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"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
Category Archives: Education
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
Behavior Advisor
I’m going to have to find time to look into: http://www.behavioradvisor.com/ It has, among other things, “lesson plans related to positive character development, social skills, anger managment, and self-efficacy.” I need some ideas for the beginning of the year — … Continue reading
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