June 2008 - Posts
Hey everyone, It's time once again for INTERACTIVE MONDAY!! My question today is What are you reading this summer? If you're like me, you're often too busy to read anything good during the school year. So when the summer months come around, you try to
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My blog is evolving! (Which, quite frankly, is a lot more than I can say about my students from this past year.) Back in November of last year, Learn Me Good was operating at an Elementary School level, according to this web site . However, I just reran
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The current edition of the Carnival of Education comes to us direct from the Jersey shore , courtesy of Where's the Sun? There looks to be plenty of great articles listed there, including my post (and poster) on Get Caught Reading . I also want to point
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This week's Mr. Teacher column on education.com is about something that is familiar to anyone who is a teacher. Continuing education. Professional development. Boring summer classes. Whatever you want to call them, they are the required hours for the
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It occurred to me last week that it has been a long, long time since I have done a question for INTERACTIVE MONDAY . As I was having that thought, an easy question came to mind as well. Looking back at the just-concluded school year, what was your most,
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Hey folks, Mister Teacher here! Well, of course, I'm here, it IS my blog after all. But that's how I start out my new promotional video for Learn Me Good over on YouTube -- in classic Billy Mays, late-night infomercial style! Please pass it on to everyone
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This week's Mr. Teacher column on education.com is the final chapter of what I am calling the "summer vacation trilogy." I've done a column on what my kids are doing over summer break. I've done a column on what I myself am doing over summer break. This
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Last week, someone on a teacher chat board had posted a link to this page offering a really cool set of posters . The site is run by the AAP (Association of American Publishers), and from it, you can order up to 12 posters of celebrities "getting caught
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Hello everybody, and welcome to the 175th edition of the Carnival of Education. Thanks to last week’s host, The Education Wonks. It’s not too late to check out that carnival before firing it up over here. Before we get started, let me explain the theme
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This week's Mr. Teacher column on education.com continues the theme from last week, all about summer vacation plans. Last week, it was my kids' plans; this week, I talk about some of MY plans . Thank you for those of you who have e-mailed me with YOUR
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Yesterday, I included a couple of writing samples from some of my kids about what advice they would give to second graders who will be in my class next year. Here are a few more choice examples. This little girl shared a few of the more memorable aspects
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Ladies and gentlemen, I will be hosting the next edition of the Carnival of Education, next Wednesday, June 11. I hope that all of you, my regular readers, as well as the esteemed visitors to this site, will submit an article for inclusion! You can either
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One of the last writing assignments that I gave to my kids this week had the prompt, "What advice would you give to next year's third graders?" I got some really good responses, and I'm going to space them out a little bit over the next couple of days,
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Another year done!!! Oh man, I have been ready for this year to be over since August. And now the summer is officially here!! Today was the last day of school for the kids, so my partner Ms. Jen Ed and I didn't make them do much work today, instead letting
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Tomorrow is the last day of school!!! WOOHOO!!! Therefore, this week's Mr. Teacher column on education.com is a look forward by my students at their summer vacation. I had them write down some of their plans and expectations for the next couple of months,
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