Saturday, October 24, 2015

Educational Links 10/25/15

President Obama and Arne Duncan

Obama encouraging limits on standardized tests, less 'obsessing' about testing

http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2015/10/24/obama-cap-class-time-devoted-to-standardized-student-tests

Obama administration announces new testing guidelines

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/24/politics/barack-obama-teachers-testing/

Teaching Teachers To Teach: It's Not So Elementary

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/10/24/437555944/teaching-teachers-to-teach-its-not-so-elementary?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=education

Progressive Education Has a Race Problem (Part I)

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

Designing, Building and Iterating Alongside Engineering Professionals

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/10/23/designing-building-and-iterating-alongside-engineering-professionals/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Progress Monitoring of Kids with LD

http://www.nesca-news.com/2015/10/progress-monitoring-of-kids-with-ld.html

10 districts that have seen big blended learning success

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/10/22/districts-blended-learning-824/

Blended Learning

http://www.edutopia.org/blogs/tag/blended-learning

Best Articles for Educators 10/25/15

The Evidence That White Children Benefit From Integrated Schools

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/10/19/446085513/the-evidence-that-white-children-benefit-from-integrated-schools

It's Fine For Districts to 'Say Dyslexia,' According to New Ed. Dept. Guidance

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2015/10/say_dyslexia_education_department.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OnSpecialEducation+%28Education+Week+Blog%3A+On+Special+Education%29

Special Ed Changes Likely in Final Months of Obama Admin

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

Understanding ADHD

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/add-adhd/understanding-adhd

If Math and Reading NAEP Scores Fall, Who's to Blame?

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2015/10/if_naep_scores_fall_who_is_to_blame.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

Creating an Identity-Safe Classroom In Children Through Embracing Uncertainty

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/10/21/how-to-spark-curiosity-in-children-by-embracing-uncertainty/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Creating an Identity-Safe Classroom

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/creating-an-identity-safe-classroom-becki-cohn-vargas-dorothy-steele?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Showing Tolerance

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MzTeachuh: Monet and Vivaldi: Autumn

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MzTeachuh: Silly Music For Halloween #3...they're creepy and ...

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Next Week's Lesson Plans 10/24/15

Yeah, yeah, that's what all the veteran teachers say.

These links may help you develop plans for current events.

I challenge you, dear teacher, to be neutral in this discussion.

Libya

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/libya/index.html

11 Benghazi takeaways: One for each hour

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/22/politics/hillary-clinton-benghazi-hearing-takeaways/

AP FACT CHECK: Some facts got twisted out of shape by Clinton, lawmakers at Benghazi hearing

http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2015/10/23/ap-fact-check-clinton-and-critics-on-benghazi-emails

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

Apps That Actually Help Kids Learn

http://anniemurphypaul.com/2015/10/apps-that-actually-help-kids-learn/

What If Everybody Understood Child Development?

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

Understanding ADHD

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/add-adhd/understanding-adhd

These links will help you make your class more vibrant and less mind-boggingly monotonous (I say this from personal experience.)

6 Baseball-Themed Classroom Activities for the World Series

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/world-series-classroom-activities-matthew-davis

BASEBALL-UNIT-LESSONS-ACTIVITIES-PRINTABLES

http://mrscjacksonsclass.com/baseball.htm

This next link is not just for Cubs' fans.

Teachable Moment: Casey At The Bat (and Baseball Bugs)

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2014/10/teachable-moment-casey-at-bat_28.html

Baseball Bugs

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

- See more at: http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2014/10/teachable-moment-casey-at-bat_28.html#sthash.6h7UaesJ.dpuf

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

Classroom Management

http://www.edutopia.org/blogs/tag/classroom-management

30 Classroom Procedures to Head Off Behavior Problems

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/30-classroom-procedures-head-behavior-problems

Streamlining Procedures and Ensuring Proficiency

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/streamlining-classroom-procedures

Teaching Is Classroom Management http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/02/teaching-isclassroom-management_24.html

Friday, October 23, 2015

Silly Music For Halloween #2...I Ain't Afraid of No Ghosts

Well, I'm not.
Writing prompt: 5 Reasons I Ain't Afraid of No Ghosts
Can include illustrations of inventions, such as the Ghost Vacuum (Portable Containment Unit.)

Ghostbusters song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rarRiqWH8v4

Education Links 10/24/15

Alternate Education for Rural Development: A Practical, Successful Solution

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/alternate-education-for-rural-development-ana-lowenberg-garcia-lorenzana

Designing, Building and Iterating Alongside Engineering Professionals

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/10/23/designing-building-and-iterating-alongside-engineering-professionals/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Toxic Influence: How a Chemical Industry Trade Group You've Never Heard of Threatens Your Health (and Your Children's!)

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2015/10/toxic-influence-how-chemical-industry.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29

7 Ways To Drop The Mic In Math Class

http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/7-ways-to-drop-the-mic-in-math-class/

It's Fine For Districts to 'Say Dyslexia,' According to New Ed. Dept. Guidance

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2015/10/say_dyslexia_education_department.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OnSpecialEducation+%28Education+Week+Blog%3A+On+Special+Education%29

One Giant Leap Into 21st Century Science Standards

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2015/10/23/21st-century-science-standards/

A Beginning List Of The Best Resources For Learning About Hurricane Patricia (& Hurricanes In General)

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2015/10/23/a-beginning-list-of-the-best-resources-for-learning-about-hurricane-patricia-hurricanes-in-general/

MzTeachuh: Hey, Meet Me At Recess By the Swings!

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MzTeachuh: What Is Up With That Kid?

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MzTeachuh: Silly Music For Halloween #1 uh wella...saw the th...

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Thursday, October 22, 2015

MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 10/23/15

With A-Poe-logies to Edgar
http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/10/with-poe-logies-to-edgar.html

Websites for Special Education
http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2014/09/websites-for-special-education.html?spref=bl

Educational Link 10/10/15
http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/10/educational-links-101015.html

Special Education Weekly Update 10/19/15
http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/10/special-education-weekly-update-101915.html

Educational Links 10/19/15
http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/10/educational-links-101915.html

Taking Care of Teacher
http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2014/09/taking-care-of-teacher.html?spref=bl

Educational Link 10/17/15
http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/10/educational-links-101715.html

Principal's Suggestion Box #7
http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/09/principals-suggestion-box-letter-7.html?spref=bl

Every Teacher Is A Reading Teacher
http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/10/every-teacher-is-reading-teacher.html

Fun In The Fall For Everyone
http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/10/fun-in-fall-for-everyone.html

Yes, Let's Take A Walk Down That Country Road http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/10/yes-lets-take-walk-down-that-country.html

Thanks to our international readership. It is a privilege to serve you. USA, Canada, UK, Russia, Germany, France, Australia, Slovakia, Ireland, India.

Educational Links 10/23/15

Overly Talkative Students: What Can a Teacher Do?

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/student-centric-strategies/3320-overly-talkative-students-what-can-a-teacher-do

Five Most Popular Posts Of The Week

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2015/10/22/five-most-popular-posts-of-the-week-54/

If Math and Reading NAEP Scores Fall, Who's to Blame?

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2015/10/if_naep_scores_fall_who_is_to_blame.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

Candy Crime Scene - A Science Lesson

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/11/candy-crime-scene-science-lesson.html#.VimRTmu8nIU

6 Baseball-Themed Classroom Activities for the World Series

https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1441644043303616609#overviewstats

Special Ed Changes Likely in Final Months of Obama Admin

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

Understanding ADHD

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/add-adhd/understanding-adhd

Google Apps For Education Now Has More Than 50 Million Users

http://www.teachthought.com/technology/google-apps-for-education-now-has-more-than-50-million-users/

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

Nature, My Garden and Me: Plant Bulbs Now For Joyful Color in Winter!

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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Education Links 10/22/15

Creating an Identity-Safe Classroom In Children Through Embracing Uncertainty
http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/10/21/how-to-spark-curiosity-in-children-by-embracing-uncertainty/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Creating an Identity-Safe Classroom

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/creating-an-identity-safe-classroom-becki-cohn-vargas-dorothy-steele?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29

ADHD Understood: Science, Skillbuilding, Success

https://www.understood.org/en/community-events/experts-live-chats-webinars/2015/october/26/adhd-understood?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understood

Technology Introduces New Forms Of Experiential Learning

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/technology-introduces-new-forms-of-experiential-learning/

5 Teaching Strategies to Help Boost Test Scores

http://www.teachhub.com/5-teaching-strategies-help-boost-test-scores

Moving Students (and Teachers) from Hating Math to Loving It

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

When one-to-one goes wrong

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/10/21/one-to-one-wrong-474/

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Creating A Living Classroom

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MzTeachuh: When You Need A Laugh

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MzTeachuh: Check Out Ed Tech To Help Teachers

MzTeachuh: Check Out Ed Tech To Help Teachers: How Technology Helps Teachers to Manage Their Classroom http://edtechreview.in/trends-insights/insights/472-technology-helps-teachers-m...

Are You Your School's Grumpy Cat?

I confess, at times I have been the grumpy cat at school. As I realized it, I would go through this handy checklist I once heard in a sermon to see why I wasn't at my best and being grumpy:
H Am I grumpy because I am HUNGRY? Did I eat breakfast? Lunch?
A Am I ANGRY about something unresolved from my life and find it hard to maintain professionalism? Need advice, counseling, etc? Meditation? This could also be ANXIOUS. What steps can I take to feel more optimistic?
L Am I feeling LONELY and isolated? Is there a friendly face at school? Maybe the maintenance crew?
T Am I TIRED? Silly question. Teaching is a full on, multi-level challenge. We're always some kind of tired. But what am I doing about it? Delegating? Early bedtime? Deliberately choosing R and R?

Maybe a person is just a Type A and generally judgmental and bossy. Give it some thought, Ms/Mr Type A--how productive is that, really? There is more control and power in kindness. You can manipulate others through achieving mutual success, and be looking so good yourself.

Here is what the web is saying, Grumpy Cat.

How to Get Along With ANY Teaching Colleague

http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2012/06/15/how-to-get-along-with-any-colleague

Teacher Collaboration in Culturally Responsive Schools

http://www.niusileadscape.org/bl/teacher-collaboration-in-culturally-responsive-schools-by-anne-hynds/

Congenial or Collegial?

http://howtobeagreatteacher.com/uncategorized/congenial-or-collegial/

Moving from congeniality to collegiality

http://edleaderlounge.blogspot.com/2011/02/moving-from-congeniality-to.html

What I've Learned About Being a Good Collaborator

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching-while-leading/2014/12/what_ive_learned_about_being_a.html

Collaborating with Colleagues: Being a Team Player

http://inspiringteachers.blogspot.com/2009/10/collaborating-with-colleagues-being.html

Not getting along with other teachers
http://www.proteacher.net/discussions/showthread.php?t=142850

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Educational Links 10/21/15

What Core Skills Do Teachers Need To Be Effective?

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/10/20/what-core-skills-do-teachers-need-to-be-effective/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Ed Tech Changing Education
http://www.educationworld.com/a_news/how-traditional-instruction-changing-edtech-era-869893999?utm_content=bufferaeb4d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week – Special Edition

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2015/10/20/classroom-instruction-resources-of-the-week-special-edition-3/

Using Digital Games for SEL Assessment and Skill Building

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/using-digital-games-sel-assessment-and-skill-building-maurice-elias?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29

Hyperactivity or Something Deeper? Childhood Trauma Misdiagnosed as ADHD

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

13 Ways Education Could Change In The Next 13 Years

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/13-likely-realities-the-future-learning/

12 Ways to Make Money on the Side as a Teacher

http://www.edudemic.com/make-money-side-teacher/

Treatments for Kids With Learning and Attention Issues

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/treatments-approaches/treatment-options/treatments-for-kids-with-learning-and-attention-issues

Yes, let's take a walk down that country road.

Paul Cezanne - Houses along a Road

JAMES TAYLOR - COUNTRY ROAD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGK0xWddnNk

"Country Road"

Take to the highway, won't you lend me your name?
Your way and my way seem to be one and the same.
Mamma don't understand it, she wants to know where I've been.
I'd have to be some kind of natural born fool to want to pass that way again,
But I could feel it on a country road.

Sail on home to Jesus, won't you good girls and boys.
I'm all in pieces, you can have your own choice.
But I can hear a heavenly band full of angels and they're coming to set me free.
I don't know nothing 'bout the why or when but I can tell that it's bound to be,
because I could feel it, child, yeah, on a country road.

I guess my feet know where they want me to go walking on a country road.

Take to the highway, won't you lend me your name?
Your way and my way seem to be one and the same.
Mamma don't understand it, she wants to know where I've been.
I'd have to be some kind of natural born fool to want to pass that way again,
But I could feel it on a country road.

Walk on down, walk on down, walk on down, walk on down, walk on down a country road.
Na na na na na na na na na na na, country road, yeah, walking on a country road...

MzTeachuh: Principal's Suggestion Box Letter # 7

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Monday, October 19, 2015

Educational Links 10/20/15

The Evidence That White Children Benefit From Integrated Schools

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/10/19/446085513/the-evidence-that-white-children-benefit-from-integrated-schools

A Quick Tip for Better Webcam/ Skype Call Recordings

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/10/a-quick-tip-for-better-webcam-skype.html#.ViWomGu8nIW

5 Ways to Fight the Downward Push of Academics

https://www.inspiredec.com/blog/5-ways-to-fight-the-downward-push-of-academics

High School Educators Share Advice on Preventing Bullying in Class

http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/high-school-notes/2015/10/19/high-school-educators-share-advice-on-preventing-bullying-in-class?src=usn_fb

Enough With the Negative Stories About Schools: I See America Teaching

http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2015/10/14/enough-with-the-negative-stories-about-schools-i-see-america-teaching

Apps to Support Diverse Learners in the Classroom

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/apps-support-diverse-learners-classroom-chester-goad?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29

How Kids Develop Thinking and Learning Skills

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/signs-symptoms/developmental-milestones/how-kids-develop-thinking-and-learning-skills

Every Teacher Is A Reading Teacher

Your credential could be elementary or secondary. Your classroom could have algebra all over the board, or pictures of the Civil War on the wall. Your students could be taking Cornell notes on the scientific method. You are still a reading teacher.

Creative visuals for Pre-algebra. Math 7

Effective teaching includes opportunities for auditory and visual instruction, throwing in activities to solidify the lesson through verbalization by the students in teams and maybe kinesthetic involvement also, like my math teaching collaborators, creating a foldable pamphlet. Many students in the US are now learning English as a second language, and what teachers in the higher grades would normally assume the students had down solid in reading may be necessary to introduce.
http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/PolicyResearch/ELLResearchBrief.pdf

Reading academic language (or actually, any material) is a new experience for many kids. They were not exposed to the basics of reading the English language. And let's face it, English is a booger to learn, full of rules and then rules that don't apply. Ay yi yi!

http://www.readingrockets.org/teaching/about_reading/

Connecting words and symbols.Math 7

A word rich environment never goes out of style, no matter what grade. Hurrah for the word wall! The students can see the words, and the importance of words, and correct spelling. And in our world learning is increasingly auditory, so kids have marvelous working vocabularies of words and concepts from the Discovery Channel or the History Channel--but have never seen the words written down. Therefore, they usually don't recognize hundreds of words for which they know the meaning because they've only heard the word, never seen it written and connected it with the meaning. And the reading skills necessary to access the word may not be in their skill set.
http://www2.yk.psu.edu/learncenter/acskills/auditory.html
http://homeworktips.about.com/od/homeworkhelp/a/learningstyle.htm
It is interesting to find out your personal learning preferences, and help students to identify her own.
http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/LSI/LSI.htm

What can a teacher do without sacrificing crucial academic time? Give kids lots of opportunities to read, read, read. Every teacher has new vocabulary at the beginning of the chapter. Take a minute to

Academic vocabulary in plain view.Science 7

write the word, syllabicate the word, decode the syllables for the kids, and then have them repeat it. Having students syllabicate, decode and read make the kids less anxious about words with several syllables. I know that literacy coaches with reading certificates can get high and mighty about the precision of syllabication, but if you're teaching a seventh grade science class that is having difficulty with the academic vocabulary--just go for it! Quick and dirty--infer in fer, support sup port, formulate for mu late....and if the students don't remember the essential decoding phonics--what the hey-- just tell them the sound er makes, or what silent e does, or when two vowels go walking the first does the talking. For heavens sake, if they need it, they need it! It truly doesn't take long for kids to catch on to decoding. And reading is so very empowering.
http://www.readingrockets.org/teaching/reading101/fluency/
http://www.readingrockets.org/helping/target/phonics/

Power lessons handwritten on giant sticky notes. Social Studies 8

Lessons to SYLLABICATE DECODE CONTEXT are used for kids to analyze unfamiliar words in passages. They could be reading along, then boom! an unknown word of scary length. What's a kid to do? Skip the word? NO! Syllabicate the word, sound it out, then read the surrounding context for clues as to the meaning. There are many, many techniques for reading comprehension. But reading fluency also needs to be addressed, and most instruction is supposedly completed in elementary. Frequently the kids need to be reacquainted with decoding and it is so very empowering for the students to read words fluently; the brief and frequent reminder to syllabicate, decode and read is totally worth the time and effort for all teachers.

Reading advice displayed in Math 7.

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/3479/

Every teacher teaches reading. It is a privilege for me to collaborate in classes where literacy is propagated and honored. My colleagues train constantly for perfection of methods, and meet very frequently to co-plan lessons. What a huge job. What a huge privilege.

The last three years in our middle school I have collaborated with several math teachers, usually seventh grade. They incorporate all methods for the kids' progress in language, reading, and writing as well as Math standards. It is amazing how thoroughly they coordinate instruction for all students (including my students.)

Fun in the Fall for Everyone

Autumn is Goldilock's favorite season: its not too hot or too cold.
Let's go outside! Such fun with nature!

1. Halloween and Bonfire Night

http://www.naturedetectives.org.uk/packs/pack_thrillseeker.htm

http://www.naturedetectives.org.uk/email?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nd_halloweenbonfirenightis

This site has so many diverse activities.

2. Autumn Fun activities

http://www.education.com/seasonal/autumn-fun/

3. Top Five Outdoor Fall Activities

http://parenting.slides.kaboose.com/311-top-five-outdoor-fall-activities/6

4. Autumn Is the Best Season to Play Outdoors

http://www.active.com/outdoors/articles/Autumn_Is_the_Best_Season_to_Play_Outdoors.htm

5. The best Autumn Activities, Fall Traditions and Fun Fall Ideas

http://www.squidoo.com/autumn-activities-fall-traditions-fall-ideas

6. Outdoor Fall Activities

http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/outdoor-fall-activities-709768/

Playing outside in the crisp air makes a kid peckish; older kids, too, like me. The cranberry recipes look especially good.

7. 39 Favorite Fall Desserts

http://familyfun.go.com/autumn/fall-recipes/fall-desserts/favorite-fall-desserts-pg-927273/#Cranberry%20and%20Apple%20Crumble;9

Ah, A New Teacher

New Teacher Survival Guide: Classroom Management

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/new-teacher-classroom-management

Five Quick Classroom Management Tips for Novice Teachers

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/classroom-management-tips-novice-teachers-rebecca-alber

Management Tips for New Teachers

http://www.nea.org/tools/management-tips-for-new-teachers.html

The Beginner’s Guide To Google In The Classroom

http://www.edudemic.com/google-in-the-classroom/

Classroom Organization Tips from Veteran Teachers

https://www.teachervision.com/classroom-management/teaching-methods/6429.html

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MzTeachuh: Cheesy Jokes and Serious Thoughts for Halloween

MzTeachuh: Cheesy Jokes and Serious Thoughts for Halloween: Pumpkin carving as fine art: The Headless Horseman This holiday is very controversial; not only does it offend many family's religi...