Littlestwampum, thanks for the tip! What is SQUID? I like the sound of it, especially because it sounds like it aligns with the Common Core.
SQUID is a non-fiction reading strategy that can be applied to a variety of texts and images. I roll out SQUID in the first two…
What would be a good gift to get a newly graduated elementary school teacher?
I am stumped and I am also not rich.
Help!
Basic supplies such as pens/stickies all colors. Maybe some children’s literature to start a classroom library. All other ideas are welcomed!
I’ve been seeing a lot of pictures with teachers with jeans on at work which is crazy to me! The men have to wear shirts and ties at my school and women are supposed to wear business professional (although mostly we get away with business casual, but definitely no jeans). So, what do men & women wear at your school?
The goal is to be able to tell the teachers from the students, some teachers do a better job of that than others. Business casual is okay and I personally love my trouser jeans.
Triangle types with pretzels. Yummy education.
Definitely doing this!
how to organize your assessments digitally! go here to download a digital gradebook that automatically color-codes your scores based on the students’ performance. and, it’s FREE!
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Calling all Teachers!!!
I know I have not been active on here but I have been super busy lately. I am now coaching HS softball and preparing to take on a Long Term Sub job after spring break!!!
With that being said does anyone have any good sites that have good inquiry science lessons?!?I…
Kids go around the room, figuring out the standard form of each of their peers’ numbers. They record their answers on paper next to their classmates’ names. Once all numbers are figured out, have kids find the largest and smallest number. Can they identify which ones are even or odd?
You can practice any concept on a name tag: addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. Have kids write a number sentence on their name tag. Then, they go around the room and solve each equation using a list of their classmates’ names.
That’s creative!
Pioneering educator Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879-1961) sometime in the 1910s. Born in Orange, Virginia, Ms. Burroughs graduated with honors in 1883 from the Colored High School, which would later become M Street School and then Dunbar High School. Best know as the founder of the National Trade and Professional School for Women and Girls, Ms. Burroughs was an early advocate for teaching African American History and students had to pass a course in black history in order to graduate. A member of the National Association of Colored Women among other civic and religious advocacy groups, Ms. Burroughs was appointed to a special committee on African Americans and housing by President Herbert Hoover. Also a leader in religion, she helped found the Women’s Auxiliary of the National Baptist Convention.
Ms. Burroughs also had a special connection to Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. A longtime friend of his parents, Ms. Burroughs wrote a letter to Dr. King’s mother, Mrs. Alberta King on February 4, 1956 during the course of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and told her how impressed she was with the “calm, sure way that Junior is standing up for right and righteousness.” Photo: The Library of Congress
The 195-page grant proposal that represents a potential job shift for me to open a new afterschool center in a different school district (that would be great news for a multitude of reasons) is in the mail. It is a 6.75 million dollar, 5-year decision from the State Board of Education and we likely won’t hear the decision until May.
Fingers crossed, peoples. This grant provides incredible opportunities for the students and teachers in one of the poorest counties in the state.
Very exciting!
I am a sucker for foldables, I really am, but I have learned that it takes a greater deal of patience, time, and practice to even teach my students how-to learn and create various foldables. And so, I decided to share some of the resources I found online if ever you should want to create foldable…
