
Editing 3rd Grade 2024 2nd Most Missed Question 53% What is the correct way to write sentence ___?
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Editing 3rd Grade 2024 2nd Most Missed Question 53% "What is the correct way to write sentence ?" The missing S of CUPS"S" that half the students or more in Texas get wrong every year without fail: Sentence Boundaries 1. Read the Question. Question # 34 What is the "correct" way to write sentence 2? The key word correct is rule #2 on my Advanced Writing Folders. It has the acronym (ROF), which ...
3rd Grade Spanish Math Most Missed Problem for 2024 Two Step Addition
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3rd Grade Spanish Math Most Missed Problem for 2024 Two Step Addition This problem is # 22 on the Math Spanish Test, and it was the same exact problem that only got 21% Correct with the students who took it in English. It is critical that your students read the question first in order to clearly understand what is being asked. The problem gives information. The question is what needs to be answ...
3rd Grade 2024 Math #1 Most Missed Problem Question #22 Two Step Addition
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3rd Grade 2024 Math #1 Most Missed Problem Question #22 Two Step Addition For this problem, your students had to do two steps to correctly answer the question that was being asked. There were only 3 sentence in the entire problem, but most of the 79% who got it wrong only used information from the 2nd sentence to try and solve it. 1. At a weekend bake sale, 295 cookies were sold on Saturday. 2....
3rd Grade 2024 ECR Prompt: Explain THE WAYS that soil is important to the Earth.
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3rd Grade 2024 ECR Prompt: Explain THE WAYS that soil is important to the Earth.
Giovanni Bottesini 1821-1889 Concerto #2
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Giovanni Bottesini 1821-1889 Concerto #2
Rory McIlroy's put falls in the hole after sitting on the edge for almost 10 seconds
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Rory McIlroy's put falls in the hole after sitting on the edge for almost 10 seconds
6th Grade Question #1 Mode, & Changing a Sum to a Fraction, Decimal, & Percent 20% TEKS 6.4.12.D
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6th Grade Question #1 Mode, & Changing a Sum to a Fraction, Decimal, & Percent 20% TEKS 6.4.12.D
4th Grade Question #8 Three Step Multiplication & Division w Remainders Needed to Solve the Problem
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4th Grade Question #8 Three Step Multiplication & Division w Remainders Needed to Solve the Problem
3rd Grade Question #3 Capacity with Liters and Milliliters TEKS 3 3 7 E 28%
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3rd Grade Question #3 Capacity with Liters and Milliliters TEKS 3 3 7 E 28%
Skill Create a slope intercept form equation using the rise over run and a given set of data for x a
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Skill Create a slope intercept form equation using the rise over run and a given set of data for x a
6th Grade Question #3 Multiplication 3 digit by 2 digits with Decimals 12% TEKS 6.2.5.B
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6th Grade Question #3 Multiplication 3 digit by 2 digits with Decimals 12% TEKS 6.2.5.B
Two Step Subtraction with Shaded Models in the Drag & Drop Format
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Two Step Subtraction with Shaded Models in the Drag & Drop Format
4th Grade Question #6 Subtracting & Conversions with Pounds & Ounces
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4th Grade Question #6 Subtracting & Conversions with Pounds & Ounces
A Unique Editing Deep Dive for Teachers on Why Conventions Did Poorly and Creative Ways to Fix It
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A Unique Editing Deep Dive for Teachers on Why Conventions Did Poorly and Creative Ways to Fix It
Jimmy Johnson inducted into the Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor 12/30/2023
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Jimmy Johnson inducted into the Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor 12/30/2023
Inferring Reading What's ON the Lines So You Can Read Between the Lines!
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Inferring Reading What's ON the Lines So You Can Read Between the Lines!
Finding a Missing Side of a Rectangle by Guessing with Addition and Checking with Subtraction
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Finding a Missing Side of a Rectangle by Guessing with Addition and Checking with Subtraction
Multi Select Place Value with Answer Choices Like 25 tens, 50 tens, & 50 Ones
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Multi Select Place Value with Answer Choices Like 25 tens, 50 tens, & 50 Ones
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For some real "Devil Went Down to Georgia" fiddle speed playing, watch from 6:05 to 6:30! Those 30 seconds are very impressive, and I'm surprised that smoke was not coming off of his fingers!
No other coach has a unique phrase that immortalizes a team for years to come as unique as the cowboys. The envy of every other organization
They should’ve put his name next to coach landrys
Waited 30 years to hear him say it again. Worth the wait
I'll bet there was a ton of tears in that stadium! I choked up a little myself! Welcome home coach Johnson! We dem boys!
Wow! I think it's about time he got his name up there. Maybe it will finally break the Cowboys playoff curse coaching. 🤔
W Martin 🔥
What tune is this? Or is it just a random big band song
My dad conducted the 1st jazz band, they were awesome, and so was this one!!
Who’s directing?
Strongest trombone solo I’ve ever seen
Thank you bro!
What state?
all of them… hence the name
@@sullivan725 that’s not what it means 😂
Texas
@@sullivan725that’s …. not how it works lol
Texas probably 4a
Trombone part was the best solo
bro
Literally
That's me! Thanks you
sax solo was fire
Haha thanks man!
@@JoshNasto yo that was you?
Where can I purchase the book?
Thanks for the insight Bill. We need to train ourselves to stop allowing our negative or sinful past to affect our present. A lifelong struggle, but nonetheless a worthy pursuit.