January 2008 - Posts
It's Wednesday, so it's time for the Carnival of Education! This week's Carnival is hosted by Mathew and his site Creating Lifelong Learners . There are some interesting posts, including one by Mrs. Bluebird about what her students are REALLY saying when
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This week's Mr. Teacher column over on education.com is all about those kids who are supposed to wear glasses, but don't. You know what I'm talking about. There are some pretty cool styles of glasses out there nowadays! It's not like today's kids are
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Hey everyone, To celebrate my ginormous overnight increase in RSS subscribers, I was thinking about some ways to get my posts a bit more audience participation. I truly appreciate everyone that comments, and I was hoping to get more people involved. So,
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On Friday, Ms. Jenn Ed and I were scheduled to have our second Lunch Bunch, for the kids in our classes who had done all of their homework for the previous three weeks. You may recall, the first time we did Lunch Bunch, we had a whopping 11 students (out
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Saw an article in the paper today that said a nearby school district, Lake Dallas, will be staggering their end-of-year date next year. Everyone will start on August 25, but only the students who pass the TAKS will finish school on May 22. Those who do
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Yours truly is the guest of honor over on another blog today -- So You Want To Teach? Joel has graciously allowed me to post a top 10 list over there. It's the Top Ten Rejected Meanings of TAKS. Coming soon, to a T-shirt near you. http://learnmegood2.blogspot.com
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Well, well, well, 2008 is shaping up to be a very busy year! A couple of weeks ago, Learn Me Good was placed on the Dallas Morning News DISD blog as a permanent link. (Now if I could just get them to review my book!) This Friday, I will be "guest blogger"
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I'm sorry to disappoint all of you Princess Bride fans out there, but the fact is RSS does NOT stand for Rodents of Substandard Size. But then, to quote Princess Bride once again, Get used to disappointment. ;) No, RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication,
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Howdy folks, Here's your Tuesday invitation to check out this week's Mr. Teacher column over on education.com. It seems like kids are able to remember material so much more easily when the material is put to a catchy song. So why can't we do that with
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Raise your hand if you've ever heard THAT question asked by one of your students before. The kind way to answer this is, of course, "Not only is 50 NOT good, it's so bad that when you make a 50, it's going to rain because angels are crying." Recent discussion
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Don't you just hate all of those prescription medication commercials on television nowadays? I don't want to see a turtle smoking a cigarette, I don't need to view people that look a lot like food items, and I most certainly don't need to see 60 year
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