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How to Change your Classroom and Yourself with Gratitude

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Jun 10, 2014

Teacher Owen M. Griffith writes:

"Would you like to improve the culture in your classroom and your life? Try gratitude; this is the most powerful tool I know."

Click below to read about the unique classroom activities Owen conducts in his classroom that have resulted in surprising and positive changes. (Be sure to share the link w...See More

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workload

by J

May 21, 2014

My wife has a Master's and goes in every Sunday, early every day and stays late. She has 14 Special Needs kids out of 28, 5th Graders. She is required to write a lesson plan for each subject for each child with an IEP. So that's 5 plans for 14 Mainstream students every day -STOP- this is more than a Biology teacher in 11th Grade who writes 1 plan f...See More

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MikeBSC2000 On 5/21/14, J wrote: > My wife has a Master's and goes in every Sunday, early > every day and stays late. She has 14 Special Needs kids out > of 28, 5th Graders. She is required to write a lesson plan > for each subject for each child with an IEP. So that's 5 > plans for 14 Mainstream students every day -STOP- this is > more than ...See More

May 21, 2014

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Teacher Appraisel based on student growth

by Tex

Mar 14, 2014

I am putting together an article on goal centered school man agement and administration versus task based. As an example, teachers at campus may elect to be rated on yearly student g rowth as opposed to how many passed/failed. On the same note , teachers would have more freedom to teach curriculum in a manner they felt most effective. In a nutshell...See More

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Steve On 3/14/14, Tex wrote: > I am putting together an article on goal centered school man > agement and administration versus task based. As an example, > teachers at campus may elect to be rated on yearly student g > rowth as opposed to how many passed/failed. On the same note > , teachers would have more freedom to teach curriculum in ...See More

Mar 14, 2014

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some thoughts I've taught gifted students, music, and fifth grade. When I taught gifted students and music, I was not teaching what was being tested on standardized tests, so by that measure, it would not be fair to appraise me based on that test growth.

It would also be unfair for me to be appraised based on test results of gifted students who are iden...See More

May 5, 2014

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Finding least common denominator

by Ally

Nov 30, 2010

Hi everyone! Do you guys have any tricks for teaching kids how to find the least common denominator? My kids are really struggling with this concept, and I am struggling to make it easier for them to understand. Thanks so much in advance! Allyson

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arachgold To help students understand what they are doing, draw a chart like below (draw a long vertical line after the 4 and 10.Have the students fill in the multiples and circle the least common multiple which is the same as the least common denominator.

For instance: Find the LCD of 4 and 10

4 ______________

10

Once...See More

Dec 2, 2010

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Francie Hi Mark,

Sounds great! Could you email with the Word doc?

Thanks,

Francie

On 12/01/10, MarkB/GA wrote: > As I feared, my numbers did not line up properly. If you send > your email address to me, I'll send you a better looking copy in > a Word doc. > MarkB/GA > > On 12/01/10, MarkB/GA wrote: ...See MoreHi Mark,

Sounds great! Could you email with the Word doc?

Thanks,

Francie

On 12/01/10, MarkB/GA wrote: > As I feared, my numbers did not line up properly. If you send > your email address to me, I'll send you a better looking copy in > a Word doc. > MarkB/GA > > On 12/01/10, MarkB/GA wrote: >> While I am waiting on my own teaching contract, I'm getting >> to do a lot of substitute teaching and volunteer work. I >> learned this technique for LCD. I may not be able to show the >> brackets properly, but I think I can show it well enough for >> you to get get idea. >> >> What is the least common denominator between 18 and 24? >> (This is also the highest common factor). >> >> Put 18 and 24 inside an "upside down" division bracket: >> >> >> | 18 24 >> ----------- >> >> Ask "What will divide evenly into both 18 and 24?" >> Some will know enough to say "6" but some may start with "2". >> I'll use 2 here. >> >> 2 | 18 24 >> ----------- >> 9 12 >> >> Ask "What will divide evenly into both 9 and 12?" >> >> The answer will be 3. >> >> 2 | 18 24 >> ----------- >> 3 | 9 12 >> ---------- >> 3 4 >> >> Ask "Besides 1, will any number divide evenly into both 3 and >> 4?" Of course, the answer is no because one of the numbers is >> prime. >> >> The numbers on the left of the brackets are multiplied >> together and this is your LCD. 2 X 3 = 6 >> >> By the way, if you multiply those on the left of the brackets >> and the numbers that are left over (3 and 4), you will have >> the Least Common Multiple (LCD). 2x3x3x4 = 72. >> >> To prove this for LCM: >> >> 1 2 3 4 >> --------------------- >> 18| 18 36 54 72 >> 24| 24 48 72 >> >> And, if you noticed back where we used the brackets, the >> factor we were left with on the 18 was 4 and on the 24 was 3, >> which is what you multiply each original number by to get >> find your LCM. >> >> MarkB/GA >> >> >> On 11/30/10, Ally wrote: >>> Hi everyone! Do you guys have any tricks for teaching kids >>> how to find the least common denominator? My kids are >>> really struggling with this concept, and I am struggling to >>> make it easier for them to understand. Thanks so much in >>> advance! Allyson

Dec 22, 2010

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Acting out from shame?

by Tricia

Dec 1, 2010

I currently have been having troubles with a boy in my 5th grade classroom. He has been having troubles with reading and comprehension for the last past 5 years of his life. The school has provided him with special education teachers to help him within school, and his mother pays for a tutor outside of school for extra assistance. His previous teac...See More

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Among the Imposters

by Mgraham507

Dec 3, 2010

Does anyone have comprehension questions/activities for Among the Imposters that they would be willing to share?

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Lynne The main activity I taught from this unit was how to summarize appropriately. The chapters are fairly short and I had noticed most of my students going on and on in their summaries. So I taught them how to summarize in 1-2 sentences. I felt this book lent itself to lessons in inferring, questioning, and summarizing. I have my students write reading...See More

Dec 7, 2010

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K.T. John On 12/07/10, Lynne wrote: > The main activity I taught from this unit was how to summarize > appropriately. The chapters are fairly short and I had noticed > most of my students going on and on in their summaries. So I > taught them how to summarize in 1-2 sentences. I felt this book > lent itself to lessons in inferring, questioning...See More

Jan 14, 2011

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literacy night

by ruth

Dec 6, 2010

We would like to plan a literacy night at our school. We would like to feed the parents and students and have entertainment for the students while the parents attend sessions. Where could we get money to do this and what sessions were most attended at your schooll? We have a high ESOL population. Any help will be appreciated.

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K.T. John On 12/07/10, Ana wrote: > On 12/06/10, ruth wrote: >> We would like to plan a literacy night at our school. We >> would like to feed the parents and students and have >> entertainment for the students while the parents attend >> sessions. Where could we get money to do this and what >> sessions were most attended at...See More

Jan 14, 2011

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To KT I've always heard ESL, not ESOL. What does the O represent? Thanks for sharing...

On 1/14/11, K.T. John wrote: > On 12/07/10, Ana wrote: >> On 12/06/10, ruth wrote: >>> We would like to plan a literacy night at our school. We >>> would like to feed the parents and students and have >>> entertainment for ...See More

Jan 19, 2011

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Fountas/Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System

by Ruth

Dec 6, 2010

We are concerned because the F/P BAS is taking so long to administer. We were wondering if anyone has administered the RR part and then sent the child to his seat to finish the silent reading of the rest of the book. Then come back to the teacher for the comprehension part. Any ideas to make this more time efficient? Have any of you tried anything ...See More

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ny/5 I think it's ridiculous that general education teachers have to do this. It takes so much time away from instruction. And, although I've had some training -- it never seems to be enough. It took me three hours to assess three students yesterday. I thought I had all the forms, but then realized at the last minute they were copied wrong (pages were m...See More

Dec 11, 2010

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MeeWee: Kids Hip-Hop Music

by DK

Dec 9, 2010

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Graphic Organizers

by JessicaL

Dec 13, 2010

Graphic Organizers: I'm needing help teaching a lesson for fifth graders. The teachers have requested I do a lesson on graphic organziers. What are the types, when to use each type. They want them to get several writing prompts and decide which one is the best to use and then use it. Any ideas? HELP! Thanks in advance!

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PedagoNet erhaps these graphic organizers can also help you

Dec 16, 2010

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arlene/4/ohio Just google Graphic Organizers...you'll get more than you need and, in some cases, explanations and ideas. Good luck.

Dec 19, 2010

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