As school gets underway, you may find yourself wondering how the year will go for your child. No doubt you are hoping for a low-stress school year filled with accomplishment. But the road to academic success has a few stop signs along the way – like academic struggles and social issues. There are many ways to prepare for the stop …
Motivating Today’s Students (Pt. 2)
In the first part of this series, I discussed the unmotivated student. I suggested that while many people are quick to place blame on why the student is unmotivated, a more effective use of time would be to try to resolve the issue. I referenced a speaker and trainer named Jim Wright, M.S., who created a list of six reasons …
Motivating Today’s Students (A Two-Part Series)
In researching the internet to inspire this blog, I stumbled across many articles that talk about how unmotivated students are today when compared to past years. Several articles indicate that students are distracted, unmotivated, or simply lazy. While many blame the advances in technology for poor student performance in the classroom, I say, “Why place blame?” Rather than wasting time …
Read Across America Day 2015 — Tips for Your Classroom
In 1997, the National Education Association proposed a new idea – a national day to celebrate reading. On March 2, 1998, the nation celebrated its first “Read Across America Day,” appropriately celebrated on the birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel (more commonly known as Dr. Seuss). Schools, communities, libraries and local businesses are all invited to have parties and events to …
ODE Report Recommends Less Testing
Yesterday, the Ohio Department of Education released a report recommending that we decrease the amount of testing in schools. According to the article, students spend an average of 20 hours a year preparing for testing. As expected, third graders and tenth graders spend the most time on tests due to the PARCC Assessment, SAT, and ACT, averaging closer to 28 …
“No one has ever become poor from giving.” – Anne Frank
My last article focused on simple and creative holiday presents that students could give their teachers. Since we all know it is better to give than receive, here is a companion article for teachers on affordable gifts to give their students. Every year, class sizes seem to grow and grow. When I started teaching my preschool drama class, I …
‘Tis a Gift to be Simple…
It’s hard to believe that the holidays are almost here! I don’t know about you, but I feel like they come sooner every year. One of my favorite holiday songs is “The Christmas Can-Can” by the great a capella group Straight No Chaser. The song is a hilarious farce of the holiday season. One of my favorite …
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