February 28 2010
Teaching Link of the Day:ASVAB testingStory problems...chess timers... finding out I score off the charts... I love my job...Food of the Day:Fondue, with the homemade bread from the other night.Show...
February 27 2010
Craft of the DayToday I did nothing but create...a MONSTERAlso, new tag because I make lots of different kinds of things. I'm surprised it took till now to get this t...
February 26 2010
Teaching Link of the DayCircle the command words when you read instructionsA bit down in the instruction is a powerpoint presentation after a discussion of CUBE the question.Sometimes it's interesting...
February 25 2010
Teaching Link of the DayBlock Letters and Shading Geometry in 3 dimensionsIt all started with Star Wars...Letters have geometry. They are square and triangular and circular, and drawing block...
February 24 2010
Teaching Link of the Day:Reading without spacesUsing this as an aid for a student reluctant to read out loud with confidence--or at all in some cases--allows for the curiosity of the experience...
February 23 2010
Random Fact of the Day:some things are just too fun not to share. (also, click the picture to go to OnlineSchools.com for more fun and interesting Fact posters)Via: Online Scho...
February 22 2010
Teaching Link of the Day:Using workbooks in a classroom.One One One OnePick one, any one. Using a workbook to teach and assess your students is not effective. You become distant from the...
February 21 2010
Show of the Day:I studied this screenplay in my last college class--an independent study that I wrote and implemented. These brothers are fantastic writers, and then they make movies out of...
February 20 2010
Adventure of the DayI was here, but so was a foot of 3-month-old snow plus another fresh six-to-eight inches.You can't hear anything when you're here in the winter:the train goes by and with...
February 19 2010
Teaching Link of the Day:Following Directions Dot to DotWell, almost. That's ALMOST it. Instead of translating 1 to the answer of the problem for 1, each problem has a true or false. Here, try...
February 18 2010
Teaching Link of the Day:I got a piece of plexiglass. It's dry-erasable.Being clear, infinitely versatile. The film on the back re-adheres without sticking to the word cards I had cut to go...
February 17 2010
Teaching Link of the Day:Rhyming is so not importantTruly, rhyming is an advanced skill of pattern recognition and comprehension. We've inundated ourselves in a world of rhymes to teach with--Mother...
February 16 2010
Food of the Day:Games of the DayAlbums of the Day:Adventure of the Day:I bet you can't guess what we did tod...
February 15 2010
Teaching Link of the Day:Take Apart Party, or Teaching kids to tinkerThe kids had a "talking" book with pen that teaches word preliminary reading techniques like rhyming, initial sounds, etc....
February 14 2010
Adventure of the Day:Warmth! Sweatshirt and jeans, Mardi Gras is two days away, and I can finally clean my front porch and back yard. I have tomato plants untended from the early freeze/snow...
February 13 2010
Teaching Link of the Day:Writing TranscriberAs a writing tool, this helps a reluctant writer to verify that their handwriting is legible. They get instant recognition results: if their lowercase...
February 12 2010
Teaching Links of the Day:Mesa County Safety Council Children's Safety FairFrom little band-aid kits and computer screen cleaners to coloring books and iron-on coloring sheets, a seat in an...
February 11 2010
Show of the Day:I love fashion design. I do. When I worked at Ead's News in Boulder, I oogled the fashion magazines as they rotated on and off the shelf. I collected them--the ones I could afford....
February 9 2010
Thought of the Day: If you work at home or teach at home it's probably because you like the freedom and flexibility. Don't forget that: if you want to play hooky, for goodness' sake, go skiing!...
February 8 2010
Teaching Link of the Day:OpenOffice ImpressBuilding a simple newspaper with this slideshow program is a good way to introduce brief article writing, working with computer programs, and sharing...
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