[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] I remember watching “Gremlins” in the 80’s. When Randall is sold the Mogwai he is given three specific instructions: never expose it to bright light, never get it wet and never, ever […]
Classroom Management
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Habits of Mind: Learning Continuously Included Classroom Management
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” ― Henry Ford [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] This summer we got a bike trailer for the baby. Well, it […]
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Avoiding Holiday Hoopla
In the past, as my class lined up at the door every morning between Thanksgiving and winter break, I used to remind them to “check Christmas at the door.” Sometimes, especially when it was snowing or the week before break, I’d take a storage bin and told them to drop all the Christmas excitement in […]
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Special Education Assistants – How to Make the Most of an Important Resource (Part 3)
Teachers usually welcome all the help they can get. Unfortunately, teachers are not always prepared to best work with Educational Assistants. Even the most experienced teacher can improve their management skills when working with others who are also trying to help their students. This can lead to the underuse of valuable human resources like Education […]
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Differentiate When Students Dance to a Different Beat
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] You are different from anyone else, and you are defined by those differences. So are students. Each student will learn and perform differently in any classroom. A classroom of a hypothetical […]
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The Child Development of ‘Tweens’
If only we could get into the heads of our eleven-, twelve- and thirteen-year-olds and their child development. These kids are experiencing so many different emotions in rapid secession, it is difficult to understand them, let alone help them. Let’s check out child development for these ages kids from our five main areas: Cognitive Development: […]
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Clarity: the Essential Element of the Classroom
Have you ever tried one of those recipes that pop up on Facebook? I’ve tried two. One was a potato dish and was resounding success, especially since I topped it with cheese. The other was for my cookie addiction and it was a dismal failure. I was so disappointed. I love cookies! If I had […]
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Let's Talk About Sex, Baby
So, let’s talk about the unmentionable, which should be mentioned before kids start giggling and sneaking around experimenting: SEX. We teach all other three-letter-words when kids are young, so why is this one neglected? Sure, it’s the parents’ responsibility to cover this subject. But the fact of the matter is: most parents aren’t doing this, […]