Educational Links 10/26/2019

Tap the Transformative Power of Stories to Build a Kinder World

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-10-24-tap-the-transformative-power-of-stories-to-build-a-kinder-world

How the Arts Can Be Integrated into Every Subject

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/24241/how-the-arts-can-be-integrated-into-every-subject?fbclid=IwAR0rEF_WlQcdz6XGAPozKaC0FDvlyN1EipbDMVT3NPPQKy3za4bTeAqyzYg

Why Recess Should Never Be Withheld as Punishment

https://www.edutopia.org/video/why-recess-should-never-be-withheld-punishment

How Art Can Help Center a Student’s Learning Experience

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/54370/how-art-can-help-center-a-students-learning-experience?fbclid=IwAR2wWM4yQwzOIhlwr9A6lC386gIfEu1PKADQDuo7c0Dm718IMIhCVs76hEw

READING WITH A CHILD

https://www.readingfoundation.org/readingfoundation/reading-tips

We Need to Do More for Teachers Who Are Exhausted, Stressed, and Burned Out 

https://www.weareteachers.com/teacher-mental-health/?utm_content=1571432862&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR04fNhqyGDCMZQ3Jxt1XykN3NtPA_6P1-J5EsCw-UrqYvq5f4juFG-BB38

“My ADHD Teaching Strategies That Benefit All Students.”

https://www.additudemag.com/my-teaching-strategies-classroom-tips-adhd-students/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=school&fbclid=IwAR1jaFlWEKmztagGK_uonNX0-SGzlswF2bJ25NNDVtqO3FK8F3HiSrZ8d-4

After my son’s diagnosis, I made it my mission to learn everything I could about ADHD. In the process of helping my son, I totally revolutionized the way I teach my own students — both the neurotypical and the atypical ones. Here are some small but critical changes I made that don’t require an IEP or 504 Plan, yet make a real, measurable difference.

Educational Links 5/6/18

Pay attention! 5 ways to improve your students’ attention spans

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2018/04/12/pay-attention-5-ways-improve-students-attention-spans/

Why Should Dyslexia Be Difficult?

https://hundred.org/en/articles/why-should-dyslexia-be-difficult?platform=hootsuite

Want to improve literacy in your school? Here’s how

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2018/04/12/want-improve-literacy-school-heres/

3 Black Teenage Scientists Had A Breakthrough, Then Came The Trolls

https://www.npr.org/2018/05/05/608558338/3-black-teenage-scientists-had-a-breakthrough-then-came-the-trolls?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social

STEM for Students with Special Needs: Part 1

https://www.mrsdscorner.com/STEMforspecialneeds/

7 Low Prep End of Year Activities

https://www.teachingmadepractical.com/end-of-year/

Reciprocal Teaching: Improving Reading Comprehension with Four Powerful Tools

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/ascd-learn-teach-lead-radio/4713-reciprocal-teaching-improving-reading-comprehension-with-four-tools

Many students decode and yet don't comprehend what they read. The Fab Four is a protocol for improving  reading comprehension with a metacognitive  technique that produces significant growth  in a very short period of time.

Educational Links 10/13/16

What NOT to Do in an Inclusive Classroom 

http://www.teachhub.com/what-not-do-inclusive-classroom 

Why Isn’t Science Class More Like Learning to Play Baseball?

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/10/12/why-isnt-science-class-more-like-learning-to-play-baseball/ 

New Effort to Promote Social-Emotional Learning in Schools

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/10/05/new-effort-to-promote-social-emotional-learning-in.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

What to Do When You Realize You Don’t Like Your Students

http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2016/10/12/what-to-do-when-you-realize-you.html 

Can Personalized Learning Work in Rural America?

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-10-12-the-do-s-and-don-ts-of-bringing-personalized-learning-into-rural-schools?utm_content=buffer6c41e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

Bilingual education has been absent from California public schools for almost 20 years. But that may soon change 

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-proposition-58-bilingual-education-20161012-snap-story.html 

Choreograph Your Classroom 

http://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/smooth-transitions-in-classroom 

Teaching Handwriting to Young Kids—Important or Outdated? 

https://www.understood.org/en/community-events/blogs/expert-corner/2015/06/16/teaching-handwriting-to-young-kids-important-or-outdated?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

Handwriting may help your child’s overall learning. Research suggests the act of handwriting versus the act of keyboarding aids in learning new information. For instance, a child is more likely to remember a number if she writes it down than if she types the same number.