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i use alot of movement in everyday teaching - and ''wake-ups'' - we do a ''Use your atlas'' - kids look up questions i give them - then stand up when they know the answer we do gallery walks - post questions around the room or in the hall - kids peruse w/answer sheet Ms N says . . . (version of simon says but use as review game - ''if king ...

The change from high school to middle school was i-n-t-e-r-e-s-t-i-n-g . . . what am I saying - it was the hardest I've worked in my whole teaching career - but worth every minute - and now it's almost over.  boo hoo I used ALOT of hands-on strategies that I wrote about in my book, If It Ain't Broke, Break It!  Creating Organized Chaos ...

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I taught the same type of kid for twenty years!  if you have high expectations and refuse to take lower them kids will rise to the occassion - i totally disagree with ''if they don't do it - don't give it''  - example - assigned a poster for law ed class - kids had to choose a sensational murder case and determine the defendent, ...

what do you mean he's too low for special ed?  realllly don't understand that?  has the school psychologist tested him?  try giving him key points of what you're doing in simple phrases that you repeat often - pair him with a caring student who can also repeat the key concept in English use him as your helper to hand out papers - ...

AMEN!  you will LOVE my new book, If It Ain't Broke, Break It!  Creating Organized Chaos in the Classroom!  I taught ''3-peats'' - lifelong 9th graders in 90 minute blocks - i had to engage them somehow so i incorporated all kinds of quirky activities to help them learn - my book is full of those ideas!  check out  ...

I'm a 25 year teaching veteran who has worked with at-risk kids, as well as honors - this year as a social studies interventionist working with teachers at 4 high schools i have started to develop an entirely different view of homework - our district has been discussing grading and how it affects learning and i've really begun to rethink and ...

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