MzTeachuh: Precious Lord, Lead Me Home

MzTeachuh: Precious Lord, Lead Me Home: Angels Comforting, J. K. Richards Precious Lord, take my hand Lead me on, let me stand I'm tired, I'm weak, I'm lone Th...

Precious Lord, Lead Me Home

Angels Comforting, J. K. Richards

Precious Lord, take my hand
Lead me on, let me stand
I'm tired, I'm weak, I'm lone
Through the storm, through the night
Lead me on to the light
Take my hand precious Lord, lead me home
When my way grows drear precious Lord linger near
When my light is almost gone
Hear my cry, hear my call
Hold my hand lest I fall
Take my hand precious Lord, lead me home
When the darkness appears and the night draws near
And the day is past and gone
At the river I stand
Guide my feet, hold my hand
Take my hand precious Lord, lead me home
Precious Lord, take my hand
Lead me on, let me stand
I'm tired, I'm weak, I'm lone
Through the storm, through the night
Lead me on to the light
Take my hand precious Lord, lead me home 

Take My Hand Precious Lord - Mahalia Jackson 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go1Lelff0vo 

MzTeachuh: Educational Links 6/21/15

MzTeachuh: Educational Links 6/21/15: Five-Minute Film Festival: Arts Integration Turns STEM to STEAM  http://www.edutopia.org/blog/film-festival-stem-vs-steam   Discontin...

Educational Links 6/21/15

Five-Minute Film Festival: Arts Integration Turns STEM to STEAM 

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/film-festival-stem-vs-steam 

Discontinuing Services? Not So Fast!!

 Discontinuing Services? Not so fast

http://www.wrightslaw.com/blog/?p=12513&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheWrightslawWay+%28The+Wrightslaw+Way%29

Five Social Disadvantages that Depress Student Performance 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2015/06/five-social-disadvantages-that-depress.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29 

Stars To Usher In Special Olympics

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2015/06/19/stars-special-olympics/20395/ 

One Teacher's Quest To Build Language Skills ... And Self-Confidence 

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/06/18/410297143/one-teachers-quest-to-build-language-skills-and-self-confidence?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=education 

How to Build Stronger Bonds with Fellow Teachers

http://www.edudemic.com/build-stronger-bonds-fellow-teachers/ 

Common challenges

https://www.understood.org/en/friends-feelings/common-challenges 

 

MzTeachuh's Meditations: Trouble Don't Last Always

MzTeachuh's Meditations: Trouble Don't Last Always: Joy Comes in the Morning Easter  by Susan E. Goff  The nights of crying your eyes out give way to days of laughter.  Psalm 30:5 ...

MzTeachuh's Enjoying Cooking and Gardening: Barbeque or Cookout?

MzTeachuh's Enjoying Cooking and Gardening: Barbeque or Cookout?: So, you call it barbeque or cookout? We

MzTeachuh: Next School Year....STEM to STEAM

MzTeachuh: Next School Year....STEM to STEAM: Could Th...

Next School Year....STEM to STEAM

Could The Arts Put The Steam Into STEM?

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/could-the-arts-put-the-steam-into-stem/ 

STEM to STEAM: Why the 'A' Makes A Difference

http://www.edudemic.com/stem-vs-steam-why-the-a-makes-all-the-difference/

STEM to STEAM: Resource Roundup

http://www.edutopia.org/stem-to-steam-resources 

Could Storytelling Be the Secret Sauce to STEM Education?

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/06/05/could-storytelling-be-the-secret-sauce-to-stem-education/ 

STEM to STEAM

http://stemtosteam.org/resources/ 

Keeping it simple.

Da Vinci--the master of STEAM.

As the proponents of STEM know, science, tech, engineering and math is everywhere. But how to acknowledge that the Arts can readily be integrated into all lessons?

Drawing journals, of course, is a great start.

How to Draw--from beginners to advanced.

http://drawsketch.about.com/

 

 

MzTeachuh: A Change Is Gonna Come

MzTeachuh: A Change Is Gonna Come:   A Change Is Gonna Come, Sam Cooke, 1963 https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=youtube+a+change+is+gonn+come&ei=UTF-8&hspa...

A Change Is Gonna Come

 

A Change Is Gonna Come, Sam Cooke, 1963

https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=youtube+a+change+is+gonn+come&ei=UTF-8&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001

MzTeachuh: Educational Links 6/20/15

MzTeachuh: Educational Links 6/20/15: Poor students often lack a home Internet connection. Is this FCC program a solution? http://hechingerreport.org/poor-students-often-lac...

Educational Links 6/20/15

Poor students often lack a home Internet connection. Is this FCC program a solution?

http://hechingerreport.org/poor-students-often-lack-a-home-internet-connection-is-this-fcc-program-a-solution/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HechingerReport+%28Hechinger+Report%29 

When Schools Welcome Community Partners

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/when-schools-welcome-community-partners-anne-obrien?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29 

Graphic: 27 Things Teachers Do Well 

http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/graphic-27-things-teachers-do-well/ 

3 Ways to Support Teachers as the Educational Landscape Evolves

http://catlintucker.com/2015/06/3-ways-to-support-teachers-as-the-educational-landscape-evolves/

Learning & Attention Issues 

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues 

Five Ways to Create Healthier Learning Environments in Schools

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/school-administrors-radio/2079-five-ways-to-create-healthier-learning-environments-in-schools 

Kids' Art Show Takes Over 2 Billboards In Times Square

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/06/18/415527570/kids-art-show-takes-over-two-billboards-in-times-square?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=education 

Who? by Sharon Yang, 10, a fifth-grader in Brooklyn. Of this work, she says: "I put a lot of effort in my artwork to make the texture on the tree and the feathers on the owl."

 

 

MzTeachuh: Next School Year...We'll Celebrate Diversity

MzTeachuh: Next School Year...We'll Celebrate Diversity: Music! Dancing! And don't forget the great Mexican food! If you teach in a school that is ethnically isolated, by geography or by c...

Next School Year...We'll Celebrate Diversity

Music! Dancing! And don't forget the great Mexican food!

If you teach in a school that is ethnically isolated, by geography or by choice, I suggest finding commonality in sports, for example. Especially in baseball, you can find just about all ethnicities coming together to celebrate a fun time through sports. If you have a favorite team in the MLB, NFL, or NBA--you are celebrating diversity. The same is true of most entertainment and lists of famous inventors, performers of heroics, and remarkable accomplishments.  You can also spotlight through calendar events (St. Patrick's Day, or MLK Day, for example.) Discretion is important if your community is sensitive to discussions of diversity. But it is clear that not only tolerance is mandatory but appreciation of diversity, also. We are America, afterall.

Here are links from Edutopia, TeachThought and Edudemic to get you started on your appreciation of diversity.

Diversity 

http://www.edutopia.org/blogs/tag/diversity 

http://www.edutopia.org/search-results?search=diversity 

Vibrant art! Parades! Learn to use chipsticks!

Culturally Responsive Teaching Starts With Students

http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/culturally-respo--nsive-teaching-starts-with-students/ 

15 Resources: Prepare for Cultural Diversity in Class

http://www.edudemic.com/cultural-diversity-in-the-classroom/ 

Ballpark saurkraut hotdog!

Here are links for the major self-reported ethnicities in the USA according to census reports. I'm just following the order of the self-reporting. Sounds like fun--music, dance, food, art. Serious thoughts and inspiration. Check out American Rhetoric: The Power of Oratory in the United States http://www.americanrhetoric.com/  for speeches.

German-American Corner: History and Heritage

http://www.germanheritage.com/ 

Speeches of JFK .

Irish Contributions to the American Culture

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/irish8.html 

Cesar Chaves Si Se Puede

National Hispanic Heritage Month and Cinco de Mayo Lesson Plans

http://lessonplanspage.com/hispanicheritagemonth-htm/ 

The Pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock.

 

English American

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_American 

 

Little Italy, New York City

 

Italian Americans 

http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Ha-La/Italian-Americans.html 

The Italian Americans PBS

http://video.pbs.org/program/italian-americans/ 

Steven Spielberg--and don't forget Jurassic World!

 

The Jewish Americans PBS

http://www.pbs.org/jewishamericans/ 

 

 

Native American Resources

500 is one of my favorite resources, I have taught the info on the Aztecs to my Mexican-American students. They are also fascinated with the Mayans.

Sequoyah--created Cherokee written language

500 NATIONS a video series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZztTMhRzqlQ&list=PLCD21D8E645A7BCE0 

We Shall Remain--PBS

http://ec2-184-73-194-121.compute-1.amazonaws.com/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/

Celebrate African-American History

 http://teacher.scholastic.com/africanamericanheritage/

 Please don't neglect the arts when enjoying these lessons. And the food, if possible. Mmm, soul food.

MLK--we never needed your influence more than now!

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 6/19/15

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 6/19/15: Nature, My Garden and Me: Kids and the Garden Projects for Summer http://mztnature.blogspot.com/2015/05/kids-and-garden-projects-for-summ...

MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 6/19/15

Nature, My Garden and Me: Kids and the Garden Projects for Summer
http://mztnature.blogspot.com/2015/05/kids-and-garden-projects-for-summer.html?spref=bl

Teacher Burn-out: U Gotz It?

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/06/teacher-burnout-u-gotz-it.html?spref=bl

Summer Resources: A Little Bit of Evefything
http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/06/summer-resources-little-bit-of.html

Next School Year...I'll Do Better With Google Classroom

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/06/next-school-yearill-do-better-with.html

Nature, My Garden and Me: Cheesy Jokes and Serious Thought for the Garden
http://mztnature.blogspot.com/2015/04/cheesy-jokes-and-serious-thoughts-for.html?spref=bl

Educational Links 6/17/15

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/06/educational-links-61715.html

Mommy, Please Read That Story Again!
http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/06/mommy-please-read-that-story-again.html

Recharge Your Teaching

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/06/recharge-your-teaching.html

Teaching Is Having Fun Learning

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/06/teaching-is-having-fun-learning.html?spref=bl

Thank you to our international readership. It is a privilege to serve you.  USA, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Canada, Ukraine, India,UK, Sweden, Portugal.

MzTeachuh: Educational Links 6/19/15

MzTeachuh: Educational Links 6/19/15:   A Collection Of Useful Posts, Articles & Videos On Race & Racism – Help Me Find More http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2014...

Educational Links 6/19/15

 

A Collection Of Useful Posts, Articles & Videos On Race & Racism – Help Me Find More

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2014/05/05/a-collection-of-useful-posts-articles-videos-on-race-racism-help-me-find-more/ 

Better Classrooms through Professional Development 

http://www.teachhub.com/better-classrooms-through-professional-development 

12 Unexpected Ways to Use LEGO in the Classroom

http://www.edudemic.com/12-ways-use-lego-classroom/

Turn Traditional Units of Study into Deeper Learning Experiences

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/turn-traditional-units-study-deeper-learning-experiences-suzie-boss 

Large Swedish Study Casts Doubt on Autism 'Epidemic' 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2015/06/large-swedish-study-casts-doubt-on.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29 

Will ADHD Medication Change My Child's Brain?

http://www.childmind.org/en/posts/articles/2015-6-9-will-adhd-medication-change-my-childs-brain 

Top 10 Best Free Math Resources on the Web

http://www.edudemic.com/top-10-free-math-resources-web/ 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Movie Review: Selma

MzTeachuh: Movie Review: Selma: I went to see this movie twice, so I could process the intense experience. It is a nuclear explosion of truth, now more than ever. Why ...

Movie Review: Selma

I went to see this movie twice, so I could process the intense experience. It is a nuclear explosion of truth, now more than ever. Why is this film so powerful? Why won't this film receive the kudos it deserves? I considered these questions.

The performances by the actors were superior. David Oyelowo captured the thoughtfulness, intelligence, and the cross MLK had to bear. The female characters demonstrated such grace under pressure. The costumes of all actors reflected careful dignity (similar to the custom of dressing for church many black churches still uphold.) The sets are careful and accurate, the dialog just enough. All the actors portraying these well known figures, as well as the families and just folks, reveal in their eyes the noble determination of choice each had to make to remain resilent and be willing to die for their cause in the name of respecting who you are. And the actors' eyes also reflect the sadness, and the fear. The 'less said' style of dialog brings power to the film, for example. in the scene when MLK comforts a grieving family member.

The movie is filmed in such a way keeps us inescapably in the action, emotional turmoil, when you desperately want to hide, find a safe place. But there isn't one. Then you must think higher level thoughts at the top of Bloom's Taxonomy until you are almost dizzy. It is 1965, all right, and it is also 2015 at the same time.

So, why so little recognition?

Many of us lived through this time period.

The violent American experience of the Civil Rights Movement was, at the very least, brought to us by CBS News and Walter Cronkite. But being aware of the fire hosing of demonstrating kids and grandparents along with police dog attacks, and the bombing of the church with little girls in it, and the lynchings, and the murders--it is a different non-intellectual experience on the news or in the history lesson than the emotionally engaging drama on the screen, especially in this film. They say our brains can't delineate personal experience from drama or reading fiction. In 'Selma' we are in that bomb blast with those little Sunday School girls. We're beaten with grandpa and the pastor from Boston. We debate the finer intellectual points of voting rights with Dr. King and colleagues. We go to church and choose nonviolence. We acknowledge the threat, are beaten and arrested. We choose to march anyway. We are strong, intelligent, determined, powerful without violence. We are black. We are family. We are Selma.

But in all honesty, in  heart of hearts, some Americans admired the baseball bat with barbed wire...and still do.

The truth doesn't just hurt, it points an accusing finger.

This film will make many folks very uncomfortable. Not just the true racists, but the subtle racists who stereotype kids in hoodies, hate rap music and even R & B, share biased cartoons on FB, and have a quiet dislike of black people--even when they are in the White House (or maybe because they are in the White House.)
'Selma' highlights the educated intelligence and eloquence of the Civil Rights leaders and community activists, the strength of the black church, the families willing to demonstrate and maybe be injured and die. For their dream. For their America.
Recent demonstrations have posters that state 'Black Lives Matter.' In 2015, why do we have to be reminded? Why is the image of racism still on American faces like the pictures of hatred when the Little Rock Nine integrated Little Rock Central High School? Why are we still concerned about police profiling?
This is why 'Selma' is so potent--many of the lines written about events fifty years ago could be written for events last year.

Is this movie unfair to LBJ?
Let's forget for a moment the Founding Fathers did not eradicate slavery in the Constitution when John Adams lead the debate to do so, and many of the first presidents were slave owners. And out of respect for the Presidency, I won't go into Thomas Jefferson's relationship with slaves. Let's not even be surprised with LBJ's documented use of the 'n' word. He was from the South, negotiating with Wallace. Again, as a courtesty I will state that I don't believe the last six presidents (Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama) were or are persons who used racial slurs.  But let's recall that LBJ was a proponent of Civil Rights from his early days in Texas politics; Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy were Civil Rights supporters, so LBJ was part of the pattern. That's part of why JFK chose him as a running mate. The 1964 Civil Rights Law, which he signed into law, was a culmination of years of work from the Civil Rights Advocates, as well as politicians. But was LBJ somehow denigrated in this film, which is concerned with only one segment of the Civil Rights Movement? It seems LBJ fans wish to elevate him to Dr. King's status in this affair. But he doesn't rate that. Did LBJ get the Nobel Peace Prize? It is true LBJ had his hands seriously full after JFK's assasination and the Vietnam War. However, he did lead the Congress to the voting legislation using his political skills. Personally, I think closing with LBJ's speech for Voter's Right was monumental, and a fair kudo to him. It is a privilege to post a link of  LBJ's Speech in entirety here:

Lyndon Baines Johnson

Address to a Joint Session of Congress on Voting Legislation

"We Shall Overcome"

delivered 15 March 1965, Washington, D.C.

Will 'Selma' Make Racial Polarization Worse in America?
This film will shine light on where we are now, and where we need to go. It is uncomfortable, no two ways about it, whether you are a fan of MLK or not. I expect this film will help solve racial problems by acknowledging those who marched with MLK were from every demographic, and those who carry on are, too.


BTW, President Obama has stated he will dedicate himself after the Presidency to helping disadvataged youth with the 'My Brother's Keeper' program.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/my-brothers-keeper

  “That’s what ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ is all about. Helping more of our young people stay on track. Providing the support they need to think more broadly about their future. Building on what works – when it works, in those critical life-changing moments.”

- President Barack Obama, February 27, 2014

Go to the website to see how you can participate.

MzTeachuh: Summer Bump Not Slump: Looking At The Civil Rights...

MzTeachuh: Summer Bump Not Slump: Looking At The Civil Rights...: Teachable Moment: Dr. Martin Luther King  http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/01/teachable-moment-dr-martin-luther-king.html   ...

Summer Bump Not Slump: Looking At The Civil Rights Movement

Teachable Moment: Dr. Martin Luther King 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/01/teachable-moment-dr-martin-luther-king.html 

Letter from Birmingham Jail 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/01/letter-from-birmingham-jail.html 

Black History Month: Speeches of MLK #1 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/02/black-history-month-speeches-of-mlk-1.html 

Black History Month: Speeches of MLK # 2

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/02/black-history-month-speeches-of-mlk-2.html 

Black History Month: Speeches of MLK #3 http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/02/black-history-month-speeches-of-mlk-3.html?spref=bl

Black History Month: Speeches of MLK #4

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/02/black-history-month-speeches-of-mlk-4.html 

Black History Month: Speeches of MLK # 5 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/02/black-history-month-speeches-of-mlk-5.html 

Teachable Moment: Book Review: Martin's Big Words

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/01/teachable-moment-book-review-martins.html 

Teachable Moment: Movie "42" About Jackie Robinson  

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/03/teachable-moment-movie-42-about-jackie.html?spref=bl 

Black History Month: Newbery Award Winner: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/02/black-history-month-newbery-award.html

Black History Month: What Happens When You Help A Little Kid? 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/02/black-history-month-what-happens-when.html?spref=bl 

Black History Month: Dream Deferred 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/02/black-history-month-dream-deferred.html 

Black History Month: Life doesn't frighten me

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/02/black-history-month-life-doesnt.html

Movie Review: Red Tails 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2012/01/movie-review-red-tails.html 

Movie Review: Lincoln 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2012/12/movie-review-lincoln.html 

Black History Month: Marian Anderson 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/02/black-history-month-marian-anderson.html 

MLK Quotes: #1-22 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/01/mlk-quotes-1-22.html?spref=bl 

Resources and Books for MLK Day K-12 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/01/resources-and-books-for-mlk-day-k-12.html 

Music of the Civil Rights Movement 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/01/music-of-civil-rights-movement.html 

Black History Month: George Washington Carver

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/02/black-history-month-george-washington.html 

Black History Month: Condoleeza Rice 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/02/black-history-month-condoleeza-rice.html?spref=bl 

Black History Month: The Original Glee Girls 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/02/black-history-month-original-glee-girls.html?spref=bl 

Black History Month: Jackie Robinson 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/02/black-history-month-jackie-robinson.html?spref=bl 

Black History Month: Levar Burton

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/02/black-history-month-levar-burton.html 

Black History Month: Chuck Berry 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/02/black-history-month-chuck-berry.html 

MzTeachuh: Next School Year...I'll Do Better With Google Clas...

MzTeachuh: Next School Year...I'll Do Better With Google Clas...: Not all of us are IT-type folks, so we may need to practice new skills. But we can learn! Google Classroom: First Look http://www.lyn...

Next School Year...I'll Do Better With Google Classroom

Not all of us are IT-type folks, so we may need to practice new skills. But we can learn!

Google Classroom: First Look

http://www.lynda.com/Google-Classroom-tutorials/Google-Classroom-First-Look/188217-2.html?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=l1-US-Search-Edu-Google%2BClassroom&cid=l1-us:en:ps:lp:prosc:s1792:117:all:bing:mbm-using_google_classroom&utm_content={creative}&utm_term=%2BUsing%20%2Bgoogle%20%2Bclassroom 

Google Classroom

http://www.learningfacilitated.com/2014/05/google-classroom/ 

Introduction to Google Classroom

http://www.edudemic.com/introduction-google-classroom/ 

Google Classroom Review

http://www.nyteched.org/blog/google-classroom-review 

Google for Educators: The Best Features for Busy Teachers

http://www.edutopia.org/google-for-educators 

It might take grit to learn this, but we can do it.

60 Smarter Ways To Use Google Classroom

http://www.teachthought.com/technology/60-smarter-ways-to-use-google-classroom/

Welcome to the Google Classroom Help Center

https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/?hl=en#topic=6020277 

 

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Having Fun Learning

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Having Fun Learning: 1. OK- Everybody! Share your best classroom games! http://forums.atozteacherstuff.com/showthread.php?t=31626   2. Engaging Classr...

Teaching Is Having Fun Learning

1. OK- Everybody! Share your best classroom games!
http://forums.atozteacherstuff.com/showthread.php?t=31626 


2. Engaging Classroom Games for All Grades 

http://www.teachhub.com/engaging-classroom-games-all-grades 

3. Fun Classroom Games for High School

http://www.ehow.com/list_6926070_fun-classroom-games-high-school.html 

4. Any suggestions for some fun games to play with a high school class?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070510221853AA9xOxF 

5. Middle School Math Games

http://www.math-play.com/Middle-School-Math-Games.html 

6. Classroom Games for Middle School Language Arts

http://www.ehow.com/list_6080290_classroom-middle-school-language-arts.html 

7. Middle School Group Games

http://www.greatgroupgames.com/middle-school-group-games.htm 

8. Middle School Group Games Activities

http://www.education.com/activity/middle-school/outdoor-group-games/ 

9. Great games for the elementary school classroom 

http://www.helium.com/knowledge/151145-great-games-for-the-elementary-school-classroom 

10. Games in the Elementary Classroom

http://mathpickle.com/Blog/Entries/2010/12/9_Games_in_the_Elementary_Classroom.html 

11. Five Easy Drama Games for the Early Elementary Classroom

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/how-to/tipsheets/five-easy-drama-games.aspx 

MzTeachuh: Educational Links 6/18/15

MzTeachuh: Educational Links 6/18/15: Co-Teaching and Specially Designed Instruction: Is It Happening?  http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2015/06/co-teaching_and_special...

Educational Links 6/18/15

Co-Teaching and Specially Designed Instruction: Is It Happening? 

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2015/06/co-teaching_and_specially_desi.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OnSpecialEducation+%28Education+Week+Blog%3A+On+Special+Education%29

How to Manage Cell Phones in the Classroom

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/how-manage-cell-phones-classroom-ben-johnson 

Special Education From an International Perspective - See more at: http://www.makespecialeducationwork.com/special-education-international-perspective/#sthash.dzYUuS1f.dpuf

Special Education from International Perspective

http://www.makespecialeducationwork.com/special-education-international-perspective/#sthash.dzYUuS1f.dpbs 

My Approach To Digital Content Curation

http://www.teachthought.com/technology/my-approach-to-digital-content-curation/ 

‘Inside Out’: A Look at How Emotions Work Together in Adolescents

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/06/11/inside-out-a-look-at-how-emotions-work-together-in-adolescents/ 

Feds Put Millions Toward Training Special Educators

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2015/06/17/feds-millions-training-sped/20390/ 

Why Students Fidget in Class: Abnormal and Distracting or Normal and Desirable?
http://www.bamradionetwork.com/student-centric-strategies/3092-why-students-fidget-in-class-abnormal-and-distracting-or-normal-and-desirable

Building Relationships with Students: Walking the Line Between Rewarding and Exhausting
https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2015/06/17/building-relationships/ 

 

 

 

Special Education From an International Perspective - See more at: http://www.makespecialeducationwork.com/special-education-international-perspective/#sthash.dzYUuS1f.dpuf

MzTeachuh: La Danse (Matisse) and Zydeco

MzTeachuh: La Danse (Matisse) and Zydeco: Danseuse Creole, Henri Matisse Zydeco at its best! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFVBghVUSwk

La Danse (Matisse) and Zydeco

Danseuse Creole, Henri Matisse

Zydeco line dancing!
fine arts, matisse creole dancer, music, zydeco,

MzTeachuh: Next School Year...we'll have plants in the classr...

MzTeachuh: Next School Year...we'll have plants in the classr...: Just a little bit more planning and maintenance and your class has fresh oxygen, color, STEM motivation, and a little bit of elegance. Pla...

Next School Year...we'll have plants in the classroom

Just a little bit more planning and maintenance and your class has fresh oxygen, color, STEM motivation, and a little bit of elegance. Plants in the class!

15 houseplants for improving indoor air quality 

http://www.mnn.com/health/healthy-spaces/photos/15-houseplants-for-improving-indoor-air-quality/a-breath-of-fresh-air 

The Best Air-Purifying Plants

http://www.healthline.com/health-slideshow/air-purifying-plants 

 The 15 easiest indoor house plants that won't die on you

http://www.today.com/home/easiest-indoor-plants-wont-die-you-I258925

Easy Classroom Houseplants

http://www.kidsgardening.org/node/11442 

  Best Plants for the Classroom

 http://funflowerfacts.com/2013/09/06/best-plants-for-the-classroom/

Do You Keep Plants In Your Classroom?

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2010/08/19/do-you-keep-plants-in-your-classroom/ 

The Psychology of Nature 

http://www.wired.com/2010/08/the-psychology-of-nature/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Summer Activity: Keeping Butterflies, Bees and Hum...

MzTeachuh: Summer Activity: Keeping Butterflies, Bees and Hum...: This is a Checkered White Butterfly on my flowering mint today. It is not supposed to be in the desert! Butterflies, bees and hummingb...

Summer Activity: Keeping Butterflies, Bees and Hummingbirds Happy

This is a Checkered White Butterfly on my flowering mint today. It is not supposed to be in the desert!

Butterflies, bees and hummingbirds have similar preferences. Flowers! Annual flowers, perennial flowers, vegetable flowers, flowers on fruit trees, herb flowers--you name it.

Catering to the hummingbirds and butterflies.

Though hummingbirds do prefer trumpet-shaped red flowers, like petunias. Butterflies prefer blue flowers, like lobelia.

So we have many baskets full of both flowers hanging or in borders.

The flowers are regularly visited by generations of Anna's hummingbirds that live and nest in our yard. The mom hummingbirds use spider webs to make the nest. They nests are so tiny, a little larger than the size of  a computer key.

Baby hummingbird in our Fruitless Mulberry tree.

We get Painted Lady butterflies, Monarchs, Swallowtails, Umber Skippers and the White Cabbage pictured above I noticed this afternoon. At least, these are the butterflies I have identified. I am a novice.

Dusky Skipper

Painted Lady on Rabbit Brush, grows naturally here.

Our home is in a rural area near Mojave Narrows Regional Park, so I can't take much credit for attracting the birds, bees, and butterflies. But I try to make them happy.

I'm glad to report our bees are very active and productive.

http://www.greatsunflower.org/

 I found this great site today. Maybe you would also like to participate.




  I have joined NABA (North America Butterfly Association) and post sightings of butterflies as I am out in nature. The moderator is helpful if I can't identify a butterfly. It is so interesting and validating to participate in reporting these sightings even though I am a novice! I bet there is such a group where you live! 


North America Butterfly Association
http://www.naba.org/

Thank you, Friend Bee, for pollinating the apricot trees. The apricots will be delicious!