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Alright primary teachers, this counting song is for you! The Counting Down From Twenty Song from Have Fun Teaching will have your kids singing, dancing and moving around the room as...

I t's hard to imagine the nation's students profiting from the latest fad in education policy, the new mania for high-stakes testing; but commercial businesses already are. Read the...

This a quick recap of “Things I Learned at Blissdom”, because I am busy UNPACKING, SHOVELING massive amounts of snow, and paying some quality attention to my family. (Much to their...

Catch Winter Olympics Fever Vancouver, Canada February 12 - 28, 2010 http://www.boardman.k12.oh.us/bdms/golubic/golubic.htm Home Page Olympics Go For The Gold Online Project Catch Winter...

photo by d3 Dan www.flickr.com Recently, my stepson who is in third grade completed a unit on rounding and estimating that I thought might get the better of his dad, his mom, me, and...

Many of you requested to see some examples of the maps my kids made after reading Katy and the Big Snow. Well here are a few of them... I hope the photos capture how wonderful they...

First off, I want to apologize for the long hiatus. I took a vacation with friends and got away for the weekend, plus two school days! It was much needed and I am very refreshed! I...

Today my kids had lots of energy. Kindergartners always have lots of energy, so on those days where it appears I have twenty pin palls bouncing off the walls, I try to be proactive....

Today I was at the library procrastinating taking a break from my dissertation to stay up on current events in education. A girl can't let herself get stale you know. I was immediately...

Congrats to our first chuckle of the week winner: Ms. Whitworth! She's won a Startbucks gift card! Check out her winning Chuckle: Chuckle of the Week Be next week's winner! Submit your...

Last week (or maybe the week before) I posted about ADD/ADHD. Little did I know it would bring on my first not-so-nice comment! Especially after considering what the anonymous poster...

Ms. Nichols and Mr. Berliner suggest five reasons that high-stakes testing has become much a popular approach to “fixing” schools. What is interesting is that none of the reasons has...

Over the recent decade, conversations in education have been dominated by the topic of test scores. Standardized tests are currently lauded as “the answer” to school accountability,...

The Counting By Twelves Song is great for learning how to count by 12s. This song, by Have Fun Teaching will have your kids singing and dancing while they are learning counting by twelve....

Every year I did a big unit revolving around the theme of bears. At the end of the week, I would have a teddy bear picnic followed by a teddy bear parade. Each child was allowed to...

This weekend I set out to get a lot accomplished and I am really happy with my success. My To Do list has a lot of black cross outs! With regards to catching up on school work, I talked...

My first year teaching, I felt more like a disciplinarian than a school teacher. I was totally unprepared for those urban children. I was so frustrated because I did not know what to...

Dr. Jim Taylor has two excellent commentaries on Race To The Top and the pressures those in education face, today. Please, read both parts of his two part commentaries. Also, visit...

If your students are anything like mine, they love getting into heated conversations over ideas from their novels and related readings. Being typical sixth graders, all students have...

Happy Superbowl Sunday everyone. Any other teachers out there that have no desire to drink and stay out late tonight because you know you have to deal with kids tomorrow morning? Oh...