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Skype in the Classroom:A SlideRocket Presentation!
Filed under: Blogging about Education, Education Blog, Elementary Education Blog, Integrating Technology in the Classroom, Lessons, Teacher Resources Tagged: Skype in the classroom, Skype projects for...
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Jeopardy and Photopeach:Beginning of the Year Activities!
Two ideas to jumpstart the beginning of the year! Pleasantville 2012-2013 Year Begins! – Jeopardy I got this idea from the facilitator of a workshop I participated in last week. This is how she started...
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Boring Lessons? Revamp With Videos!
(Updated blog post) I wanted to spice up my lesson on fact and opinion, but I wanted to make sure I was in the upper echelon of Bloom’s Taxonomy. At this point in their schooliverse, my students are...
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New Post:Top 5 Popular Posts of July 2012 on Blogger!
Jeopardy and Photopeach:Beginning of the Year Activities! I got this idea from the facilitator of a workshop I participated in last week. This is how she started the class, different categories of...
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“Getting to Know You Game” and “Fotobabble!” More “Getting to Know You”...
I found FotoBabble in The Alice Mercer Daily. The one I made below will be embedded on our class blog and Edmodo. My students will create one as well. I will use their Fotobabbles to produce a...
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Fabulous Phone Call!: Go Ahead, Make Their Day!(updated)
While attending the 2011 PLC summit, one of the presenters told us about an experience he had while watching Family Feud. The question was, “What is the reason your child’s teacher is calling your...
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A Teacher Accused!:When He Said/She Said Turns Ugly!
I learned about it by accident. I approached my principal about another child and she asked me not to get upset. I wondered why a simple response to a question about a situation with a student, could...
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Who Doesn’t Love Shopping? Adding and Subtracting Large Numbers!
Adding and Subtracting Large Numbers Hmmmm…How can I make adding and subtracting large numbers fun? What do I love almost as much as new technology? Shopping of course! And my students loved it as...
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Paper,Pencil,Crayons, Learning, and Fun Projects Without a Computer!
Cause and Effect Game board This was not my idea. It was one of the ideas suggested for the “Green” group in the Harcourt Storytown series. I think it is a marvelous way to extend thinking! I gave it...
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If You’re Happy and You Know It…! Happy Students = Happy Teachers!
Clap your hands! About a week ago, I was feeling pretty frustrated with this whole teaching thing. I was worrying whether or not the way I was feeling physically, had to do with the stress of my job....
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“That Teacher”: A Blessing or a Curse?
In February I read an article by Angela Watson, ”Should the Toughest Kids Be Placed With the Best Teacher?” I clicked the box to notify me of follow-up comments because I thought it was such an...
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Have You Ever Left a Bad Taste in Your Parents’ and/or Students’ Mouths?
One day, many,many years ago, I traveled back to Brooklyn to visit my former colleagues. Afterwards, I took the subway downtown to do some shopping. As I waited to cross the street, a van pulled up....
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Classroom Management Skills to Help You Survive the Year!
Is it really that bad? You’re doomed? Don’t panic, it doesn’t mean that you don’t have a chance to turn things around. You always have another chance. Some can turn it around during the school year,...
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Why Do I Have to TEACH Reading?
I watched my kids today after we came in from Recess and loved what I saw.They were sprawled all over the room. Some were in the Sponge Bob duct taped “used to be my sons’”video chairs. Some sat on the...
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A Mini Christmas Math Project- “12 Days of Christmas!”
A math mini-project related to the holiday season.
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“Techfully Yours” Youtube Series- Sharing My Passion for Tech One Tool at a...
I learned about Snagit right before school ended, trying to make up those snow hours. But, it was PD I wish we had more often, something productive that I can use! Take a peek, or two. Share with...
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Everybody Get Up! Using Brain Breaks in the Classroom!
If you are still teaching in the traditional, “sit down, be quiet, don’t move”method, it is time to let it go! Research has proven that, just like adults our kids need to move, young or old. The fact...
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How Can We #Rethink Discipline?
On July 22, 2015 educators gathered at the White House to Rethink School Discipline. “The conference sought to advance the national conversation about reducing the overuse of unnecessary out of...
View ArticleStudent Voice = Student Passion: TED Talks Part 2
I could have assigned the Natural Disaster Research report It would have been soooo much easier. It’s already written. We’ve used it before. It has a rubric, complete with strict guidelines on what...
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