Archive for Alex Halvorson Johnson

Tracking the T-Wolves

Here is a really cool geography lesson idea for middle school students. It revolves around the NBA team from your state and recording data about tracking distance from the Target Center to the arena of every road game. This among other great ideas can be used for geography. I encourage everyone to check out this […]

GAC Event: Family Weekend Concert

Today I attended the family weekend concert. It was a very beautiful production put on by all members. It was great to see some of my classmates preform, as well as my roommate who was in the Vasa band. Keep up all of the great work everyone, and thank you for putting on a beautiful […]

How is Practicum Going?

Hi everyone, I am just wondering how everyone’s Kindergarten Practicum is going so far? What’s going well? What needs improvement? Are their any interesting teaching tips that the class would value learning? I am very excited to hear how everyone’s experience is going!

Coach Dilger

I would like to give a shout out to our very own coach Dilger on continuing to help our football team with a successful undefeated season! Keep up the great work, coach!

Detour Duo

I would like to give a quick shout out to Josh and Kendra for finding the back road detours on the ride home from the conference, yesterday! You guys saved us from at least another hour of sitting in traffic! The best detour duo ever!

Trip to Germany, From GeoFest

At the GeoFest conference yesterday, my former seventh grade Social Studies teacher Scott Noet  led a discussion revolving around his trip to Germany, this past summer. through at program called TOP. Unfortunately, I cannot remember the what the acronym stands for but, he was given the chance to go to Germany and meet with many […]

$4 Million Teacher!

Here is an awesome article about a $4 Million teacher! It also covers some staggering percentages of student development between the United States and other countries. I really hope that you enjoy reading it!   online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324635904578639780253571520

“Shake Your Sillies Out” – Morning Meeting Song

Hi Everyone! Here is the song that Lauren and I used in our Morning Meeting. It is called, “Shake Your Sillies Out!” Enjoy!