Educational Links 2/29/16

We all want recess!!

How schools ruined recess — and four things needed to fix it

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/02/04/how-schools-ruined-recess-and-four-things-needed-to-fix-it/ 

Practical Ways to Develop Students’ Mathematical Reasoning

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/01/14/practical-ways-to-develop-students-mathematical-reasoning/ 

Building Language Skills by Talking About Art 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/build-language-skills-through-the-arts-getty 

Classroom Management Help

http://sarahbrownwessling.com/2016/02/28/classroom-management-help/#prclt-OV82H5y5 

40 Best School Accommodations for Your ADHD Child

http://www.additudemag.com/slideshow/5/slide-1.html 

Makerspace Ideas

http://www.scoop.it/t/makerspace-junction/p/4060361409/2016/02/28/60-makerspace-ideas-for-maker-education-makerspaces-com?hash=b2177783-c938-4cfa-9516-4f468d349eb4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook 

‘Why are they in my class?’ A teacher talks candidly about the most difficult students

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/02/27/why-are-they-in-my-class-a-teacher-talks-candidly-about-the-most-difficult-students/?postshare=7351456663835395&tid=ss_fb-bottom

People who enter the teaching profession are generally those who want to help and make a difference in the lives of young people. Kids who present problems of one kind or another are often seen as welcome challenges to teachers — except when they prove highly disruptive to everyone else in the class. What are teachers supposed to do with those students who they would rather not be placed in their class — but are anyway.

 Valerie Strauss