Principal Todd Nelson shares his all-time favorite back-to-school charge to the faculty, written by Jonathan Slater, a school head with whom Todd worked "a while back."
“It is my annual duty to remind you...” Slater begins. (Click below to read the rest, a message all educators should hear!)
A Stanford study shows that recess is a profoundly important part of the school day. Click below to read what the study shows about the benefits of school recess.
Public education has "childproofed" education, and we will regret it. As Dr. Mark Benden shared in our interview, “We will look back on the past generation and ask, ‘What were those people thinking making children sit still all day in school? Who thought that was a good idea?’"
Marv Marshall, the author of Discipline Without Stress explains why he believes Class Dojo is a negative, unproductive system that should "go the way of the dodo."
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On 3/18/16, Grace/il wrote: > Take a look at The Spel-Lang Tree: Seeds. It's now > downloadable for free. This is the Kdg level book. > > > > > > On 12/08/15, SamanthaXYZ wrote: >> On 12/04/15, Shilah wrote: >>> On 8/03/15, Cindy wrote: >>>> How to you teach spelling? >>> >>> Check out Super Spelling - Book One on >>> OnlineReadingTeacher.com. Provides easy lessons and > leads >>> to sentence writing. All the sentences are in the book >>> to be dictated based on the Spelling words that have >>> been introduced. >> >> >> Shilah, >> >> I am using this Super Spelling Book - and the kids love >> it. They sound and write each word five times in a row. >> There > are >> just 5 words for each beginning lesson and then it moves >> up > to >> 10 words. There is just ONE "study" word per lesson so >> that > the >> children aren't overwhelmed by too much information. The > words >> are chosen so that real sentences can be formed. Ex. I >> see > a >> big cat. All of the sentences are in the book for the >> teacher to dictate. By the end of the year, students >> have a very good grasp on sentence writing and can apply >> it to writing their > own >> stories.
On 12/08/15, SamanthaXYZ wrote: > On 12/04/15, Shilah wrote: >> On 8/03/15, Cindy wrote: >>> How to you teach spelling? >> >> Check out Super Spelling - Book One on >> OnlineReadingTeacher.com. Provides...See More