Reasons, Not Excuses Tweets of the Day 2/14/12

1. Autism is a Reason for Behaviors, Not an Excuse

http://special-ism.com/autism-is-a-reason-for-behaviors-not-an-excuse/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

2. Help Second Graders Celebrate Friendiversary with New Books!

http://blog.firstbook.org/2013/02/13/help-second-graders-celebrate-friendiversary-with-new-books/ 

3. Website Helps Educators Make Sense of Common Core

http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2013/02/website-helps-educators-make-sense-common-core?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdTechK12+%28EdTech+Magazine%3A+Focus+on+K-12%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

4. The Gettysburg Address: Literary Nonfiction and the Common Core 

 

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/gettysburg-address-common-core-standards-todd-finley?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

5. What to Do When Students Lie

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/when-students-lie-richard-curwin?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_content=blog&utm_campaign=socialmediaroundup 

6. Measures of Effective Teaching: Observation

All Grades, All Subjects, Feedback 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/measures-of-effective-teaching-observation 

7. Assorted Ideas Promote Kindness and Courtesy

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2013/02/assorted-ideas-promote-kindness-and-courtesy?eml=Teachers/e/20130213/Facebook///SMO/Teachers/TopTeaching/Shari/ 

8. Lucy Laney 

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/bf10.socst.us.indust.lucylaney/lucy-laney/ 

I blew it--my dresses were frequently more than 3 inches from my ankle! Oh my!