Saturday, November 9, 2013

MzTeachuh: Teachable Moment: Learning About Lincoln

MzTeachuh: Teachable Moment: Learning About Lincoln: Spielberg's 'Lincoln' coming out November 16, 2012. It is always an important moment to learn about Abraham Lincoln. But ...

Teachable Moment: Learning About Lincoln

Spielberg's 'Lincoln' coming out November 16, 2012.
It is always an important moment to learn about Abraham Lincoln. But Steven Spielberg has brought him to current prominence in a huge manner, much like Ken Burns did in the 90's with 'The Civil War' documentary.

These are incontrovertible facts about Lincoln: he was born into extreme poverty in Kentucky during the formative years of the US; he was a pioneer boy, self taught--reading, too-- in Indiana.  He lost his mother at an early age, and revered her input into his life. He was highly intelligent and motivated, becoming a successful pioneer lawyer in the early days of Illinois. He could read people. He had a conscience based on his morality. He was courageous. Did he have flaws? Of course. He retained a bias against Native Americans but continued to be willing to risk everything due to his belief that all men are created equal. 

What a time to be a hero! An American period raw with passion, polarization, and violence. Kind of sounds like now.

Here are links that will help teachers put together pertinent information on Lincoln.

I love American Rhetoric. Of course, there is not a recording of his voice, but you can find excellent actors reading his eternal speeches. Then you could compare them to Daniel Day-Lewis' interpretation. And you know I'll be reminding you to listen to FDR's 'Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself' speech on Dec. 7.


1.  American Rhetoric: The Power of Oratory in the United States
www.americanrhetoric.com/
I'm thinking you can find these in the library, but don't tell Amazon.com I said so,


2. THE 10 BEST CHILDREN'S BOOKS ON ABRAHAM LINCOLN




http://www.amazon.com/BEST-CHILDRENS-BOOKS-ABRAHAM-LINCOLN/lm/RDGZFLW2A0MKB 



 






Doris Kearns Goodwin is the author of Team of Rivals, the basis of Spielburg's film and Barrack Obama's cabinet (he says the book inspired him.) Henry Louis Gates is a highly respected author and filmmaker who recently has specialized in helping folks find their genetic roots and family history and making documentaries, such as African American Lives. I can't imagine a better team for this assignment. Check it out.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/


Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his Lincoln books. It is great history with a poetic flair every so often.

 Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years: Carl ...

For the upper grades:

Abraham Lincoln

http://ushistorysite.com/lincoln.php 

Thank you, Poetry Foundation, again, for having such wonders convenient and waiting.

Walt Whitman

Here are only two poems about Lincoln, both by Walt Whitman.

O Captain! My Captain!

By Walt Whitman
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174742 

When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d
By Walt Whitman
 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174748 
Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation.


Lincoln freed all Americans, including those in the future. A free and appropriate education for all, including the handicapped. Voting rights, even for women. Equal pay for equal work. Freedom to be who you are, and the right to say it.

The Civil Rights Movement is still moving because of Lincoln; let's keep in step. 


 

 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 11/8/13


Tis a Gift 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/11/tis-gift.html

Ed Tech and STEM Monday Review 11/4/13 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/11/ed-tech-and-stem-monday-review-11413.html?spref=bl 

Benefits for All Tweets of the Day 11/7/13 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/11/benefits-for-all-tweets-of-day-11713.html 

King Tut, Tut 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/11/king-tut-tut.html 

Autumn Activities: Cute Baking with Kids 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/11/autumn-activities-cute-baking-with-kids.html 

Ed Tech Tweets of the Day 11/6/13 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/11/ed-tech-tweets-of-day-11613.html 

Happy Birthday, Joni 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/11/happy-birthday-joni.html 

Special Needs Tweets of the Day 11/5/13 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/11/special-needs-tweets-of-day-11513.html 

Teachable Moment: Nat. Geo's 'Killing Kennedy' 11/10

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/11/teachable-moment-nat-geos-killing.html 

PBS On Tuesdays thru 11/26: The African Americans by Henry Louis Gates 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/10/coming-to-pbs-starting-tuesday-african.html 

Yes! I Expect To Learn! 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/11/yes-i-expect-to-learn.html 

Thank you to our international audience, it is a privilgeg to seve you. USA, Ukraine, Canada, France, Russia, UK, Germany, Brazil, Australia, Bangladesh.

 




















 

MzTeachuh: Special Needs Tweets of the Day 11/9/13

MzTeachuh: Special Needs Tweets of the Day 11/9/13: Will ADHD Medication Change Your Child’s Personality? http://www.ncld.org/types-learning-disabilities/adhd-related-issues/adhd/medica...

Special Needs Tweets of the Day 11/9/13


Will ADHD Medication Change Your Child’s Personality?

http://www.ncld.org/types-learning-disabilities/adhd-related-issues/adhd/medication-effects-on-child


1. Common Test of Brain Function Can Help Differentiate Subtypes of ADHD 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2013/11/common-test-of-brain-function-can-help.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

2. Students With Disabilities at Virtual Charter Schools Are Protected by Civil Rights Laws
http://www.ncld.org/ld-insights/blogs/students-with-disabilities-at-virtual-charter-schools-are-protected-by-civil-rights-laws 

3. "Cousin Jeff" Johnson Talks About Dyslexia Detection In Children  
http://dyslexia.yale.edu/MDAI/MDAI_In_News.html 

4.  Blackburn student with dyslexia celebrates degree success

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/10789826.Blackburn_student_with_dyslexia_celebrates_degree_success/?utm_content=buffer62326&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=Buffer 

5. Understanding Your Child's Learning Disabilities 

http://www.memphisparent.com/Memphis-Parent/Living-in-the-Moment/October-2013/Understanding-Learning-Disabilities/ 

6. Prince Harry among celebrities to back blue ribbon dyslexia campaign run by Scots schoolgirl Ellie 

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/prince-harry-among-celebrities-back-2677084?utm_content=bufferc852d&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=Buffer 

7. Typography Book Explores What It Feels Like To Have Dyslexia 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/06/dyslexia-typography_n_4220353.html 

MzTeachuh: Reading and Thinking for Real Tweets of the Day 11...

MzTeachuh: Reading and Thinking for Real Tweets of the Day 11...:   1. The Most Critical Activity for Reading Success http://blog.k12.com/tips-parents/most-critical-activity-reading-success?utm_source=...

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 11/9/13

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 11/9/13: 1. How To Use Real-Time Technology In 1:1 Classrooms http://www.edudemic.com/real-time-technology-in-11-classrooms/   2. Inqui...

Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 11/9/13

1. How To Use Real-Time Technology In 1:1 Classrooms

http://www.edudemic.com/real-time-technology-in-11-classrooms/ 

2. Inquiry Learning Ideas for Math and Science With iPads

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/11/inquiry-learning-ideas-for-math-and-science-with-ipads/ 

3. You Can Create Your Own Characters in Quandary, Now Available on Tablets

Quandary

http://www.learninggamesnetwork.org/tag/quandary/ 

4. 3 Simple Ways To Start Using Smartphones In The Classroom

http://www.edudemic.com/using-smartphones-classroom/ 

5. 30 Apps Perfect For BYOD Classrooms

http://www.edudemic.com/byod-apps-symbaloo/ 

6. 5 Options for Connecting Your iPad to a Classroom Display

http://www.teq.com/blog/2013/11/5-options-connecting-ipad-classroom-display/#.UnrEKJRVDaR 

7. 12 Effective Ways To Use Google Drive In Education

http://www.edudemic.com/12-effective-ways-use-google-drive-education/ 

 

 

 

 

Reading and Thinking for Real Tweets of the Day 11/9/13

 
1. The Most Critical Activity for Reading Success

http://blog.k12.com/tips-parents/most-critical-activity-reading-success?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=socialmedia#.UnlSGhCnet8 

2. Re-thinking Assessment in a Technology Rich Common Core Classroom

http://networkedblogs.com/QKLpR 

3. Work or Fun? The Future School Day Blurs the Boundary

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/01/work-or-fun-the-future-school-day-blurs-the-boundary/ 

4. Developing Empathy through Service-Learning:

Finding Friends, Hope, and Community at a Local High School

http://secure.campaigner.com/Campaigner/Public/t.show?61d6h--366xz-r9dgz62 

5. Project Zero Teaches Students To Think About Thinking

http://www.washdiplomat.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9672%3Aproject-zero-teaches-students-to-think-about-thinking&catid=1510%3Anovember-2013&Itemid=428 

6. The Common Core Doesn’t Cut Literature – It Complements It

http://neatoday.org/2013/11/04/the-common-core-doesn%E2%80%99t-cut-literature-it-complements-it/ 

7. Fostering Independent Thinking: The "I Don't Get It" Battle 

http://one-lesson-at-a-time.blogspot.com/2013/05/fostering-independent-thinking-i-dont.html 

 

Friday, November 8, 2013

MzTeachuh: Inquiry Based Learning AKA Project Based Learning

MzTeachuh: Inquiry Based Learning AKA Project Based Learning: Mind/Shift and Edutopia are leading sources of educational thought. Cogitate on these for awhile! 1. The Challenges and Realities of I...

Inquiry Based Learning AKA Project Based Learning

Mind/Shift and Edutopia are leading sources of educational thought. Cogitate on these for awhile!

1. The Challenges and Realities of Inquiry-Based Learning

 http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/07/the-challenges-and-realities-of-inquiry-based-learning/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

2. Inquiry Learning Vs. Standardized Content: Can They Coexist?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/05/inquiry-learning-vs-standardized-content-can-they-coexist/ 

3. Project-Based Learning

http://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning 

4. Project-Based Learning: Success Start to Finish

http://www.edutopia.org/stw-project-based-learning-best-practices 

5. Creating Classrooms We Need: 8 Ways Into Inquiry Learning

 http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/03/creating-classrooms-we-need-8-ways-into-inquiry-learning/

6. Project Based Learning Resources

http://www.edutopia.org/groups/project-based-learning/399566 

7. Why Inquiry Learning is Worth the Trouble

 http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/01/what-does-it-take-to-fully-embrace-inquiry-learning/

8. Project-Based Learning as a Context for Arts Integration

 http://www.edutopia.org/blog/PBL-context-for-arts-integration-andrew-miller

MzTeachuh: Counseling and Supervision; Supervision and Counse...

MzTeachuh: Counseling and Supervision; Supervision and Counse...: What to change a school? I have reflected upon what change would have the greatest impact based upon my own observations. Counseling ...

Counseling and Supervision; Supervision and Counseling

What to change a school? I have reflected upon what change would have the greatest impact based upon my own observations.

Counseling and supervision. More and more effective supervision and counseling. Kids learn better when their minds are focused. Internal and external conditions affect their ability to be successful in school, therefore counseling and supervision.

Counseling usually indicates a counselor working in scheduling classes and sometimes personal intervention with parents and kids. Of course keep this, adding more opportunities for individual students and groups to interact with trained counselors. Have a variety of topics, a variety of groups. Maybe even a club. A qualified counselor at every school site.

Classes and class activities can  identify and/or aid in relief of tensions and stressors. Activities can give kids confidence and bolster their ability to learn.
One year when I was teaching a Special Day Class for the Severely Handicapped, a group of students from the student government class came once a week for a class period for peer interaction. My students and the gen. ed. student leaders interacted while I ran a very simple self-esteem class. The benefits? The gen ed. kids were exposed to new career choices (SPED teacher, counselor, etc.) and my students gained language and other academic skills, plus great self-confidence and new friends. It was like pouring Miracle-Gro on them.

Here are a few activities I developed to help students relieve stress:

Writing Prompts to Sooth Kids' Toxic Stress
 http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2012/04/writing-prompts-to-sooth-kids-toxic.html 

Books to Relieve Kids' Toxic Stress
http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2012/05/mzteachuh-books-to-soothe-kids-toxic_26.html

Here are curriculum sources for self-esteem:
Discovery Education
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/self-esteem.cfm

Writing prompts have therapeutic effects for students, too. The counseling comes in with discussion, either through teacher's written response or carefully guided group discussion. Kids are eloquent when narrating their own feelings and experiences. Teachers are professionals who interact with students at least 35 hours a week--we need to know them and how they are doing. Reading their thoughts in writing will do that. Then it is up to us to interact personally with them. Identify a student's internal stressor a student leads to getting them the help she/he needs.

Here are sources for writing prompts for self-esteem: 

Self Esteem & Confidence 52 Journal Prompts for Kids 
http://journalbuddies.com/journaling/self-esteem-confidence-journal-prompts-for-kids/ 

Reflective Journal Writing Prompts

 http://www.self-esteem-health.com/reflective-journal-writing-prompts.html

Supervision-oh my!  By my observation, only one school I taught with in the about a dozen in the past two decades actually followed the principal's directives on supervision consistently. On the playground, at the classroom doors before and after school, during assemblies. It was amazing. It was as though that principal had somehow cornered the teacher market on efficiency and cooperation. As a result, the kids were more secure, cooperative and generally happier. School rules were consistently enforced. The teachers were dependable in their appearances to supervise. At this school, the principal was also present on the campus, even making surprise visits to the classrooms, where he was welcome.

No teachers at any other school I encountered, except for the one above, even consistently enforced supervising passing time between classes. Every year the principal of these schools would announce the importance of teachers being at the door during this time, and in about a week most of the teachers stopped doing it. Why? Because people do what you inspect, not was you expect. The principals had no system to verify if teachers were doing this, except the increase of horseplay, fights  and other misbehavior in the hallways based on referrals. Parents of my students would tell me their child was afraid to go down the fall, to lunch or even to the restroom. 

Supervision, or lack thereof, enhances the student's learning environment or detracts from it. Personally, I believe the leadership in the admin. building needs to step up on this matter.

Just to put a chill down our spines.

FAILURE TO PROPERLY SUPERVISE STUDENTS

CAN LEAD TO EXPENSIVE LITIGATION 
 School Supervision Problem Areas

 

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 11/8/13

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 11/8/13: 1. New Study Uncovers The Powerful New Role Of Media In Children’s Lives http://www.edudemic.com/media-in-childrens-lives/  2. A V...

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 11/8/13

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 11/8/13: Tis a Gift  http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/11/tis-gift.html Ed Tech and STEM Monday Review 11/4/13  http://mzteachuh.blogspot....

MzTeachuh: Special Needs Tweets of the Day 11/8/13

MzTeachuh: Special Needs Tweets of the Day 11/8/13: 1.  Video: Exclusive–Sir Richard Branson on Dyslexia http://www.ncld.org/learning-disability-resources/videos/video-richard-branson-on-...

Special Needs Tweets of the Day 11/8/13

1.  Video: Exclusive–Sir Richard Branson on Dyslexia

http://www.ncld.org/learning-disability-resources/videos/video-richard-branson-on-dyslexia 

2. Parental stress and autism: what's effective at reducing it? 

http://questioning-answers.blogspot.com/2013/10/parental-stress-autism-reduction.html?m=1 

3. Common Test of Brain Function can Help Differentiate Subtypes of ADHD 

http://www.medindia.net/news/common-test-of-brain-function-can-help-differentiate-subtypes-of-adhd-126349-1.htm

4. Autism Signs Spotted In First Months Of Life

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2013/11/07/autism-signs-first-months/18871/ 

5. 8 Strategies to Create a Safe Environment during Explosive Behaviors & Risky Meltdowns

http://special-ism.com/8-great-strategies-to-create-a-safe-environment-during-explosive-behaviors-risky-meltdowns/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo#sthash.fFEtI1eQ.dpbs 

6. Autism and language impairment genetically linked

http://www.sciencecodex.com/autism_and_language_impairment_genetically_linked-122006 

7.  Self-Advocacy

http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/self.advocacy.htm 

 

MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 11/8/13


Tis a Gift 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/11/tis-gift.html

Ed Tech and STEM Monday Review 11/4/13 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/11/ed-tech-and-stem-monday-review-11413.html?spref=bl 

Benefits for All Tweets of the Day 11/7/13 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/11/benefits-for-all-tweets-of-day-11713.html 

King Tut, Tut 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/11/king-tut-tut.html 

Autumn Activities: Cute Baking with Kids 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/11/autumn-activities-cute-baking-with-kids.html 

Ed Tech Tweets of the Day 11/6/13 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/11/ed-tech-tweets-of-day-11613.html 

Happy Birthday, Joni 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/11/happy-birthday-joni.html 

Special Needs Tweets of the Day 11/5/13 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/11/special-needs-tweets-of-day-11513.html 

Teachable Moment: Nat. Geo's 'Killing Kennedy' 11/10

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/11/teachable-moment-nat-geos-killing.html 

PBS On Tuesdays thru 11/26: The African Americans by Henry Louis Gates 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/10/coming-to-pbs-starting-tuesday-african.html 

Yes! I Expect To Learn! 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/11/yes-i-expect-to-learn.html 

 

 

Ed Tech and STEM Tweets of the Day 11/8/13

1. New Study Uncovers The Powerful New Role Of Media In Children’s Lives

http://www.edudemic.com/media-in-childrens-lives/

 2. A Virtual Tour of the Globe Theater 

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/11/a-virtual-tour-of-globe-theater.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freetech4teachers%2FcGEY+%28Free+Technology+for+Teachers%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo#.UnwvJOKnet8 

3. 1 in 5 kids use mobile devices every day

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/11/1-in-5-kids-use-mobile-devices-every-day.html 

4. Guide to Free Education Resources

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/11/guide-to-free-education-resources/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

5. A List Of 75 MOOCs For Teachers & Students

http://www.teachthought.com/technology/list-75-moocs-teachers-students/ 

6. Teaching Physics with Felt

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/teaching-physics-with-felt-mary-beth-hertz 

7.  Multiplying Whole Numbers and Fractions

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/multiplying-fractions-by-whole-numbers-lesson

Thursday, November 7, 2013

MzTeachuh: Thanksgiving Reading List from Reading Rockets

MzTeachuh: Thanksgiving Reading List from Reading Rockets:   http://www.readingrockets.org/ View blog Ten Books for Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is about more than the turkey! Here are ten rec...

Thanksgiving Reading List from Reading Rockets

 
http://www.readingrockets.org/View blog

Ten Books for Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is about more than the turkey! Here are ten recommended books for kids ages 0-9 that celebrate sharing, community, and family. Read these stories to the children in your life to help them see what the spirit of Thanksgiving is really all about. 

The Story of Thanksgiving
The Story of Thanksgiving
By: Nancy Skarmeas
Illustrated by: Stacy Venturi-Pickett
Age Level: 3-6
Reading Level: Beginning Reader
This book tells the story of the first Thanksgiving - how the pilgrims came to America on the Mayflower in search of religious freedom, how they landed at Plymouth Rock, and how the Native Americans taught them to plant and then joined them in a Thanksgiving feast. Parents can use the simple text and the bright illustrations of this book to introduce a very young child to this holiday. 

The Squirrel's Thanksgiving
The Squirrel's Thanksgiving
By: Steven Kroll
Illustrated by: Jeni Bassett
Age Level: 3-6
Reading Level: Beginning Reader
Papa Squirrel says Buddy and Brenda should be grateful for friends and family at Thanksgiving. But these squirrel siblings just can't get along.

Thanksgiving at the Tappleton's
Thanksgiving at the Tappleton's
By: Eileen Spinelli
Illustrated by: Judith Stuller Hannant
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader
All the relatives arrive for an enormous Thanksgiving dinner. But this year nothing seems to go right. First the turkey slides down the icy hill and into the pond -- plop! splash! Then the bakery sells out of pies. It looks like it's going to be a pretty bleak holiday...until Grandmother reminds everyone that there's more to Thanksgiving than a turkey and trimmings. 

Molly's Pilgrim
Molly's Pilgrim
By: Barbara Cohen
Illustrated by: Daniel M. Duffy
Age Level: 6-9
Reading Level: Independent Reader
Sparkling new illustrations refresh this Thanksgiving classic based on the true experience of a member of Barbara Cohen's family. The touching story tells how recent immigrant Molly leads her third-grade class to discover that it takes all kinds of pilgrims to make a Thanksgiving.

It's Thanksgiving
It's Thanksgiving
By: Jack Prelutsky
Illustrated by: Marylin Hafner
Age Level: 3-6
Reading Level: Beginning Reader
This anthology by well-loved children's poet Jack Prelutsky includes twelve sprightly poems about Thanksgiving, including When Daddy Carves the Turkey, I Ate Too Much, and If Turkeys Thought.

How Many Days to America?: A Thanksgiving Story
How Many Days to America?: A Thanksgiving Story
By: Eve Bunting
Illustrated by: Beth Peck
Age Level: 6-9
Reading Level: Independent Reader
After the soldiers come, Papa tells his family that they must leave everything behind and set sail for America. The journey across the Caribbean is dangerous and long, and our narrator and his little sister keep asking — just how many days is it to America? Prolific children's author Eve Bunting, herself an immigrant from Ireland, shares the story of a new generation of pilgrims who are willing to risk their lives to look for freedom in America.

Gracias, the Thanksgiving Turkey
Gracias, the Thanksgiving Turkey
By: Joy Cowley
Illustrated by: Joe Cepeda
Age Level: 3-6
Reading Level: Beginning Reader
In this warm holiday story, a young Puerto Rican boy saves the life of his pet turkey on Thanksgiving with help from his close-knit New York City family and neighborhood. Spanish vocabulary is woven into the text. Spanish version available.

Fat Chance Thanksgiving
Fat Chance Thanksgiving
By: Patricia Lakin
Illustrated by: Stacey Schuett
Age Level: 6-9
Reading Level: Independent Reader
Carla's book about the first Thanksgiving survives the fire that destroys her apartment. When she and her mother move in to their new building, Carla is determined to bring the residents together in a Thanksgiving no one will ever forget.

A Turkey for Thanksgiving
A Turkey for Thanksgiving
By: Eve Bunting
Illustrated by: Diane De Groat
Age Level: 3-6
Reading Level: Beginning Reader
Mr. and Mrs. Moose invite all their animal friends for Thanksgiving dinner. The only one missing is Turkey. They set out to find him, not realizing that Turkey is quaking with fear because he thinks his hosts want him on their table, not at it. 

1, 2, 3 Thanksgiving
1, 2, 3 Thanksgiving
By: W. Nikola-Lisa
Illustrated by: Robin Kramer
Age Level: 3-6
Reading Level: Beginning Reader
This counting book leads children through Papa's one fat turkey, Mama's two pumpkin pies, and so on as the family sits down to a Thanksgiving feast.

MzTeachuh: Happy Birthday, Joni

MzTeachuh: Happy Birthday, Joni: Celebrating Joni Mitchell's 70th Birthday http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/07/joni-mitchell-birthday_n_4228790.html?utm_hp_...

Happy Birthday, Joni

Celebrating Joni Mitchell's 70th Birthday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i7WceS--p4 

 Bows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere
I've looked at clouds that way

But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way

I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all

Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way you feel
As every fairy tale comes real
I've looked at love that way

But now it's just another show
You leave 'em laughing when you go
And if you care, don't let them know
Don't give yourself away

I've looked at love from both sides now
From give and take, and still somehow
It's love's illusions I recall
I really don't know love at all

Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say "I love you" right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
I've looked at life that way

Oh but now old friends are acting strange
They shake their heads, they say I've changed
Well something's lost but something's gained
In living every day

I've looked at life from both sides now
From WIN and LOSE and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all

I've looked at life from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all






MzTeachuh: Benefits for All Tweets of the Day 11/7/13

MzTeachuh: Benefits for All Tweets of the Day 11/7/13: 1. Cross-Curricular Project Based Learning http://www.edutopia.org/groups/project-based-learning/597671?utm_source=facebook&utm_med...

MzTeachuh: Special Needs Tweets of the Day 11/7/13

MzTeachuh: Special Needs Tweets of the Day 11/7/13: 1. Dreaming in Autistic Colors http://www.kickstarter.c...

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech Tweets of the Day 11/7/13

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech Tweets of the Day 11/7/13: 1. The Teacher’s Quick Guide To Blended Learning http://www.edudemic.com/blended-learning-guide/   2. Connecting Algebra to Economics...

Ed Tech Tweets of the Day 11/7/13

1. The Teacher’s Quick Guide To Blended Learning

http://www.edudemic.com/blended-learning-guide/ 

2. Connecting Algebra to Economics

http://www.nctm.org/publications/article.aspx?id=39789 

3. We’re About to Lose Net Neutrality — And the Internet as We Know It

http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/11/so-the-internets-about-to-lose-its-net-neutrality/ 

4. Keeping Teens ‘Private’ on Facebook Won’t Protect Them 

http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2013/11/02/facebook-allows-public-posts.html 

5. Challenging the Model of 1:1 with BYOD 

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/challenging-one-to-one-model-amanda-paquette?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-BYOD-paquette 

6. Ten Elements of High Quality Digital Learning

 http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/03/the-10-elements-of-high-quality-digital.html

7.  Importance of financial literacy

MacDowell: Importance of Economic, Financial Literacy Can’t Be Understated - See more at: http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/macdowell-importance-of-economic-financial-literacy-cant-be-understated/#sthash.ucCILOIu.dpuf

 http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/macdowell-importance-of-economic-financial-literacy-cant-be-understated/

Special Needs Tweets of the Day 11/7/13



1. Dreaming in Autistic Colors

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1979088690/dreaming-in-autistic-colors 

2. Dreaming in Autistic Colors (2014)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3268274/ 

3. For Non-Verbal Twins, Running NYC Marathon is Therapy

http://www.autismspeaks.org/news/news-item/non-verbal-twins-running-nyc-marathon-therapy 

4. Schumer Calls for Voluntary Tracking of Kids With Autism

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2426744,00.asp 

5. Why Girls May Be Protected Against Autism

http://healthland.time.com/2013/02/22/why-girls-may-be-protected-against-autism/ 

6. Prepare Kids with Isms for Holiday Dining

http://special-ism.com/holiday-dining-preparation-for-kids-with-special-needs/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo#sthash.lFCyaSx6.jrhwGZJ9.dpbs 

7. Voting Problems Widespread For Those With Disabilities

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2013/11/04/voting-problems-widespread/18860/