Tuesday, September 1, 2015
First Day of School; Fun Learning!
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What a great day! First I had the students write very neatly, in good complete sentences five important facts about themselves. I told the...
Sunday, January 4, 2015
It's January....and Here We Go....!
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What a wonderful break, but now it is time to get back into the swing of things again. If it's this hard for us, imagine what our st...
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Responding to Quotes Bulletin Boards - A Great Way to Teach Figurative Language!
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" Life is about using the whole box of crayons!" I have found that the best way to teach figurative language is to incorporate e...
Sunday, September 21, 2014
What Did You Do This Summer? Research Project
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Many years I like to start off with a research project for my students that gives lots of student choice. I learn so much about my class,...
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
More Educational Buzzwords - Depth of Knowledge
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If you are like me, you have applied Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory and Bloom's Taxonomy in your classroom on a regular basi...
Friday, August 15, 2014
Educational Buzzwords: Habits of Mind
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I've heard the term "Habits of Mind" thrown around quite a bit in the last year or so. This approach is really not new, just ...
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Do You Know the New Education Buzzwords? Can't They Just Speak English?
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What the heck is my principal talking about? Every year as we prepare for the opening of school, my principal starts spouting off buzzword...
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