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Engaging Parents From School To Home

by Paula Kay Glass

The school to home link is very important to me. Many people view today’s education as starting and stopping in the classroom. Learning is an ongoing process and needs to continue from the classroom to home and back again. But parents tell me all the time that they don’t know how to ‘teach’ their children, […]

Posted inElementary School, Featured, Instruction & Curriculum, Kindergarten, Literacy, Mathematics, Opinion, Parents, Science, Social Studies

Bridging the Summer Gap

by Paula Kay Glass

I am always looking for ways to make the school-to-home link. I think all too often we expect our parents to follow through, but forget that they are not always equipped with the necessary tools needed to do so. A lot of times parents don’t know where to look or even what to look for […]

Posted inHigh School, Instruction & Curriculum, Literacy, Middle School, Social Studies

News Storytelling of Lincoln’s Assassination Will Engage Students

by Colette Bennett

News stories are generally written in what is commonly known as the inverted pyramid style, in which the opening paragraph features the “5 Ws” of journalism: Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How. The reason for this style is so that the reader gets the most important information up front. Given the amount of time […]

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Teacher Collaboration: Scaffolding by Grade Levels

by Alice Trosclair

Is your department communicating? It seems like common sense, however, too many times teachers in the same subjects are not communicating from one level to the next. Students shouldn’t have to fill in gaps when they progress within a subject.  Teachers need to move beyond the possessive view of students and begin to collaborate across […]

Posted inCurrent Events in Education, Elementary School, High School, Instruction & Curriculum, Literacy, Mathematics, Middle School, Science, Social Studies

Dr. Seuss: It's For Big Kids Too

by Lori H Rice

Theodor Seuss Geisel is known in classrooms, libraries and by elementary age children for his fun and crazy books. There is a special language he developed, perfected and used to engage children in reading.  From his first book, “And To Think I Saw it on Mulberry Street” to his ever popular “Cat in the Hat” […]

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Top 5 Reasons Socrates Would Rock a High School TODAY!

by Jeremy S. Adams

[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”] Great teachers come in all shapes and in all sizes. But to my way of the thinking the greatest teacher in Western history is Socrates. Sure, his bombastic ways and eccentric […]