Saturday, October 5, 2019

Educational Links 10/6/19

What Makes a Great Teacher: Pedagogy or Personality?


Happy Teachers Practice Self-Care

ED TECH DIGEST


How Do Kids Learn to Read? What the Science Says

https://www.edweek.org/ew/projects/getting-reading-right.html?cmp=soc-edit-fb&fbclid=IwAR3OQelPEt4IYu4DwPOBdFF73XyeZ_gMrQM2W0O4EWTU00JBim_VboAsIn8


The Difference Between Teasing and Bullying


TOP TEN QUICK-START BOOKS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL


NORMAL ISN’T REAL

https://www.normalisntreal.com/?fbclid=IwAR1WxooHV3qFd6ySKVrmXyrEmlKzzMVbUldzJfD0qdB8BCM5T9x2A0sMl_0

NORMAL ISN’T REAL is a series of 4 mini documentary-style videos featuring successful young adults sharing their stories of coming to terms with their LD and ADHD issues. These candid portraits take the viewer into the subjects' daily lives; showcasing their talents, venting their frustrations, and employing the strategies they use to manage their challenges and utilize their strengths.
Viewers leave equipped with insights and tools they might adapt to their own lives, and a large dose of inspiration.NORMAL ISN’T REAL is a series of 4 mini documentary-style videos featuring successful young adults sharing their stories of coming to terms with their LD and ADHD issues. These candid portraits take the viewer into the subjects' daily lives; showcasing their talents, venting their frustrations, and employing the strategies they use to manage their challenges and utilize their strengths.
Viewers leave equipped with insights and tools they might adapt to their own lives, and a large dose of inspiration.

MzTeachuh's Meditations: The Seed That Fell On Good Ground

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's Meditations: The Seed That Fell On Goo...: Van Gogh Sower at Sunset Time Lapse of Pea Shoot / Root Growth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDA8rmUP5ZM Luke 8 New Internation...

Teacher's Profile

MzTeachuh: Teacher's Profile: A Balanced Approach To Social Media For Teachers http://www.teachthought.com/social-media/balanced-approach-social-media-teachers/   ...

Power Up That Brain! Understanding Learning

MzTeachuh: Power Up That Brain! Understanding Learning: 4 Neurosystems Of Learning http://www.teachthought.com/learning/4-neurosystems-learning/   This Is Your Brain. This Is Your Brain On Mu...

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     Empa...

With A-Poe-logies to Edgar

MzTeachuh: With A-Poe-logies to Edgar:   The Raven By Edgar Allan Poe http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/178713     Bullwinkle's Corner - The Raven  https...

Halloween Art: Pumpkins and Misunderstood Critters


TOP 10 EASY HALLOWEEN BAT CRAFTS FOR KIDS

https://artsycraftsymom.com/top-10-easy-halloween-bat-crafts-for-kids/


Bat Facts for Kids | Classroom Edition Animal Learning Video


Paper Bag Pumpkins

https://craftprojectideas.com/paper-bag-pumpkin-favor/






Black Cat Paper Strips - Halloween craft ideas for kids



Are Black Cats Unlucky? - Simon's Cat | LOGIC #13






DIY: Spooky Pine Cone Spiders!



Spiders for Kids | Educational Science Videos







HANDPRINT RAVEN CRAFT




Ravens and crows - the most intelligent birds in the world (animal documentary in HD)



Fall Leaf Craft Owl


Owl Facts for Kids




This looks so cute.

Citing Sources: MLA and APA Styles (Essay, Research Paper)




Citing references in a persuasive essay.
https://guides.skylinecollege.edu/c.php?g=563800&p=4339726

APA Citation Guide: In-Text Citations (How to Cite Within your Paper)



MLA In-Text Citations: The Basics

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_in_text_citations_the_basics.html

Why Cite Sources
Once you have located and read an adequate number of sources, incorporated ideas from your reading with your own understanding of the topic, and presented your analysis of your topic in a research paper, it is essential to cite the sources and you must use the proper bibliographic format to do so.
The main reason for citing your sources is to give credit to those authors whose ideas you used in your research. Even when you do not quote directly from another work, if reading that source contributed to the ideas presented in your paper, you must give the authors proper credit by including their work in your bibliography. Citing your sources allows readers of your work to easily find the sources to which you've referred.
If you do not cite the sources upon which your research is based, you will be guilty of plagiarism. Plagiarism is using the ideas and writings of others and representing them as your own. Even if you do not copy another source word-for-word, but rather rephrase the source without attributing it to the original author by including a citation, you are guilty of plagiarism. Plagiarism is a serious violation of academic standards and is punishable with a failing grade, possible expulsion from the institution, and may subject you to ostracism by your peers. The increasing availability of electronic information has unfortunately made it easy to copy another author's works.

(This information was created by Eric Brenner)

Silly Music For Halloween #5: ...I was working in ...

MzTeachuh: Silly Music For Halloween #5: ...I was working in ...: Silly Music For Halloween #5: ...I was working in my lab late last night... : These lyrics, as all narrative poems, incompass a story; th...

Friday, October 4, 2019

Silly Music For Halloween #4 ...you hear the door ...

MzTeachuh: Silly Music For Halloween #4 ...you hear the door ...: 5th Grade Kids Dance to Thriller  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU8VcP8AbWs   This looks like so much fun, and good exercise, too...

Family Literacy

MzTeachuh: Family Literacy: Read, read, read! 1. Literacy Development Begins at Home, With a Literate Home Environment http://www.rif.org/us/literacy-resourc...

Seasonal Reading List from Reading Rockets

MzTeachuh: Seasonal Reading List from Reading Rockets: http://www.readingrockets.org/articles/books/c1275/  Boo to You! Here is a Reading Rockets list of seasonal books for younger re...

Is This Like Your Autumn Effect? If Its Not...

MzTeachuh: Is This Like Your Autumn Effect? If Its Not...: Autumn Effect at Argenteuil (1873) by Claude Monet Tranquil Birdsong, 11 hours - Birds Chirping, nature sounds, natural sound of birds ...

a wind has blown the rain away

MzTeachuh: a wind has blown the rain away: Four Trees, Egon Schiele a wind has blown the rain away by E.E. Cummings a wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and...

Teaching Character

MzTeachuh: Teaching Character: Maybe It’s Time To Stop Talking About Bullying, And Talk Kindness Instead http://www.teachthought.com/culture/maybe-time-stop-talking-b...

Apps for Special Education

MzTeachuh: Apps for Special Education: The Best Education Apps (iOS) http://www.edudemic.com/best-education-technology/the-best-education-apps-ios/    The 200 Best Special E...

Tis the Season: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

MzTeachuh: Tis the Season: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: "Ichabod pursued by the Headless Horseman," by F. O. C. Darley , 1849.   Although I appreciate Johnny Depp and the Fo...

Essay Writing Tips: MLA style citing quotes

MzTeachuh: Essay Writing Tips: MLA style citing quotes: Short story quotes cited in an essay https://www.wikihow.com/Cite-Short-Stories-in-MLA What Is MLA Style? https://www.mla.org/MLA-S...

Educational Links 10/5/19

Creating a Dysgraphia-Friendly Classroom


How Do Kids Learn to Read? What the Science Says


Flipping the Script on my Limitations


5 Things You Didn’t Know About ADHD (But Should)


8 Science-Backed Reasons to Read a (Real) Book

Download: Graphic Organizers to Help Kids With Reading

Strategies for Students With Scattered Minds


Teachers can help students strengthen their brain's executive function with "workouts" in which they practice pausing, prioritizing, improving their working memory, and mapping their options.

Thursday, October 3, 2019

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

MzTeachuh: Silly Music For Halloween #3...they're creepy and ...: Aside from finger snapping, students can create family portraits of Cousin Itt (pictured above), Lurch, Thing, Morticia, Gomez, Uncle Fes...

...I'll put a trinket on

MzTeachuh: ...I'll put a trinket on: Autumn Poplars along the River Epte - Claude Monet Autumn by Emily Dickinson The morns are meeker than they were, The nuts...

Educational Links 10/03/19


Good Teachers Stick To The Lines, Great Teachers Inspire New Lines


Promoting Active Reading Skills


Bolstering Academic Rigor With Character Development


Optimizing Station Rotations in Blended Learning


What Is Executive Function? And How Does It Relate to Child Development?


Author Interview: 'Be Excellent on Purpose'



Solutions for Common ADHD Symptoms


Getting easily distracted and making hasty decisions makes accomplishing even the simplest tasks a challenge.
For people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) — whose symptoms include distractibility and impulsivity — this is a daily struggle. Fortunately, however, there are many ways that you can manage ADHD successfully and minimize its symptoms.

Educational Links 10/4/19


Dear Parents: Here’s What You Should Know About Letter Grades


Analysis: Mentoring new teachers can bring up to $1M in ROI over five years



ADHD in Children: The 3 Types You Need to Know



How Reading Aloud to Therapy Dogs Can Help Struggling Kids



Mental Health First Aid Should Be As Common As CPR Training in Schools



It's Time to End Timed Tests


Three key trends in robotics education


Spending on K-12 robotics is expected to more than quadruple in the next four years. Here’s why—along with key trends to watch.


"Your Child Doesn’t Belong in My Classroom"

MzTeachuh: "Your Child Doesn’t Belong in My Classroom": Outstanding illustration (pardon the pun.) I am going to quote from a remarkably clear and direct article concerning students in Specia...

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

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Teachable Moment: Casey At The Bat

MzTeachuh: Teachable Moment: Casey At The Bat: Gotta love the 'stache. All of the western hemisphere may enjoy this story, since we all love baseball (and maybe parts of Asia, a...

The Autumn Leaves--Melancholy Music Within Nature'...

MzTeachuh: The Autumn Leaves--Melancholy Music Within Nature'...:   Nature's exquisite cycle of life. This melancholy love song relies on the seasons as metaphor for life.  The loved one in summe...

Tis the Season: Rip Van Winkle

MzTeachuh: 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...

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

MzTeachuh: Silly Music For Halloween #1 uh wella...saw the th...: He's not purple! Need a little fun break filled with art, music, performance art and laughter? Here you go. The class can read t...

Calling Zombies of All Ages--Learn Your Thriller M...

MzTeachuh: Calling Zombies of All Ages--Learn Your Thriller M...: Thriller performed in Oregon October 31,2011 (And special thanks to my friend Halpenny, the one in the kilts in the center.) Need a fla...

With A-Poe-logies to Edgar

MzTeachuh: With A-Poe-logies to Edgar:   The Raven By Edgar Allan Poe http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/178713     Bullwinkle's Corner - The Raven  https...

Van Gogh: Les Alyscamps; Autumn Leaves and Barbra ...

MzTeachuh: Van Gogh: Les Alyscamps; Autumn Leaves and Barbra ...:   Van Gogh: Les Alyscamps: Falling Autumn Leaves Since he painted this in France, here is Barbra Streisand singing 'Autumn Leaves&#3...

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Educational Links 10/2/19


Four Surprising, Science-Backed Benefits of Free Play



Teach like yourself: Why YOU are the person your students need most


Maintaining Students’ Motivation for Learning as the Year Goes On


Hey, Preschool Teacher: Is It You or a Screen? I Choose YOU


Classroom Management 'Is All About Relationships'


How I Helped My Students Assess Their Own Writing



Learning Is a Learned Behavior. Here’s How to Get Better at It.


Many people mistakenly believe that the ability to learn is a matter of intelligence. For them, learning is an immutable trait like eye color, simply luck of the genetic draw. People are born learners, or they’re not, the thinking goes. So why bother getting better at it?

Teaching Is Respecting the Students

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Respecting the Students: 6 Strategies for Building Better Student Relationships https://www.edutopia.org/article/6-strategies-building-better-student-relationsh...

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...

Well. Let's Do Something About It!

MzTeachuh: Well. Let's Do Something About It!: Five Changes Every School Should Make http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/08/five-changes-every-school-should-make/   Foods, Toxins,...

Autumn Activity: Planting It Forward

MzTeachuh: Autumn Activity: Planting It Forward: Daffodils (February) We can all use some Screaming Yellow Daffodils during the dreary winter. Flowers outside in the win...

The Arts Give You Smarts

MzTeachuh: The Arts Give You Smarts: Benefits of Arts to Kids http://www.raisesmartkid.com/3-to-6-years-old/4-articles/33-benefits-of-arts-to-kids   National Gallery of ...

Principal's Suggestion Box #16

MzTeachuh: Principal's Suggestion Box #16: These letters are absolutely fictional (to protect the innocent and not-so-innocent.) But, with the hint of truth, maybe we can make some...

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 religious convictions (they may believe it is glorifying the 'dark side') but the images and stories are really scarey and icky, even for adults.



You don't have to believe in the supernatural to be offended or freaked out by Halloween. The concentration on aberrant behavior is enough to be unsettling. What might we do to take the edge off of the disturbing aspects of Halloween?

All children go through various developmental levels (Piaget's theory of cognitive development http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piaget%27s_theory_of_cognitive_development) and it is possible to create an experience appropriate for the child's development. It is not easy, particularly if you live in the modern world, but with effort, a classroom and a family experience can be healthy for a child. For example, even though I enjoy the television show, 'Grimm," it isreally not for young children. The episode, La Llorona, will freak out millions of folks, Hispanic or not. Another urban legend I have learned to never mention in class is Bloody Mary; the kids are truly scared. And what's the point of that? ELA classes can study folklore and Edgar Alan Poe without being traumatized.
How about the Simpson's version? I think Edgar would have enjoyed it.

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poehttp://www.schooltube.com/video/e850bdb733e729c582a9/The-Raven-by-Edgar-Allan-Poe

Bart always cracks me up as the raven.
Many families, school, and community groups concentrate on Harvest Festivals. That is a fine contrast to the ghastly. But even if you choose a study of nature, for example, spiders are freaky. Most are just helpful little garden buddies, but there are some dangerous ones. Kids need to know. Same with bats, and various birds. Around here we have huge ravens; I see them with their beady eyes focused on my chihuahua.

So we temper the fun, the imaginative, the quaint qualities of this season with supervision and wisdom. If you feel your child's school is offending your family's sensibilities--tell the principal. Tell the superintendent. You and your child have rights, especially when it comes to the quality of the school community activities. Offer an alternative. Autumn and harvest time (in the northern hemisphere) offers very lovely opportunities for art and activities. You could skip the dark side and go straight to Thanksgiving. 
Yeah, Linus, I agree with you.

And don't forget, 'It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_the_Great_Pumpkin,_Charlie_Brown 

Here's a download:http://www.fanpop.com/spots/halloween/videos/67218/title/peanuts-cartoon-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown



So, where are the jokes? These are just riddle-diculous.

You can actually buy this in NYC.
Did you hear about the new ice cream for monsters? 
Its called cookies and scream.

This is a pic of an actual CookiesNScream Sundae.

Knock, knock, who's there?
Ivan.
Ivan who?
Ivan to bite your neck.


Where did Mzteachuh take the ghost for lunch?
Pizza Haunt.

Why isn't he purple?
Where do werewolves stay on vacation?
The Howliday Inn.

Where does the Wolfman live?
In a werehouse.

Also, my classes used to play 'Name that Tune' with 'Elvira Presents Haunted Hits'just to be very silly. Once we won a decorating contest with our classroom door covered with original panels and comic style story of the Purple People Eater. (Was the People Eater Purple, or did he eat purple people? Inquiring minds want to know.) 

And Drac finally got with it.

bobby 'boris' pickett & the cryptkickers - monster mash 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0thH3qnHTbI 

File:Monster Mash cover.jpg
The mashed potatoes was really a dance?

How do zombies celebrate Halloween?
They paint the town dead.

What oinks and drinks blood?
A hampire.

Sheb Wooley - Purple People Eater (1958) 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9H_cI_WCnE 

 

 Dad: Your older brother sure looks weird and scarey tonight. 

Younger brother: Yeah, just wait til he puts on his mask.



 What did the poultergeist serve at his Halloween party?
Halloweiners.


Routine frequently seen at Middle School dances.

 We can't forget Michael Jackson's 'Thriller." 

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


 What do birds say on Halloween?
Trick or Tweet.




What do fishermen say on Halloween?
Trick or Trout.





What did the little ghost have in his lunch box?
A boo-loney sandwich.
What did he have to drink?
A little box of Ghoul-Aid.







 What do you call the eyeglasses for a ghost?
Spooktackles.

Scaredryer.

How did the bootician dry the Wolfman's hair?
With a scaredryer.

Is it good to drink the three weird sister's brew from the Scottish Play?
Yes, its very newt-tricious.


What do baby ghosts like to play?
Shriek-a-boo.

What happened when the phantom disappeared into the fog?
He was mist.
Don't get me started on comic books!Sabrina the Teenage Witch




Did you hear about the hippie werewolf?
He was fur-out, man.







What does an Aussie witch ride on?
A broomerang.
(Well, I'm not.)

And the greatest favorite of all--I even created a tee shirt for myself at Zazzle that read on the back:
I Ain't Afraid of No Ghosts!









Who ya gonna call?

 Ghostbuster theme song 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9We2XsVZfc