Kelsey in ICT Wonderland. The English Blog. Life Feast. Kevin's Meandering Mind « If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. ~ Charlie Parker. What do Principals Look for When They Hire? I like having student teachers in the building. They are predominantly bright and keen and excited, and they bring an influx of positive energy to our school. They also remind me that teaching and learning is fun and sometimes a little bit scary, and as much as the universities are doing a better job than ever preparing students for their work, there is still an awful lot to know about working with kids and working within an organization that cannot be learned by coursework alone, and the practicum sessions really help with that. It is also a great reminder of the power of a learning community and amount of collective wisdom on a staff. The kids like having them because they are usually younger and have some fun lessons they've been saving up for their practicum.
The first thing I want to clarify is that I never have seen teaching as a job. You need exact or very good credentials. Congrats, you made the short list and are going to be interviewed. Johnny Bevacqua, St. 1. 1. 1. 2. 2. 2. Mrs. L's Teaching Blog. Blogger Dashboard. Bianca Hewes | D.I.Y. teaching and learning. New To This Whole Blogging Thing.... ish. If someone would have asked me 12 or so years ago if I would be a blogger, I most likely would have first thought it was some corny rip off of the famed Frogger video game franchise and said "No.
" Then, once someone explained to me what blogging was, then I would probably still have said "No. " In years past, I never would have even considered blogging. In all honesty, back then who would really want to read a 'Dear Diary' moment about me on the Internet, especially when all of the dial-up Internet was needed to download those precious illegal mp3s on Napster. Speaking of Napster, the first song I ever downloaded was "The Saga Begins" by Weird Al Yankovic, which was a parody of "Episode 1" of the Star Wars movies, which sampled the song "American Pie" by Don McLean. About Me. My name is Brooke Gelo and I am in my second and final year in the faculty of Education at Brandon University.
I am within the senior years stream at BU and my teachable subjects are Biology, Math and Chemistry, but I enjoy teaching and learning all subject areas. I am 25 years old and married with one step-daughter and another on the way. I enjoy playing all sports (especially hockey, tennis and golf) and am an avid reader. I attended Shattuck St. Mary's Prep School in Faribault, Minnesota on a hockey scholarship for most of my high school years (Grades 10-12). Family has always been very important to me as I grew up in a family of 7.
I believe that I will always be a learner, especially when I am teaching within the classroom. This blog is going to be about my experience as an educator and I hope to accumulate many resources for other educators to use. How have international experiences influenced you as a teacher? | Teacher Network Blog | Guardian Professional. Adam Otway, history teacher, Manor Church of England Academy, York My school has links with Canberra school in Singapore and in previous years some members of the SLT have been to visit their school and vice-versa. Last year for the first time they decided to send a member of the teaching staff to experience their education system and to do some teaching. That was to be me. Last February I made my way to Singapore and after a grueling 24 hours of travelling, alone, (including an amusing but embarrassing incident with an Indian man on one of the flights) I arrived, to find some of the most hospitable people on the planet.
I observed and was greeted by teachers around the school, but most bizarrely I achieved something akin to celebrity status in the eyes of the children without actually doing anything. Some of the children still send me emails. I teach some of my history lessons dressed up in character (see my Twitter profile pic). I speak to my pupils about all of this. Updated Facebook Template. For the last couple of years, we've been using a PowerPoint Facebook page as a final product for a research unit. When we used the template last year, my students were quick to point out that the template was "old school" - Facebook has made major tweaks to the layout and design of its site, which weren't reflected in this version.
This year, I finally got around to updating the template to reflect Facebook's current look. Click here to download the new template for PowerPoint 2010. No, it doesn't have the timeline interface (I'm not using it yet on my own personal Facebook page, so I don't feel comfortable enough trying to recreate it), but otherwise it reflects many of the recent design changes. It is hyperlinked, so when you're in "View Show" mode, you can click on "Wall," "Info," and "Pictures," and go directly to those parts of the PowerPoint - making it behaving like a traditional Facebook page. [UPDATE: Here's a link to download the rubric we used to grade the project. Home - Windows Live. All-in-One Teacher Binder {printable} I just love binders! I like how everything can be sorted into neat little, hidden files, then stowed away oh so nicely on the shelf. However, I think I might like binders (as in the plural form) a bit too much.
See photo evidence here. Thanks to the fabulous Leslie, from Kindergarten Works, I have decided to consolidate my system. Leslie just posted an incredible entry on her blog about how she keeps everything important together in one binder, in her post on Binder Basics. Anyhow, I have kept my lesson plans and district standards together in the past, but usually kept other items in different binders and folders. I started by making my own laminated tabs, so they could be a bit bigger and color-coordinated the way I want. I made four larger tabs for the basic categories: Planning, Assessing, Grading, and Info. Planning Yearlong Calendar (Leslie shares a fantastic one on her blog!) Lesson Plans (an old template from last year) Standards and GLE's Assessing District Assessments to be given. Creative Education continuing professional development (CPD) teacher training courses Uk. Our Reader's Notebooks. Today we had a 6th grade Language Arts teacher planning day.
I was really excited about it, but I am bummed at the lack of things we actually got planned today altogether. I wish I could have just had a whole day to plan alone because I know I could have at least gotten a 6 weeks taken care of. I was actually excited to dive into the C-SCOPE materials because I have really struggled with not having a real scope and sequence to use this year. Well, I know what I am going to be doing over the Christmas break! I know that I have blogged about our reader's notebooks a few other times, but I just love them. Sorry for the bad quality, they are from the phone. Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Common Core Standards: Lessons, Ideas, and Discussions #ccchat. Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog. Organization. Welcome! Here is the view of our first grade hallway at Wayland Bonds Elementary! This year we decided to go with a camping theme.
We made our doorways look like log cabins by making logs out of butcher paper. We all bought a pine tree from Mardels. I also had my mom sew red and white checker curtains for each of our windows. Each one of our doorways has our names on them out of the wooden letters you can purchase from Hobby Lobby or Michaels. Here is the camping welcome sign as you enter the first grade hallway. We each took laminated scrapbook paper and glued it to the wall with a cloths pin. My Classroom Pictures Here is a look into my classroom! This is my teacher desk. I have each pod of desks labeled with group signs. Click HERE to download my group signs from my TpT Store! The baskets on the shelf are each student's individual book basket for their independent reading books. I use this pocket chart to store the student's library and lunch cards. Weekly Activities and Worksheets Centers. The Middle School Mouth.
Best. Thing. Ever. I can't take any credit for this idea, but it is my civic duty to pass it along to you. It has rocked my world. And it rivals Find-it / Fix-it for the top slot of 'all-time best thing to grace my classroom.' I feel like there should be a drum roll and spotlights as I introduce you to..... The Clip Chart! I've used flip cards and tally charts and dabbled around in a whole bunch of other complicated behavior management systems.
Truth be told, I have found that with clear guidelines and consistency, the room runs itself and kids rise to meet your expectations. This was an interesting start to a school year. Our second grade teachers had started using a clip chart this year and spoke highly of it at lunch. Holy Cow! It was as if I had flipped a switch. Here's why.... In any given class you are going to have your talkers and your rule-breakers and you are going to have your good little doobies. Here's the best part.... The good little doobies are rewarded for being good little doobies. Juice Boxes and Crayolas. UnBoxed: online issue 3, spring 2009. The Hanleys. British Library Music Blog. On the 7th March 2016 ‘Time upon Time’, an exhibition of field recordings from Bengal curated by The Travelling Archive, opens at the Nandan Gallery in Santiniketan. The exhibition focuses on the work of the ethnomusicologist Arnold Adriaan Bake (British Library collection C52), and includes materials from the archives of the British Library, alongside materials from the University of Leiden, ARCE, Rabindra Bhavan, Visva Bharati and the private collections and field recordings of The Travelling Archive.
Moushumi Bhowmik describes the exhibition in this guest blog: In the early twentieth century, a time when the discipline of ethnomusicology was still in its infancy, Arnold Bake (1899-1963) was among the first of the researcher-collectors who found their way to South Asia. Trained in Sanskrit and Indology at the Dutch universities of Leiden and Utrecht, Bake took up residency at Santiniketan in 1925 in order to study Damodar Misra’sSangitadarpana for his doctoral research. Explosion book. I first came upon an explosion book last year when my daughter and I were at a local craft fair! These mini scrapbooks really took us by surprise when we opened them as we didn't quite expect them to expand the way they did. These are also known as Squash Books and Amazing Folding Albums. Whatever you call them, they make great mini scrapbook gifts, as they can easily be customized to fit any occasion or season.
You can make these explosion books in various sizes. Materials: 3 sheets solid cardstock 8-1/2" square2 pieces patterned paper 5-1/2" square 2 pieces chipboard or cardboard 4-1/2" square Four different coordinating papers cut to a little less than 4-1/4" square. Or: 3 sheets solid cardstock 12" square2 pieces patterned paper 8-1/2" square2 pieces chipboard or cardboard 6-1/2" squareFour different coordinating papers cut to a little less than 6-1/2" square.
Instructions for Making the Explosion Book: Fold a piece of solid cardstock in half lengthwise. Getting Organized. Organization Tips from Mrs. McDavid I have had many teachers stop by my room to ask how I keep things so well organized. I have had other teachers to ask if I would consider teaching a staff development course at our school to help teachers become better organized. Truly it's the small details that make the biggest impact.
Materials You Will Need ~ Back to the Top ~ Purge Unused Materials and Non Essential ItemsAs teachers we tend to hoard materials and supplies that we think might come in handy one day. Organizing the Teacher's DeskThe teacher's desk can become a dumping ground for paperwork, papers that need to be filed, correspondence from the main office, items that need to be read or evaluated, and papers that need to be held for future reference. The first thing you need to do in order to organize your desk is categorize the type of paperwork that crosses your desk: The next step is designating an area to file your paperwork. My personal favorite is the metal desktop sorter. Love, Mouserella by David Ezra Stein. LOVE, MOUSERELLA is a fun picture book of a letter from a little mouse to her grandmother.
Mouserella's grandmother came to visit but left a few days ago. And Mouserella misses her so she decides to write her a letter. The letter is filled with happenings in Mouserella's life. From going to the zoo, to working on her posture, Mouseralla fills her grandmother in on all that is happening. The book opens vertically rather than horizontally which makes for some fun. I think kids will love this book and will relate to all that Mouserella shares. ObSEUSSed. Grade 2 Happenings. Writer’s Workshop Anchor Charts. I’ve always been a big fan of writing. I love to see the progress my kids make throughout the year…it’s always so remarkable!! No matter what stage they’re at when I get them, they always grow. Even a *little* growth is A LOT! I was excited to start Writer’s Workshop this week. Even though I love teaching writing, I always feel like this is an area where I can improve. My littles were excited to get their draft books on Monday.
Then we read Click, Clack, Moo and talked about why the animals & farmer in the story wanted to write. We revisited our anchor chart today and made another. After I showed them examples of all of my writing, we made another little anchor chart all about WHAT writers write… I’m hanging all of these up in our little “Do you have a writer’s eye?” LOVING our Writers Workshop time so far!!! Tomorrow we’ll be creating a “What Can Writer’s Write About?” I’d love to hear about any fun activities you do to kick off writing in your classroom!! Happy Wednesday!! 16 Ways Educators Use Pinterest. Just Say Yes. The 5 C’s of Passion Driven Leadership. “Passion is one of the most powerful engines of success.
When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without passion.” Ralph Waldo Emerson I had the distinguished honor of giving the keynote address this week at the mid winter conference for the Utah Association of Middle and High School Principals. It was the perfect place to debut a new framework for leadership and systems improvement I have been working on called: The Five C’s of Passion Driven Leadership I believe passion to be the single most important asset we have as educators, education leaders, and educational organizations. Clear Direction: The future may be made up of many uncertain factors but the passionate will not only survive ; they will thrive.
I closed the speech with the following call to A.C.T. which stands for: A.- Action C – Change T- Time. Blooming Orange: Bloom's Taxonomy Helpful Verbs Poster. Teacher Tips on a Snow Day. How to do Blackout Poetry and "Unstuck" Giveaway. Adventures in a Gifted Classroom | Musings on Modern Learning. @Westylish's Blog. Discussions | leavingcertenglish.net. Oliver Quinlan | Learning, Teaching, Technology. Just a Thought…
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