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Not Just Child's Play: Challenging Young Minds: Thank Goodness for Angels

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Friday, August 7, 2015. Thank Goodness for Angels. I have always been a big believer in karma. If you are kind to people and put kindness out into the world, it will come back to you. So I really do try to be kind. I put out a call on FB for helpers and I got some former students (who are almost all grown up now! August 7, 2015 at 4:47 PM. Yea for angels. Im glad theyre taking care of you. August 8, 2015 at 4:56 PM. August 14, 2015 at 12:33 AM. Im glad youve got such great friends. It's difficult to find...

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The Kindergarten Smorgasboard: June 2015

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Monday, June 29, 2015. A Kindergarten Smorgasboard Monday Made It: Gold Magnetic Letters. It's time for another fun Monday Made It! I love linking up with my friend Tara at 4th Grade Frolics each week for a super fun project. You know how much I love things to SPARKLE! So why not make my magnetic letters sparkle! I found this idea on Inspired By Charm. And just new I needed gold magnetic letters in my classroom! You know I also love taking regular objects and jazzin' them up a bit! Friday, June 26, 2015.

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Rulin' The Roost: February 2015

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Saturday, February 7, 2015. WHOOOO Doesn't Love an Owl Valentine bag? Oh, my word. Can you believe your eyes! A blogpost from little old me? I'm back to work- barely above water, yet I have to share this with you. Since moving to second grade, I could no longer make the adorable penguin valentine bags that we've made in the past in first (click HERE. To read and see those). since, well, they have done it! First, I have to tell you that Target has patterned lunch bags now! Our OWLdorable Owl bags! Center ...

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Not Just Child's Play: Challenging Young Minds: Malala Warrior of Words

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Thursday, August 6, 2015. Malala Warrior of Words. I just found a book that I can't wait to use with my students! I broke my self-imposed Amazon book-buying probation to purchase it when I saw it come up because I love Malala and her story, but found it hard to explain to my little ones. I love the title-Warrior With Words-that she is! Just wanted to share what looks like a good find! August 13, 2015 at 12:17 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments ( Atom ). View my complete profile. A border="0" href="http:/ no...

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Not Just Child's Play: Challenging Young Minds: January 2015

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Friday, January 30, 2015. Would You Want Junie B. Jones in Your Class? So my question to them was: If you were a teacher, would you want Junie B. Jones in your class and why? I knew most of them would probably say no (even the ones who remind me of her a lot! But I was really looking for the reason they would give. I think it's very ironic that they say they wouldn't want her in their class because of behaviors they exhibit! Sometimes that trade-off is worth it! Anyway, here are the responses:. I have be...

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Not Just Child's Play: Challenging Young Minds: June 2015

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015. Rigor Doesn't Have to Be Scary. I follow teacher groups on FB and forums online and the one trend that I've noticed is the absolute vitriol many feel for "rigor". Now I know that many feel (as I do) that objectives are being pushed down to the point of being developmentally inappropriate. That is not what I refer to when I talk about rigor. I wanted to give you some examples of simple ways you can inject rigor into your teaching. If you are not familiar-Joseph Gordon-Levitt does...

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Not Just Child's Play: Challenging Young Minds: August 2015

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Thursday, August 27, 2015. Perspective of a Principal. In the story we meet a principal who loves his school sooo much that he decides to have school on the weekends, and holidays, and summers. One student lets him know that plan is not working because kids have to learn how to climb trees and teach their dogs to fetch and teach their brothers to skip. It's a cute story. So we talked about what the principal's job is and started thinking about what a principal would see, do, feel, dream, believe. So we d...

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Not Just Child's Play: Challenging Young Minds: How To Be a Risk-Taker

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Wednesday, July 29, 2015. How To Be a Risk-Taker. This is one of the first lessons I teach my kiddos when they start with me in the Fall. I clarify the difference between taking a risk by jumping off a roof on your skateboard (not what we are encouraging) and raising your hand to say something you are not sure is "right" (what we ARE encouraging). We read several stories the first couple of weeks where the characters definitely take risks:. Seems like an odd choice right? And for the older kiddos:. I thi...

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Not Just Child's Play: Challenging Young Minds: Empathy

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Monday, August 3, 2015. I've been thinking a lot lately about empathy and how to consciously teach this in the classroom. I am reading a book right now called:. Then the actors rate them and one of the sections is empathy-they actually have to voice something empathetic to get a good rating. I can totally relate to this. As I've shared, I've been going through some health issues this summer (I actually start chemo tomorrow-a little nervous actually! So I would show them a picture like this one and say "w...