March 2012
extras for creative learning →
Teacher Discounts →
missingstreet:
DID YOU ALL KNOW THAT TEACHER’S GET A DISCOUNT TO STARBUCKS!? Check out this list of teacher discounts :) Enjoy!!
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Use a number line with the game “Mother May I” (make sure negatives are in place).
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Something is:
· To Easy
· ZOD (zone of development)
· To Difficult ATPIT (at this point in time)
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Idea a professor just gave me for working with...
When handing out pieces of paper to kids have one color which you will continuously use for group work and another color for solo work.
February 2012
Top 12 Ways to Snap Out of a Teaching Slump →
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AGH I missed the sign up for my prac. That is so stressful. At least they said they would meet with me tomorrow which is good.
Oh and today I finalized my internship with the VSA which is good. I now know what I will have do to in order to get credit.
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“While 36% of parents admit to adding their children to their friends list to...”
– 9% of Parents Know their Children are Cyberbully Victims (via thenextweb)
Puppetry & Masks
I am going to be writing a post soon about puppetry and masks in the classroom.
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Five Reasons I don't Assign Homework →
firstclassroom:
Interesting read. I tend to dislike giving homework, but find my students tend to struggle without it. My responses:
5. Not true. My assignments usually involve writing responses to open-ended questions that require students to apply what they learned in class.
4. In the “real” world, a boss tells you what to do and when to complete it. Bills tell you how much is due, and when...
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Five Reasons I don't Assign Homework →
world-shaker:
A short, but provocative article. This one may be the most incendiary thing on the list:
3 — Homework impinges upon a student’s time with family and on other, more valuable, activities — like play. As Alfie Kohn states in The Homework Myth, why should children be asked to work a second shift? It’s unconscionable to send children to work for nearly eight hours a day, then have...
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Use a paper towel holder, page protectors, and...
kelseyannie:
Oh, Pinterest. There are so many good uses for this!
Source
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Writing Prompt Blog:...
write
This blog is a collection of writing prompts, both from my own mind and from various books encouraging you to get your brain moving. You don’t have to be a seasoned wrier and you don’t have to share, just write!
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