Quick Thoughts
"8th Graders, At this time tomorrow, we'll be done with the first day of the last semester of your middle school career!"33 days ago"Happy to say I was able to get 18 novels and graphic novels for $89 for my classroom today. I picked them from the ALA YA lit lists."126 days ago"At CFISD middle school language arts share session. Teachers are so creative! It *is* difficult to make LA kinesthetic."145 days ago
Author Archives: Mr. Heyer
Getting Work In On Time or Character Trait: Deliberate
I added a new word to my example name plate this year: deliberate. I realized last year that many of the deliberate ways I do things in the classroom aren’t recognized as such by students, other teachers, and administrators. For … Continue reading
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What To Do About Late Work With Reteach/Retest
More questions than answers here: In the past, I’ve used write-ups for late work instead of the common practice of taking off points for late work. My district is now shifting to letting students complete assignments in different amounts of … Continue reading
Grumpy wizards make toxic brew for the evil Queen and Jack. (Google Fonts)
Teachers love fonts! This is not always a good thing typographically and technologically. Even though I may be risking unleashing a new wave of font-heavy publications, if teachers are using Google Fonts, they at least won’t be full of fonts … Continue reading
Informal Differentiation
As I get ready to meet with my team to develop lessons for the start of the school year, I am trying to actively think about differentiation. I do think that it may be wise to keep students all on … Continue reading
Tuna Salad or Chicken Salad
(note: if you want to start a low-carb diet yourself, I recommend reading why: Why We Get Fat (including a simple how — and it’s the “how” I’m doing) and how: New Atkins.) For lunch or dinner, I used to … Continue reading
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Tagged diet, dinner, fat, food, health, lunch, recipes, weight loss, work-life balance
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