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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 the class, different categories of course, and I Read More...
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Yes, it does, at least when it comes to class size. Recently Governor Romney visited Pennsylvania and made the remark, “a think tank type group went and looked at South Korea and Singapore and around the United States and said, gosh, in the schools the Read More...
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I attended a conference today called, ”Diversity Exchange:Learning from One Another.” The keynote speaker was supposed to be Reginald Weaver, former NEA president,but unfortunately he is ill. Merwyn Scott, did a good job standing in for Mr.Weaver at the Read More...
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I watched this video, and cracked up! I was trying to find articles about rigor and bumped into this video. It’s a bit long in making its point, but I get it. This poor teacher is being hounded by her principal, to “perform” , so that her students can Read More...
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I sat with my small group today and listened to my students, and smiled. They had finished sharing their writing prompt about an imagined device that would make their lives easier. I listened to stories about a teleporter , a robot, and a pen, that can Read More...
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The other day I posted a status on FB, “They are sucking the joy out of teaching!” You know who “they” are. I have taught for 27 years, and never have I felt this way. It’s not the new principal. It’s all the next “new” things that have been lobbed at Read More...
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And no, those four marks represent the word “H-E- Two sticks”, not the other word. Although I have to admit, I don’t know what word that teacher was thinking at that moment it happened. She was slapped. Slapped hard. By a first grader. Seriously? I remember Read More...
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Let me begin by being completely honest. I hate recess. I hate being out in the cold. I hate being out when it’s hot. I am not fortunate enough to work in a school where teachers have aides that monitor recess. I , and my teammates take the kids out for Read More...
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It”s Sunday, so this really shouldn’t be the title of my post, but it fits so well. I thought of the title as I sat, in all places, in a church in Boston. I recently read an article about that children’s book, “Go the F*** to Sleep”, and I think it left Read More...
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With the technology we have today, a one-room classroom should no longer exist! All of our students are capable of being or becoming global learners. We have the ability, using any, or all, of the Web 2.0 tools available, to knock down our classroom walls, Read More...
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As I listened to my favorite radio station this morning, the hosts made reference to an article, ”Will teachers be replaced by computers?” The hosts made jokes, but I took this question seriously. “As long as schools measure performance simply by rote Read More...
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I went to the library today! I left, struggling with an armload of books by some of my favorite authors, Kellerman, Sanford, Block. I lovingly placed the books in the back of my car, envisioning myself on the couch, deck, gazebo, curled up with one of Read More...
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I used to read to my students every day for five minutes. We would set the timer, and I would begin five minutes of uninterrupted reading. Sometimes, the students would be “Guest Readers”, and they would get a chance to read the book to their peers. They Read More...
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Dear President Obama, Today was the first day of Round 3 of standardized testing in the state of Delaware. The test is administered online, and the students get their scores immediately. It covers everything we learned in the 5th grade, even though we Read More...
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