Lighting the Path to Knowledge
The end of the school year is just around the corner. You’re looking forward to summer vacation and so are your students, but you still have at least 3-4 or more weeks left, so what do you do to keep those kiddos turned on to learning? Here are some tips. Projects, Projects, Projects. Have your students work in groups to create…
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It’s been a loooong winter this year, especially when it’s spring and it seems like winter, it’s still sooo cold. The weather forecast keeps saying the temperatures will continue to be below normal, until next week end when it’s supposed to be in the 70’s, but then it will get chilly again annnd there are people who say there’s no…
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When I taught special needs kids, each month we would do something special for those who earned enough points. One of their favorite activities was to make and fly kites in March. Years later, I was mainstreamed to 6th grade and the children also loved this activity. After they flew their kites, they wrote two papers, one explaining how to…
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This month’s Teacher Talk Featured Authors are three amigas! Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern and Retta London of Rainbow City Learning, both organizers of TBOTEMC’s monthly Teacher Talk blog link up and Tracy Willis of Wild Child Designs, Teacher Talk’s Featured Author Editor. They secretly wish they could’ve taught together but are separated by geography. Here they are, united in…
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It was cold and blustery outside, one of those days you just wanted to stay under the covers. But it was only hump day and I had a busy schedule, so I dragged myself out of bed, had my cup of coffee and a piece of toast, jumped into my car and was on my way. I arrived at school…
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Have you been struggling with Johnny or Sally since the beginning of the school year? Have you been racking your brain trying to come up with some creative ways to turn their unacceptable behavior around? Did you dread coming back to work in January? Well, I’ve been there and know exactly how you feel. If you said yes to any of…
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