This School Year: Take Care of Teacher

MzTeachuh: This School Year: Take Care of Teacher: Here is some information and health strategies to stay well and effective. There has been a reappearance of whooping cough and measle...

Educational Links 9/1/19

You've Got Questions, I've Got Answers (Some of Them)

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2019/08/youve-got-questions-ive-got-answers.html?fbclid=IwAR1q9xXziN4ZjHjB_O9aQnbYJnO6sm44Ie3CNuPOWUGcagoHSFS8ikvV3rU

9 Ways to Prepare a Substitute for Your Tough Class

https://www.weareteachers.com/9-ways-to-prepare-a-substitute-for-your-tough-class/?utm_content=1567256852&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3dAmG-Mhb5Vy_R3l8G3XtKfzwHBXmKI-IiPSslC_Z4CS5K5nwQwoitHgk

5 tools to create compelling digital portfolios

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2019/08/02/5-tools-to-create-compelling-digital-portfolios/?utm_content=bufferea6a2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR15Q9uRctdX_yB9mDX8I4g81SCUBiPR_ETFcF7upL4n0zJJxm--hHVd3EU

THE SECRET TO GREAT DISCUSSIONS

https://therobbreviewblog.com/uncategorized/great-discussions/?fbclid=IwAR31xHFfbrfeS-BVW6qv-gSOTgjYW79WhkN8sLapjDY9easB_zX9NlobgGU

20 Ways To Provide Effective Feedback For Learning

https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/20-ways-to-provide-effective-feedback-for-learning/?fbclid=IwAR1bfsDqBBfYp_QDkjKkvaQuo-8vDdu15m8GCTlPXYtQQGm71umhuA0cJ5c

How intentional leadership behaviors can help PBIS implementation

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2019/08/14/how-intentional-leadership-behaviors-can-help-pbis-implementation/?utm_content=buffer3aad7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR3rPhgiQDNAlVoIRzaNNNA2mLLuvB3p054fWQktKGVfvIMAP1AkItKpxSA

Focusing on the proper supports from leadership will enable PBIS to be implemented with more fidelity.

Social and Emotional Learning-- How Do You Feel About That?

MzTeachuh: Social and Emotional Learning-- How Do You Feel Ab...:   Empathy: The Most Important Back-to-School Supply http://www.edutopia.org/blog/empathy-back-to-school-supply-homa-tavangar     Em...

Teaching Is...Soothing the Soul (SEL)

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is...Soothing the Soul (SEL): 1. Resources and Lesson Plans for Social and Emotional Learning  http://www.edutopia.org/stw-louisville-sel-resources-downloads#gr...

Are You Your School's Grumpy Cat?

MzTeachuh: 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 se...

Teaching Is Learning Ed Tech

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Learning Ed Tech: How Technology Helps Teachers to Manage Their Classroom http://edtechreview.in/trends-insights/insights/472-technology-helps-teachers...

Educational Links 8/31/19

Explaining the Value of the Liberal Arts

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-08-28-explaining-the-value-of-the-liberal-arts

Modern Trends In Education: 50 Different Approaches To Learning

https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/modern-trends-education-50-different-approaches-learning/?fbclid=IwAR0z8jSzfTrs00xRQeC_uVNotJD1EAJebe41rNrCWWkuyuzfuiXN-lNI1R8

When You Get Nothing But Crickets

https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/crickets/?utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0GKnl6nhN_n2hjIBraA63zoiib6LY2SYoVS2jfD8D1OIx-HEIQwe2mX7M

Q&A Collections: Advice for New Teachers

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2019/08/qa_collections_advice_for_new_teachers_1.html?fbclid=IwAR2L6Aqk54sIEcB6IMn_xBLwgWm5Kz44IF0Yt_JPpHYj59R29cU--LsacQo

The Scientific Debate Over Teens, Screens And Mental Health

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/54264/the-scientific-debate-over-teens-screens-and-mental-health

A 5 Step Guide to Making Your Own Instructional Videos

https://www.edutopia.org/article/5-step-guide-making-your-own-instructional-videos

Replacing your lectures with self-made videos can boost students’ engagement and free you up to work with them directly.

Teaching the Arts

MzTeachuh: Teaching the Arts:   Maybe they're playing Beethoven. 11 Facts About Arts in Education https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-arts-educa...

How the Arts Unlock the Door to Learning

MzTeachuh: How the Arts Unlock the Door to Learning: How the Arts Unlock the Door to Learning   http://www.edutopia.org/stw-arts-integration-reform-overview ...

Teachers and Online Networking

MzTeachuh: Teachers and Online Networking: School is a very busy place. A classroom teacher can actually go days not communicating with another professional with more than "...

Teaching Is Analyzing the Data

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Analyzing the Data:   1. Three Ways Student Data Can Inform Your Teaching http://www.edutopia.org/blog/using-student-data-inform-teaching-...

Tranquil Afternoon--Art, Music and Maybe a Faun

MzTeachuh: Tranquil Afternoon--Art, Music and Maybe a Faun: 'North Woods' by Richard Kozlow, 1988. But I don't know if the woods in Michigan have mythological creatures or not. ...

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MzTeachuh: Subscribe to email or RSS feed for MzTeachuh's Blo...: You can have new posts  through email or RSS feed. See, the sign-up is to the right, under the Teach 100 badge. It is a privileg...

Differentiating Instruction

MzTeachuh: Differentiating Instruction: Differentiated Instruction http://www.edutopia.org/blogs/tag/differentiated-instruction   Delivering Differentiated Instruction in Y...

Educational Links 8/30/19

Top trends: Supporting students through SEL

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2019/08/13/top-trends-supporting-students-through-sel/?utm_content=bufferdfea7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR3_l2VYBbhHItX3qPO9LH_VmhnvkN0bqDYRY4vuSNNhvOPfuoTKmhgbSdE

Judge Says Student With Down Syndrome Didn't Get Appropriate Education

https://www.wfdd.org/story/judge-says-student-down-syndrome-didnt-get-appropriate-education-0?fbclid=IwAR3seODUhbfjhl0h8-dnT-OABfU-saVvvJL_qNeCf5F_yM5IVxdeT_B3wak

8 Characteristics Of A Great Teacher

https://wegrowteachers.com/8-characteristics-of-a-great-teacher/?fbclid=IwAR0Bg3J7dU_hvPvzkdbXKZLWlULV7VxAqjVNipXSx36yDi2iLb0rBQOWINk

Q&A Collections: Science Instruction

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2019/08/qa_collections_science_instruction_1.html?fbclid=IwAR17gGbtZFlIMF8CNFe11b4SkKbA13GLisy9cePmhbS_fasuUvao4mSD4ps

Hyperactivity

https://www.pbisworld.com/behavior-descriptions/hyperactivity/

Should I Use Sarcasm in the Classroom?

https://www.weareteachers.com/sarcasm-in-the-classroom/?utm_content=1567126860&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1K1jQNDL04R1um6kMxHhD5bnaduJqhgFI-3c55ZK6GvaAd0jA_tcwXgZg

Building and scaling interventions to support every student

https://www.weareteachers.com/sarcasm-in-the-classroom/?utm_content=1567126860&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1K1jQNDL04R1um6kMxHhD5bnaduJqhgFI-3c55ZK6GvaAd0jA_tcwXgZg

As schools serve student populations with increasingly complex academic, behavioral and social-emotional needs, a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) is proving to be beneficial for identifying, prioritizing and supporting students. Educators and district leaders report the MTSS student support framework has empowered them to provide support to students before a problem occurs, ensuring no student falls between the cracks.

Teaching Is Having With It Ness

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Having With It Ness: 1. Teacher Withitness http://rossieronline.usc.edu/teacher-withitness/   2. Withitness...what does it mean? http://www.withitness....

Teaching Is Being Consistent

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Being Consistent: 1.  Teacher tips: How to be flexible and still enforce consistent classroom discipline  http://www.helium.com/items/700569-teacher...

Educational Links 9/26/19

9 Ground Rules For Great Principals

https://wegrowteachers.com/9-ground-rules-for-great-principals/?fbclid=IwAR30O0n_pQCUsrPSjV8t18BAjY2FFwMhbErf1ZXWcEyXrPFNw2TDlFDrmgk

Shortened lunch breaks leave students hungry, food wasted

https://www.educationdive.com/news/shortened-lunch-breaks-leave-students-hungry-food-wasted/561730/

MOST POPULAR POSTS OF THE WEEK

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2019/08/27/most-popular-posts-of-the-week-27/?fbclid=IwAR3oBPQ2jYQ_guanZDmgqrgnbkHsdRKWX9OL3jsm60WHVVDEVsZ-eagXXew

How a Literacy-First Program Revived a School

https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-literacy-first-program-revived-school

Video: How to Teach Your Child to Problem Solve

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/understanding-childs-challenges/talking-with-your-child/video-how-to-teach-your-child-to-problem-solve

How Building in Time for Exam Review Supports Advances in Student Learning

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/53412/how-building-in-time-for-exam-review-supports-advances-in-student-learning

5 ways to make sure PBL PD works

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2019/08/13/5-ways-to-make-sure-pbl-pd-works/?utm_content=buffer9874b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR1tEkaK-oWHhDrGxee6tqCVGeiggkkKaTzfN6jz8qAc7PYLLU317ypHeE8

Project-based learning is gaining steam nationwide because of its effectiveness in helping students build 21st-century skills. But there is a difference between just doing a project and doing effective, high-quality PBL.

Ed Tech Equity: Let All Students Learn in the 21st Century

Ed Tech Equity: Let All Students Learn in the 21st Century  Ye Olde Computer Room--an archeological dig for computers in a storage space down the hall from the classrooms. And the kids are ...

Exactly, What Is Dyslexia?

MzTeachuh: Exactly, What Is Dyslexia?: Check out a new website for learning disabilities, Understood http://www.understood.org/en This first section of inf...

Teaching Is Communicating With Parents

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Communicating With Parents: 1. Tips for Parents: Parent Teacher Conferences  http://www.thelearningcommunity.us/resources-by-format/tips-for-parents/parent-...

The Writing Process-especially under time constraints

MzTeachuh: The Writing Process-especially under time constrai...: Implementing the Writing Process http://www.readwritethink.org/professional-development/strategy-guides/implementing-writing-process-30...

The Digital Classroom--so many resources!

MzTeachuh: The Digital Classroom--so many resources!: Digital Leadership is Not Optional http://esheninger.blogspot.com/2018/05/digital-leadership-is-not-optional.html 9 MUS...

Teaching Is Reflective

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Reflective:   A Mid-Year Reflection for Teachers and Students http://www.edutopia.org/blog/mid-year-reflection-teachers-students-maurice-eli...

Educational Links 8/28/19

Flipped Classrooms May Exacerbate Student Achievement Gaps. Here's How

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2019/08/flipped_classrooms_may_exacerb.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB&fbclid=IwAR3HLLgRaCGHXmoXsmqDCQ2Del4j7PlZ_NFGZNS3pG73MfWSzpZK2KXZY7U

Researchers can detect when students aren’t trying on computerized tests

https://hechingerreport.org/researchers-can-detect-when-students-arent-exerting-effort-on-computerized-tests/?fbclid=IwAR1q7Yjmuyn40vv8eBzEYLp7xy4qZo6zur3TJrisgKglhpWwHfGz1ERSW3I

Participation in High School Sports Declines Nationally for the First Time in 30 Years

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/08/26/participation-in-high-school-sports-declines-nationally.html?cmp=soc-edit-fb&fbclid=IwAR33_UL7Y8_DJfcO_FcVdGqoxSSSYtEHP1tqYrm_WjadIgXGV6f6gutfMMY

How To Kill Learner Curiosity In 12 Easy Steps

https://wegrowteachers.com/how-to-kill-learner-curiosity-in-12-easy-steps/?fbclid=IwAR1WQynMRx9y4PSKzghj7XCqKYN7RyW6ZXNyYBJlZzWJJsDUtNaQ73i5Vro

4 Phases Of Inquiry-Based Learning: A Guide For Teachers

https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/4-phases-inquiry-based-learning-guide-teachers/?fbclid=IwAR2IqZY6Gp1NG8FEgvVoJ-se0_rtDkq2IAm0eTRgZvru1SNvU5EXzsHZTJc

Best Back-to-School Desktops and Laptops for 2019

https://www.techlearning.com/news/best-back-to-school-desktops-and-laptops-for-2019

Ways to Cultivate Your Emotional Resilience This Year

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/ways-cultivate-your-emotional-resilience-year-elena-aguilar?fbclid=IwAR0R__HEcIFsIwftLRb8nFEK_lBTtm1844yuods1xiagdfThuJf7UXAnCx8

Here are some tips for educators who need to manage stress, boost their emotional energy reserves, and recapture their joy for teaching and leading in schools. 

Next Semester: A Soundtrack for Our Classroom

MzTeachuh: Next Semester: A Soundtrack for Our Classroom: You are working to the easy listening music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Using Music in the Elementary Classroom (Warning: It May Get Lo...

Next Semester: ...we'll have plants in the classro...

MzTeachuh: Next Semester: ...we'll have plants in the classro...: 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 Semester...we'll celebrate diversity

Next Semester...we'll celebrate diversity: Music! Dancing! And dont forget the great Mexican food! If you teach in a school that is ethnically isolated, by geography or by ch...

Next Semester...I'll Do Better With Google Classro...

MzTeachuh: Next Semester...I'll Do Better With Google Classro...: 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 Semester...we'll have a healthier classroom

MzTeachuh: Next Semester...we'll have a healthier classroom: This schoolyear teachers, students, and families are faced with serious communicable health risks to every generation. The first prec...

Educational Links 8/27/19

What’s Lost When We Rush Kids Through Childhood

https://www.edutopia.org/article/whats-lost-when-we-rush-kids-through-childhood?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR3I2asdZFXo4xajtEIJ65WEURzdLEZQPdcCp7mKVpzzRLxiSS6bapiP-YE

What It’s Like to Be a Black Woman Running a Charter School That’s Closing the Achievement Gap

https://educationpost.org/what-its-like-to-be-a-black-woman-running-a-charter-school-thats-closing-the-achievement-gap/?utm_content=99039442&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&hss_channel=fbp-162076961537

The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 174 How Might We Build A Better Transcript?

https://wegrowteachers.com/the-teachthought-podcast-ep-174-how-might-we-build-a-better-transcript/?fbclid=IwAR3Oq1-I0CgNGknCLxs2WEdPyRtvitaoxpabw0SfNRbbq1Rrst_dAvrRU_Q

Here’s how family tech nights help close the digital divide

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2019/08/16/heres-how-family-tech-nights-help-close-the-digital-divide/?utm_content=buffer02bf4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR2BESpmlx7d3MBuiRlUUo9rwAikcosREzA4awFXjj89RItxu48Gay8YmSI

60 Ways To Help Students Think For Themselves

https://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/how-students-learn/?fbclid=IwAR3yzlvFykCTxInKEnGwAVTrEsLDI3pFoq4zUaHCg5GT7snK_rcTwTf-rUs

VIDEO: “6 TEACHER-APPROVED TIPS FOR FASTER, MORE EFFECTIVE FEEDBACK”

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2019/08/25/video-6-teacher-approved-tips-for-faster-more-effective-feedback/?fbclid=IwAR2q7YzEIzBKCdH2kisDSj7nMLKIdzzNB2NZXhfOCBAraqEnFWj_nCRnYdc

What Is Dyslexia?

https://www.webmd.com/children/understanding-dyslexia-basics

Dyslexia is a learning disorder that affects your ability to read, spell, write, and speak. Kids who have it are often smart and hardworking, but they have trouble connecting the letters they see to the sounds those letters make.

What GenEd and SpecEd Need to Know About Each Othe...

MzTeachuh: What GenEd and SpecEd Need to Know About Each Othe...: About Collaboration Between Regular & Special Education Teachers  http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/collaborat...

Teaching Is Communicating

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Communicating: 1. How Winning Teachers Use Communication http://www.schenectady.k12.ny.us/Communication/HowWinningTeachersUseCommunication.htm  ...

Gen Ed/Special Ed Teamwork

MzTeachuh: Gen Ed/Special Ed Teamwork: Inclusive Classroom   What do General Education Teachers Need To Know About Special Education? http://www.schoolpsycholo...

Teaching Is Giving Feedback

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Giving Feedback: 1. Feedback to improve student learning What is feedback? http://www.flinders.edu.au/teaching/teac...

Teaching Is Giving Kids Choices

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Giving Kids Choices: 1.The value of choice in student engagement http://www.thepolliwogjournal.com/?p=470   2 . The Classroom of Choice: Managing...

Educational Links 9/26/19

Empathy Is Tough to Teach, But Is One Of the Most Important Life Lessons

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/47502/empathy-is-tough-to-teach-but-is-one-of-the-most-important-life-lessons?fbclid=IwAR19IZhJ72wdQPLBDzCYfsMgsH-9JVeA2ufeD45X-UV_mvlqZIJc2BZLMy8

Whole Child and Equity Are Just Band-Aids Without a Learner-Centered Approach

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-07-27-whole-child-and-equity-are-just-band-aids-without-a-learner-centered-approach?utm_content=buffer4f2e2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=EdSurgeBuffer&fbclid=IwAR0GU3ryRKV5v4qViD8QwCxCPdim3-ItwO_EqK5_Gs-M_2sbyRyuOdk7KZM

13 GRAMMAR GAMES AND ACTIVITIES FOR FUN LEARNING

https://englishteaching101.com/grammar-games-and-activities-for-warm-ups-reviews/?fbclid=IwAR3ZPOIukhWn6khw9_Fl0zdOP-w7quc26VduquHBgXJbFIDR0bj7SGrQ4Ss

Co-Teaching: How to Make it Work

https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/co-teaching-push-in/?fbclid=IwAR12GGfDQxJ9BvfNJQm5vO4gPcdOPW0sj61q_1wsEPbmIAlXy8c-5LlSHEk

Explicit Phonics Instruction: It's Not Just for Students With Dyslexia

https://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2019/03/19/explicit-phonics-instruction-its-not-just-for.html?cmp=soc-edit-fb&fbclid=IwAR3ZbJLsj8OAuFZrFdnWy0wzoYwsrRIPNzYV83cNVx5lRHw-MA8Rx1sjPJs

Cracking the code of dyslexia

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cracking-the-code-of-dyslexia/?fbclid=IwAR2ZaMTgtZB5QiTKIPiwu588nmFzs9LyMGE-nclY9dt7fBcn5vNAd21TT6Y

10 Student-Tested Chrome Extensions

https://www.edutopia.org/article/10-student-tested-chrome-extensions?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR2LpV0Wdvio0CRdRmLDcmqHquesmwt8Wl-CfTu6b_8QiDTDYaSPPGXtnH8

Many teachers and students use Google Chrome, and it’s easy to customize with these extensions that really benefit students.

A Writing Prompt to Really Get To Know Your Students

MzTeachuh: A Writing Prompt to Really Get To Know Your Studen...: "Three Things I Want You To Know About Me."   I came up with this prompt while teaching high school, but it works with y...

Are You Managing Your Classroom, Or Is It Managing You?

MzTeachuh: Are You Managing Your Classroom, Or Is It Managing...:   Five Persistent Behavior Problems and How to Handle Them (Grades 6-8) http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/five-persistent-b...

Marc Chagall and Being An Ordinary Human

MzTeachuh: Marc Chagall and Being An Ordinary Human: Marc Chagall This painting by Marc Chagall reminds me of the feeling of watching 'The Giver.' So I've found the soundtrack f...

MzTeachuh: I've Looked At Clouds From Both Sides Now

MzTeachuh: I've Looked At Clouds From Both Sides Now:   JONI MITCHELL /// 10. Both Sides Now - (Clouds) - (1969)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i7WceS--p4    Bows a...

Teacher's Checklist for Excellence

MzTeachuh: Teacher's Checklist for Excellence 8/23/14: Back to School: A Surefire Strategy for Building Classroom Community http://www.edutopia.org/blog/back-to-school-strategy-building-comm...

The Up-Side of Teaching

The Up-Side of Teaching: Learn the Top 10 Benefits of a Being a Teacher http://www.alleducationschools.com/education-careers/article/teaching-career-perks   W...

Music For When You're In A Hurry

MzTeachuh: Music For When You're In A Hurry:   Meyer Friedman defines hurry sickness as “above all, a continuous struggle and unremitting attempt to accomplish or achieve more and ...