February 2012
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The Starfish is Always Right
Sometimes it is very difficult for students to remember right rom left (especially at the EC level).To help the students remember, place a small object-in a beach theme classroom a colorful starfish is perfect-in the top right corner of the board at the front of the classroom. This will help all of the students remember and eventually learn right from left.
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When to Tattle
I’m sure many of you wonderful teachers out there can side with me that tattling is a problem, especially in the EC classroom. My mentor did something simply amazing in order to nip all of the tattles in the bud. She posted a huge laminated poster of when to tattle titled “The Tattling Rules.”
The Tattling Rules (When to tell an adult) are:
-You feel scared
-It happens more...
preservice-teacher asked: I recognize that you're mostly an elementary-focused blog. the stuff you have is great, but could you point me in the direction of something similar for high school teachers? cheers!
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March 2nd Read Across America Day
As I’m sure you all know March 2nd, commonly known as Dr. Seuss Day, is Read Across America Day! On this day students and teachers will celebrate reading through the reading of various Dr. Seuss books.
This website features writing and activity packets that go along with the following Dr. Seuss books:
Green Eggs and Ham Oh, The Places You’ll GO! Oh, The THINKS You Can Think! Horton...
Anonymous asked: Please help with rewards for high school students!
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