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February 12, 2018
When Going the Second Mile Becomes Second Nature
Day 37 of 80 Days of Excellence
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Do you know where you’re aiming? What does excellence look like? You can’t be complacent and strive for excellence. Excellence requires effort.
“If you don’t aim for anything, you’ll hit it every time,” Zig Ziglar
Tonight at the supper table, we had a family conversation about how we can tell people are really aiming for what they say they want to do. Every basketball, football, sof...
Beat Boredom: Engaging Tired-Out Teenagers in Critical Thinking
Martha Rush on episode 251 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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Students can seem tired and bored, but we can engage them in learning. Martha Rush has ideas and inspiration to help us reach our students this week! Martha is the author of Beat Boredom: Engaging Tuned-Out Teenagers.
February 10, 2018
Find a Way to Laugh: Funny Mishaps and Misunderstandings in My Classroom
Day 36 of 80 Days of Excellence
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Part of loving life is learning to laugh. The harder life is for you right now, the more you need to laugh. And I’m not just talking about watching a comedy but finding funny moments.
February 9, 2018
Empty Chairs Matter
Day 35 of 80 Days of Excellence
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Every day I go around the classroom and greet every child by name, and I inquire about the empty chairs. If a child is out, I want all of the other kids to know that child is important to me. Sometimes I’ll send an email, or I might need to ask the front office where they are. But always know, and I always inquire.
5 Formative Assessment Strategies to Help with Classroom Management
Mike Roberts on episode 250 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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We need more strategies than fist to five or thumbs up thumbs down. Teacher Mike Roberts give five strategies that can help us with formative assessment AND classroom management.
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February 8, 2018
When You Disagree: How You Disagree May Be More Important Than the Disagreement Itself
Day 34 of 80 Days of Excellence
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How do you disagree? Do you express your disagreement with the person’s actions but affirm that you care about the person? Or, do you defend your opinion so profoundly that you leave the person feeling that you only love them if they agree with you?
FREE MATH FUN: The Matific Games are Here
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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Matific is a fantastic website for K-6 students. It’s part virtual math manipulative, part math game, and part personal math instruction. Right now, your school can join the Matific Math games and win cash and prizes as your students learn math. It’s FREE, and they’ll help you set it up. In this post, I’ll share about the Matific Math games, how to get started, and why Matific is so awesome.
Computational Thinking and Math for Elementary Grades
Steve Floyd on episode 249 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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Fun, exciting tools and techniques can help very young kids understand math and learn computational thinking. Today’s guest, Steve Floyd, tells us how.
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February 7, 2018
A Noble Person Does Noble Things
Day 33 of 80 Days of Excellence
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Every cause is not a good one. Everything that you could stand up for is not something worthy of the sacrifice. Just because you’re ridiculed doesn’t mean that your cause is noble. Some people take a stand and pat themselves on the back and never stop to ask themselves if that stand is noble one.
Easy Paperless Contact Logs
Meredith Akers on episode 248 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast
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Administrators and teachers have so many contacts with parents. Today’s guest, Meredith Akers, has gone paperless with her contact logs. She talks about how she did it, the time she’s saving, and her recommendations for building relationships with parents by becoming more organized with your contact logs.
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