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Would you ever do this?
Very long story short, would you tell a kid that if he can't attend a class party because of behavior he can come to yours? I have a student that is very impulsive. He is in trouble more than he is not in trouble. My first year co teacher told him in front of my […]
Free links! Lots of science, space, ELA, ESL, Music, Art, PD, Lesson Plans and resources. Enjoy!
It would be fantastic if we could share a link that is highly beneficial/useful, that doesn't cost a thing to use, no hoops to jump through. I encourage others to add to my links, creating some nice references to have on-hand. You can never have too many resources. I love free when it comes to […]
Has anyone had this or an opposite experience?
I was reading about a poster who was doing fine w/a behavior problem student until a behavior coach started interfering. We do not have behavior coaches, but we have an enabling, inexperienced, interfering, sped dept. that shows up,observes, and tries to tell teachers what to do once they've heard a kid flipped out. Not only […]
Old school formative assessment strategies....
I was observed by the P last week and we had a discussion about it during my planning period. He had left right as direct instruction was done and asked me, "How do you know if your students got it?" and I replied with, "I do the short paper." That is, I have pre-cut printer […]
Lucy Calkins & the Science of Reading
LC shared her thoughts on the science of reading in a lengthy essay. I found it interesting. I agreed with some parts - maybe most parts, but disagreed with a few here and there. Curious to see what others think. Edit: The link didn't work. See the post with the text below.
How CO2 in the Classroom Can Disrupt a Lesson
John Tesh mentioned this on his radio program a few days ago and I had to look it up. Wow! Rather than disruptive students, the air we breathe can be distracting to the lesson. Should this one study eventually prove accurate, rather than nodding off like adults might do (see picture in article), I can […]
I know I preach about not taking work home with me but I'm about to lose my mind
The school-related backstory: My school does reading groups consisting of skill, guided reading, and basal intervention. I generally quite like the system. However, there's a bit of effort in creating the groups. Because of the effort involved, it was decided that this would not occupy the time of our collaboration meetings but be divvied up […]

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