Archive for Laura Nuy

In the News… Closing the Achievement Gap.

http://mankatotimes.com/2014/09/02/johnson-wants-to-close-minnesotas-education-achievement-gap/ This is a great article about the ever relevant achievement gap. We have talked about this so many times in many different classes. We should all be keeping this in mind when we are lesson planning, getting ready to teach and even in interviews because it is bound to be a question that is […]

Shout Out to Josh

Shout out to Josh for being brave enough to try working with pumpkins and making play dough in his lesson with Kindergarteners! You are much braver than I would have been!  Kudos to you!

Ag in the Classroom!

As we all know Geofest was such a blast and a great experience. The first session I went to was Ag in the classroom and we did an activity with tasting apples and guessing which was grown in Minnesota and then talked about which one was and how that might affect the quality compared to […]

Just for fun :)

Here’s a link to a short video that makes me laugh every time!  Enjoy a laugh after a long week of practicum!

Social Studies and Science in Practicum.

Something I have been thinking a lot about over our last week in practicum is where science and social studies fit in Literacy is almost two hours of the day and math is half an hour and then there is play time and specialty but where are social studies and math? I was wondering if […]

DO IT YOURSELF

After our chat this morning in Katrina’s class I remembered that I had book marked this great webpage of cheap do it yourself ideas for the classroom! I thought I would share this with you all! The ideas are super easy and cheap! http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/money-saving-diys-for-the-classroom#39goug3

Dove Real Beauty (Shout out to Beth’s post)

Beth’s post kind of made me think of this video which kind of touched on self esteem…