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13 Podcasts You Need To Listen To Right Now: http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/13-podcasts-you-need-to-start-listening-to-right-now
I really enjoy podcasts and regularly listen to a number of them including over half of the podcasts described in this article.
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Alabama law mandates cursive writing in schools, parents express mixed reviews: http://www.ajc.com/news/news/national/alabama-law-mandates-cursive-writing-schools-paren/nsNBp/
State Education Department Releases Spring 2016 Grades 3-8 ELA and Math Assessment Results: http://www.nysed.gov/news/2016/state-education-department-releases-spring-2016-grades-3-8-ela-and-math-assessment-results
New York State Education Department released this information on July 29. At a Glance: Anatomy of an Effective Email to Your Child's Teacher: https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/partnering-with-childs-school/working-with-childs-teacher/at-a-glance-anatomy-of-an-effective-email-to-your-childs-teacher
Although emailing is not real new at this time, it may be a new media for parents to use to contact teachers. This helpful tutorial can be shared with parents on a schools website or newsletter to begin effective communication right from the beginning of the school year. What Do You Believe About Teaching And Learning?: https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2016/08/19/what-do-you-believe/
While I believe the ideas behind how Sarah Brown Wessling describes setting up a classroom, I sometimes need validation from other teachers. This blog post gives practical and theoretical reasons for changing how we set up our classroom for the beginning of the school year. Looping: York City schools try to ease transitions: http://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/education/2016/08/22/looping-york-city-schools-try-ease-transitions/89098896/
I"m a fan of multi-age classrooms so looping is a concept I have supported for several years. This article offers specifics about how looping looks, including a video. Getting to know Your Students: Inside Room 801: http://www.amle.org/BrowsebyTopic/WhatsNew/WNDet/TabId/270/ArtMID/888/ArticleID/680/Getting-to-Know-Your-Students-Inside-Room-801.aspx
I really like this idea. It lets students share a little about themselves and I appreciate the examples in the article. It seems like a more grown-up version of student-for-the-day. Midddle School YA Zine Project Makes KIds the Bosses: http://www.slj.com/2016/08/teens-ya/middle-school-ya-zine-project-makes-kids-the-bosses/
I really like this idea for a beginning of the year project and/or for open house night. I think it could also be used as a final project for a inquiry lesson/unit. |
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