The word “curriculum,” as it pertains to education, can include everything from the materials used to teach our students to the planned learning experiences. If we think of the Common Core standards as the academic destination for our students (the “what” we want them to know and be able to do), our curriculum is the […]
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Endings and Beginnings
By: Jane Rhodes As the school year ends for so many of us in the next few weeks, it is easy to be caught up in business of grading final assignments, attending end-of-year assemblies, finally cleaning out our classrooms (do we really need to keep all those paper towels tubes for projects next year?), and […]
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Pinterest- A Teacher's Addiction
By Amelia Cook In the world of teaching we often turn to a plethora of sources when creating lesson plans and getting new ideas for our classrooms such as books, friends, magazines, coworkers and the Internet. With the Internet comes come an even wider source of ideas, gadgets and crafts for us to spend countless […]