Saturday, December 1, 2012

MzTeachuh: Making Kids Leaders Tweets of the Day 12/01/12

MzTeachuh: Making Kids Leaders Tweets of the Day 12/01/12: God, kids, go! 1. At Brooklyn Free School, A Movement Reborn With Liberty And No Testing For All http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/...

Making Kids Leaders Tweets of the Day 12/01/12

God, kids, go!

1. At Brooklyn Free School, A Movement Reborn With Liberty And No Testing For All

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/30/brooklyn-free-school-_n_2214263.html

2. We Speak Different Languages

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaRvBj6p5V0

3. First Book – On Location

http://www.groupon.com/deals/dc-gxe-grs-first-book?utm_source=grouponicus&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=grassrootsBG

4. Top 10 Holiday Learning Activities

http://www.teachhub.com/top-10-holiday-learning-activities

5. Connected: Literacy for Generation Z

http://www.readingrockets.org/blog/55147/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=RRSocialMedia

Reading Rockets Rules!

6. Connected: Literacy for Generation Z

http://www.readingrockets.org/blog/55147/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=RRSocialMedia

7. What Is Working Memory and Why Does It Matter?

http://www.ncld.org/types-learning-disabilities/executive-function-disorders/what-is-working-memory-why-does-matter

8. School Testing In U.S. Costs $1.7 Billion, But That May Not Be Enough: Report

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/29/school-testing_n_2214362.html

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Taking Time For Art--In All Subjects

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Taking Time For Art--In All Subjects: Math instructor teaching tesselations. 1. Teaching Math With Art Helps Children Remember Key Concepts http://www.teacher-support-forc...

Teaching Is Taking Time For Art--In All Subjects

Math instructor teaching tesselations.

1. Teaching Math With Art Helps Children Remember Key Concepts

http://www.teacher-support-force.com/teaching-math-with-art.html

http://www.ldlewis.com/Teaching-Mathematics-with-Art/instructions-for-polyhedra-project.html

2. Art & Science: A Curriculum for K-12 Teachers

http://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/classroom_resources/curricula/art_science/index.html

3. Teaching Science Through Art: Longitudinal Nature Observations/ 1st grade

http://everyarteverychild.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaching-science-through-art.html

4. Using the Arts to Support English Language Learners

Why and how to engage English language learners through the arts

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/how-to/supporting-individual-needs/supporting-ell-with-the-arts.aspx

5. Teaching Strategies for Writing through Art

http://schools.walkerart.org/arttoday/index.wac?id=2338

6. Of Paint and Poetry: Strengthening Literacy Through Art

http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/958

7. How to Use Art to Teach Social Studies

http://www.ehow.com/how_6605995_use-art-teach-social-studies.html

Illustrated by kindergartener.

The bee is not afraid of me.

I know the butterfly -

The pretty people in the Woods

Receive me cordially -

The Brooks laugh louder

When I come -

The Breezes madder play;

Wherefore mine eye thy silver mists,

Wherefore, Oh Summer’s Day?

Emily Dickinson

Friday, November 30, 2012

MzTeachuh: Checking Up On Progress Tweets of the Day 11/30/12...

MzTeachuh: Checking Up On Progress Tweets of the Day 11/30/12...: There, they're and their? 1. Grammar and Writing- Bring Back the Basics! http://theeducatorsroom.com/2012/11/grammar-and-writing-bri...

Checking Up On Progress Tweets of the Day 11/30/12

There, they're and their?

1. Grammar and Writing- Bring Back the Basics!

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2012/11/grammar-and-writing-bring-back-the-basics/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theeducatorsroom%2FvPKE+%28EducatorsRoom%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

2. Picky Eater? Encouraging Flexible Thinking through Taste

http://special-ism.com/picky-eater-encouraging-flexible-thinking-through-taste/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

3. Tech Tools, Blended Learning and More: ITM’s MindShift Moment

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/11/tech-tools-blended-learning-and-more-itms-mindshift-minute/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

4. What's So Bad About Bribing Your Child?

http://www.ahaparenting.com/_blog/Parenting_Blog/post/Bribery_versus_Incentives_and_Win_WIn_solutions/

5. Autism Awareness is not enough…

http://tips4specialkids.com/2012/04/02/autism-awareness-is-not-enough/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TipsForSpecialNeedsKids+%28Tips+for+Special+Needs+Kids%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

6. HSE claims it lacks funds for teen’s specialist care

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/hse-claims-it-lacks-funds-for-teens-specialist-care-215529.html

7. Model Apartment Helps Students Transition to Life

http://www.teachhub.com/model-apartment-helps-students-transition-life

8. Texas School Tracking IDs Face Lawsuit Against 'Locator' Chips

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/28/suit-targets-locator-chip_n_2204822.html

MzTeachuh: Just needed a little Mas Que Nada

MzTeachuh: Just needed a little Mas Que Nada: Mas esta música é a perfeição, você não concorda ? We all need to samba to a bossa nova sometimes, right? Sergio Mendes & Brasil ...

Just needed a little Mas Que Nada

Mas esta música é a perfeição, você não concorda?

We all need to samba to a bossa nova sometimes, right?

Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 - Mas que nada (introduced by Eartha Kitt / Something Special 1967)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrZBiqK0p9E&feature=related

This music is perfection, don't you agree?

MzTeachuh: Executive Decisions Affecting Education Tweets of ...

MzTeachuh: Executive Decisions Affecting Education Tweets of ...: 1. Best Education In The World: Finland, South Korea Top Country Rankings, U.S. Rated Average http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/...

Executive Decisions Affecting Education Tweets of the Day 11/30/12

1. Best Education In The World: Finland, South Korea Top Country Rankings, U.S. Rated Average

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/27/best-education-in-the-wor_n_2199795.html

2. Stuck Indoors: Stay Active on a Rainy Day

http://www.education.com/collection/Arismith/rainy-day-activities/?cid=80.

3. Microsoft big says stop doing 1:1 technology programs

http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2012/11/microsoft-big-says-stop-doing-11.html

4. John Barry, Former Superintendent Of The Year, To Step Down As Head Of Aurora Public Schools

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/28/john-barry-aurora-public-schools_n_2207216.html

5. LAUSD 'Teacher Jails' Fill With Hundreds Of Educators As Misconduct Complaints Rise

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/28/lausd-teacher-jails_n_2205736.html

6. Soda Ban In Texas Public Schools Reintroduced By State Rep. Carol Alvarado

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/28/soda-ban-texas-schools-carol-alvarado_n_2205183.html

7. Lawmakers Look into Federal Response to Rising Rates of Autism

http://www.c-span.org/Events/Lawmakers-Look-into-Federal-Response-to-Rising-Rates-of-Autism/10737436113-1/

8. The Common Core State Standards: What Do They Say About Fluency?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0xWx13jTsI&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=RRSocialMedia

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Correcting The Homework

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Correcting The Homework: 1. A Simple, Effective Homework Plan For Teachers: Part 1 http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2010/07/31/effective-homework-plan-...

Teaching Is Correcting The Homework

1. A Simple, Effective Homework Plan For Teachers: Part 1

http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2010/07/31/effective-homework-plan-for-teachers-part-1/

2. Collecting Homework

Tips and Ideas for Collecting Homework

http://712educators.about.com/od/teachertips/a/coll_homework.htm

3. Collecting Student Homework

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/homework/printable/58986.html

4. Teaching approaches: checking-homework Challenge

http://www.onestopenglish.com/support/methodology/teaching-approaches/teaching-approaches-checking-homework-challenge/146494.article

5. How to Assign Homework for Great Results

http://teaching.monster.com/benefits/articles/1855-how-to-assign-homework-for-great-results

6. Basic strategies for assigning homework

http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/737

7. What research says about the value of homework: At a glance

http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/Main-Menu/Instruction/What-research-says-about-the-value-of-homework-At-a-glance

8. The Value of Homework: Is Homework an Important Tool for Learning in the Classroom?

http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/99/the-value-of-homework-is-homework-an-important-tool-for-learning-in-the-classroom

Thursday, November 29, 2012

MzTeachuh: Success from Failure Tweets of the Day 11/29/12

MzTeachuh: Success from Failure Tweets of the Day 11/29/12: Experiment involving dropping eggs without breaking them. Woops. 1. STEM Students Must Be Taught to Fail http://www.usnews.com/opinio...

Success from Failure Tweets of the Day 11/29/12

Experiment involving dropping eggs without breaking them. Woops.

1. STEM Students Must Be Taught to Fail

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2012/11/23/stem-students-must-be-taught-to-fail

2. Tips for including and supporting ESL students

http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/2012/11/tips-for-including-and-supporting-esl-students.html

3. Stuck Indoors: Stay Active on a Rainy Day

http://www.education.com/collection/Arismith/rainy-day-activities/?cid=80.

Deepika Kurup

4. 14-Year-old is America's Top Young Scientist: Her Solar-Powered Jug Purifies Water

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=71c95-LoBok

5. Books In Dallas And Vegas…Oh My!

http://blog.firstbook.org/2012/11/28/books-in-dallas-and-vegasoh-my/

6. Imaginations: Fun Relaxation Stories & Meditations for Kids

http://special-ism.com/imaginations-fun-relaxation-stories-meditations-for-kids/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

7. Classroom Management: Ten Tips for New Teachers

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2012/11/classroom-management-ten-tips-for-new-teachers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theeducatorsroom%2FvPKE+%28EducatorsRoom%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

MzTeachuh: Fine Tuning Your Teaching and Parenting Tweets of...

MzTeachuh: Fine Tuning Your Teaching and Parenting Tweets of...: A little Dad-approval goes a long way. 1. 10 Tips to Transition to Positive Parenting http://www.ahaparenting.com/_blog/Parenting_...

Fine Tuning Your Teaching and Parenting Tweets of the Morning 11/29/12

A little Dad-approval goes a long way.

1. 10 Tips to Transition to Positive Parenting

http://www.ahaparenting.com/_blog/Parenting_Blog/post/Making_the_Transition_from_Conventional_to_Positive_Parenting/

2. Where Should I Sit? Grouping in the

Classroom

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2012/11/where-should-i-sit-grouping-in-the-classroom/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theeducatorsroom%2FvPKE+%28EducatorsRoom%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

3. Choosing a Preschool: Simple Tips for Parents

http://www.ncld.org/students-disabilities/finding-school/choosing-preschool-simple-tips-for-parents

4. Video: Adderall Abuse on the Rise Among College Students

http://www.teachhub.com/video-adderall-abuse-rise-among-college-students

5. Learnist: A Helpful Tool on the Road to Inquiry

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/learnist-in-the-classroom-hauna-zaich?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_content=blog&utm_campaign=learnist

6. Earn Facebook Time By Practicing Math

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/11/earn-facebook-time-by-practicing-math/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

7. A thin line between soft or being firm in the classroom

http://www.edutopia.org/groups/classroom-management/35581?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_content=community&utm_campaign=helpateacher

8 .The Curriculum Map: How To Find Your Way Through Lesson Planning

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2012/11/the-curriculum-map-how-to-find-your-way-through-lesson-planning/

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Creating A Living Classroom

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Creating A Living Classroom: Teaching Secrets: Arranging Optimal Classroom Seating http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2012/07/31/tln_merz_seats.html Bulletin ...

Teaching Is Creating A Living Classroom

Teaching Secrets: Arranging Optimal Classroom Seating

http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2012/07/31/tln_merz_seats.html

Bulletin Boards

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/bulletin-board/curriculum-planning/6515.html

Easy, Effective Way to Display Student Work in the Classroom

http://voices.yahoo.com/easy-effective-way-display-student-work-the-11632976.html?ca

I'm so curious as to who they are.

Displaying Student Work

An opportunity for student-teacher collaboration

http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/article/displaying-student-work

The Teacher Report: 7 Creative Approaches to Classroom Seating

http://www.weareteachers.com/community/weareteachers-blog/blog-wat/2012/07/17/the-teacher-report-7-creative-approaches-to-classroom-seating

Classroom Jobs for All Your Student Helpers

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/classroom-jobs-all-your-student-helpers

Teaching As Leadership Classroom Jobs

http://teachingasleadership.org/sites/default/files/How_To/INV/I-5/I-5_Classroom_Jobs.pdf

The Clutter-Free Classroom

CLASSROOM ORGANIZATION

http://clutterfreeclassroom.blogspot.com/p/classroom-organization-giveaway.html

Classroom Organization

http://pinterest.com/mel_dillard/classroom-organization/

Creating a Classroom Community

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/collection/creating-classroom-community

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

MzTeachuh: Details For Education Tweets of the Day 11/28/12

MzTeachuh: Details For Education Tweets of the Day 11/28/12: Sounds like a contract I once signed. 1. Cheating, Lying And Stealing Among High School Students Is On The Decline For First Time In 10...

Details For Education Tweets of the Day 11/28/12

Sounds like a contract I once signed.

1. Cheating, Lying And Stealing Among High School Students Is On The Decline For First Time In 10 Years: Survey

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/27/for-the-first-time-in-a-d_n_2198714.html

2. Developing Fluent Readers http://www.readingrockets.org/article/27176/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=RRSocialMedia

3. Learning Disabilities: What They Are, and Are Not

http://www.ncld.org/types-learning-disabilities/what-is-ld/learning-disabilities-what-they-are-what-they-are-not

4. Rick Scott Wants Florida Colleges To Offer $10,000 Bachelor's Degrees (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/27/gov-scott-challenges-uni_n_2197188.html?ir=Education

5. New hospital in 2017 will be ‘too late’ for today’s sick children

http://www.thejournal.ie/new-hospital-in-2017-will-be-too-late-for-todays-sick-children-692818-Nov2012/?utm_source=shortlink

6. Groups seek to create fund for children

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/1128/1224327207863.html

7. How Organized is Your Child?

http://special-ism.com/as-the-first-marking-period-comes-to-a-close-how-organized-is-your-child/

MMR uptake levels finally recover from autism scare triggered 14 years ago

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2239187/MMR-takeup-nearly-levels-autism-scare.html#ixzz2DY5g2LgE
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MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Using Proximity

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Using Proximity: How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom Read more: How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom | eHow.com http://www.ehow....

Teaching Is Using Proximity

How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom

Read more: How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_7867331_use-proximity-manage-classroom.html#ixzz2DTGK9Yaw

1. Effective Room Arrangement

http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/jones/jones001.shtml

2. The Effectiveness of Teacher Proximity as an Initial Technique of Helping Pupils Control Their Behavior.

http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ313879&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=EJ313879

3. Quick & Effective Teaching Strategies: Proximity Control

http://effectiveteachingstrategies.com/quick-effective-teaching-strategies-proximity-control/

How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom

Read more: How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_7867331_use-proximity-manage-classroom.html#ixzz2DTGK9Yaw

4. Proximity & Modality

http://edu518top10.weebly.com/proximity-amp-modality.html

5. Suggested Classroom Interventions For Children With ADD & Learning Disabilities

http://childdevelopmentinfo.com/learning/teacher.shtml

6. How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom

http://www.ehow.com/how_7867331_use-proximity-manage-classroom.html

7. Proximity and Mobility

http://pattersonandmcmillan.weebly.com/proximity-and-mobility.html

How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom

Read more: How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_7867331_use-proximity-manage-classroom.html#ixzz2DTGK9Yaw

Proximity to help during guided practice!

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

MzTeachuh: Playing To The Positive Tweets of the Day 11/27/12...

MzTeachuh: Playing To The Positive Tweets of the Day 11/27/12...: 1. Resources and Downloads for College and Career Readiness http://www.edutopia.org/stw-college-career-resources?utm_source=faceboo...

Playing To The Positive Tweets of the Day 11/27/12

1. Resources and Downloads for College and Career Readiness

http://www.edutopia.org/stw-college-career-resources?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_content=stw&utm_campaign=mc2resources

2. “They held onto those books like little treasures.”

http://blog.firstbook.org/2012/11/26/they-held-onto-those-books-like-little-treasures/

3. Favorite Games for Fun and Learning

http://special-ism.com/favorite-games-for-fun-and-learning/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

4. Civic Education: A Forgotten Subject in the World of High Stakes Testing

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2012/11/civic-education-a-forgotten-subject-in-the-world-of-high-stakes-testing/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theeducatorsroom%2FvPKE+%28EducatorsRoom%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

5. Physics in the Hands of a Seven-Year-Old

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/11/physics-in-the-hands-of-a-seven-year-old/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

6. High School Graduation Rates By State: U.S. Department Of Education Releases First-Ever National Data

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/26/high-school-graduation-ra_n_2194378.html

7. 7 Things You Don't Know About A Special Needs Parent

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maria-lin/special-needs-parenting_b_1314348.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false

Science Is Awesomehttps://www.facebook.com/ScienceIsSeriouslyAwesome

Marie Curie, the French-Polish physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She remains the only person to ever receive two Nobel prizes in two separate sciences.

MzTeachuh: Under The Influence

MzTeachuh: Under The Influence: La Combe II Ellsworth Kelly King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.) I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is th...

Under The Influence

La Combe II Ellsworth Kelly

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)

The Message Bible

15 Would you do me a favor, friends, and give special recognition to the family of Stephanas? You know, they were among the first converts in Greece, and they've put themselves out, serving Christians ever since then. I want you to 16 honor and look up to people like that: companions and workers who show us how to do it, giving us something to aspire to.

This music is from the WOW Gospel 1998 Album It's my favorite right next to Abbey Road, if you can believe that.

Love the sassy flautist.

Anointed- Under The Influence (Acoustic LP Version)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7itrewhuUE&feature=BFa&list=PL8180B06FB7C82D99&index=18

MzTeachuh: Many Roads For Success Tweets of the Day 11/27/12

MzTeachuh: Many Roads For Success Tweets of the Day 11/27/12: 1. 400 Books for 100 Low Literate Adults in the U.S. http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/adult-literacy-books/ 2. ADHD: The Diff...

Many Roads For Success Tweets of the Day 11/27/12

1. 400 Books for 100 Low Literate Adults in the U.S.

http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/adult-literacy-books/

2. ADHD: The Difference between Diagnosis and How it Manifests

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/attentiontalkradio/2012/11/29/adhd-the-difference-between-diagnosis-and-how-it-manifests

3. Video: Dyslexia: A Landmark Case

http://www.ncld.org/learning-disability-resources/videos/video-dyslexia-landmark-case

4. Going Retro: Reading Apps for Real Books

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/11/going-retro-reading-apps-for-real-books/

5. LAUSD Not A Race To The Top 2012 Finalist, John Deasy Reacts: 'We're Not A Finalist? I'm Shocked'

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/26/lausd-race-to-the-top-2012_n_2194051.html

6. Screening, Diagnosing, and Progress Monitoring for Fluency: The Details

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/11200/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=RRSocialMedia

7. Why Do Parents Home School?

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2012/07/why-do-parents-home-school/

ADHD Medications Improve Decision-Making, But Are They Being Over Used?

Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2012/11/26/adhd-medications-improve-decision-making-but-are-they-being-used-properly/#ixzz2DRoqJJaU

Homeschooling Aspergers child.

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Making Sure You Have Their Attention

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Making Sure You Have Their Attention: 1. Keeping Kids Focused A Few Tips From the Pros on Maximizing Class Attention http://www.youthlearn.or...

Teaching Is Making Sure You Have Their Attention

1. Keeping Kids Focused

A Few Tips From the Pros on Maximizing Class Attention

http://www.youthlearn.org/learning/teaching/techniques/keeping-kids-focused/keeping-kids-focused

2. How to Keep Kids Engaged in Class

Strategies to Help Children Pay Attention in Class

Read more: Strategies to Help Children Pay Attention in Class | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/way_5759141_strategies-children-pay-attention-class.html#ixzz2DRbWS1PT2. How to Keep Kids Engaged in Class

http://www.edutopia.org/classroom-student-participation-tips

3. 25 Ways to Obtain Children's Attention in a School Setting

http://www.kellybear.com/TeacherArticles/TeacherTip54.html

4. Teaching tips: How to gain kids' attention

http://www.helium.com/knowledge/45078-teaching-tips-how-to-gain-kids-attention

5. Gaining Attention

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/more/management/gainingattention.htm

6. Top 10 Ways to Wake-up Students in Class

http://blog.simplek12.com/education/top-10-ways-to-wake-up-students/

7. 50 Actions that Will Grab Your Students’ Attention

http://teaching.monster.com/training/articles/122-50-actions-that-will-grab-your-students-attention

Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me.

Monday, November 26, 2012

MzTeachuh: Cheesy Jokes and Serious Thoughts About Christmas

MzTeachuh: Cheesy Jokes and Serious Thoughts About Christmas: What has four legs, a red nose and flies? Rudolf the Red-Nosed Roadkill. What is Frosty's favorite dinner? Spaghetti and...

Cheesy Jokes and Serious Thoughts About Christmas

What has four legs, a red nose and flies? Rudolf the Red-Nosed Roadkill.

What is Frosty's favorite dinner?

Spaghetti and snowballs.

Where doe Santa keep his red suit? In his Santa Clauset.

Knock, knock.

Who's there?

Earl.

Earl who?

Earl I want for Christmas is my two front teeth.

Why does Santa use reindeer to pull his sleigh?

Because the elephants kept crashing through the roof.

What is the best Christmas carol in the Twilight movies?

I'm Dreaming of a Bite Christmas.

What has a red suit, a white beard and rows of razor sharp teeth? Santa Jaws.

What would you call your wedding anniversary if it was December 25th?

A Marry Christmas.

Who had a beard, webbed feet and wrote "A Christmas Carol?"

Charles Duckens.

What do you call being caught in a chimney with a fat man?

Santa Claustrophobia.

What happened when the family cat swallowed some tinsel?

He needed a tinselectomy.

Knock, knock.

Who's there?

Anna.

Anna who?

Anna partridge in a pear tree.

Question: Why was Santa's little helper depressed?
Because he had low elf esteem.

What is Santa's favorite American state?
Idaho-ho-ho.

Question: What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?
Answer: Frostbite.

Where does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?
In the dictionary.

This is for English teachers.
Q: What do you call Santa's Helpers?
A: Subordinate Clauses

What is the snowman’s breakfast?
Answer: Frosted flakes!

How do snowmen greet each other?
Answer : Ice to meet you!

You just had to know eventually I would get to the funny cat pics.

Now for the serious talk. Christmas is a full on holiday--it smells good (catch that scent from the cinnamon pine cones?), looks sparkly and cute (lights up again), feels cozy (snuggly blankets in front of the fire with hot cocoa or wassail), tastes yummy (yeah, bite the head off that gingerbread man!), sounds great (all types of music singing cheer and closeness and holiday, etc.) It is entertaining with endless gifts, movies and music and fun.

Except for that annoying bell the Salvation Army persists in ringing at the front of stores. That is so annoying to be bugged to give to the less fortunate. The homeless, or impaired, or orphaned--is that my business?

Shouldn't we have a right not to have them bug us? Isn't that the separation of church and state? I don't need all that Jesus stuff at this holiday, like giving to the poor, or kindness to strangers if I don't wish to. Peace and forgiveness. That's my business. Condemnation for behavior that's nobody's business but mine. And I shouldn't have to be reminded on a public street. At school Jesus and all that radical Christian stuff has been eradicated. When can I finally have a secular holiday?

Well, first of all the very word holiday is rooted from holyday. A day to meditate on the spiritual side of life. Christmas means Christ worship in the old days. He is still memorialized as the greatest teacher who ever lived, the proclaimer of brotherhood, kindness and conscience. All the major religions admire him. Why is he considered so irritating to some Americans?

He was an all or nothing sort of person. You were with him or not. He was who he said he was or not. No in between. Forgiveness, purity, mercy. Very, very hard precepts. It is hard to hang with Jesus. Its all or nothing with Christ.

Students in public schools who profess Christianity are in danger of having their civil rights violated by some administrators and staff who find the message of Christ to be very irritating--not only those horrendous ten commandments, but that part about not lusting or lying and giving to the poor and such. These leaders will nail kids for even saying, 'Merry Christmas.'

Not much holiday spirit there. Or tolerance. I've observed it first hand towards kids and staff. I was told even playing Handel's Messiah was against the separation of church and state. So, I chose to play it anyway, thinking you have to take a stand sometimes. Might as well be Handel. No problems arose. No lawsuits.

It is our obligation as a democracy to extend tolerance to all. Even the annoying, I-Am-The-Only-Way Jesus, and his followers.