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Great brain break - from the Learning Station for primary grades.

Something to get your class moving for a minute or two.

Very interesting article; it calls to mind the original practices some students have come up with in various jobs which I have assigned for them to do around the classroom from organizing bookshelves to putting up boarders on bulletin boards and window frames. When I discover they are NOT executed as I would have thought to do the job, I give great thanks and praise, and restrain from changing to my preference! It reminds me of my mother's dislike of how I folded towels or loaded the dishwasher when I was younger - I refuse to show any exasperation over the student's creative execution of the task or project. (Although I must say I would NEVER encourage our middle schoolers to cartwheel into the library or any other classroom as a test of social acceptances of behavior as referenced in the article!)

Penny Kittle and First Book joined ILA on Thursday, April 9th to discuss ways to keep students reading and learning during summer vacation in order to avoid student "slide" in their reading skills. I found this interesting reading for different viewpoints and ideas- let me know what you think!

Six steps to successful co-teaching

This is a great website for Algebra worksheets.

I agree, and also for so many levels of Mathematics, right down to working with basic facts. This site is truly one to visit over and over again.

Helpful hints for writing across the curriculum.

This promotes a book, but it is a nice little article. It serves as a nice little reminder that we constantly have to adapt and make changes, and that that's okay. The book seems like a good summer read too! 

Some books for teaching metaphors and other figurative language

A list of categories with webinars that you can watch in a variety of educational topics on your own time.

Ann, I didn't know that this existed on the rcan site. I will definitely be returning to it. If done with small faculty groups, I wonder if these these webinars can be used for Professional Development. (?)

I liked this approach. It is a pedagogical approach to analyzing complex texts with a technology layer.

A retired teacher, Bob Greenberg, has been going around the country over the last year interviewing some of the important thought leaders, as well as local teachers and students, about education topics.

The outline for the EdTech Challenge. It is a way for teachers to think about collaboration tools, content management systems, personal learning networks, formative response tools, open educational tools, and electronic portfolios.

Attached is a little "blurb" about Social Stories and how they can effectively teach children proper social behaviors. As we discussed in Friday's meeting, using these stories in the classroom may serve as an effective tool to teach students lessons on sharing, being polite, and interacting appropriately with one another.

Richard Lavoie is one of my favorite speakers.... Here is just a "taste" of his thoughts on motivating students.... I encourage you to watch more of his videos.

Diana, these are wonderful. I watched the entire first one and will be back for more. Thank you!

I found this to be an interesting offer by SCHOLASTIC.COM and am considering whether it will fit in with our Summer Reading Assignment - check it out...