Hey English teachers! Use a few of these passages for Sentence strips activities!  Sentence combining and sentence imitation. Remove the adjectives and create a great diction activity too!

Really? This is something I'm guilty of. 

Also guilty

What a great quote to support authentic lessons in the classroom! assessment should include more creativity and products to persent.

If we didn't use Moodle, I'd use this in the classroom. The maximum upload size is 100 MBs.

Who the heck would click "NO"???

Parents should be held accountable, teachers should be held accountable AND students should be held accountable.

from Lynn Jones (to me?) "How many children do you have? I am an educator and I have 6 children who are all different. My second child, a son, was never told to study, never had a spelling word called out to him, and strieved to make all A's and B's since the 2nd grade. His older brother with an IQ of 128 in the 5th grade didn't care about grades and passing. His younger brother almost graduated high school before him even though they were 3 years apart in age. The oldest son has ADHD. His grandmother was a math teacher and I am a math teacher, but yet that was the subject he failed almost each year and had to go to summer school. He had the same parents and the same environment as his younger brother, but he was lacking the drive that is born in you. I won't go into the differences of the other 4 just to say that the good Lord gifted me with 3 ADHD children when not much was known about it (the oldest is 44). Every child is different and parents must learn not to judge one by the others, just like teachers must not assume that about siblings they teach. A parent can be their to help and try to point them in the right direction with the right work ethics in school, but the bottom line is how much the child cares and wants to achieve. The envolved parent can help the child that sits on the fence and can go on either side, but the ultimate choice is going to be the child's. It is the same with church. You can take the child to church every Sunday, but when they get older it is their decision how to direct their life. I am not saying that a parent shouldn't try every day to give the guidance their children need and deserve, but you can't beat yourself up when things don't go the way you think they should. All a parent can do is standby their child and give them all the love they can and to know that sometimes that is not enough for the child."

My Reply to Lynn Jones: 1. Parents should be held accountable along with teachers and the students themselves. 2. Six kids????? You are a saint! I plan on having two at the most and pray to the gods they're not girls! 3. Is there a specific reason you sent me your family history?

From Lynn: "I sent you the history to show that no two children are alike and not to judge one child by the behavior of another. In education we teach all types and there is no one way to approach all children. Sometimes it is not the parent that can make a difference, but someone else and not always a teacher."

I don't think the article is about differentiation but sure, I'm confident it's in the back of any high quality educator's mind. Regardless, we can always do more than standby our kids. 

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You cannot really multi-task.

Research why imagery is so important to incorporate into our learning.

You don't have to LIKE your students, but should treat them with respect and equity

What is the CC Map Project?

Cross Curriculum with Social Studies

I think we forget to ADD our knowledge to the "great database" in the sky. Maybe our curriculum needs more of this?

First, begin with a wall poster stating the difference between Theme, Topic, and Plot

Narrow it down to 3-6 examples of a Theme Poster for a classroom resource.

Model of students struggling to be seen as "normal".

Model of students with social anxiety

The teacher acknowledges that failure is part of the learning process but also demonstrates the importance of having trust in the student after specifically stating his expectations.  Stating expectations and following it up with trust is important for fostering a Student-Centered learning environment.  Too few educators are willing to let go of control and allow students to become empowered by their own curiosity.

Model of students with unique talents

The teacher demonstrates authentic research by creating a product to test rather than simply look at research and respond with a traditional essay.

DANG!