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In The News…

I absolutely hate to write that something of this magnitude is yet again a news story. As I’m sure many of you have heard, there was a shooting at a Nevada middle school on Monday morning. While not much has been released about the incident, this news story showcases that students assume it was because […]

Brain Dance

Here is a teaching idea for all of you. The link is to an activity called “Brain Dance”. It was developed to simulate the movement patterns of a baby’s development. As the article states, it has seen great results in the classroom. In fact, one of my dance professors suggested I do this activity with […]

GeoFest

Overall, I thought GeoFest was a wonderful experience. From each session I attended I got teaching ideas, handouts, freebies and more! In the first session I went to, we got an A-Z chart that students are asked to fill in at the beginning of each unit. For example, if they are studying about North America, […]

poverty taxes the brain

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2013/08/how-poverty-taxes-brain/6716/?fb_action_ids=775740033634&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582 I just read this article on how poverty – temporary and long-term – affects cognition. Some of it makes sense to me and other parts I question and need more information. It makes me more eager to read the education department’s book study “Teaching with Poverty in Mind.”

Class Shout Out!

Happy Monday of Fall Break, I just wanted to do a quick shout out, because I forgot to on Friday! I think we had an impactful and deep conversation during Friday’s TLC class and I want to thank everyone for listening and sharing ideas and experiences! We brought up many issues that will be impacting […]

Tattle Tales

I found this book on Pinterest called A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue.  It would be perfect for younger elementary students who feel the need to tell the teacher everything that is going on.  It then reminded me of a current teacher that keeps a stuffed animal turtle in her classroom called Tattle Turtle.  If […]

Ancestry.com

I had a family wedding this weekend and when we are all together we always talk about old stories of when our parents and grandparents were little and growing up.  I have a very large family and a lot of the names of people I never got the chance to meet are hard to keep […]

Cradle-to-K initiative

As future elementary school teachers, the last thing we want is for our students to be or fall behind in their learning.  Minneapolis Mayor candidate Betsy Hodges, has formed an initiative called Cradle-to-K for the Minneapolis area.  It will provide help for expecting parents and young children before they start kindergarten to help close the […]

Post-Its!

I found this page that has almost three hundred ways for teachers to use Post-Its! There are some really interesting ways to use them, and I think you all should go check them out! I really like the idea of using Post-Its for your seating chart so you can easily move students around. There is […]

Immigration and Ellis Island Teaching Ideas

Hello All, Today we talked about immigration and Ellis Island.  Although we thought of many good ideas of lesson plans we could teach to our students on this topic, I wanted to go on-line and find more.  I found a virtual tour of Ellis Island on Scholastic.com, which allows students to virtually go through each […]