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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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We all do it. We might not be conscious of it all the time, but we do it. Whether it is race, gender, nationality, religion, etc…, we stereotype. Stereotyping in general is a bad thing, but when it is done in our classrooms, we are committing a grave 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 don’t know about you, but this is how I feel at the end of each day with my students, (see pic above), and that’s with a group that’s not too difficult! And now, they’re thinking of extending the school day? Well, I feel two ways about this, it depends Read More...
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We are studying WWI, and I was sharing photographs, quotes, and information particular to Delaware during that era. The text touched on segregation, and we were sidetracked into a lively discussion. My students find segregation unfathomable, they can’t Read More...
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Have you ever heard the saying, “He/She treats me like a stepchild?” Of course, when it is used, it is not meant to be a compliment. It meant that the stepchild was ignored, while all the biological children were fawned over by the parents. I started Read More...
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My youngest son is no angel, not in any way, shape, or form. He had been getting in ”trouble” since preschool. I would go to pick him up and he would wave, and grin, at me from the timeout area. He didn’t know any better, he was just one of those kids 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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I don’t care what you call your Reading group, they know. You can come up with the cutest, funniest, adorable names you’d like, they know. In my building, our students are divided into the Red, Blue, and Green groups, and they know. How could they not 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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Has anyone seen, ”please”, “thank you”, “excuse me,”, etc…? I’ve put out a Missing Persons for, “I’m sorry” because I think ”My bad” put out a hit on it! At the beginning of every school year, I have to teach my students to say “Good Morning” when they Read More...
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