Saturday, February 6, 2016

Aww Garsh--Love Songs for Valentine's Day #20


Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7OgIMMRc4&feature=kp

 

"Sweet Child O' Mine"
She's got a smile that it seems to me
Reminds me of childhood memories
Where everything
Was as fresh as the bright blue sky
Now and then when I see her face
She takes me away to that
special place
And if I stared too long
I'd probably break down and cry

Sweet child o' mine
Sweet love of mine

She's got eyes of the bluest skies
As if they thought of rain
I hate to look into those eyes
And see an ounce of pain
Her hair reminds me
of a warm safe place
Where as a child I'd hide
And pray for the thunder
And the rain
To quietly pass me by

Sweet child o' mine
Sweet love of mine

Where do we go
Where do we go now
Where do we go
Sweet child o' mine

 


Black History Month: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.


Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Exciting news! Henry Louis Gates has a new documentary debuting Feb. 27, 2017 on PBS. It is called Africa's Great Civilizations http://www.pbs.org/show/africas-great-civilizations/ . Got to watch!



Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,  is a notable educator, writer, film maker, and an unusually empathetic and honest commentor and interviewer involved forcefully in America's national racial group therapy.

I first became aware in his analysis when viewing 'African American Lives' on PBS in 2006. It was simultaneous to my choice to have DNA analysis of my own ancestry, and I discovered I am actually 10 percent sub-Saharan African myself. I felt I had joined Dr. Gates, et al, on a voyage of discovery. Dr. Gates later discovered his Irish roots during the series.

Henry Louis Gates not only has done a great amount of serious historical research, he has brought this knowledge to the nation in amazingly accessible ways. Books, television, documentaries, interviews--whatever your learning gate is, he will open it for you to better understand not only the African American story, but the American story. Dr. Gates provides a camaraderie of the human adventure, not only the African one. I believe this deep, profound work is one of not only scholarship but also of healing so our diversity can be a strength not a division. 

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University, as well as director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research. Professor Gates is Editor-in-Chief of TheRoot.com, a daily online magazine focusing on issues of interest to the African American community http://www.theroot.com/

Wikipedia provided the following list of films (many of which are available through Netflix) as well as an impressive list of books and articles by Dr. Gates. I've watched most of these, and really enjoy not only the information but Dr. Gates' informal, friendly style.

"Many Rivers to Cross mini series [Public Broadcasting Service|PBS], Executive Producer, Writer and Host, PBS, 2013
Finding Your Roots, PBS, Executive Producer, Writer and Host, PBS, 2012
Black in Latin America, PBS, Executive Producer, Writer and Presenter, PBS, April 19 – May 10, 2011.
From Great Zimbabwe to Kilimatinde, BBC/PBS, Great Railway Journeys, Narrator and Screenwriter, BBC/PBS, 1996.
The Two Nations of Black America, Host and Scriptwriter, Frontline, WGBH-TV, February 10, 1998.
Leaving Eldridge Cleaver, WGBH, 1999
Wonders of the African World, PBS, October 25–27, 1999 (six-part series)
Shown as Into Africa on BBC-2 in the United Kingdom and South Africa, Summer, 1999 
America Beyond the Color Line, Host and Scriptwriter (four-part series) PBS, 2004.[25]
African American Lives, Host and Narrator, PBS, February 2006
African American Lives 2, Host and Narrator, PBS, February 2008
Looking For Lincoln, Host and Narrator, PBS, February 2009
Appiah, Anthony; Gates, Henry Louis, Jr (1999). Microsoft Encarta Africana Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Black History and Culture (First ed.). Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corp. ISBN 0-7356-0057-0. [26] (CD-Rom)
Credited for his involvement in Unchained Memories (2003)

Educational Links 2/7/16

Three Useful Growth Mindset Resources

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2015/05/08/three-useful-growth-mindset-resources/ 

A Tutorial For Google Drive In The Classroom

http://www.teachthought.com/uncategorized/google-drive-in-the-classroom-tutorial/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem&utm_content=56b6629304d3010fdfbe905a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook 

The ADHD-Dyslexia Connection

http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/11749.html 

7 Tips For Getting Started With Mindfulness In The Classroom

http://www.teachthought.com/uncategorized/7-tips-getting-started-mindfulness-classroom/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem&utm_content=56b62a5304d3014b0a4d7309&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook 

‘Teachers are having to work harder to find lessons that distract students from the digital mind swamp’ 

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/teachers-are-having-work-harder-find-lessons-distract-students 

Group Urges Presidential Candidates to Take Stand on Disability Issues

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2016/02/presidential_candidates_disability_issues.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

 Disability issues have received little more than incidental attention during this presidential campaign season. But RespectAbility, a 3-year-old advocacy organization, is pushing to raise the topic's profile this year.

Education Writers to Read #1

In his own words:

I teach English, Social Studies and International Baccalaureate classes to English Language Learners and mainstream students at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, California.

I've written seven books: Building A Community Of Self-Motivated Learners: Strategies To Help Students Thrive In School and Beyond; Classroom Management Q&As: Expert Strategies for Teaching; Self-Driven Learning: Teaching Strategies For Student Motivation; The ESL/ELL Teacher's Survival Guide (with co-author Katie Hull Sypnieski); Helping Students Motivate Themselves: Practical Answers To Classroom Challenges; English Language Learners: Teaching Strategies That Work; and Building Parent Engagement In Schools (with co-author Lorie Hammond).

I've won several awards, including the Leadership For A Changing World Award from the Ford Foundation and was the Grand Prize Winner of the International Reading Association Award for Technology and Reading.

I write a popular education blog at http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/ , a weekly teacher advice column for Education Week Teacher and a weekly post for The New York Times. My articles on education policy regularly appear in the Washington Post and the Huffington Post. In addition, my articles have appeared in publications such as ASCD Educational Leadership, Social Policy, and Language Magazine. I also host an online radio show on The BAM! Network.

I was a community organizer for nineteen years prior to becoming a public school teacher.

per Amazon's bio of Larry   http://www.amazon.com/Larry-Ferlazzo/e/B0028OK9ZW

In my words: 

I cannot imagine how Larry Ferlazzo gets everything done! Just teaching his students is more than a fulltime career! But he is an excellent, impactive education writer representing his students with knowledge, persistence, and intelligence of information. Read everything he's written, and keep up with his outstanding new stuff.  RSS feeds could help.

“How to Practice Restorative Justice in Schools”


Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

…For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL


http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/ 


 

 

Aww Garsh--Love Songs for Valentine's Day #19

Earthquake Movement Graphic--California

 

I Feel The Earth Move - Carole King - With Lyrics 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbQ4m-NqeF8

I feel the earth move under my feet

I feel the sky tumbling down
I feel my heart start to trembling
Whenever you're around

Oh, baby, when I see your face
Mellow as the month of May
Oh, darling, I can't stand it
When you look at me that way

I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down
I feel my heart start to trembling
Whenever you're around

Oh, darling, when you're near me
And you tenderly call my name
I know that my emotions
Are something that I just can't tame
I've just got to have you, baby

I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down
I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down

I just lose control
Down to my very soul
I get hot and cold all over

I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down
Tumbling down
Tumbling down
Tumbling down
Tumbling down

Friday, February 5, 2016

Educational Links 2/6/16

by Robert Sun

Learning Begins With A Positive Self-Identity

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/personalized-learning/learning-begins-with-a-positive-self-identity/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem&utm_content=56b4e6e304d3015bdec8683d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook 

Could Rubric-Based Grading Be the Assessment of the Future?

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/10/14/could-rubric-based-grading-be-the-assessment-of-the-future/ 

Technology in the Classroom: Make the Most of What You Have 

http://www.teachhub.com/technology-classroom-make-most-what-you-have 

The Pitfalls of Passing and Not Passing

http://www.thinkinclusive.us/the-pitfalls-of-passing-and-not-passing/?utm_content=bufferd4849&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

Helping Your Students Cope With a Violent World

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/helping-students-cope-violent-world-richard-curwin?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow 

Watch, Learn, Interact: Tch Video Lounge is Open!

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2016/02/05/video-lounge-is-open/ 

Are You a History Teacher? Turn your Classroom into a Time Machine

http://edtechreview.in/trends-insights/insights/1247-infographic-turn-your-classroom-into-a-time-machine?utm_content=buffera9943&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

 

 

Aww Garsh--Love Song For Valentine's Day # 18

LOVE LETTER II


Luiza Vizoli

  Carpenters Close To You 

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


 "(They Long To Be) Close To You"


Why do birds suddenly appear, ev'ry time you are near?
Just like me, they long to be close to you.
Why do stars fall down from the sky, ev'ry time you walk by?
Just like me, they long to be close to you.

On the day that you were born the angels got together.
And decided to create a dream come true.
So, they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold,
And star-light in your eyes of blue.
That is why all the girls in town follow you all around.
Just like me, they long to be close to you...

On the day that you were born the angels got together.
And decided to create a dream come true.
So, they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold,
And star-light in your eyes of blue.
That is why all the girls in town follow you all around.
Just like me, they long to be close to you...
Just like me, they long to be close to you...

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Educational Links 2/5/16

Students listening to Ernest Jenkins III in his Manhood Development class at Oakland High School. Jim Wilson/The New York Times

In Oakland, Building Boys Into Men

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/07/education/edlife/in-oakland-building-boys-into-men.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur

17 Things You Didn’t Know Google Chrome Could Do

http://www.buzzfeed.com/nicolenguyen/google-chromeo-bonafied-lovin?utm_term=.krVNZ6o3a#.av3o2KRAy 

How Can I Tell If My Child Was Misdiagnosed With ADHD? 

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/add-adhd/how-can-i-tell-if-my-child-was-misdiagnosed-with-adhd?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

5 Ways to Use Rewards in the Classroom

http://www.learningandthebrain.com/blog/rewards-in-the-classroom/ 

“Learning About Learning” Provides Very Good Narrow Summaries Of Research & Over-The-Top Recommendations

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2016/02/04/learning-about-learning-provides-very-good-narrow-summaries-of-research-over-the-top-recommendations/ 

Second Circuit Rules that Failing to Address Bullying May Violate IDEA

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2016/02/second-circuit-rules-that-failing-to.html 

Bipartisan Dyslexia Bill Heads to President’s Desk

https://science.house.gov/news/press-releases/bipartisan-dyslexia-bill-heads-president-s-desk 

The House of Representatives today cleared the way for the bipartisan Research Excellence and Advancements for Dyslexia Act (READ Act) (H.R. 3033) to be signed into law. The READ Act, introduced by Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), supports important research to further our understanding of dyslexia, including better methods for early detection and teacher training.


 

 

 

 

Aww Garsh--Loves Songs for Valentine's Day # 17

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dancing the feeling of romance.

Written by Cole Porter, arranged by Nelson Riddle, sung by Frank Sinatra. Can't swing much more than that.



Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin (HQ)


http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play?p=i%27ve+got+you+under+my+skin+youtube&vid=f0ccbd0ce48075be72f143e0630e1fe4&l=3%3A31&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DV.4518422841460970%26pid%3D15.1&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D9dk7hO4UFF8&tit=Frank+Sinatra+-+I%26%2339%3Bve+Got+You+Under+My+Skin+%28HQ%29&c=22&sigr=11ah808mk&sigt=11j3bng2c&ct=p&pstcat=arts+culture+and+entertainment&age=0&&tt=b

STEM Valentines

I judge not; I am a nerd, too, and I think Nikola Tesla is flirting with me.

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Black History Month: George Washington Carver

Black History Month: George Washington Carver: George Washington Carver (front row, center) poses with fellow staff members at the Tuskegee Institute (now known as Tuskegee ...

Aww Garsh--Love Songs For Valentine's Day # 16

Aww Garsh--Love Songs For Valentine's Day # 16: Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are [OFFICIAL VIDEO]   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjhCEhWiKX Ohhhhh ohhhhhh ohhhhhh ohh...

Educational Links 2/4/16

 

What’s Lost When Kids Are ‘Under-connected’ to the Internet?

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/02/03/whats-lost-when-kids-are-under-connected-to-the-internet/

Conferring Notes: Gathering Data 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/gathering-data-to-inform-instruction-ousd 

8 Tools for Kids With Dysgraphia 

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/dysgraphia/8-tools-for-kids-with-dysgraphia?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

ADHD Plus: 10 Conditions That May Show Up with Attention Deficit

http://www.additudemag.com/slideshow/32/slide-1.html 

Navigating Toward Personalized Professional Development

http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2016/02/01/navigating-towards-personalized-professional-development.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

Research says a reverse gender gap exists for kids who grow up in poverty

http://qz.com/608566/research-says-a-reverse-gender-gap-exists-for-kids-who-grow-up-in-poverty/ 

'Supporting a student who has experienced loss can impact upon everything a teacher does'

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/supporting-a-student-who-has-experienced-loss-can-impact-upon 

Education Secretary Calls For Fewer (But Better) Tests

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/02/03/465300655/the-education-secretary-calls-for-fewer-better-tests?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160203 

But King's call for "ensuring assessments move beyond bubble tests" to "multiple measures," including "writing, problem-solving and critical thinking," may be a tall order. With the adoption of the Common Core (followed in many states by the rejection of those standards), states have already seen rapid turnover in their assessment regimes in the last decade or so.

 

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Educational Links 2/3/16


 

6 Alternatives To Bloom’s Taxonomy For Teachers

http://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/blooms-taxonomy/5-alternatives-to-blooms-taxonomy/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem&utm_content=56b0e45304d3015ee5637a35&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook 

Teach the Super Bowl: Ideas for Subjects Across the Curriculum

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/teach-the-super-bowl-ideas-for-across-the-curriculum/ 

We Still Don't Know What Makes a Great Teacher

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-02-02/we-still-dont-know-what-makes-a-great-teacher 

Report: Inclusion On Rise In Nation’s Schools

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2016/02/02/report-inclusion-rise/21862/ 

Teaching Is Harder–And More Rewarding–Than Ever

http://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/teaching-is-harder-than-its-ever-been/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem&utm_content=56b0f26304d3016cbf273786&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook 

The Benefits of No-Tech Note Taking

http://chronicle.com/article/The-Benefits-of-No-Tech-Note/228089/ 

WATCH: Astronaut Tim Peake's live TES #CosmicClassroom thrills hundreds of thousands of school pupils

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-news/watch-astronaut-tim-peakes-live-tes-cosmicclassroom-thrills-hundreds 

The Science Of Getting Kids Organized

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/02/02/463593878/the-science-of-getting-kids-organized 

If you've ever gotten a glimpse inside a high schooler's backpack or locker, you know organization doesn't always come naturally to teens. Being scatterbrained in school can make make it tough to stay focused and do well.

 

Aww Garsh--Songs for Valentine's Day #15

Bill Whithers - Just the two of us (ORIGINAL SONG)

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UzBSxoXVRs

  I see the crystal raindrops fall
And the beauty of it all is when the sun comes shining through
To make those rainbows in my mind when I think of you sometime
And I want to spend some time with you

Just the two of us
We can make it if we try
Just the two of us

Just the two of us
Building castles in the sky
Just the two of us
You and I

We look for love, no time for tears
Wasted water's all that is and it don't make no flowers grow
Good things might come to those who wait, not for those who wait too late
We've got to go for all we know

Just the two of us
We can make it if we try
Just the two of us

Just the two of us
Building them castles in the sky
Just the two of us
You and I

I hear the crystal raindrops fall on the window down the hall
And it becomes the morning dew
And, darling, when the morning comes and I see the morning sun
I want to be the one with you

Just the two of us
We can make it if we try
Just the two of us

Just the two of us
Building big castles way on high
Just the two of us
You and I

Let's get it together, baby

Black History Month: The Original Glee Girls

The Marvelettes in a 1963 promotional photo.Clockwise form top left, Gladys Horton, Katherine Anderson, Georgeanna Tillman, and Wanda Young
These girls were in their high school glee club when they were signed by Motown. They were the first successful girl group for Motown. 

I like the integrated audience way back in 1961. BTW the Beatles did a cover of this song (what an amazing compliment for the girls from Detroit; the Beatles very much appreciated black artists--young women artists, too.)

So we celebrate Black History Month with encouragement to all teens everywhere to sing, sing, sing. 

The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman 


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

As an aside, music of all kinds provided impetus to the Civil Rights Movement, and I would like to give the Beatles some credit for appreciating all types of music as well as standing up for human rights at the beginning of their world fame when money and even their safety was at state. (The KKK threatened them and demonstrated at some of their concerts.)

Beatles Refused To Play For Segregated Audiences, Contract Reveal 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/16/beatles-refused-to-play-segregated-audiences_n_966541.html 

1965 Pro Integration Beatles Contract Sells For $23K

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/09/21/1965-pro-integration-beatles-contract-sells-for-23k/ 

And the Beatles gave homage to the Marvelltes, with John Lennon requesting to 'delivah da lettah, the sooner the bettah.' And a little British humor.


 Please Mr. Postman - The Beatles


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pvt2YK88MI

Monday, February 1, 2016

Educational Links 2/2/16

10 Tips for Growing Bookworms

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/edwords-blog/10-tips-for-growing-boowkworms

6 Tips for Helping Your Child Improve Reading Comprehension 

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/partnering-with-childs-school/instructional-strategies/6-tips-for-helping-your-child-improve-reading-comprehension?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

Math Tools Backed by Research

https://www.graphite.org/top-picks/math-tools-backed-by-research 

What Teachers Can Learn From Lincoln

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/what-teachers-learn-from-lincoln-joe-hirsch?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow 

Fiction in the Classroom: Can Stories Foster Empathy?

http://www.learningandthebrain.com/blog/fiction/ 

Bullying – Resources to Create Change

http://special-ism.com/bullying-resources-to-create-change/ 

Bullying – an unfortunate and all too real topic for many children with and without various isms.Consider the statistics – “as many as half of all children are bullied at some time during their school years, and at least 10% are bullied on a regular basis.”
Bullying is insidious.  Bullying has serious and lasting effects on everyone involved including the victims, bullies, and witnesses.
Special-Ism Team

Black History Month: Langston Hughes, Two Favorite Poems

 

Harlem

By Langston Hughes
What happens to a dream deferred?



      Does it dry up

      like a raisin in the sun?

      Or fester like a sore—

      And then run?

      Does it stink like rotten meat?

      Or crust and sugar over—

      like a syrupy sweet?



      Maybe it just sags

      like a heavy load.



      Or does it explode?

 
Mother to Son
By Langston Hughes
Well, son, I’ll tell you:
Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
It’s had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare.
But all the time
I’se been a-climbin’ on,
And reachin’ landin’s,
And turnin’ corners,
And sometimes goin’ in the dark
Where there ain’t been no light.
So boy, don’t you turn back.
Don’t you set down on the steps
’Cause you finds it’s kinder hard.
Don’t you fall now—
For I’se still goin’, honey,
I’se still climbin’,
And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.

Aww Garsh: Songs for Valentine's Day #14

Song from the broadway play and movie Music Man--


Matthew Broderick & Kristin Chenoweth - Till There Was You (The Music Man) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muvUfAC5xmc


but made really famous by Paul McCartney and the Beatles when they were just boys. And such a sweet guitar accompaniment by George Harrison.



The Beatles - Till There Was You (2009 Stereo Remaster) 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iNeluC3fgo

Winter Nature Activities Outside

MzTeachuh: Winter Nature Activities Outside: Outside nature activities involve many STEM related uses--what an opportunity! Holiday ice art http://www.activekidsclub...

Helpful Hints for Teachers

Helpful Hints for Teachers:   Google Drive: The Basics   http://catlintucker.com/2015/01/google-drive-the-basics/ The Flow Theory In The Classroom: A Primer ...

Super Bowl Sunday, Bill Walsh and a Chuckle or Two...

MzTeachuh: Super Bowl Sunday, Bill Walsh and a Chuckle or Two...: Bill Walsh, one of the best ever coaches Bill Walsh, that's the coach of coaches.  He wrote some very positi...

Teachable Moment: Learning About Lincoln

MzTeachuh: Teachable Moment: Learning About Lincoln: Spielberg's 'Lincoln.' It is always an important moment to learn about Abraham Lincoln. But Steven Spie...

ADHD--What To Do

ADHD Is Fuel for Adventure

http://www.outsideonline.com/2048391/adhd-fuel-adventure 

EARLY WARNING SIGNS OF ADHD MOST PEOPLE MISS

http://www.healthist.co/2016/01/30/early-warning-signs-of-adhd-most-people-miss/ 

4 Key Symptoms of ADHD

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

When ADHD Isn't What It Seems 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2016/02/when-adhd-isnt-what-it-seems.html :

This site is an excellent resource:

http://www.additudemag.com/channel/adhd-learning-disabilities/index.html

Exercise Is Adderall Minus the Profits

https://www.inverse.com/article/10577-exercise-is-adderall-minus-the-profits 

An old-school paradigm for treating ADHD can replace habit-forming drugs, but isn't profitable enough for the pharmaceutical age.

Yasmin Tayag

 

Sunday, January 31, 2016

Aww Garsh: Songs for Valentine's Day #13

lordmezry.deviantart.com



 

One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (Live on Today Show) - [HD] 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-skZimFOOI


 

 

 "What Makes You Beautiful"
[Verse 1]


[Liam]
You're insecure,
Don't know what for,
You're turning heads when you walk through the door,
Don't need make-up,
To cover up,
Being the way that you are is enough,

[Bridge] [Harry]
Everyone else in the room can see it,
Everyone else but you,

[Chorus] [All]
Baby you light up my world like nobody else,
The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed,
But when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell,
You don't know,
Oh, oh,
You don't know you're beautiful,
If only you saw what I can see,
You'd understand why I want you so desperately,
Right now I'm looking at you and I can't believe,
You don't know,
Oh, oh,
You don't know you're beautiful,
Oh, oh,
That's what makes you beautiful

[Verse 2] [Zayn]
So c-come on.
You got it wrong.
To prove I'm right
I put it in a song.
I don't know why
You're being shy,
And turn away when I look into your eye-eye-eyes,

[Bridge] [Harry]
Everyone else in the room can see it,
Everyone else but you,

[Chorus] [All]
Baby you light up my world like nobody else,
The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed,
But when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell,
You don't know,
Oh oh,
You don't know you're beautiful,
If only you saw what I can see,
You'll understand why I want you so desperately,
Right now I'm looking at you and I can't believe,
You don't know,
Oh oh,
You don't know you're beautiful,
Oh oh,

[Harry]
That's what makes you beautiful

Na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na [x2]

[Harry]
Baby you light up my world like nobody else,
The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed,
But when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell,

[All]
You don't know,
Oh oh,
You don't know you're beautiful,

[Chorus] [All]
Baby you light up my world like nobody else,
The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed,
But when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell,
You don't know,
Oh oh,
You don't know you're beautiful (Oh),
If only you saw what I can see,
You'll understand why I want you so desperately ([Harry:] desperately),
Right now I'm looking at you and I can't believe,
You don't know,
Oh oh,
You don't know you're beautiful,
Oh oh,
You don't know you're beautiful,
Oh oh,

[Harry]
That's what makes you beautiful

Educational Links 2/1/16

4 Principles Of Student-Centered Learning

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/personalized-learning/4-principles-student-centered-learning/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem&utm_content=56ae415304d3016519c79aef&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook 

Black History Month Lessons & Resources

http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/black-history-month.htm 

Autism Spectrum Disorder Fact Sheet

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/autism/detail_autism.htm 

What keeps me awake at night: the education system is imploding and so are many of those stuck within it

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/what-keeps-me-awake-night-education-system-imploding-and-so-are-many 

The Teacher’s Guide To Keeping Students Safe Online

http://www.edudemic.com/guides/the-teachers-guide-to-keeping-students-safe-online/ 

5 Ways Kids Use Working Memory to Learn

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/executive-functioning-issues/5-ways-kids-use-working-memory-to-learn?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

Calling All Science Teachers: Join The Tch NextGen Squad!

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2016/01/28/tch-nextgen-squad/ 

“Being self-aware about what’s effective learning and how it happens, I think, gives you a real edge in making those choices.”

Black History Month: Reading Resources (Reading Rockets)

Books by Theme

http://www.readingrockets.org/articles/books/c1226

Books about Martin Luther King, Jr.

The titles below include children's books about Dr. King, fiction and nonfiction books about ordinary people who stand up for what's right, and stories about helping others and giving back.

Child of the Civil Rights Movement

By: Paula Young Shelton
Illustrated by: Raul Colón
Age Level: 6-9
Reading Level: Independent Reader
The youngest daughter of civil rights leader Andrew Young shares a time when she and her two older sisters moved from New York to Atlanta to protest and ultimately change unfair laws. The narration is innocent and child-like — effectively describing what Jim Crow was and giving glimpse of the leaders of the period (including Martin Luther King, Jr.). Soft lined, textured illustrations evoke the time and its tenor while portraying people in a recognizable way. An end note provides additional information about the people depicted.

City Green

By: DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan
Age Level: 6-9
Reading Level: Independent Reader
There is a garbage-filled, vacant lot on the street where Marcy lives. Instead of growing flowers in coffee cans like they usually do each spring, she and her friend Miss Rosa decide to plant a garden there. Their enthusiasm and energy spread and everyone in the neighborhood joins together to create an urban oasis. (From School Library Journal)

Dear Mr. Rosenwald

By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Age Level: 6-9
Reading Level: Beginning Reader
A 10 year old girl narrates this fictionalized story, based on real events and people, of how her rural southern town builds a new school for African American children with the help of Julius Rosenwald (then president of Sears Roebuck).

Feliz Cumpleaños, Martin Luther King

By: Jean Marzollo
Illustrated by: Brian Pinkney
Age Level: 3-6
Reading Level: Beginning Reader
En un paquete atractivo se presenta la importancia e influencia del Dr King y por qué se celebra su cumpleaños. Un texto fluido combinado con maravillosas ilustraciones hechas en esgrafiado y pintura para presentar a los niños un tema que a veces resulta difícil.

Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins

By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Age Level: 6-9
Reading Level: Beginning Reader
A girl and her mom want to have a sweet treat on a hot day but cannot sit at the soda fountain simply because they are "colored." Impressionistic paintings soften the harshness of the story of segregation in the South during a turbulent time.

Freedom Summer

By: Deborah Wiles, Jerome Lagarrigue
Illustrated by: Jerome Lagarrigue
Age Level: 6-9
Reading Level: Independent Reader
Joe and John Henry are friends who have many interests in common, including swimming. But because John Henry has brown skin and Joe's is the "color of pale moths," they cannot swim together in the town’s pool. Told by Joe and eloquently illustrated, the emotions and power of friends trying to understand an unfriendly world are timeless.

Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King

By: Jean Marzollo
Illustrated by: Brian Pinkney
Age Level: 3-6
Reading Level: Beginning Reader
The significance and impact of Dr. King and why his birthday is celebrated is presented in a handsome package. Fluid text combines with stunning illustrations done in scratchboard and paint, to make a sometimes difficult subject accessible to younger children. Also available in Spanish.

I Am Rosa Parks

By: Rosa Parks, James Haskins
Illustrated by: Wil Clay
Age Level: 6-9
Reading Level: Independent Reader
The famous civil rights activist Rosa Parks has simplified her autobiography for young readers in this Puffin Easy to Read book. She describes how she was arrested for not giving up her bus seat and shows that her personal role was part of a wider political struggle.

March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World

By: Christine King Farris
Illustrated by: London Ladd
Age Level: 6-9
Reading Level: Independent Reader
Martin Luther King, Jr. prepared diligently for his now famous "I have a dream" speech given on August 28, 1963 during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It was King's unshakable belief in nonviolence and the power of words that galvanized the country. This informal account is both personal and satisfying as revealed by Martin's older sister who watched it on television with their parents in Atlanta. Full-color illustrations and expressive typography highlight words and enhance the tone.

Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

By: Doreen Rappaport
Illustrated by: Bryan Collier
Age Level: 6-9
Reading Level: Beginning Reader
Martin Luther King Jr. grew up fascinated by big words. He would later go on to use these words to inspire a nation and call people to action. In this award-winning book, powerful portraits of King show how he used words, not weapons, to fight injustice.

Miss Rumphius

By: Barbara Cooney
Age Level: 6-9
Reading Level: Independent Reader
Miss Rumphius leaves the world more beautiful with an unusual legacy. This gentle story can relate to not only the language arts, but to dreams, legacies, and the environment.

Mrs. Katz and Tush

By: Patricia Polacco
Age Level: 6-9
Reading Level: Independent Reader
In this special Passover story, Larnel Moore, a young African-American boy, and Mrs. Katz, an elderly Jewish woman, develop an unusual friendship through their mutual concern for an abandoned cat named Tush. Together they explore the common themes of suffering and triumph in each of their cultures.

Rosa

By: Nikki Giovanni
Illustrated by: Bryan Collier
Age Level: 6-9
Reading Level: Independent Reader
Rosa Parks was an ordinary woman who became a hero because she "was not going to give in to that which was wrong." A catalyst for the famous Montgomery Bus boycott in Alabama, she turned the nation's attention to a glaring injustice in our society. Powerful illustrations evoke a time before the Civil Rights era and give the reader a glimpse at a person, her impact, and a period in American history.

Show Way

By: Jacqueline Woodson, Hudson Talbott
Illustrated by: Hudson Talbott
Age Level: 6-9
Reading Level: Independent Reader
Soonie's great grandmother was only seven-years-old when sold to the big plantation. A quilt that showed the way to freedom and chronicled the family's history connects the generations, and continues to do so. Idealized illustrations and the poetic text provide an unusual family story.

Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down

By: Andrea Pinkney
Illustrated by: Brian Pinkney
Age Level: 6-9
Reading Level: Independent Reader
The words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., inspired four students to protest in a way that ultimately changed the United States. Their peaceful dissent at the segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, would "combine black with white to make sweet justice." The "Greensboro Four" began their sit-in on February 1, 1960 and contributed to the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The text suggests storytelling and is accompanied by light-lined but evocative illustrations; back matter completes this compelling portrait.

The Quiltmaker's Gift

By: Jeff Brumbeau, Gail de Marcken
Illustrated by: Gail de Marcken
Age Level: 6-9
Reading Level: Independent Reader
A beautifully illustrated, sentimental tale about a king who only takes and a master quiltmaker who only gives. The story tells of the true benefits that come from both giving and receiving.

The Story of Ruby Bridges

By: Robert Coles
Illustrated by: George Ford
Age Level: 3-6
Reading Level: Beginning Reader
This is the true story of a brave six-year-old child who found the strength to walk through protesters and enter a whites-only school in New Orleans in 1960. The sepia watercolors capture the warmth of Ruby's family and community.

Through My Eyes

By: Ruby Bridges
Age Level: 9-12
Reading Level: Independent Reader
Six-year-old Ruby Bridges became the first African American to integrate an elementary school. Her memories of that year, when so much hatred was directed at her, makes for a powerful memoir. A 1999 Parents' Choice Gold Award Winner.

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge

By: Mem Fox, Julie Vivas
Illustrated by: Julie Vivas
Age Level: 3-6
Reading Level: Beginning Reader
Wilfrid helps an elderly friend, Miss Nancy, regain lost memories by bringing her some of her favorite things to remind her of them. This is a tender story of a friendship between two very different people, both of whom have four names, and the nature of memories.