MzTeachuh: Sirenes

MzTeachuh: Sirenes: Sirens, Rodin This is the best youtube video I've ever seen, combining music with original visuals.  In Greek m ythology, t...

Sirenes

Sirens, Rodin

This is the best youtube video I've ever seen, combining music with original visuals. 

In Greek mythology, the Sirens were three sisters who played such enticing music that passing sailors would crash on the rocky shore pursuing them. Only Odysseus (from 'The Odyssey) and Jason (from 'Jason and the Argonauts) successfully resisted them. 

Sirenes. Claude Debussy 

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

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Trying New Activities

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Trying New Activities: 1. Greta's Game Station http://games.pppst.com/languagearts.html   2.  MATH LAND http://www.schooltimegames.com/Mathematics...

Teaching Is Trying New Activities

1. Greta's Game Station
http://games.pppst.com/languagearts.html 

2.  MATH LAND
http://www.schooltimegames.com/Mathematics.html

3.   10 simple activities to encourage physical
activity in the classroom
http://www.yourtherapysource.com/files/10_simple_activities_classroom.pdf 

4. Classroom Activities

http://pbskids.org/lab/classroom/ 

5.  Activity Ideas for Middle School Students 

http://www.austinpartners.org/sites/default/files/images/Activity%20Ideas%20for%20Middle%20School%20Students.pdf 

6. Games We Can Play in Middle School

http://gatornet.chapin.edu/~msgames/ 

 7. Kagan Professional Development

http://www.youtube.com/user/kaganvideo 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Hispanic Heritage Month: Pele

MzTeachuh: Hispanic Heritage Month: Pele: Pele, and the bicycle kick Pele is a Brazilian soccer player, still considered the best ever in his sport. Pelé http://en.wik...

Hispanic Heritage Month: Pele

Pele, and the bicycle kick

Pele is a Brazilian soccer player, still considered the best ever in his sport.

Pelé

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pel%C3%A9 

 

SPORTS HERO:

PELE

http://www.myhero.com/go/hero.asp?hero=pele_Fredericksburg_06 

Pardon the vague blasphemy, but this vid shows not quite the over 1200 goals Pele made in his career.

"If God would play Football His name would be Sir Pelé'' 

http://www.youtube.com/user/SirPeleForever?feature=relchannel 

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh'sTop Posts of the Week 9/21/14

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh'sTop Posts of the Week 9/21/14: The Smarty Pants Files  http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-smarty-pants-files.html   Websites for Special Education  http:/...

MzTeachuh'sTop Posts of the Week 9/21/14

The Smarty Pants Files 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-smarty-pants-files.html 

Websites for Special Education 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/09/websites-for-special-education.html 

Hispanic Heritage Month: Sandra Cisneros 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/09/hispanic-heritage-month-sandra-cisneros.html 

Educational Links of the Day 9/17/14 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/09/educational-links-of-day-91714.html 

GenEd and SpecEd Collaboration Series 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/09/gened-and-speced-collaboration-series.html 

Special Needs Weekly Update 9/14/14 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/09/special-needs-weekly-update-91414.html 

Music for Feeling Sassy 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/09/music-for-feeling-sassy.html 

Ed Tech and STEM Monday Review 9/14/14 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/09/ed-tech-and-stem-monday-review-91414.html 

Thanks to our international audience. It is a privilege to serve you. USA, Turkey, France, Germany, Ukraine, Canada, China, Brazil UK, Russia.

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: What GenEd and SpecEd Need to Know About Each Othe...

MzTeachuh: What GenEd and SpecEd Need to Know About Each Othe...: About Collaboration Among Regular & Special Education Teachers  http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/collaboration-among-regul...

What GenEd and SpecEd Need to Know About Each Other

About Collaboration Among Regular & Special Education Teachers 

http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/collaboration-among-regular-special-education-teachers-13906.html

With the new federal push to improve outcomes for Special Education students, GenEd will be asked to participate more fully in the development and execution of services for Special Education.

Behind the Headline: States’ Special Education Services Face Tighter Oversight by the Obama Administration

http://educationnext.org/behind-headline-states-special-education-services-face-tighter-oversight-obama-administration/ 

What do both GenEd and SpecEd need to know to create an efficient collaboration?

First, I suggest GenEd do a little homework on the Special Education system, and the types of needs they will most frequently encounter in their classrooms or at the school site.

What do General Education Teachers Need To Know About Special Education?

http://www.schoolpsychologistfiles.com/2008/11/what-do-general-education-teachers-need-to-know-about-special-education.html 

Types of Learning Disabilities

http://www.ncld.org/types-learning-disabilities 

And, SpecEd needs do a little research, too, checking out their school sites participation in Common Core (or other standards adopted) in order to write copacetic goals and objectives into the IEP. The best goals and objectives are ones that are already being taught in the general instruction, with as little need for adaptation to service the student as possible. When students need assistance outside of class or the schoolday, what tutoring or help classes do the school offer? Find out the teachers' schedules, office hours, and style of teaching. Be sure to relate your schedule.

Resources for Writing IEPs Aligned to Common-Core Standards

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2013/12/resources_for_writing_ieps_ali.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OnSpecialEducation+(Education+Week+Blog%3A+On+Special+Education)

Sharing Your Google Calendar with Others

http://cis220fall13.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/sharing-your-google-calendar-with-others/

Collaborating on a daily basis, in the same room, requires a great deal of communication. You don't have to be best friends to collaborate, but you do need to be professional. There are several methods of collaboration in the classroom. Together GenEd and SpecEd teachers choose the best plan for the lesson.

Collaboration Between General and Special Education Teachers

https://www.teachervision.com/teaching-methods/resource/2941.html

Collaboration between General and Special Education Teachers. ERIC Digest.

http://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED409317

Each teacher is a professional, highly qualified in an area of expertise. I would suggest SpecEd teachers only do direct instruction of a GenEd class if they hold credentials in that specific area, and GenEd teachers absorb information and advice from the SpecEd teacher on the Special Needs student's detailed program (as in the IEP) and input from the parents. The school experience of a Special Needs student is very fluid, possibly including health issues, emotional balance, and input from parents at least on a weekly basis. GenEd and SpecEd really need to communicate!

MzTeachuh: Educational Links 9/20/14

MzTeachuh: Educational Links 9/20/14: Helping Students Find Purpose and Appreciation for School http://www.edutopia.org/blog/helping-students-find-purpose-and-appreciation-s...

Educational Links 9/20/14

Helping Students Find Purpose and Appreciation for School

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/helping-students-find-purpose-and-appreciation-school-maurice-elias?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29 

Phonemic Activities for the Preschool or Elementary Classroom

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/phonemic-activities-preschool-or-elementary-classroom?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=RRSocialMedia 

11 Simple Ways To Start Using Technology In Your Classroom

http://www.edudemic.com/11-simple-ways-start-using-technology-classroom/ 

8 Ways to Use Poetry to Calm Your Kids and Bring Joy to Your Daily Life

http://www.whatdowedoallday.com/2014/09/poetry-calm-kids-joy-life.html?utm_source=ReadingRockets.org&utm_medium=Twitter 

Brain scans used to forecast early reading difficulties

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140915202816.htm 

5 Essential Skills Needed for Reading Comprehension

http://www.ncld.org/types-learning-disabilities/dyslexia/essential-skills-needed-for-reading-comprehension?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ldorg

Why ADHDers Act the Way We Do: Understanding ADHD Behavior

http://www.additudemag.com/slideshow/36/slide-1.html 

Lessening school assessment stress

http://www.districtadministration.com/article/lessening-school-assessment-stress 

With 80 minutes of new teacher training each week, schools set out to see what works

http://ny.chalkbeat.org/2014/09/16/with-80-minutes-of-new-teacher-training-each-week-schools-set-out-to-see-what-works/#.VBzL4xYfgwC 

Principals: 5 Ways to Create a More Inclusive School Climate

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding_common_ground/2014/09/principals_5_ways_to_create.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2 

How Looking at Student Work Keeps Teachers and Kids on Track

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/09/how-looking-at-student-work-keeps-teachers-and-kids-on-track/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29 

 

MzTeachuh: What Is Education's Future?

MzTeachuh: What Is Education's Future?: How California Superintendents Can Bust Through Policies to Implement Blended Learning http://educationnext.org/california-...

What Is Education's Future?

How California Superintendents Can Bust Through Policies to Implement Blended Learning

http://educationnext.org/california-superintendents-can-bust-policies-implement-blended-learning/

Senate to Take Up House's Education Research Bill

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2014/09/senate_to_take_up_houses_educa.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+InsideSchoolResearch+%28Education+Week%3A+Inside+School+Research%29 

Watch What's Working: Carol Dweck Talks Growth Mindset

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/watch-whats-working-carol-dweck-talks-growth-mindset-bob-lenz?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29 

Students Aren’t Products

http://www.teachthought.com/culture/the-most-fundamental-idea-in-public-education/

15+ Teaching Ideas to Get You Excited About Teaching

http://www.coolcatteacher.com/20-ideas-improving-classroom/ 

New technologies aim to help personalize instruction

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/09/08/technologies-personalize-instruction-272/ 

Creative Strategies for Redesigning Today's Classrooms via @All4Ed & @edwebnet! 

http://www.kleinspiration.com/2014/09/creative-strategies-for-redesigning.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+http%2Fwwwkleinspirationcom%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault+%28Kleinspiration%29 

 

MzTeachuh: Teachable Moment: FDR's Speeches

MzTeachuh: Teachable Moment: FDR's Speeches: FDR's Fireside Chat 12 March 1933 F ranklin D elano R oosevelt First Fireside Chat  http://www.americanrhetoric.com/sp...

Teachable Moment: FDR's Speeches

FDR's Fireside Chat 12 March 1933

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

First Fireside Chat 

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrfirstfiresidechat.html 

 

 American Rhetoric http://www.americanrhetoric.com/ 

has a marvelous selection of FDR's speeches. There is nothing like hearing the real thing--the emotion in the voice, the emphasis on certain words and passages. Even the unusual accent of the upper class from that period of American history.

Each December 7, when I was teaching high school, I would always play the 'Day of Infamy' speech, even though I was teaching English. 

Please utilize this marvelous resource.

MzTeachuh: Hispanic Heritage Month: Gloria Estefan

MzTeachuh: Hispanic Heritage Month: Gloria Estefan: Gloria Estefan at the White House 2009. Gloria Estefan is a very successful singer in English and Spanish. She has a lovely...

Hispanic Heritage Month: Gloria Estefan

Gloria Estefan at the White House 2009.

Gloria Estefan is a very successful singer in English and Spanish. She has a lovely family, and says her husband of over thirty years was her 'first boyfriend and only boyfriend.' They have two children. Gloria was seriously injured in a tour bus crash, but within a year had totally recovered and was back performing. 

Gloria Estefan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Estefan 

 How much fun is this music? And dancing! Thank you Miami Sound Machine and Gloria.

GLORIA ESTEFAN - CONGA(LIVE 1988) 

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

 

MzTeachuh: Gen Ed/Special Ed Teamwork

MzTeachuh: Gen Ed/Special Ed Teamwork: Inclusive Classroom   What do General Education Teachers Need To Know About Special Education? http://www.schoolpsycholog...

Gen Ed/Special Ed Teamwork

Inclusive Classroom

 

What do General Education Teachers Need To Know About Special Education?

http://www.schoolpsychologistfiles.com/2008/11/what-do-general-education-teachers-need-to-know-about-special-education.html 

Types of Learning Disabilities

http://www.ncld.org/types-learning-disabilities 

Welcome to SERGE

Special Education Resources for General Educators

http://serge.ccsso.org/ 

The General Ed Teacher’s Guide to the Inclusive Classroom 

 http://www.specialeducationguide.com/pre-k-12/inclusion/the-general-ed-teachers-guide-to-the-inclusive-classroom/

Collaboration Between General and Special Education: Making it Work

http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=1097

Why Do I Have a Special Ed. Kid in My Class? 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/09/why-do-i-have-special-ed-kid-in-my-class.html 

IEP Meeting? Do I Have To Go? 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/03/iep-meeting-do-i-have-to-go.html?spref=bl 

"Inclusion: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions from the NEA"  

http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/lre.faqs.inclusion.htm 

MzTeachuh: Educational Links 9/19/14

MzTeachuh: Educational Links 9/19/14: Could Schools Combat Rise in ADHD With More Exercise?  http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2014/09/could-schools-combat-rise-in-adhd-with...

Educational Links 9/19/14

Could Schools Combat Rise in ADHD With More Exercise? 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2014/09/could-schools-combat-rise-in-adhd-with.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29 

It's a Snap! 4 Ways to Use Music with Special Needs Students

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/music-with-special-needs-students-michelle-lazar?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29 

When Students Get Creative With Tech Tools, Teachers Focus on Skills

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/09/when-students-get-creative-with-tech-tools-teachers-focus-on-skills/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29 

Marzano’s 9 Instructional Strategies In Infographic Form

http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/marzanos-9-instructional-strategies-graphic/ 

​PBS Offers Free Lesson Plans, Videos on ‘The Roosevelts’

https://www.edsurge.com/n/2014-09-18-pbs-offers-free-lesson-plans-videos-on-the-roosevelts 

Know It 2 Own It: Teaching and Learning About Disability Rights

http://www.ed.gov/blog/2014/09/know-it-2-own-it-teaching-and-learning-about-disability-rights/ 

Where Common Core Is Not Controversial

http://educationnext.org/common-core-controversial/ 

When the Wifi Doesn't Work 

http://www.mypaperlessclassroom.com/2014/09/when-wifi-doesnt-work.html 

Report: Nearly 1 In 3 With Disabilities In Poverty

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2014/09/18/report-disabilities-poverty/19683/ 

Four research tools for project-based learning

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/09/18/four-research-tools-831/ 

10 Things You Didn’t Know Your iPhone Could Do

http://www.edudemic.com/10-things-didnt-know-iphone/ 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Hispanic Heritage Month: Roberto Clemente

MzTeachuh: Hispanic Heritage Month: Roberto Clemente: Roberto Clemente, Major League Baseball Roberto Clemente was outstanding in his sport, humble, and gave of himself to help the nee...

Hispanic Heritage Month: Roberto Clemente

Roberto Clemente, Major League Baseball

Roberto Clemente was outstanding in his sport, humble, and gave of himself to help the needy. He died in a plane crash while on his way to deliver supplies to the victims of the massive earthquake in Nicaragua in 1972.

Roberto Clemente

http://en.wikipedia.org

/wiki/Roberto_Clemente 

 Baseball Almanac

 http://www.baseball-almanac.com/quotes/roberto_clemente_quotes.shtml

Roberto Clemente Quotes Quotes From & About Roberto Clemente

Quotes From Roberto Clemente

''Any time you have an opportunity to make a difference in this world and you don't, then you are wasting your time on Earth.'' "I am convinced that God wanted me to be a baseball player. I was born to play baseball." "I am more valuable to my team hitting .330 than swinging for home runs." "I dedicated the hit (his 3,000th) to the Pittsburgh fans and to the people in Puerto Rico and to one man (Roberto Marin) in particular. The one man who carried me around for weeks looking for a scout to sign me." "I felt kind of bashful (when the fans went crazy). I'm a very quiet, shy person, although you writers might not believe because I shout sometimes." "I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all he had to give." "When I put on my uniform, I feel I am the proudest man on earth." "Why does everyone talk about the past? All that counts is tomorrow's game."

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...

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

MzTeachuh: Art to Make You Dizzy

MzTeachuh: Art to Make You Dizzy: Take a left turn on the second floor, then, no, wait, go up a flight...maybe a right turn....go down, uh up.. . This pi...

Art to Make You Dizzy

Take a left turn on the second floor, then, no, wait, go up a flight...maybe a right turn....go down, uh up...

This picture is called relativity. Maurits Cornelis Escher--very interesting artist. Sort of like string theory explained to a liberal arts major.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._C._Escher

Drawing hands.

This youtube production is weird and interesting. The music, too.

ESCHER - Optical Illusion 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOyP1k2X_RI 

 

 

This is an interesting, hour long documentary about Escher.

  M.C. Escher Documentary 

Concave Convex.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d5blV9RDgM 

Escher  enjoyed J. S. Bach from an early age.

 Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, organ 

with smalin's animation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipzR9bhei_o 

Escher studied in Italy, and also Arabic art in Spain.

Circle Limit III

 

 

Tessalations, just plane fun.

And a feline Escher enthusiast.

MzTeachuh: The Smarty Pants Files

MzTeachuh: The Smarty Pants Files: Q: Teacher: Didn't I tell you to stand at the end of the line? A: Student: I tried but there was someone already there! Q: How is an ...

The Smarty Pants Files

Q: Teacher: Didn't I tell you to stand at the end of the line?
A: Student: I tried but there was someone already there!

Q: How is an English teacher like a judge?
A: They both give out sentences.

Q: Teacher: You missed school yesterday, didn't you?
A: Student: Not really.


Q: Why did the teacher go to the beach?
A: To test the water. 

Q: Why did the teacher wear sunglasses?
A: Because his class was so bright!

Q: Why were the teacher's eyes crossed?
A: She couldn't control her pupils!




Q: Teacher: If I had 6 oranges in one hand and 7 apples in the other, what would I have?
A: Student: Big hands!

Q: Teacher: If you got $20 from 5 people, what you get?
A: Student: A new bike.

Q: Teacher: I hope I didn't see you looking at John's exam?
A: Student: I hope you didn't either.



Q: Teacher: What is the shortest month?
A: Student: May, it only has three letters.


Q: Teacher: Answer my question at once. What is 7 plus 2?
A: Student: At once!

Q: Why did closing her eyes remind the teacher of her classroom?
A: Because there were no pupils to see.

Q: Why did the teacher turn the lights on?
A: Because her class was so dim.



Q: What did the ghost teacher say to the class?
A: Look at the board and I will go through it again.

Q: Why did the teacher write on the window?
A: Because she wanted the lesson to be very clear!

Q: What do you do if a teacher rolls her eyes at you?
A. Reach down, pick them up, and roll them back to her.