If a book wins an award, you might feel more comfortable recommending it to your students for book reports or just reading for fun. What about this year’s Newbery and Prinz award winners? Do you think you might want to add them to your classroom library? Read on and see if I can help you … Continue reading Award Winning Books: The Newbery and Prinz Award Winners
I am starting to see lots of information about the “flipped classroom.” This has grown out of the Kahn model, which was talked about at the TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) conference. Here’s a link to learn more about TED and the Flipped Classroom. It is the type of thing that I start to wonder … Continue reading The Flipped Classroom
Long, long ago, in the era of thermafaxes and dittos, I wanted to find a way to combine my passion for teaching, my desire to make money, and my commitment to fun. Other teachers seemed to like the art projects I created for my classroom, so a fellow teacher and I decided to put the … Continue reading Teacher Created Resources is 35!
I was once in a teaching workshop with a woman who was raised in Alaska. I remember asking her if it was hard as a kid to not be able to play outside at recess or after school for so much of the year. I clearly remember her answer: “Oh, we’d still play outside until … Continue reading Rainy Day Recess Activities