Learning the Eloquence of Language Tweets of the Day 5/2/13

1. English Learners and 21st Century Literacy

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/english-learners-twenty-first-century-learning?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

2. Slug Bug Math

http://special-ism.com/slug-bug-math-by-special-ed-expert-joanna-keating-velasco/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

3. Game Jam Your Classroom

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/game-jam-your-classroom-andrew-miller?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

4. 5 Rules for Working in a High Poverty Environment

http://theeducatorsroom.com/2013/05/5-rules-for-working-in-a-high-poverty-environment/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theeducatorsroom%2FvPKE+%28EducatorsRoom%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

5. MOOCs for Teachers: Coursera Offers Online Teacher Training Program

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/04/new-online-teacher-training-program-joins-mooc-madness/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

6. Guest Post: Autistic Traits in Children with ADHD: A Marker of Severity? 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2013/05/guest-post-autistic-traits-in-children.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher 

7. Top 12 Effective End of the Year Activities 

http://www.teachhub.com/top-12-effective-end-year-activities 

8. Midsummer Night's Dreaming | Billy trailer | Royal Shakespeare Company 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AaWHqi4yNRQ 

 

Oh, dainty duck!

THE BEATLES - THISBE & PYRAMUS 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5maoWOa670 

 I truly don't know why this play always makes me really laugh--no matter who plays it.

 

 

Learning Fun

Kids don't realize that learning is work--so we might as well join the fun. Here are some ideas.

1. Loads of ideas and topics. My brain is fun, how about yours?

http://www.funbrain.com/

I want to live there.

2.  Wow, Pandanda, I want to decorate my own treehouse.

http://www.primarygames.com/

What next?

3. These have a lot of left brain (math, analytical, logic.)

http://www.thekidzpage.com/learninggames/index.htm

4. Here's learning fun for very little people.

http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/preschool_games.html

PBS at it again--PBS Kids

5. Learning games, decoding for reading.

http://www.starfall.com/