O Holy Night, The Moon Is Brightly Shining--The Sky Is Cheap Entertainment

 

FYI--this is not an actual photo from 1977.

Christmas Full Moon Will Light Santa's Way For The First Time In Almost 40 Years

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2015/12/19/christmas-full-moon-will-light-santas-

Rare Christmas full moon to shine Christmas Eve, Christmas Day 2015

http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/12/rare_christmas_full_moon_to_sh.html 

"Full Cold Moon" to rise on Christmas Day

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/full-cold-moon-to-rise-on-christmas-day/ 

 

Educational Links 12/18/15

The Problems and Promise of Educational Change

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/problems-promise-educational-change-mark-phillips?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29 

Identifying Children That Need Intervention Or Special Education Services

http://www.wrightslaw.com/blog/?p=13471&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheWrightslawWay+%28The+Wrightslaw+Way%29 

How Teachers Can Create A 'Growth Mindset' In Classrooms 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2015/12/how-teachers-can-create-growth-mindset.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29 

Report: Non-Academic Skills Are Key Ingredient To Student Success

http://www.nesca-news.com/2015/12/report-non-academic-skills-are-key.html 

A DISCUSSION OF READING DISORDERS: PERCEPTUAL, COGNITIVE AND MNEMONIC ELEMENTS

http://www.specialeducationadvisor.com/a-discussion-of-reading-disorders-perceptual-cognitive-and-mnemonic-elements/ 

Giving English Language Learners the Time They Need to Succeed 

http://www.readingrockets.org/research-by-topic/giving-english-language-learners-time-they-need-succeed?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ReadingRockets_TeachingReading+%28Reading+Rockets%3A+Teaching+Reading+Resources%29 

Shifting from Teaching Kids What to Learn to Teaching Kids How to Learn

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/edchat-radio/3553-shifting-from-teaching-kids-what-to-learn-to-teaching-kids-how-to-learn 

Identifying Children who Need Early Intervention or Special Ed Services - See more at: http://www.wrightslaw.com/blog/?p=13471&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheWrightslawWay+%28The+Wrightslaw+Way%29#sthash.dTiN2KQ6.dpufIden

 

MzTeachuh: Love the Look Leonardo Gave Grandmother

MzTeachuh: Love the Look Leonardo Gave Grandmother: The Virgin and Child with St. Anne, Leonardo da Vinci St. Anne has that proud Grandma smile. Just noticed Mary is sitting on Anne'...

MzTeachuh: Mzteachuh's 'Teaching Is...' Collection of Tweets

MzTeachuh: Mzteachuh's 'Teaching Is...' Collection of Tweets: My favorite poster in this series. Here are 40 blogs with 7 links each on teacher top ics. H ave fun! Teaching Is Seeing...

Liberal Arts--Bah, Humbug?

May I also suggest A Christmas Carol--with Patrick Stewart, Jim Carrey, the Muppets and Michael Caine, Mickey Mouse--or my favorite, George C Scott?

1. Top 5 Holiday Movies for Kids

http://blog.k12.com/tips-parents/top-5-holiday-movies-kids?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thinktank12+%28thinktanK12%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo#.Upyy9uKnet8 

2. Learning our own liberal-arts lessons

http://hechingerreport.org/content/learning-our-own-liberal-arts-lessons_14008/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HechingerReport+%28Hechinger+Report%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

3.  Liberal Arts

http://hechingerreport.org/tags/liberal-arts/ 

4. Dive Into Science With Zombies, Superheroes, and Fairies

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/11/dive-into-science-with-zombies-superheroes-and-fairies/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

5. How to Build and Create Your Classroom Library 

http://www.teachhub.com/how-build-and-create-your-classroom-library 

6. The best teacher freebies for December

http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/2013/12/the-best-teacher-freebies-for-december.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheCornerstone+%28The+Cornerstone+Blog%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo 

7. San Francisco Bat Kid: A Model PBL Project
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/sf-batkid-model-pbl-project-andrew-miller

Educational Links 12/17/15

For the Hesitant Teacher: Leveraging the Power of Minecraft

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/09/28/for-the-hesitant-teacher-leveraging-the-power-of-minecraft/ 

A Shifting Education Model in China

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/12/china-education-system/420234/ 

A New Study Raises Old Questions about Antidepressants and Autism 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2015/12/a-new-study-raises-old-questions-about.html 

The secret to fixing school discipline problems? Change the behavior of adults

http://acestoohigh.com/2013/03/20/secret-to-fixing-school-discipline/ 

50 Questions To Help Students Think About What They Think

http://www.teachthought.com/uncategorized/metacognition-50-questions-help-students-think-think/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem&utm_content=56719c6104d3015f0e002abe&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook 

Can I Ask to Have Self-Advocacy Goals Included in My Child’s IEP? 

https://www.understood.org/en/friends-feelings/empowering-your-child/self-advocacy/can-i-ask-to-have-self-advocacy-goals-included-in-my-childs-iep?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg 

Study: Reading Books Triggers Lasting Changes in the Brain

http://themindunleashed.org/2014/01/study-reading-books-triggers-lasting-changes-brain.html 

 

 

 

 

You better watch out, you better not cry--Tough Love From The Boss, Bruce Springsteen

 

Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - 2007 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSgEDKjmT5o