Apologies for my absence, I like to update weekly but I've been so busy. The fortunate side of this is I now have loads to share! Specifically, I have this book that was recommended to me by a teacher at a recent seminar. “THE BIG FOUR” Jane E. Pollock's "Improving Student Learning: One Teacher at a [...]
Linda Schlyer, the Title 1 Math Specialist at Castle Rock Middle School says she uses wind chimes in her classroom to calm students. Here are some other options for calming a classroom from the the Thinking Classroom out of the U.K. What do you use? If you have some calming tips, please add them! [...]
Myers Briggs and Personality Types and Learning Environments Sometimes I wish I could have my audience do the MBTI indicator just to see if my experience is validated with the results. Sometimes, it just seems to work out that I have an audience of primarily Introverts. Add to that the generally res [...]
Had a great day and a warm audience I had a wonderful day today presenting in Grand Rapids. I got some ideas to share on my blog from some of the participants. We had a three hour drive from Grand Rapids to Toledo after the seminar and arrived about 7:00pm. I got settled in and called my mom. [...]
Woodington Middle School Workshop on Flexible Grouping and Acceleration Centers (™) Recently, I presented a 'workshoppy workshop" on Flexible Grouping and Acceleration Centers (™)at Woodington Middle School in Kinston, NC. To teach the concept of small groups, the teachers actually get into small gr [...]