Caring Classrooms Contest: Striding Toward a Cure
…part by lacing up her sneakers and walking 60 miles in 3 days; the least we can do is to donate generously to support her efforts! Survivors, Warriors, and Angels…
…part by lacing up her sneakers and walking 60 miles in 3 days; the least we can do is to donate generously to support her efforts! Survivors, Warriors, and Angels…
…the thank yous from their parents for making the transition from pre-school to school. Rachael Rose – Read the book The First Days of School by Harry Wong. I have…
…sampler) will do more to help children learn synonyms and antonyms than several days’ worth of paper-and-pencil instruction on the same topic. With this greater success comes greater confidence and…
A few days ago I received a special package in the mail, one that I had been eagerly anticipating. It was a collection of 11 adorable little books written by…
…in large letters. Explain that you expect your students to work well together and keep the noise level to a minimum, but if a large number of them are too…
…establish Rule 5, “Keep your dear teacher happy.” Step One For a minute or so, five times a day, rehearse the five classroom rules. You call out the rule number;…
…number of personal growth books about the impact of positive thinking on one’s life, but I had never seen those concepts applied to the teaching practice. When the book arrived,…
…opportunity to talk. To equalize participation in team discussions, try one of these strategies: Around the Team – Place students in teams of 4 or 5 and have them number off…
…the logic? Bring on the metric system! Every unit is based on tens which corresponds perfectly to our base ten number system. Unfortunately, I don’t think the United States will…
…concerns me that after a few days all of that great advice is lost in Facebook land, never to be found again. That’s why I introduced a blog series called…
…How to Play Find the States Showdown: The first Leader selects a number card from the State Numbers deck and announces the number to the team. Everyone looks at the…
…free up space & assist in clean up. Each center box is labeled with a number and has 4 colored folders inside – one for each learning group in my…
