Saturday, February 16, 2013

MzTeachuh: Meteorites and the Harlem Shake Tweets of the Day ...

MzTeachuh: Meteorites and the Harlem Shake Tweets of the Day ...: 1. Comets and Meteors http://www.starrynighteducation.com/downloads/CometLessonPlan.pdf   2. Meteorite Blasts Russia [Live Update] ...

Meteorites and the Harlem Shake Tweets of the Day 2/16/13

1. Comets and Meteors

http://www.starrynighteducation.com/downloads/CometLessonPlan.pdf 

2. Meteorite Blasts Russia [Live Update]

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-02/meteorite-blasts-russia-live-update 

3. Researchers Question Data in Gates Foundation's Teacher Study

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2013/02/researchers_question_data_in_g.html 

4. Five-Minute Film Festival: Film Literacy

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/film-festival-visual-literacy 

5. Anxiety: The Hidden Disability That Affects One in Eight Children

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2013/02/anxiety-hidden-disability-that-affects.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

6. Growing up with Special Needs: How a Typical Sibling Can Form Healthy Relationships

http://special-ism.com/growing-up-with-autism-how-a-typical-sibling-can-form-healthy-relationships/ 

7. How Free Play Can Define Kids’ Success

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/02/how-free-play-can-define-kids-success/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

8. Video (8:41): What is Asperger's? 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2013/02/video-841-what-is-aspergers.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

9. Guaranteed to Make You Laugh! 

http://www.teachhub.com/guaranteed-make-you-laugh 

 

 

Friday, February 15, 2013

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 2/15/13

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 2/15/13: Cheesy Jokes and Serious Thoughts for Valentine's Day  http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/01/cheesy-jokes-and-serious-thoughts-for.html...

MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 2/15/13

Cheesy Jokes and Serious Thoughts for Valentine's Day 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/01/cheesy-jokes-and-serious-thoughts-for.html 

 

 

Best Articles for Educators Week of 2/10/13 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/02/best-articles-for-educators-week-of.html 

 

Critical Thinking Edutopia Style Tweets of the Day... 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/02/critical-thinking-edutopia-style-tweets.html?spref=bl 

Teachable Moment: Presidents Day 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/02/teachable-moment-presidents-day.html 

Is ADHD A Real Disorder? Tweets of the Day 2/10/13

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/02/is-adhd-real-disorder-tweets-of-day.html 

How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count The Ways 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/02/how-do-i-love-thee-let-me-count-ways.html 

Valentine for Nerds 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/02/valentine-for-nerds.html 

 And here's our international audience: USA, Russia, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Australia, India, Malaysia and Italy round out the top ten. It is a privilege to serve you.




















MzTeachuh: Education from Pre-K to University Tweets of the D...

MzTeachuh: Education from Pre-K to University Tweets of the D...: 1. Read Across America 2013 http://www.seussville.com/activities/RAA13_EduKit_Booklet_WEB.pdf?utm_source=ReadingRockets.org&utm_medium=...

Education from Pre-K to University Tweets of the Day 2/15/13

1. Read Across America 2013

http://www.seussville.com/activities/RAA13_EduKit_Booklet_WEB.pdf?utm_source=ReadingRockets.org&utm_medium=Twitter 

2. Common Core Standards

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/common-core-standards/id439424555?mt=8&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=ALSocialMedia 

 

3. Obama touts plan for universal preschool

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-touts-plan-for-universal-preschool/2013/02/14/e16a4888-76a6-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_story.html 

4. 24 Multimedia Tools That Support The Common Core

http://edudemic.com/2012/12/24-multimedia-tools-that-support-the-common-core/ 

5. In the Wake of Sandy Hook, a Teacher's Plea for Gifted Education

http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2013/02/12/fp_ferniany.html 

6. President’s Day Lesson Plans

http://www.teachertime123.com/presidents-day-lesson-plans/ 

7. Investing in Education: Kyle Zimmer’s Reaction to the State of the Union

http://blog.firstbook.org/2013/02/12/investing-in-education-kyle-zimmers-reaction-to-the-state-of-the-union/ 

8. Warnings from the Trenches 

http://www.aaup.org/article/warnings-trenches#.UR1SmujCHO 

Here I come, ready or not!

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, February 14, 2013

MzTeachuh: Cheesy Jokes and Serious Thoughts for St. Patrick'...

MzTeachuh: Cheesy Jokes and Serious Thoughts for St. Patrick'...: We're all Irish on St. Patrick's Day--and since the Irish diaspora was over  600 years long, and the Irish lived long and prospered wherev...

Cheesy Jokes and Serious Thoughts for St. Patrick's Day

We're all Irish on St. Patrick's Day--and since the Irish diaspora was over  600 years long, and the Irish lived long and prospered wherever there was a Catholic church worldwide--it's probably true we're all Irish. Geneticists say that Genghis Khan was the foremost contributor to Y chromosomes worldwide, followed by O' Neill of the Nine Hostages (Irish).
My grandmother was completely Irish, her mother immigrating from the Old Sod, so I have been successfully  indoctrinated about the Isle of Saints and Scholars. Trust me, no demeaning stereotypical jokes about the Irish in my growing up. Sister Francis Eileen, O.P., was the principal of St. Louis Bertrand's School in Oakland, California, and her lilting Irish brogue came over the P.A. system every morning. She was cool, all the nuns I had were cool; I never had a negative experience in parochial school. Many were from Ireland, many were Irish Americans like my sainted grandmother. And I was in that school both when John F. Kennedy ran for president, was elected, and was assassinated. Powerful stuff.

I am so thankful I didn't have to unlearn prejudice and bias--my Oakland elementary school was perfect. The only almost-bias I had to unlearn was that not everyone was from my church.

http://www.tolerance.org/hiddenbias

I was stunned when I heard my first negative joke about the Irish. Didn't they realize we saved western civilization?
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/cahill/irish.html
The Isle of Saints and Scholars-to be sure

And I didn't even say, "Pog Mo Thoin." Which shows a lot of maturity and restraint.

Ethnic jokes and teasing are a form of bullying--so kids and adults really need to knock it off. Are we that desperate to feel superior? The quiet kid in the back of the room won't be able to stand up for herself in the midst of  biased-based laughter. Bullying includes those jokes about physical appearance, churches, where you're from, and let's throw in sports teams since kids are so sensitive about them. Kids should have the right to be in school without bullying or humiliation of any type. Grown-ups, too.

 So, anyway, here are the jokes. (That's pretty Irish of me:  stick up for the underdog and then tell jokes.)
Green, and Garfield provides the orange

How did the leprechaun get to the moon?

In a shamrocket.

Why is Ireland like a bottle of wine?

Because it has a Cork in it.

What would you get if you crossed a leprechaun with a Texan?

A pot of chili at the end of the rainbow.

No relation to Bono. Or the Edge.
What kind of music does a leprechaun band play?
                                      Shamrock and roll.


What do you call a leprechaun's vacation home in Fort Lauderdale?

A lepre-condo.

 Love Irish music. O'Sullivan's March, The Chieftans.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vffqnYUyFVQ
My gggrandmother (later immigrated to Kansas)  was a Sullivan leaving from Cork in 1844, and who survived a coffin ship to Grosse Isle Quebec. 
Top o the mornin' to ya, from Betty O'Boop

MzTeachuh: Valentine for Nerds

MzTeachuh: Valentine for Nerds: I judge not; I am a nerd, too; and I think Nikola Tesla is flirting with me.

Valentine for Nerds

I judge not; I am a nerd, too; and I think Nikola Tesla is flirting with me.

MzTeachuh: Happy Valentine's Day

MzTeachuh: Happy Valentine's Day: Ellsworth Kelly, Wild Grape,  Nothing better than pure emotion and irrationality. [love is more thicker than forget] By E. E....

[love is more thicker than forget]


Ellsworth Kelly, Wild Grape,
 Nothing better than pure emotion and irrationality.

[love is more thicker than forget]

love is more thicker than forget
more thinner than recall
more seldom than a wave is wet
more frequent than to fail

it is most mad and moonly
and less it shall unbe
than all the sea which only
is deeper than the sea

love is less always than to win
less never than alive
less bigger than the least begin
less littler than forgive

it is most sane and sunly
and more it cannot die
than all the sky which only
is higher than the sky

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

MzTeachuh: 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=fe...

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 

 

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

MzTeachuh: How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count The Ways

MzTeachuh: How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count The Ways: The Brownings, Elizabeth and Robert. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My...

How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count The Ways

The Brownings, Elizabeth and Robert.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with a passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints, --- I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! --- and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

Elizabeth was so shy she put this sonnet into Robert's dressing gown pocket for him to find. 

MzTeachuh: Critical Thinking Edutopia Style Tweets of the Day...

MzTeachuh: Critical Thinking Edutopia Style Tweets of the Day...: 1. Novum Trivium: Teaching Our Children How to Spin, Unspin and Decide What to Spin http://www.edutopia.org/blog/novum-trivium-spin-and...

Critical Thinking Edutopia Style Tweets of the Day 2/13/13

1. Novum Trivium: Teaching Our Children How to Spin, Unspin and Decide What to Spin

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/novum-trivium-spin-and-unspin-jeremy-sherman 

2. Critical Thinking: A Necessary Skill in the Age of Spin

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/critical-thinking-necessary-skill-g-randy-kasten 

3. Ten Takeaway Tips for Teaching Critical Thinking 

http://www.edutopia.org/stw-kipp-critical-thinking-10-tips-for-teaching 

4. Visual Art as Critical Thinking

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/visual-art-critical-thinking-andrew-miller 

5. Critical Thinking--What's It All About?

http://www.edutopia.org/groups/middle-school/76161 

6. Media-Literacy Starting Points: Tips for Fostering Critical Thinking

http://www.edutopia.org/media-literacy-critical-thinking-tips 

 

 

 

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

MzTeachuh: Book Review Newbery Award Winner: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry...

MzTeachuh: Book Review Newbery Award Winner: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry...: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor 1977 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor is a novel for young people ...

Book Review Newbery Award Winner: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor 1977

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor is a novel for young people that is a first person narrative in an historical fiction format. It takes place during the Great Depression in the Deep South. Published the year that the mini-series "Roots" debuted,  the author gives us a similar revelation of her family--this is based on her father's reminiscences-- but in a fictional context. 

There are no stereotypes in this story, as both white and black folks are seen as portraying positive and negative character traits. Our main character, Cassie, is a preteen, the only daughter in a family of four kids, that actually owns a farm. She is an intelligent and forthright girl, and we see, from Cassie's perspective, that white folks in her town are condescending at the very least, and that there are violent KKK types in the area at worst. Her father's brother, who fought bravely in WWI, has relocated to Chicago, and visits his family in the South as well as revisiting his bitterness against the racist treatment. Cassie's mother is a teacher in the school for the black children, where Cassie and her brothers attend. Grandma supports the family at home.  Her father works away from home, but sends Mr. Morrison--his trusted workmate and friend--the help and protect the family. Her father becomes embroiled in the troubles in the area. That is the highpoint of the story.

Of course, the plot thickens and gets more and more terrifying from Cassie's perspective. Taylor has written other books about this family, so the reader can continue the adventures in American history from Cassie's point of view.

Levar Burton as Kunta Kinte
If you or your students have not viewed Roots, at least expose them to the Kunte Kinte beginning episodes. Read portions of Alex Haley's book, maybe "My Furthest-Back Person: The African."

 "My Furthest-Back Person- The African"
(The Inspiration for Roots)
by Alex Haley
[Adapted and abridged from the essay by Alex Haley,

I believe Haley may well have written the most phenomenal book of the last century. The fact that his grandmother still had memorized information about Kunta after about two hundred years, and this led Haley to Ghana and a group of people still repeating the same story--wow, what a story.


MzTeachuh: Richness in Teaching Tweets of the Day 2/12/13

MzTeachuh: Richness in Teaching Tweets of the Day 2/12/13: Rosa Parks 1. Black History Month: Learning About Leadership, Art, Music, and More http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/02/black-hist...

Richness in Teaching Tweets of the Day 2/12/13

Rosa Parks

1. Black History Month: Learning About Leadership, Art, Music, and More

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/02/black-history-month-learning-about-leadership-art-music-and-more/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

2. Will YOUR KIDS Have Books for ‘Read Across America’ Day?

http://blog.firstbook.org/2013/02/11/will-your-kids-have-books-for-read-across-america-day/ 

3. The Path of a President: Abraham Lincoln's Rise to the Top 

http://www.teachhub.com/path-president-abraham-lincolns-rise-top 

4. Beyond the Edge of the Curriculum Map

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/beyond-edge-of-curriculum-map-terrell-heick?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

5. Showing Students The Beauty And Order Of The English Language

http://anniemurphypaul.com/2013/02/showing-students-the-beauty-and-order-of-the-english-language/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=showing-students-the-beauty-and-order-of-the-english-language 

6. How We Neglect Knowledge and Why

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/11767/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=RRSocialMedia 

7. Measuring Student Creativity Topic of New Report 

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2013/02/measuring_creativity_of_studen.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=ALSocialMedia 

 

 

 

 

Monday, February 11, 2013

MzTeachuh: Teachable Moment: Presidents Day

MzTeachuh: Teachable Moment: Presidents Day: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm   So many speeches--you can choose so many presidents--what a great resource. I would cho...

Teachable Moment: Presidents Day

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm
 So many speeches--you can choose so many presidents--what a great resource. I would choose this one.

John F. Kennedy
Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Program

The text of this speech is frequently included on state tests here in California. Plus, it is just so neat to here him give it. A true  orator. 


1. Crafts, Activities, and Worksheets for Presidents Day
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/presidentsday/ 

2. Presidents' Day Activities

http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/presidents-day-activities.html 

3. Presidents Worksheets(K-12)

http://www.lessonplanet.com/search?keywords=Presidents&media=worksheets&gclid=CKTKtrGxr7UCFSHZQgodJTgAOA 

4. Presidents' Day (lots of printables, very interesting)

http://www.abcteach.com/directory/holidays-months-and-seasons-holidays-presidents-day-3659-2-1 

5.  Presidents' Day Activities

http://pinterest.com/pediastaff/presidents-day-activities/ 

6. Presidents' Day

http://www.history.com/topics/presidents-day 

7. Presidents' Day - What Does it Mean? 

http://usparks.about.com/od/historicalparks/a/Presidents-Day.htm 

I like that we now need more crayons to color the presidents. I also like TR's 'stache. Harding, no so much.

 


 

 

MzTeachuh: Let's Get Active! Tweets of the Day 2/11/13

MzTeachuh: Let's Get Active! Tweets of the Day 2/11/13: As long as you're outside... Birding Tips for Families http://education.audubon.org/birding-tips-families 1. Common Core Free Resourc...

Let's Get Active! Tweets of the Day 2/11/13

As long as you're outside...

Birding Tips for Families http://education.audubon.org/birding-tips-families

1. Common Core Free Resources Edition #5 

http://creativecommoncoreclassroom.blogspot.com/2013/02/common-core-free-resources-edition-5.html 

2. 10 Resources For Getting Elementary Students Interested In Reading

http://edudemic.com/2013/02/getting-elementary-students-interested-in-reading/ 

3. Read Across America Poem

http://www.nea.org/grants/read-across-america-poem.html 

You're never too old, too wacky, too wild,
To pick up a book and read with a child.
You're never too busy, too cool, or too hot,
To pick up a book and share what you've got.
In schools and communities,
Let's gather around,
Let's pick up a book,
Let's pass it around.
There are kids all around you,
Kids who will need
Someone to hug,
Someone to read.
Come join us March 1st
Your own special way
And make this America's
Read to Kids Day.

4. NEA's Read Across America 2013 

http://pinterest.com/pin/475129829407582752/ 

5. Using Creative Materials to Develop Hand Strength

http://childhood101.com/2013/02/fine-motor-skills-hand-strength/ 



6. Design: Air Cannon
http://pbskids.org/designsquad/build/air-cannon/ 

7. 10 Creative Activities for Kids

http://www.artfulparent.com/2013/02/10-creative-activities-for-kids.html 

8. What is Diversity? {Egg Activity for Martin Luther King Jr. Day}

http://kidsactivitiesblog.com/23747/what-is-diversity 

 

Sunday, February 10, 2013

MzTeachuh: In 56 Days, Spring Will Have Sprung

MzTeachuh: In 56 Days, Spring Will Have Sprung:  ..and we can say, "Little darling, it's been a long, cold, lonely winter; b ut here comes the sun." Time lapse Winter Aconite floweri...

In 56 Days, Spring Will Have Sprung

 ..and we can say, "Little darling, it's been a long, cold, lonely winter; but here comes the sun."

Time lapse Winter Aconite flowering, snow melting 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO53r-lMjxE 

 

Bruyères (Debussy-Grainger) (The Briar)

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGTmXfih2L8&list=FLMHrvJ86QqiTE00FlMA_uaA&feature=mh_lolz

MzTeachuh: Best Articles for Educators Week of 2/10/13

MzTeachuh: Best Articles for Educators Week of 2/10/13:   Is ADHD a real disorder? http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/health/childinmind/2013/01/adhd_is_not_a_real_disorder.html     Can Au...

Best Articles for Educators Week of 2/10/13

 

Is ADHD a real disorder?

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/health/childinmind/2013/01/adhd_is_not_a_real_disorder.html 

 

Can Autism Really Be Cured? 

http://specialneedssurvey.blogspot.com/2013/02/can-autism-really-be-cured.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

Teaching Kindness: More Than a Random Act

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/teaching-kindness-the-kind-campaign-lisa-dabbs?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

Anxious About Tests? Tips to Ease Angst

 http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/02/anxious-about-tests-tips-to-ease-angst/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

Grit, And How To Get It

http://anniemurphypaul.com/2013/02/grit-and-how-to-get-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grit-and-how-to-get-it 

Do I Have To Go To The IEP Meeting? I'm Not Special Ed.

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2013/01/do-i-have-to-go-to-the-iep-meeting-im-not-a-special-education-teacher/ 

 This works for teachers and students, too.

3 Steps to Stay Calm When Your Child Isn't

http://www.ahaparenting.com/_blog/Parenting_Blog/post/3_Steps_to_Stay_Calm_When_Your_Child_Isn%27t/ 

I hope this isn't a real teacher; I find these memes hilarious.

 

 

MzTeachuh: Is ADHD A Real Disorder? Tweets of the Day 2/10/13...

MzTeachuh: Is ADHD A Real Disorder? Tweets of the Day 2/10/13...: 1. Is ADHD A Real Disorder?  http://specialneedssurvey.blogspot.com/2013/02/is-adhd-real-disorder.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium...