Saturday, October 10, 2015

Educational Links 10/11/15

Five-Minute Film Festival: Turning Bystanders Into Upstanders Against Bullying http://www.edutopia.org/blog/film-festival-bullying-prevention-upstanders?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29

White House’s ‘Every Student, Every Day’ Tackles Chronic Absenteeism - See more at: http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/white-houses-every-student-every-day-tackles-chronic-absenteeism/#sthash.2RFSA5K4.dpuf

Tackling Absenteeism

http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/white-houses-every-student-every-day-tackles-chronic-absenteeism/ 

Why Emotions Matter in the Classroom

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2015/10/emotions-matter-classroom/ 

Google Tutorials 

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/p/google-tools-tutorials.html#.Vhm1cmu8nIU 

Turn Testing Into Learning: Sample Lesson on Exam Wrappers

http://anniemurphypaul.com/blog/ 

Ideas for E.L.L.s | El Chapo

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/author/larry-ferlazzo/?_r=0 

What You Might Not Know About Misbehaving Students But Should

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/student-centric-strategies/ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

White House’s ‘Every Student, Every Day’ Tackles Chronic Absenteeism - See more at: http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/white-houses-every-student-every-day-tackles-chronic-absenteeism/#sthash.2RFSA5K4.dpuf

Next Week's Lesson Plans 10/10/15


When your blank lesson planner is staring you in the face.

These links may help you develop plans for current events.

U.S. House of Representatives scrambles to find a new Speaker

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/daily_videos/u-s-house-of-representatives-scrambles-to-find-a-new-speaker/ 

Nobel Prizes 2015

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/lists/year/ 

These links are good resources to bring depth to your lesson planning:

How People Learn: An Evidence-Based Approach

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/how-people-learn-evidence-based-paul-bruno 

Understanding Dyslexia and the Reading Brain in Kids

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/10/01/understanding-dyslexia-and-the-reading-brain-in-kids/ 

These links will help you schedule fun and physical activity.

Why dance? 'Cause this is Thriller!

Performance Club Kids Thriller Instruction Video 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI7Fu35j1kE 

Wildlife and Nature Lesson Plans and Resources for Educators 

https://www.nwf.org/What-We-Do/Kids-and-Nature/Educators.aspx 

These links will help you keep organized (and fresh):

Let’s Not "Fall" Behind: Three Tips to Help You Stay Organized

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/dont-fall-behind-stay-organized-lisa-dabbs 

Teaching Is trying New Activities http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/03/teaching-is-trying-new-activities.html?spref=bl

 

MzTeachuh: Teaching For Life

MzTeachuh: Teaching For Life: 1.  The Heart-Brain Connection: The Neuroscience of Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning http://www.edutopia.org/richard-davidson-s...

Educational Links 10/9/15

Why Recognizing Dyslexia In Children At School Can Be Difficult

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/10/08/why-recognizing-dyslexia-in-children-at-school-can-be-difficult/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29 

Educational Products and Apps With Millions of Users Each

http://edtechreview.in/trends-insights/trends/2137-ed-tech-tools-apps-for-schools

How Recess Promotes Focus for ADHD Children

http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/807.html 

Does Pre-K Make Any Difference? 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2015/10/does-pre-k-make-any-difference.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29 

Girl Rising: Celebrating the Day of the Girl Child 

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/day-of-the-girl-child-eileen-mattingly

Where The Wild Fractions Are: The Power Of A Bedtime (Math) Story

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/10/08/446490524/where-the-wild-fractions-are-the-power-of-a-bedtime-math-story?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=202508 

Delaying kindergarten until age 7 offers key benefits to kids — study

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2015/10/07/delaying-kindergarten-until-age-7-offers-key-benefits-to-kids-study/ 

The Decline of Play and Rise in Children's Mental Disorders

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/201001/the-decline-play-and-rise-in-childrens-mental-disorders 

What If Everybody Understood Child Development?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rae-pica/what-if-everybody-underst_b_3021900.html

What If Everyone Understood Child Development?(podcast)  http://www.coolcatteacher.com/ecm-142-rae-pica/

 

Van Gogh: Les Alyscamps; Autumn Leaves and Barbra Streisand

  Van Gogh: Les Alyscamps: Falling Autumn Leaves

Since he painted this in France, here is Barbra Streisand singing 'Autumn Leaves' in French, from Je m'appelle Barbra (1966) :


How beautiful, not just her voice.

Barbra Streisand - Autumn Leaves 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiRvvorZ4ic 

 

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Having With It Ness

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Having With It Ness: 1. Teacher Withitness http://rossieronline.usc.edu/teacher-withitness/ Teacher Withitness - Inside USC Rossier , the blog of USC Ro...

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Educational Links 10/8/15

Please Stop Whitewashing Autism 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2015/10/please-stop-whitewashing-autism.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29

Bookmaking Across Subjects: Making Learning Last Longer

http://www.edutopia.org/practice/bookmaking-across-subjects-making-learning-last-longer 

Messy Works: How to Apply Self-Organized Learning in the Classroom

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/10/07/messy-works-how-to-apply-self-organized-learning-in-the-classroom/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29 

Kids Can’t Work Together? Separate Them

http://special-ism.com/kids-cant-work-together-separate-them/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29 

Hooked! Captivating Students


http://www.bamradionetwork.com/hooked-captivating-students/


Promoting Student Reading Beyond the Book

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/hooked-captivating-students/3282-promoting-student-reading-beyond-the-book 


7 Highlights from The Practical Ed Tech Handbook 

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/10/7-highlights-from-practical-ed-tech.html?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=freetech4teachers#.VhXoeWu8nIU 

Schools minister Nick Gibb: There has never been a better time to be a teacher 

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-news/schools-minister-nick-gibb-there-has-never-been-a-better-time-be-a 

 

 

Silly Music For Halloween #1 uh wella...saw the thing acomin' outta da sky...

He's not purple!
Need a little fun break filled with art, music, performance art and laughter? Here you go.
The class can read the lyrics, analyze the story. Discovering the true nature of the purple people eater, then draw a cartoon action version, sing along with motions, learn 50s' dance moves (no, not theTwist, that was the 60s, more like the Bop.)  Silly. We need silly sometimes.

 

One Eyed One Horned Flying Purple People Eater 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx47qrH1GRs 




The Purple People Eater
Well, I saw the thing
A comin' out of the sky
It had a one long horn
And a one big eye
I commenced to shakin'
And I said "oohwee
It looks like a Purple
People Eater to me"

It was a one-eyed, one-horned
Flyin' Purple People Eater
One-eyed, one-horned
Flyin' Purple People Eater
Sure looked strange to me
One eye

Well, he came down to earth
And he lit in a tree
I said, "Mister Purple People Eater,
Don't eat me"
I heard him say
In a voice so gruff,
I wouldn't eat you
Cause you're so tough

It was a one-eyed, one-horned
Flyin' Purple People Eater
One-eyed, one-horned
Flyin' Purple People Eater
One-eyed, one-horned
Flyin' purple people Eater
Sure looked strange to me
One horn

I said, "Mister Purple People Eater,
What's your line?"
He said,
Eatin' purple people,
And it sure is fine.
What is the reason
That you came to land
I wanna get a job
In a rock 'n roll band

Well, bless my soul, rock 'n roll
Flyin' Purple People Eater
Pigeon-toed, under-growed
Flyin' Purple People Eater
He wears short shorts
A friendly little People Eater
What a sight to see
Oooohhh
And then he swung from the tree
And he lit on the ground
And he started to rock,
A-really rockin' around
It was a crazy ditty
With a swingin' tune, singin'
Bop bapa loop a lap
A loom bam boom
Well, bless my soul rock 'n roll
Flyin' Purple People Eater
Pigeon-toed, under-growed
Flyin' Purple People Eater
I like short shorts
A Flyin' Purple People Eater
What a sight to see
Purple people

Well, he went on his way
And then what-a you know
I saw him last night
On a TV show
He was blowin' it out,
Really knockin' 'em dead
Playin' rock 'n roll music
Through the horn on his head
Boogie woogie

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Educational Links 10/7/15

STEAM YouTube Channels for Elementary Kids

http://imaginationsoup.net/2015/10/steam-youtube-channels-for-elementary-kids/ 

Study Reveals Letting ADHD Kids Move is Beneficial to Their Learning 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2015/10/study-reveals-letting-adhd-kids-move-is.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29 

A Visual History of Farm Life in America 1935-1946 

 http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/09/a-visual-history-of-farm-life-in.html#.VhSPhmu8nIU

Teachers say training, mentoring could help keep more of them in the classroom 

http://in.chalkbeat.org/2015/10/05/teachers-say-training-mentoring-could-help-keep-more-of-them-in-the-classroom/#.VhSQR2u8nIW

Thousands Of Photos From Apollo Flights Now Available: Video & Links

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2015/10/06/thousands-of-photos-from-apollo-flights-now-available-video-links/ 

Meet The Next Secretary Of Education

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/10/02/445285920/meet-the-next-secretary-of-education?utm_source=Erin%27s%20daily%20email%20Oct.%205%2C%202015&utm_campaign=Daily_4-24-15&utm_medium=email 

New Screentime Recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2015/10/new-screentime-recommendations-from.html?utm_content=buffer399d6&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

These 3 policy areas could help principals become more effective

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/10/06/these-3-policies-principals-894/ 

Common Core Proficiency Rates: All Over the Map

http://dianeravitch.net/2015/10/06/common-core-proficiency-rates-all-over-the-map/ 

 7 Great Places to Find Free Literary Works

 http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2015/10/7-great-places-to-find-free-literary.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+educatorstechnology%2FpDkK+%28Educational+Technology+and+Mobile+Learning%29

 

 

 

 

Tis the Season: Rip Van Winkle

Rip Van Winkle and Wolf, about to encounter a ghost, and wake up after how many years?

Washington Irving, early American writer, had a wry sense of humor. This is one of my favorite stories, especially for autumn. Used to be seventh graders always read it; I found a simplified version in 'Bringing the Classics to Life,' Ed Con, for my Special Ed. and ESL classes. 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' is included. It was always amazing fun, ripe with opportunities for in-class drama and art (of the autumn type.) I would always give a hint to them to watch out for the two Georges.
http://www.rainbowresource.com/proddtl.php?id=002855

  This production of Faerie Tale Theatre is directed by Francis Ford Coppola,  and produced in what would be a fantastic children's theatre.  It is my all time favorite Faerie Tale Theatre production, well worth the time.

 

 Faerie Tale Theatre 24 Rip Van Winkle 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdOW02SgH_A

 

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Using Proximity

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Using Proximity:   How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom Read more: How to Use Proximity to Manage the Classroom | eHow.com http://www.ehow....

MzTeachuh: What Is Up With That Kid?

MzTeachuh: What Is Up With That Kid?: How To: Handle Common Classroom Problem Behaviors Using a Behavior Management Menu http://www.interventioncentral.org/blog/behavior/h...

MzTeachuh: Edgar Allan Poe

MzTeachuh: Edgar Allan Poe: A fascinating, intelligent, tragic guy. Its as though he were writing the original scripts for 'Criminal Minds.'   ...

Special Education Weekly Update 10/5/15

Understanding Dyslexia and the Reading Brain in Kids

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/10/01/understanding-dyslexia-and-the-reading-brain-in-kids/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

The Lessons of Autism History 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2015/10/the-lessons-of-autism-history.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29

Court Limits Special Education Complaint Filing to Two Years from Date Parents Knew or Should Have Known of a Violation, But Leaves Measure of Compensatory Education Open 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2015/10/court-limits-special-education.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29  

Autism Public Nuisance Case Prompts Concern 

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2015/10/02/autism-case-concern/20846/

Obama Administration Sues School Over Service Dog

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2015/09/30/obama-sues-service-dog/20840/

9 Terms to Know If Your Child Struggles With Writing Issues 

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/dysgraphia/9-terms-to-know-if-your-child-struggles-with-writing-issues?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

Got Special Ed Questions? Wrightslaw Has Answers

http://www.wrightslaw.com/blog/?p=13290&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheWrightslawWay+%28The+Wrightslaw+Way%29


MzTeachuh's Meditations: Be Ye Kind One To Another...

MzTeachuh's Meditations: Be Ye Kind One To Another...: tenderhearted, forgiving one another; even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you. Ephesians 4:32.

Best Articles of the Week 10/4/15

The 9 essential elements of digital citizenship

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/09/24/digital-citizenship-244/

Understanding Dyslexia and the Reading Brain in Kids

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/10/01/understanding-dyslexia-and-the-reading-brain-in-kids/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Slowing Down to Learn: Mindful Pauses That Can Help Student Engagement

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/02/17/slowing-down-to-learn-mindful-pauses-that-can-help-student-engagement/ 

Report Finds ‘Deeper Learning’ Model Improves Outcomes for All Students

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/10/03/report-finds-deeper-learning-model-improves-outcomes-for-all-students/

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

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/film-festival-stem-vs-steam?utm_content=blog&utm_campaign=fmff-stem-to-steam-arts-integration&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_term=link 

Geo-Literacy Projects Build Students' Understanding of Our Complex World

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/geo-literacy-projects-build-students-understanding-our-complex-world-suzie-boss?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_campaign=scholastic

Are Learning Styles Real - and Useful? 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2015/09/are-learning-styles-real-and-useful.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29