Wednesday, January 6, 2010

January 6 2010

Teaching Link of the Day: Sentence Diagramming

When you have students who consistently mis-construct sentences, a diagram teaches them what to expect. This one is a simple, straightforward one. The site mentions that this hasn't been taught in classrooms for 30 years or more, but I got to be a lucky one who not only studied this early, but it eliminated the need for any further grammar drills after about the third grade.

I do it with a different color for each part of speech. This way a student has a narrow field of what fits in each spot, and they begin to recognize grammar patterns.

Game of the Day:

Two bored kids, a notebook, two pens. Each list 5 nouns and 5 adjectives. Switch lists, and go.











Thought of the day: Autistic Children with Brainy Parents

Evidence that the smarter you are, the dumber the people around you seem. If you live in a blue collar community with an average education, you may not notice someone with an odd learning or social disorder.

So who is normal? What does normal mean? Do children with autism get diagnosed only because they're different than the people around them?


Development of the Day:
Girl Scout Cookies are coming! Place an order with your favorite Girl Scout starting Friday! The new cranberry ones are delightful. There is also a donation option, and this year my daughter's troop is sending the donations to the Hometown Heroes (firefighters, etc.) and the Bloodmobile.

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