May 2011
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May 26th
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I'm following a couple of teens that post images...
shapefutures: And I wish that I could tell them all — every teenage girl following and reblogging these images — that you are beautiful, and that as long as you’re healthy your figure is perfect.  Please, don’t let your image of beauty be defined by concave stomachs and stick-thin legs.  If you look like those pictures and you’re eating and you’re healthy, that’s wonderful. If you look like...
May 26th
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Substitute teachers are glorified babysitters.
I beg to differ. Substitute teachers are life savers. ~PPT
May 26th
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Washington Post: The Learn Act - An expensive... →
The Seattle Times has announced that Washington State’s Senator Murray is attempting to include the LEARN Act in whatever new law Congress ultimately passes to replace No Child Left Behind. LEARN would cost nearly $12 billion over five years, and is designed “to help students from preschools to high schools to read better,” the newspaper said. There is no evidence that the LEARN Act will...
May 26th
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Science Daily:Job Stress in Teachers Linked to... →
You’re kidding me!
May 26th
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Scientific American: 10 Facts You Want to Know... →
May 26th
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Ed. Gov: Race to the Top — Early Learning... →
On May 25, 2011, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced that the Administration plans to use approximately $500 million of the FY11 Race to the Top funding for a major competition in support of bold and comprehensive State plans for raising the quality of early learning programs. I’m truly all for raising the...
May 26th
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My Professional Summer Reading List
Teaching with Poverty in Mind by Eric Jensen (for Team Teachers Summer Book club — get a copy by June 1st) The Three Habits of Highly Successful Reading Teachers by Megan Milani Classrooms That Work: They Can All Read and Write by Patricia Cunningham and Richard Allington (this is a reread, but I think the ideas are good to review especially going back to my own classroom) Reciprocal...
May 25th
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Only my dad would go clean the gutters in the...
I told him if he gets hit by lightning I was going to be really mad at him.
May 25th
polishedinpajamas asked: Hey, I realize your blog is a general education blog, but I was wondering if you could post this. It's specific to NC, but this vote could cost North Carolina so much in terms of Education. The NC state senate is voting to phase out the NC Teaching Fellows program. Teaching Fellows funds the education of 500 future teachers every year. It enables those students to have hands-on experiences...
May 25th
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HECK YEAH GLEE!
Don’t use the R word. Spread the word to end the word.
May 25th
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revolution-breeze asked: Teacher Dare Day Question:

Worst kid you've ever had in class?
May 25th
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monasequeda asked: Teacher Dare Day Question:

How excited are you to have job!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

:D
May 25th
specialbunny asked: I define Classroom Management as strategies that you use to keep the class in order... not necessarily keep it quiet, but to keep the level of respect between student and teacher in check.

The Guilt trip sometimes works... especially as a substitute. Saying "It's your time, not mine.. you have this due at the end of the period". I don't LOVE using it because...
May 25th
Time for a Teacher Dare Day!
teamteachers: Please reblog this post so everyone knows! If you are not familiar with what Teacher Dare Day is — Click here! Don’t forget to use the tag “teacher dare day.” Teacher Dare Day Time! In case you didn’t know from my previous question.  (Go answer it!)
May 24th
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How do you define classroom managment? What...
May 24th
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“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed....”
– Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (Darcy to Elizabeth)
May 24th
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May 24th
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The storm passed us. Our garage drain flooded,...
May 23rd
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Microsoft Office Academic List Templates →
kicksandgiggles: A collection of 32 templates that could prove useful to educators. Maybe you’re in a bind and don’t have time to create a monthly homework checklist. Have no fear! There is a “multi-purpose monthly checklist” just for you. Other examples include: Test Taking Tips One Hundred Days of School Reading Log Class Contact List In which kicksandgiggles proves once again, she is a...
May 23rd
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