I remember September 11 as if it were yesterday. I woke up to a spectacular morning, not a cloud in the deep blue sky. The day was simply perfect. I went through my usual morning routine, got in my car and drove to work thinking about my class and the kind of day it would be. I arrived at school,…
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Read Aloud Books for the Beginning of the Year in Middle School
It feels like yesterday that I learned to read, though it really was a lifetime ago. I can remember the first few words I learned…”See Dick play, Run Spot Run, See the Apple.” I first read those phrases when I went to Miss Gaylor’s School and was taught from these cute little soft covered books called My Little Red…
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Qigong, The Healthy Body Routine that I Fell in Love With
If you’re anything like me, you just don’t love exercising, no matter how much you try to like it, you just don’t. Of course you want to eat that delicious cookie, ice cream, or chocolate, but you don’t dare because it goes right to your hips and you’ll feel oh so guilty! Sound familiar…..Sooo, you begin your dreaded routine and…
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Tricks to Keep your Kids Writing Through the Summer
Calling all parents, summer is the time for fun and relaxation for everyone, esp the kids. However, you don’t want them to lose some of the writing skills that they learned during the school year. Here are some fun things to do to keep their creative juices. flowing. When I was a kid I remember having a pen pal…
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How to Keep Your Class Engaged Through the End of the Year
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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A Trifecta of Wonderful Ideas, Resources and Freebies
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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