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Elaine/ret/IN Men, glad to see you here, pedaling as always. In the heat. I didn't remember that you are working. In the department store? How wonderful to be celebrating a DGD's 14th day of birth. What a blessing you are to her life! And she to yours.

Rain off and on all day. I never opened the umbrella, but my eyes were always peeled upward. 10,720 st...See More

Jul 7, 2017

Bev-MI Reporting in, this evening. Pt workout this am with DS. We tried out some different machines. WW check in: +.2 Guess that isn't too bad, but still being consistent in the + department. Working on trying to get in going down....

Warm weather in our area. Thunderstorms in the evenings. Lots of thunder boomers and lighting.

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Jul 7, 2017

Behavior management thread

by men52

Jul 7, 2017

Theo: My grandchildren's last school used Responsive Classroom and usually it worked very well. The only time I saw problems was when they hired last minute teachers who didn't have time to do the summer training. They tried with just mentoring from trained and experienced staff, but the newbies struggled with really understanding how to implement ...See More

Theo men52: Good to hear the RC was successful in your grandchildren's school! I've never used it myself, but I have used its style of specific/comprehensive feedback. In my 30 years of working with kids, I've found that the most important element in a supportive classroom is respect: when teachers truly respect and nurture each young soul, the students...See More

Jul 7, 2017

behavior management system

by Sara

Jul 5, 2017

Hi! I'll be teaching 5th grade for the first time this coming school year. What behavior management systems do you use that work?

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Theo Hi Sara. Many teachers these days don't value behavior management systems, believing that they are both ineffectual and dehumanizing. I'm one of those who don't support them; I only use systems when students are extremely self-discipline-challenged, and I only use them for short periods of time (usually no longer than four weeks). I've found that u...See More

Children build on their strengths, and to do that building—to grow academically and socially—they need us to recognize and encourage their positive efforts. But what’s the best way to offer that recognition and encouragement? For some time, I used r

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Jul 7, 2017

Response Disappeared

by Theo

Jul 6, 2017

I was deep into a response when the page seemed to refresh . . . and the new page had none of my writing. Is this part of the process? If so, can it be changed please?? Bob?

Thanks.

Theo

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Bob R/CA OK, I changed it to only refresh after 10 minutes idle, if no fields filled in. Let me know if you spot misbehavior...

Jul 7, 2017

Theo Thanks, Bob!

Jul 7, 2017

Masters Student-- Interview Assignment

by Sabrina

Jul 6, 2017

Hello! I'm a graduate student and I currently have an assignment in which I am to conduct somewhat of an interview with a teacher. It would be very much appreciated if someone could answer some curriculum based questions for me. Answers can be geared towards any subject/topic area. The questions are: 1) How important/big is the impact of this topic...See More

flacka You are going to have to interview a teacher in person. They are easy to find, especially since it's summer. Look for them at the dollar spot at Target, the dollar store, or the pool reading professional books. Obviously these questions are geared to middle and high school with the possible exception of the elementary school specialists so you may ...See More

Jul 7, 2017

Bob - order of responses?

by Novel

Jul 3, 2017

Dear Bob,

When I respond to a comment within a thread, my response posts ABOVE the one to which I am responding. This means that that, apart from the starter post, all the other responds are in the the wrong order - rising rather than falling. It is difficult to make sense of this. Please can you tell me what to do?

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Novel Great. Thank you.

Jul 4, 2017

Novel Bob, the responses scroll downward now - so much better. THANK YOU :-)

Jul 7, 2017

FREE READING WORKSHOP.

by Mary Pecci

Jul 6, 2017

http://donpotter.net/education_pages/mary-pecci-at-last.html

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Bob R/CA Hi Mary - thanks for sharing your free materials. As webmaster I encourage teachers to share materials on our Web Share chatboard (if your site sells anything, I'll get complaints about the links, but that forum is especially reserved for promoting teacher resources like yours). Thanks and welcome to Teachers.Net!

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Jul 6, 2017

EXERCISE ROLL CALL - Thursday

by Elaine/ret/IN

Jul 6, 2017

Whew, it's a hot one in northern Indiana when the AC is not working. Watermelon and homemade "push up" for dinner for me. I'm blushing when I think of how many corn chips and salsa I ate at the Mexican restaurant for lunch. It's totally the waiter's fault: efficiency was certainly not on his mind, and I had way too minutes to (not) talk myself out ...See More

Six Of Literature's Most Memorable Teachers

by Bob R/CA

Jul 6, 2017

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/six-of-literatures-most-memorable-teachers_us_595e545fe4b085e766b510c4

Six Of Literature's Most Memorable Teachers

The school year is coming to an end. For most likely very different reasons, tired teachers and excited children are counting down the days until ...

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