MzTeachuh: Kids Need A Kids' World To Grow Up In

MzTeachuh: Kids Need A Kids' World To Grow Up In: These are my own thoughts. I've been in a locked-down school with my class of Severely Handicapped students on April 20th. Why April 20th? H...

Kids Need A Kids' World To Grow Up In

These are my own thoughts.

I've been in a locked-down school with my class of Severely Handicapped students on April 20th. Why April 20th? Hitler's birthday. In our area, pretty much every year a local would inevitably be in front of the school waving a weapon for whatever obscure reason. I've been locked down in a new high school while two hundred students had a race riot. I was required to take Part-R training (the type of training police officers and those working in psychiatric facilities need) while I was teaching the Severely Emotionally Disturbed, then, later administrating a Non-Public School. I've been locked down in a middle school more than once for an intruder alert. Trying to keep kids safe.

The magnitude of evil we are witnessing is uncomprehensible to us. We are clearly in a pitched battle, a spiritual battle. The mystery of evil always points its finger at God. 'I dare you to stop me,' it says. And, for some reason I don't understand, God chooses to use people to intervene and do good. It is my observation that good has been eroded in the name of individual rights and convenience. We mourn the loss of a six year old, but not a six week old fetus. We consider numberless weapons to be our right, then leave them available for access by the unstable, who are not treated for their instability. We permit drug use that causes insufferable damage, including schizophrenia, as though drug users were just in a lower caste system. Children's programming, what used to be 'cartoons,' openly ridicules those of faith, even God and Jesus. We allow what was once called unacceptable pornographic language and productions to be viewed in homes as the norm, regularly seen by children. Children are left to supervise themselves for hours every day, not outside the home, but inside the home with the predators online, and through video games their minds are instructed with murderous skills. Not only do children view immodest behavior and dress, but girls and boys customarily dress the same way.

My response to this.

Blame God? I think not. Blame ourselves for not obeying His guidance and ignoring His wisdom. We sacrifice our children on the altar of modernity just like the prophets of Baal. We enable the shooters by being passive. We need to represent the needs of our children in our schools, communities. We need to agitate for care and safety of our children. We need to write, speak, vote for safety.

Kids need a kids' world to grow up in.

MzTeachuh: Teaching and Parenting Ideas Tweets of the Day 12/...

MzTeachuh: Teaching and Parenting Ideas Tweets of the Day 12/...:     1.Why Nate Silver Can Save Math Education in America http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/12/why-nate-silver-can-save-math-educ...

Teaching and Parenting Ideas Tweets of the Day 12/15/12

 

 1.Why Nate Silver Can Save Math Education in America

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/12/why-nate-silver-can-save-math-education-in-america/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

2. Tinsel Time: 5 Sensory Activities with Tinsel

http://special-ism.com/tinsel-time-5-sensory-activities-with-tinsel/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

3. Writing for a Cause This Holiday Season!

http://blog.firstbook.org/2012/12/14/writing-for-a-cause-this-holiday-season/ 

4. Assessments: Upgrading the Age Old Practice of Letter Writing

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2012/12/assessments-upgrading-the-age-old-practice-of-letter-writing/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theeducatorsroom%2FvPKE+%28EducatorsRoom%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

5. The Season of Miracles: What Does Faith Have To Do With It?

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

6. Courage to Teach—Touchstones

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2012/12/courage-to-teach-touchstones/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theeducatorsroom%2FvPKE+%28EducatorsRoom%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

7.  How Using Social Media Affects Your Brain

http://edudemic.com/2012/12/how-using-social-media-affects-your-brain/ 

 

Here a little Christmas card for you all.

What Child is This- Lindsey Stirling  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A3i0GATnRI&feature=share

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Being A Hero

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Being A Hero: Victoria Soto, first grade tacher, Sandy Hook Elementary School. Saved her class before being murdered. "This is Victoria Soto, an...

Teaching Is Being A Hero

Victoria Soto, first grade tacher, Sandy Hook Elementary School. Saved her class before being murdered.

"This is Victoria Soto, and although I didn't know her, she is my hero. I don't know too much about her, but I know a lot of people who do know her and she's amazing. Victoria was a Stratford high graduate and only 27. She was killed today after she hid her first graders in closets and cabinets and told the shooter they were in the gym. He killed her and not one of her children were harmed. I have never been more proud to be from Stratford or to be a teacher. God bless Victoria, her family and friends, and all of those who were involved today in anyway. Victoria is a true hero." Christine Nealy

1. In Connecticut: Prayers, Grief, Questions ... And Stories Of Heroism

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/12/15/167320059/in-connecticut-prayers-grief-questions-and-stories-of-heroism?utm_source=news&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=20121215 

2.  My entire career in education I've worked in high schools in 'high needs' areas WITH metal detectors at the front doors. Since day one I've always kept my door locked to my classroom, while the school day is going on. Partly out of my forgetfulness to unlock it all the way but also due to the fear that someone could come in and hurt my children. We have children in the building that due to their diagnosis are severely emotionally disturbed and at times we've had incidents occur in the neighborhood that put our school 'at risk'. I think that after the incident in CT, all schools should seriously consider metal detectors in schools as a precautionary measure. No, they (the metal detectors) don't look pretty but they will help protect or most precious commodity- our children. Continue to pray for the parents, children and community this affected.

https://www.facebook.com/TheEducatorsRoom 

http://www.apa.org/topics/violence/school-shooting.aspx

3. Unspeakable Tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/responding-tragedy-sandy-hook-elementary-david-markus?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_content=blog&utm_campaign=sandyhook 

3. Talking with Children About Difficult Subjects: Illness, Death, Violence and Disaster

http://www.aboutourkids.org/articles/talking_children_about_difficult_subjects_illness_death_violence_disaster 

4. Tips for Talking to Children About the Shooting

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/15/health/tips-for-talking-to-children-about-the-elementary-school-mass-shooting.html?smid=tw-nytimes&_r=1& 

5. 10 Ways to Talk to Kids About World Events in the News

http://www.education.com/magazine/article/10-ways-talk-current-events/?cid=80. 

6. How To Talk with Kids about a School Shooting

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

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Giving Kids Choices

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Giving Kids Choices: 1.The value of choice in student engagement http://www.thepolliwogjournal.com/?p=470   2 . The Classroom of Choice: Managing the Lear...

Teaching Is Giving Kids Choices

1.The value of choice in student engagement

http://www.thepolliwogjournal.com/?p=470 

2. The Classroom of Choice: Managing the Learning Environment 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVsTXUS52IA 

3. Offering Students Choices from Day One

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/teaching-methods/classroom-management/6710.html 

4. The Classroom of Choice: Giving Students What They Need and Getting What You Want

http://www.questia.com/library/119453308/the-classroom-of-choice-giving-students-what-they 

5. Choice Is a Matter of Degree

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/sept10/vol68/num01/Choice-Is-a-Matter-of-Degree.aspx 

6.  Personalised Learning - Engaging Students by Providing Choice in the Classroom

http://kidspeak.wikispaces.com/Personalised+Learning+-+Engaging+Students+by+Providing+Choice+in+the+Classroom 

7. How to Put Choice Theory in the Classroom

http://www.ehow.com/how_7913359_put-choice-theory-classroom.html 

8.  Liven Up Your Lessons by Giving Students Choices

http://www.edutopia.org/lesson-engagement-student-choice 

 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Any Unexpected Journeys? Tweets of the Morning 12/...

MzTeachuh: Any Unexpected Journeys? Tweets of the Morning 12/...: That's today! 1. Scheme aims to create jobs for those with autism http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/1214/1224327836236....

Any Unexpected Journeys? Tweets of the Morning 12/14/12

That's today!

1. Scheme aims to create jobs for those with autism

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/1214/1224327836236.html 

 http://www.specialeducationadvisor.com/top-ten-common-questions-about-special-education/

2. Most Pakistan Girls Not in School

 http://www.teachhub.com/most-pakistan-girls-not-school

3.  How to Turn Your Classroom into an Idea Factory

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/08/how-to-turn-your-classroom-into-an-idea-factory/ 

4.  Top Ten Common Questions About Special Education

http://www.specialeducationadvisor.com/top-ten-common-questions-about-special-education/ 

5. Common Core School Standards Have States, Teachers On Edge 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/12/common-core-school-standa_n_2285729.html 

6. 3 Sensational Candy Experiments

http://special-ism.com/3-sensational-candy-experiments/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

7. Boston School Turnaround Spurred By Giving Teachers More Power 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/12/boston-school-turnaround-_n_2285795.html 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Thinking About Education Tweets of the Day 12/13/1...

MzTeachuh: Thinking About Education Tweets of the Day 12/13/1...: Should I have work experience before college?   1. Should Work Experience Come Before College Education? http://blogs.kqed.org/mindsh...

Thinking About Education Tweets of the Day 12/13/12

Should I have work experience before college?

 1. Should Work Experience Come Before College Education?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/12/should-college-education-follow-work-experience/  

 

2. K-12 Education May Not Benefit From Brighter Fiscal Outlook 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/12/k-12-may-not-benefit-from_n_2287220.html 

3. American 4th Graders Among Top Readers in Global Study

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/12/11/15pirls.h32.html?tkn=QLBFxQ0kJHb6ohnbZSAuqVmRRpdrshq5wpML&cmp=clp-ecseclips 

4. Vocabulary Development During Read-Alouds: Primary Practices

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/39979/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=RRSocialMedia 

U N voting on disabilities.

5. U.N. Passes Unanimous Resolution Expressing 'Deep Concern' Over Long-Term Challenges for Persons with Autism, Developmental Disorders

http://www.autismspeaks.org/about-us/press-releases/un-passes-unanimous-resolution-expressing-deep-concern-over-long-term-challe 

6. Video: Reading Tips for Children with LD

http://www.ncld.org/learning-disability-resources/videos/video-reading-tips-children-ld 

7. Connected Classroom: Using Online Tools for Lesson Planning

http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2012/12/12/fp_baldwin.html 

 

MzTeachuh: Civil War Era Christmas Carol--True Story

MzTeachuh: Civil War Era Christmas Carol--True Story: A Mournful Christmas Eve 1863--Thomas Nast The lyrics to the Christmas Carol, "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day' were written by Henr...

Civil War Era Christmas Carol--True Story

A Mournful Christmas Eve 1863--Thomas Nast

The lyrics to the Christmas Carol, "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day' were written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on Christmas 1863. It is more of a mental struggle to continue on than a carol. His circumstances were difficult. His oldest son, Charles aged seventeen, had run off to join the Union Army, and although the family strongly supported the abolitionist cause, the thought his boy in the midst of the chaos and danger created a very melancholy and philosophical poem. His second wife had died in an accident three years before; his first wife in childbirth.

So the imminent prospect of his son entering the gruesome War was not the only stressor oppressing the poet's thoughts. The poem reveals his inner struggle. Longfellow fully realizes the tragic powers at work in his life. But, as with his other poems, despite the darkness, he finds the glow of hope. This poem reaches out to all of us suffering loss and worry for our loved ones, whatever war may be threatening them.

Charley was seriously wounded, but lived to become an excellent soldier. 

Ed Herrman with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Longfellow's Christmas 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sXfzp296zhA#! 

I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,

and wild and sweet

The words repeat

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

Charles Appleton Longfellow

And thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom

Had rolled along

The unbroken song

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

Till ringing, singing on its way,
The world revolved from night to day,

A voice, a chime,

A chant sublime

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

Then from each black, accursed mouth
The cannon thundered in the South,

And with the sound

The carols drowned

Henry Wadsworht Longfellow

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

It was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones of a continent,

And made forlorn

The households born

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

And in despair I bowed my head;
"There is no peace on earth," I said;

"For hate is strong,

And mocks the song

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
"God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;

The Wrong shall fail,

The Right prevail,

With peace on earth, good-will to men."

This version of the carol just came out  on 'Holidays Rule.' Its by the Civl Wars

The Civil Wars -- I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g356nWqiikI 

MzTeachuh: It's almost December 21, 2012! (Keeping it all in ...

MzTeachuh: It's almost December 21, 2012! (Keeping it all in ...

It's almost December 21, 2012! (Keeping it all in perspective.)

MzTeachuh: Moving Forward Tweets of the Day 12/13/12

MzTeachuh: Moving Forward Tweets of the Day 12/13/12: Stairway to success!   1. It’s a good thing you’re not perfect!  http://www.ahaparenting.com/_blog/Parenting_Blog/post/It%E2%80%99s...

Moving Forward Tweets of the Day 12/13/12

Stairway to success!

 

1. It’s a good thing you’re not perfect! 

http://www.ahaparenting.com/_blog/Parenting_Blog/post/It%E2%80%99s_a_good_thing_you%E2%80%99re_not_perfect!_/ 

2. Harlem Globetrotters Get Books to Kids!

http://blog.firstbook.org/2012/12/12/harlem-globetrotters-get-books-to-kids/ 

3. Let’s Just Sit Down and Talk! The Socratic Discussion: Creative Implementation of Common Core Assessment

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2012/12/lets-just-sit-down-and-talk-the-socratic-discussion-creative-implementation-of-common-core-assessment/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theeducatorsroom%2FvPKE+%28EducatorsRoom%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

4. Help your child march to their own beat

http://blogs.kidspot.com.au/villagevoices/help-your-child-march-to-beat/ 

5. A Vital Disability Benefit for Children

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/opinion/a-vital-disability-benefit-for-children.html?_r=1& 

6. 8 Foolproof Ways to Help a Disorganized Student

http://www.teachhub.com/8-foolproof-ways-help-disorganized-student?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter 

7. An Introduction to Technology Integration

http://www.edutopia.org/tech-integration-introduction-video?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_content=video&utm_campaign=techvideo 

Just a happy thought.

 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Giving Feedback

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Giving Feedback: 1. Feedback to improve student learning What is feedback? http://www.flinders.edu.au/teaching/teaching-st...

Teaching Is Giving Feedback

1. Feedback to improve student learning

What is feedback?

http://www.flinders.edu.au/teaching/teaching-strategies/assessment/feedback/ 

2. Tips for Grading and Giving Students Feedback

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/grading-tips-student-feedback-heather-wolpert-gawron 

3.  Giving feedback-Peer Review

http://pd.nottingham.ac.uk/eng/Learning-Teaching/Peer-Observation/Giving-feedback

4. Giving Effective Feedback

http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/edulibrary/public/teachlearn/student/activity3_2A.pdf 

5. Giving feedback to students

http://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/ocsld/firstwords/fw21.html 

6. How to Give Effective Oral Feedback

http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/108019/chapters/How-to-Give-Effective-Oral-Feedback.aspx 

7. Are You Good At Giving Feedback?

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/thinking-about-kids/201002/are-you-good-giving-feedback-exercise-in-clapping 

 

MzTeachuh: All Angles of Educations Tweets of the Afternoon 1...

MzTeachuh: All Angles of Educations Tweets of the Afternoon 1...: 6th, 7th, and 8th Grades Find Middle School Educational Resources. Connect With Educators. http://www.e...

All Angles of Educations Tweets of the Afternoon 12/12/12

6th, 7th, and 8th Grades

Find Middle School Educational Resources. Connect With Educators.http://www.edutopia.org/grade-level-6-8?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_content=article&utm_campaign=msgradelevel

 

1. The U.S. State Department Gets in the Education Game

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/12/the-u-s-state-department-gets-in-the-education-game/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

2. View reality from an entirely different perspective?

http://www.hale.ndo.co.uk/index.htm 

3. Chapter 6: Eligibility Determination: Determining Your Child's Need for Special Education

http://www.ncld.org/parents-child-disabilities/idea-guide/chapter-6-eligibility-determination-determining-your-childs-need-for-special-education 

4. FTC Urges App Makers to Protect Kids’ Privacy

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/12/ftc-urges-app-makers-to-protect-kids-privacy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

5. Video: Self-Advocacy Tips for Student's with LD

http://www.ncld.org/learning-disability-resources/videos/video-tips-self-advocacy 

6. Dyslexia: Hear Us Roar

http://www.specialeducationadvisor.com/dyslexia-hear-us-roar/ 

7.  5 Easy Ways to Find the Spirit of the Season with Children

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

 

 

MzTeachuh: Vivaldi and Vincent: Winter

MzTeachuh: Vivaldi and Vincent: Winter: Winter Landscape (Memories of the North) Vincent Van Gogh Who knows how Vivaldi made music sound cold. Listen to this with a cup of hot...

Vivaldi and Vincent: Winter

Winter Landscape (Memories of the North) Vincent Van Gogh

Who knows how Vivaldi made music sound cold. Listen to this with a cup of hot cocoa.

Antonio Vivaldi.Four seasons.Winter. 

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

MzTeachuh: Relax! Enjoy! Tweets of the Day 12/12/12

MzTeachuh: Relax! Enjoy! Tweets of the Day 12/12/12: 1. Beyond Strategy and Winning, How Games Teach Kids Empathy http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/02/beyond-strategy-and-winning-how-ga...

Relax! Enjoy! Tweets of the Day 12/12/12

1. Beyond Strategy and Winning, How Games Teach Kids Empathy

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/02/beyond-strategy-and-winning-how-games-teach-kids-empathy/ 

2. Does the brain become unglued in autism?

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-brain-unglued-autism.html 

3. 100+ Google Tricks for Teachers 

http://www.teachhub.com/100-google-tricks-teachers 

4. Program or Be Programmed

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/program-or-be-programmed-mary-beth-hertz?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_content=blog&utm_campaign=programming 

5. Response: Teaching Writing by Respecting Student Ideas

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2012/12/response_teaching_writing_by_respecting_student_ideas.html 

6. Protest against carers respite payment cuts, Dublin 11th December 2012. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJr68L8t8sY 

7. 6 classroom organization tips to help kids with ADHD

http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/2012/12/6-classroom-organization-tips-to-help-kids-with-adhd.html 

This looks good for everyone, actually.

 

 

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Having Great Communication Skills

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Having Great Communication Skills: 1. How Winning Teachers Use Communication http://www.schenectady.k12.ny.us/Communication/HowWinningTeachersUseCommunication.htm   ...

Teaching Is Communicating

1. How Winning Teachers Use Communication
http://www.schenectady.k12.ny.us/Communication/HowWinningTeachersUseCommunication.htm 

2. Parent-Teacher Communication

http://urbanext.illinois.edu/succeed/communication.cfm

3. Roles of the Teacher - Communicating

http://www.teachermatters.com/classroom-management/roles-of-the-teacher/communicating.html 

4, George Lucas: Teaching "Communication"

http://www.edutopia.org/george-lucas-teaching-communication-video 

5. Parent-Teacher Communication Advice from Veteran Teachers

 http://www.teachervision.fen.com/teacher-parent-conferences/teaching-methods/6482.html

6. Teacher Student Communication: Some Strategies to Make It Successful.

http://www.classroom-management-success.org/teacher-student-communication.html 

7. Roles of the Teacher - Communicating

http://www.teachermatters.com/classroom-management/roles-of-the-teacher/communicating.html 

 

 

MzTeachuh: You're Still A Mean One Mr. Grinch

MzTeachuh: You're Still A Mean One Mr. Grinch: The little dog reminds me of my chihuahua. Dr. Seuss' poetry is renowned--but here his talent as lyricist also excels. I think Charles D...

You're Still A Mean One Mr. Grinch

The little dog reminds me of my chihuahua.

Dr. Seuss' poetry is renowned--but here his talent as lyricist also excels. I think Charles Dickens, who created Scrooge one hundred and twenty years prior, would have howled with laughter at these lyrics.

You're a mean one Mr Grinch 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pQgSvN7hYo 

You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch.
You really are a heel.
You're as cuddly as a cactus,
You're as charming as an eel.
Mr. Grinch.

You're a bad banana
With a greasy black peel.

You're a monster, Mr. Grinch.
Your heart's an empty hole.
Your brain is full of spiders,
You've got garlic in your soul.
Mr. Grinch.

I wouldn't touch you, with a
thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole.

You're a vile one, Mr. Grinch.
You have termites in your smile.
You have all the tender sweetness
Of a seasick crocodile.
Mr. Grinch.

Given the choice between the two of you
I'd take the seasick crockodile.

You're a foul one, Mr. Grinch.
You're a nasty, wasty skunk.
Your heart is full of unwashed socks
Your soul is full of gunk.
Mr. Grinch.

The three words that best describe you, are as follows, and I quote:
Stink, stank, stunk!

You're a rotter, Mr. Grinch.
You're the king of sinful sots.
Your heart's a dead tomato splotched
With moldy purple spots,
Mr. Grinch.

Your soul is an apalling dump heap overflowing
with the most disgraceful assortment of deplorable
rubbish imaginable,
Mangled up in tangled up knots.

You nauseate me, Mr. Grinch.
With a nauseaus super-naus.
You're a crooked jerky jockey
And you drive a crooked hoss.
Mr. Grinch.

You're a three decker saurkraut and toadstool sandwich
With arsenic sauce!

MzTeachuh: Overcoming Tweets of the Day 12/11/12

MzTeachuh: Overcoming Tweets of the Day 12/11/12: Maybe only here in SoCal sometimes. 1. Parenting Resources: Family Food, Podcasts and Apps http://octaviaandvicky.com/technology-2/pa...

Overcoming Tweets of the Day 12/11/12

Maybe only here in SoCal sometimes.

1. Parenting Resources: Family Food, Podcasts and Apps

http://octaviaandvicky.com/technology-2/parenting-resources-family-food-podcasts-and-apps/ 

2. Carers hopeful of respite cut reversal

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/carers-hopeful-of-respite-cut-reversal-216581.html 

3. Tuesday's Trick of the Trade - Tips for Math Skills (at the Toy Store!) 

http://autism-cafe.blogspot.com/2012/12/tuesdays-trick-of-trade-tips-for-math.html?spref=fb 

4. What is dyspraxia?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/physical_health/conditions/dyspraxia2.shtml 

5. Dyspraxia: 'There's little help out there for children with hidden condition'

http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Dyspraxia-s-little-help-children-hidden-condition/story-17557145-detail/story.html 

6. Ryan Panetta, Teen Displaced By Hurricane Sandy, Doesn't Miss A Day Of School 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/10/ryan-panetta-hurricane-sandy_n_2272399.html 

7. First Quarter 2012 OSEP Policy Documents on the Education of Children with Disabilities

http://www.specialeducationadvisor.com/first-quarter-2012-osep-policy-documents-on-the-education-of-children-with-disabilities/ 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Everybody Collaborates With Everybody Tweets of th...

MzTeachuh: Everybody Collaborates With Everybody Tweets of th...: 1. How Collaborative Learning Leads to Student Success http://www.edutopia.org/stw-collaborative-learning-college-prep?utm_source=face...

Everybody Collaborates With Everybody Tweets of the Day 12/11/12

1. How Collaborative Learning Leads to Student Success

http://www.edutopia.org/stw-collaborative-learning-college-prep?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_content=stw&utm_campaign=CPSoverview 

2. Why Daydreaming Isn’t a Waste of Time

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/06/why-daydreaming-isnt-a-waste-of-time/ 

3. Video: How Do I Request an Evaluation?

http://www.ncld.org/learning-disability-resources/videos/video-how-to-request-a-learning-disability-evaluation 

4. Holiday Volunteering: 7 Ways to Give Back 

http://www.education.com/slideshow/giving-tuesday/giving-season/?cid=80. 

5. Strategies to Improve Transitions and Time Management

Grades 6-8, ELA, Procedures 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/improve-transition-time-management/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=post12101202&utm_campaign=fbt 

6. The Dangers of Standardized Assessment Tests 

http://www.teachhub.com/dangers-standardized-assessment-tests 

7. Florida May Reduce Tuition for Select Majors

https://www.facebook.com/melanie.linktaylor?ref=tn_tnmn 

 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Having A Sense of Humor

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Having A Sense of Humor: 1. What's So Funny About Teaching http://www.edutopia.org/blog/educator-sense-of-humor-mark-phillips   2. Why a sense of humor is key...

Teaching Is Having A Sense of Humor

1. What's So Funny About Teaching

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/educator-sense-of-humor-mark-phillips 

2. Why a sense of humor is key to surviving as a teacher

http://www.helium.com/items/700442-why-a-sense-of-humor-is-key-to-surviving-as-a-teacher 

Just keepin' it real.

3. A Teacher's Sense of Humor

http://brainconnection.positscience.com/content/11_1 

4. Why is having a sense of humor important when it comes to teaching?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120213035501AALZ6B2 

 5. Sense of humour 

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/articles/sense-humour 

6. Why Use Humor in the Classroom?

http://www.celt.iastate.edu/newsletter/v11n2/humor.html 

7. Using Humor in the Classroom

http://www.nea.org/tools/52165.htm 

 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: I Have Loved Thee With An Everlasting Love

MzTeachuh: I Have Loved Thee With An Everlasting Love: Everlasting Love, Riaz Hussain Premjeevia Barakat Museum Jeremiah 31:3  The Message Bible God told them, “I’ve never quit loving you...

I Have Loved Thee With An Everlasting Love

Everlasting Love, Riaz Hussain Premjeevia Barakat Museum

Jeremiah 31:3  The Message Bible
God told them, “I’ve never quit loving you and never will.
    Expect love, love, and more love!

Here is some music that reminds of love flowing continually.

Horowitz plays Chopin Ballade No 1 in G minor Op 23 (1968) 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYAC9-ykyhw 

 

MzTeachuh: Cheer up--it's Ella singing 'Sleigh Ride'

MzTeachuh: Cheer up--it's Ella singing 'Sleigh Ride': Wishing you a Swinging Christmas and Very Cool New Year. Sleigh Ride - Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Collection - (Remastered High Quality)  h...

Cheer up--it's Ella singing 'Sleigh Ride'

Wishing you a Swinging Christmas and Very Cool New Year.

Sleigh Ride - Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Collection - (Remastered High Quality) 

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

Ella was contracted to sing in what had previously been a non-integrated night club when Marilyn Monroe requested her. That's the spirit.

 

MzTeachuh: Interactions: Teachers, Kids, and Tech Tweets of t...

MzTeachuh: Interactions: Teachers, Kids, and Tech Tweets of t...: G ood teacher colla bo ration is a phenom o n al force for success. 1. Effective Teams: The Key to Transforming Schools?  http://www....