We live in an age of media overload and it's important that we recognize and monitor what our children are exposed to, so that we can help them to understand what is “real” and what is not. Also, we need to know what they are watching, so that we can teach them to “think” about, and question, what they see in the media.
These Organization Ideas for Teachers are fabulous. I'm an organizing nut. My favorite store is not a clothing store, or a shoe store. My favorite store is the Container Store. And, I LOVE novel ways to repurpose items to create practical and inexpensive organizers for the home or classroom. This article shares so many new ideas that I've not seen anywhere before. Check it out! These are great.
These twelve quotes of appreciation for teachers share some of my clearest sentiments about the importance of what we do, as teachers.
Many students who may need a vocabulary intervention are Bodily-Kinesthetic learners, meaning they learn through their bodies and they need to "move" their bodies in order to learn at their highest potential.
Many students with learning disabilities struggle with memory deficit issues. Primarily, they forget information they need to do well on tests or to do the higher-level thinking required for problem solving, analysis, and synthesis. For example, students who struggle to remember the details of a story can’t draw inferences from those details because they don’t [...]