Hey, Grandude!

Paul McCartney shows off his grandchildren.

Paul and first child, Mary.

Paul McCartney is a grandfather. He seems to enjoy it, and seemed to really enjoy being a dad as well.

He wrote  a child's book last year, inspired by one of his grandchildren.

It is really cute.

"Hey Grandude!" (A Story book written by Paul McCartney.) Read by The Storyteller

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdhfAxVz9kU

You'll have to buy the book to get Paul reading it, and his original music, too.

Behind the scenes: Paul McCartney records Hey Grandude! audiobook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw-4N8ZdmSU

Father's Day is June 21.

Educational Links 6/14/2020

15 Reflection Strategies To Help Students Retain What You Just Taught Them

https://www.teachthought.com/learning/15-reflection-strategies-help-students-retain-just-taught/?fbclid=IwAR07ZbzFAi_7d5wwk58AE2TCSj6qGxPI00BuOb-t7qoa5E2lO8aN2_GCtU0

Health Experts Say Schools Can Reopen in the Fall — But With Some Big Changes

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-05-20-health-experts-say-schools-can-reopen-in-the-fall-but-with-some-big-changes?utm_content=buffer19caf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=EdSurgeBuffer&fbclid=IwAR3Ya3IsLS9yS4Snd_9CeDqOp0t3fIxJLQhic6rEHW2tbTKX2gwzdPWgAp0

A new playbook for summer school

https://hechingerreport.org/a-new-playbook-for-summer-school/?fbclid=IwAR1idOCmHIIVoA9ZBq8EDbaZECMHa5ilc7ZtxyjXsjVxVs1oCU3_IvC8B3s

Growing Friendships During the Coronavirus Pandemic

https://eileenkennedymoore.com/growing-friendships-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/?fbclid=IwAR3ZlGRSPxvYPDbO71wBLnSctIp21iwLwov2xDzBxOqLhiHkwxCZwRyEv4U

How To Handle The Uncertainty Of Next School Year

https://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2020/06/13/uncertainty-next-school-year/?fbclid=IwAR2CFT8HVXwy3EJyTW07pQF3v587ZltjDOu0ttgEg42LbvgddYOnFOGMZgc

Teaching A New Generation About the History of Racist Ideas

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/55528/teaching-a-new-generation-about-the-history-of-racist-ideas?fbclid=IwAR3rAICPqvChT8URD8O0wShsgH-hFrSxRS31GAxX6ByFmdog65JnWCCpWOg

Your Child Is Not Lazy. He Is Overwhelmed.

https://www.additudemag.com/laziness-adhd-executive-dysfunction/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=parent&fbclid=IwAR2aG26r8jZQn5dKITeCSUtjCzWsQ18-VsYBmTlqJeqvqIjses7Itml2YJw

What parents perceive as laziness may be ADHD — specifically, the executive dysfunction that impairs focus, effort, and processing speed. Here, learn how you can help your child get started and keep going with an ADHD brain.

MzTeachuh's List of 25 Movies to Watch With Your Teens (updated)

Here are twenty-five of my favorite films. Although most of these are very famous, they might not be to a fourteen year old.  Consider sharing films that meant something to you, sharing personal insights to your life experience. 

Some are fine for pre-teens, use your own discretion and consider ratings. Make watching your favorite movies a family occasion, to share your feelings and experiences at the time. Kids are amazed to imagine their grownups as kids. This can be a closeness-builder. Don't forget good snacks.

And don't neglect all those great Christmas/Holiday films--you have your choice of so many 'Christmas Carols', my favorite it George C. Scott's, and 'Elf',  even National Lampoon, You can always binge on the Hallmark Channel.

Hurrah for Amazon Prime, Hulu and Netflix! But I say, even if you use ole skool tek like VHS (as long as it works, why not?) or DVDs, just have a blast from the past.

Not in order of importance or preference. Just as I thought of them. I have more, of course, like 'Braveheart,' or 'Spartacus' but I must limit myself.

Forrest Gump (1994) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109830/

Lincoln (2012)    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443272/

Men in Black (1997)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119654/ 

Frankenstein (1931)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021884/ 

A Hard Day's Night (1964)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058182/ 

SELMA https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1020072/ 42 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0453562/

All in the series, but especially The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120737/ 

All Mel Brooks' films, but especially  The Producers (1967) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063462/ 

A Patch of Blue (1965)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059573/ 

Gravity (2013)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1454468/ 

Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108160/ 

Schindler's List (1993) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108052/ 

Glory (1989)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097441/ 

All Episodes--but definitely Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/ 

The Sound of Music (1965) - IMDb http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059742/ 

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120815/ 

My Left Foot (1989)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097937/  

12 Years a Slave

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2024544/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Titanic (1997)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120338/ 

All Sequels: Back to the Future (1985)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763/ 

The Miracle Worker (1962)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056241/ 

Alien (1979)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/ 

Dances with Wolves (1990)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099348/ 

Summer Activity: How Do Your Garden Friends Grow?

A frequent family visitor to my garden on a summer morning.

A tiny garden, a whole farm--size doesn't matter. Creating a lovely habitat for garden critters (including yourself) is a dynamic way to love a summer.

Butterflies, bees, lizards. hummingbirds all become part of the family when you live part of your summer outside in a garden. Kids thrive just like the rollie pollies Pill Bug (Rollie Pollie) http://www.bugfacts.net/pill-bug.php#.U7MWF7GmV5M in a well mulched garden plot. Morning sunrise is a lovely time to see how the garden and its inhabitants are doing. Bird Song Hero http://biology.allaboutbirds.org/bird-song-hero/ Later, during a lunch picnic, your kids' butterfly family will flutter by. Butterflies and Moths of North America http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/

How to Create a Butterfly Garden in a Pot

http://www.hgtv.com/gardening/how-to-create-a-butterfly-garden-in-a-pot/index.html

Kids quickly learn most garden dwellers are not dangerous and are deserving of respect. Kids have a serious vested interest in the environment and can make positive contribution through loving your local bees. Help save our bee population with this easy DIY project!http://www.care2.com/greenliving/help-the-bees-with-this-diy-bee-water-garden.html

Extra credit! Helping bees and growing mint for Mom's summer tea.

A garden is an adventurous place, an eco-system alive and active. Kids know when to leave it alone and just observe. Anyone who eats black widow spiders is welcome in my garden, and these mojave

lizards really love it. They are characters that can win a staring contest. When claiming their territory, they do push ups. It is also good to know what else might be in your garden that's not so innocuous. Living With Wild Reptiles and Amphibians

http://www.californiaherps.com/info/livingwithherps.html 

A garden attracts an exciting variety of birds--your kid will be just as excited about the bird feeder as old great Aunt Maxine--and they will have a lot to talk about! Hummingbirds are curious, funny friends in the garden, finches keep a regular schedule of feeder visits, and around here we even get the occasional roadrunner (beep beep.) Ravens here are so regular in their habits, you can name them.

Backyard Bird Identifierhttp://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birding/backyard-bird-identifier/

 

The Unloved.

The Loved.

Kids love bugs. Digging around in the garden doing maintenance can transport a child into the marvelous world in the dirt, on the plants. The interrelated lives of garden insects. Good Garden Bugs, the Ten Most Wanted http://www.clean-organized-family-home.com/garden-bugs-good.html#sthash.DE8v0D2E.dpbs 

 

Loving those worms, lacewings, pillbugs, kids joining all the community of the garden.

This is my favorite post, probably because it reminds me of so many lovely visits to the garden. 

Keeping Butterflies, Bees and Hummingbirds Happy 

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2014/05/summer-activity-keeping-butterflies.html?spref=bl

Educational Links 6/13/2020

How Student Agency Can Ease the Pain of Remote Learning and Teaching

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-06-11-how-student-agency-can-ease-the-pain-of-remote-learning-and-teaching?fbclid=IwAR3GzPqxIvuW1YcP9AYPjRUtM5NrAWP7wWpRGrk-vGemvGkthG4iMjnI1Oo

10 ways administrators can collaborate with librarians–even remotely

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2020/06/03/10-ways-administrators-can-collaborate-with-librarians-even-remotely/?utm_content=buffera7a70&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR2x4Vt4mlr-D-1weJt594N65TdGyY4UEa7bsnPPy8OrbA5j7jA-hEDlOXc

Is Your PD For Teachers Working–Or Just Work?

https://wegrowteachers.com/is-your-pd-for-teachers-working-or-just-work/?fbclid=IwAR1CNjDpbyp3X-2hkNzjIpsU7Wc-iOLTVfKBPoXQwH_W0Vuweo-uTyZ3GlA

Google Meet Switches On Jaw-Dropping Feature To Beat Zoom & Microsoft Teams

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidphelan/2020/06/10/google-meet-switches-on-jaw-dropping-feature-to-beat-zoom--microsoft-teams/?fbclid=IwAR2mXFXtu07c_O17F4nsewh1NxBY7tQEI2nMpgnzYXS7h8Ss25-OlH8-s3U#4c9f4bde32ba

4 Ways to Encourage Math Talks

https://www.edutopia.org/article/4-ways-encourage-math-talks?fbclid=IwAR1TknoR7V6M43HLV_sI1Lfu4dFo6kbZQDG7rIFpmMXN-XwImOxT-gXofnY

Teachers Are as Racially Biased as Everybody Else, Study Shows

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/06/09/teachers-have-racial-biases-too-study-shows.html?fbclid=IwAR2JJ6zU-CafAcuGlaWD3Ws9FJ_w6S5R2w5leMJufmSwQN-l10-UKImAsEk

Your Child Is Not Lazy. He Is Overwhelmed.

https://www.additudemag.com/laziness-adhd-executive-dysfunction/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=parent&fbclid=IwAR3p6lsjiouP8w8zwFraJKIESUx3BE9TE-cnBLuW3xF4K0v8mkKw03GSRd0

What parents perceive as laziness may be ADHD — specifically, the executive dysfunction that impairs focus, effort, and processing speed. Here, learn how you can help your child get started and keep going with an ADHD brain.

A Father's Loss

 Guidance by Akiane https://akiane.com/

Losing a child-this song written by Eric Clapton after the loss of his son in a horrific accident-feels the experience.

Tears in Heaven

Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven (Official Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxPj3GAYYZ0

Eric Clapton

Lyrics

Would you know my name
If I saw you in heaven?
Would it be the same
If I saw you in heaven?
I must be strong and carry on
'Cause I know I don't belong here in heaven

Would you hold my hand
If I saw you in heaven?
Would you help me stand
If I saw you in heaven?
I'll find my way through night and day
'Cause I know I just can't stay here in heaven

Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees
Time can break your heart, have you begging please, begging please

Beyond the door there's peace I'm sure
And I know there'll be no more tears in heaven

Would you know my name
If I saw you in heaven?
Would it be the same
If I saw you in heaven?
I must be strong and carry on
'Cause I know I don't belong here in heaven 

Father's Day is June 21.

The Digital Classroom--so many resources!

Digital Leadership is Not Optional

http://esheninger.blogspot.com/2018/05/digital-leadership-is-not-optional.html

9 MUST-HAVE APPS AND TOOLS FOR KIDS WHO HATE MATH

http://www.theedadvocate.org/9-must-apps-tools-kids-hate-math/?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost

The Elements of A Digital Classroom

https://www.teachthought.com/technology/the-elements-of-a-digital-classroom/

THE SMITHSONIAN’S TWEETTRIBUNE

Offers daily news articles from the AP that can be differentiated by Lexile levels.  https://www.tweentribune.com/

DIGITAL BOOK INDEX

A “meta-index” that provides links to more than 140K books. http://www.digitalbookindex.org/

FRONT ROW

400+ non-fiction articles at students' specific reading levels. Common Core Aligned questions. https://www.frontrowed.com/ela/

Take That, Summer Slide!

Summer Reading Programs Boost Student Achievement, Study Says

http://www.slj.com/2010/11/students/summer-reading-programs-boost-student-achievement-study-says/ 

Take THAT Summer Slide! 15,000 Books to Kids in DC

1. Take That! Summer Slide!

http://blog.firstbook.org/2013/06/18/jlw-summer-slide/

2. 5 Great Math Apps for Grade School Kids

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/06/5-great-math-apps-for-grade-school-kids/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

3. 5 Ways To Really Connect With Online Students

http://www.edudemic.com/2013/06/5-ways-to-really-connect-with-online-students/ 

4. Stopping the Summer Slide

http://www.ed.gov/blog/2014/03/stopping-the-summer-slide/ 

5. Use Arts Integration to Enhance Common Core

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/core-practices-arts-integration-susan-riley

6. An At-Home Summer Reading Camp

http://www.choiceliteracy.com/articles-detail-view.php?id=98&utm_source=ReadingRockets.org&utm_medium=Twitter 

7. Disengaged and Non-Traditional Learners Can Thrive Through Summer Learning 

http://dcaya.blogspot.com/2013/06/little-known-fact-i-didnt-actually.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter 

8. Games and Learning for Kids (also review for secondary)

http://www.coolmath.com/

 

 

Youth sports, Oakland, CAL http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/opr/s/sports/index.htm

Educational Links 6/12/2020

How to Be a Better Online Teacher

ADVICE GUIDE

https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/advice-online-teaching?fbclid=IwAR0qwI6oQUkFWg0WfPmcjYEdZHQSguZsnZpotjBvAJ0Ej8iaWi-tO5KQVxo#2

How Teachers Want Emergency Distance Learning Improved

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/56068/how-teachers-want-emergency-distance-learning-improved

ADHD in Girls: Overlooked?

https://www.understood.org/en/family/podcast-adhd-girls-overlooked?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=podcast-june20-fm&utm_content=post-s2-ep5&fbclid=IwAR3zD29MZgcccPRk5buZHmXiN_d3T-L16uIh4_QUznrYI5jIBCZD30hyZFQ

The Results Are In for Remote Learning: It Didn’t Work

https://www.wsj.com/articles/schools-coronavirus-remote-learning-lockdown-tech-11591375078

Lessons and leadership during the switch to online learning

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2020/05/29/lessons-and-leadership-during-the-switch-to-online-learning/?utm_content=buffer5ca13&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR3V_Ru5PZWO3kzdSWyhdY5yuVbz1k8oAO6iYGaxVwKCXsGG8tOqoZG5_D4

'Schools should plan for COVID to last at least a year'

https://www.educationdive.com/news/alexander-schools-should-plan-for-covid-to-last-at-least-a-year/579619/

A Focus on Empathy in Distance Learning

https://www.edutopia.org/article/focus-empathy-distance-learning?fbclid=IwAR0LFJ-lVxR9LswVm05BPBjMxU5w3Kfb1ufB_3mOO9PKE9vhlLaxUfsaS0A

Many students have a tough time learning at home, but teachers can create space to listen to their concerns and guide them to overcome obstacles.

Beautiful Boy

John Lennon truly had a hard row to hoe and a long way to go before arriving at joy and contentment when his son Sean was born in 1975, on Lennon's own birthday, October 9. Five years later he included this song on his Double Fantasy album, which was released after his murder in 1980. Beautiful, poignant, profound stuff. Life (and death) is what happens while you're busy making other plans.

 Close your eyes

Have no fear
The monster's gone
He's on the run and your daddy's here

[Chorus:]
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy

Before you go to sleep
Say a little prayer
Every day in every way
It's getting better and better

[Chorus]

Out on the ocean sailing away
I can hardly wait
To see you come of age
But I guess we'll both just have to be patient
'Cause it's a long way to go
A hard row to hoe
Yes it's a long way to go
But in the meantime

Before you cross the street
Take my hand
Life is what happens to you
While you're busy making other plans

[Chorus]

Before you go to sleep
Say a little prayer
Every day in every way
It's getting better and better

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy
Darling, darling, darling
Darling Sean

This video has some lovely photos of John and Sean.

John Lennon - "Beautiful Boy" 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt3IOdDE5iA

Father's Day June 21.