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Low Cost to No Cost Things To Do . . . | Bright Minds
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News and Commentary on Kids and Education (and Everything Else in Between). Low Cost to No Cost Things To Do . . . Low Cost to No Cost Things To Do . . . 1 Turn your own back yard or neighborhood into a science lab. However, if you have the extra cash, you could spring for a science kit, complete with test tubes, glass slides and a microscope. Prices range from $20 to over $100. It’s all about how much you are or aren’t willing to spend. 2 Take a trip to your local library. 4 Get creative with your child.
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Daily Learnings | Teaching in the Inner City
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Teaching in the Inner City. I got this idea from Fiona. To record my daily learnings, as a reminder that I am indeed a life-long learner. How fun! 4/21/2007 – Cleaning up a little bit at a time is easier than Spring Cleaning! 4/22/2007 – In an argument with your spouse, ask yourself this question, “Do you want to be happy or to be right? 4/23/2007 – When packing, always make lists so you don’t forget anything important! 5/06/2007 – Even toes sweat! 3 Comments ». Feed for comments on this post. Please log...
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THWACK! Keep those kids in line! | Teaching in the Inner City
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Teaching in the Inner City. Keep those kids in line! June 7, 2010 at 6:54 pm Posted in behavior. It’s the end of the school year. The students are tired. You are tired. The kids act more like caged monkeys than students. And by golly, three weeks can last an eternity. At this point, I don’t know who’s behavior is worse, the students or the teachers! Here’s a link to a Responsive Classroom. Strategy, Interactive Modeling. Uses several forms of modeling to teach rules and routines. The teacher models, ...
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Goal setting | Teaching in the Inner City
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Teaching in the Inner City. September 14, 2010 at 7:40 pm Posted in best practices. I like to begin the school year with helping my students to set some goals. As the year progresses, we do more and more goal setting and continue our discussions about goals and objectives until all of my students have internalized their own academic goals and breathe it everyday. To make it interesting, we put it in the form of a peek over book. The kids love it. Leave a Comment ». Feed for comments on this post. Write f...
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Never enough time | Teaching in the Inner City
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Teaching in the Inner City. September 15, 2010 at 4:03 pm Posted in personal. How is it that on the third day of school I am already behind? My boards are empty but my to be graded pile is full. My materials for tomorrow is copied, thank god, but I can’t reach my construction paper for the leaning tower of junk guarding the closets. I am already three days behind on spot checking homework but the parents have already asked me if their children are turning them in. Leave a Comment ». Subscribe to my feed.
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Welcome back! | Teaching in the Inner City
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Teaching in the Inner City. September 14, 2010 at 7:20 pm Posted in education. Welcome to a new year of school! It is only the second day of school, but there is an air of excitement, possibility , and hope I have never felt before at my school. Past readers may know that my elementary school was classically bad. And I mean hopelessly bad. So, let us raise a glass to a wonderful year where both students and teachers learn! Leave a Comment ». Feed for comments on this post. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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How do you feel today? (via “the Pierian spring” – ramblings of an English teacher) | Teaching in the Inner City
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Teaching in the Inner City. How do you feel today? Via the Pierian spring – ramblings of an English teacher). June 7, 2010 at 7:15 pm Posted in Uncategorized. This blog always has highly useful and interesting postings. This one is timely for me because of students have been more than a little bit crazy lately. See my previous posts on my little caged monkeys. This tool, “How do you feel today? Via the Pierian spring – ramblings of an English teacher. Leave a Comment ». Feed for comments on this post.
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Spelling Homework Ideas | Teaching in the Inner City
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Teaching in the Inner City. September 26, 2010 at 8:57 pm Posted in homework. Has some fabulous spelling homework ideas listed in a doc file. Today, I grabbed it and formatted my own list of spelling homework choices. Take a look, you might like! Click to visit Joanne Griffin’s website. Leave a Comment ». Feed for comments on this post. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Please log in using one of these methods to post your comment:. Address never made public). Subscribe to my feed.
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Our School | Teaching in the Inner City
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Teaching in the Inner City. Our school has about 600 students, with a high transiency rate. The students you start the year with will not be the students you end the year with. Our teachers have varying degrees of experience. Many are near retirement and have been at the school for decades. Some are intermediate with on average 7 years experience at the school. A few have less than five years experience at the school. The free-lunch rate at our school is 99%. The other 1% receive reduced fee lunches.
