Our Random Act of Kindness of the Month project is starting its 7th year!
Join us in recognizing children's acts of kindness. Let us know when children in your class should be celebrated for going the extra distance by being kind to one another. Too many times children's good deeds go unnoticed. Let this be the first step in their successes!
Each month you will submit a paragraph about one student in your class who performed a "Random act of kindness". We will post the child's act and picture (JPEG or GIF), if you wish, to celebrate him/ her. You must send in your entry by the 25th of each month. Hopefully we will give all children the incentive to just be nice!
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Teacher's name School name email address grade level
Dear Fellow Teachers, My name is Gary W. Horton and I am teaching Charcter Education this year at North Surry High School in Western North Carolina. I would like to invite teachers and their classes to particapate in a project that I am setting up. The project is designed to let stduents from around the world get involved in a project dealing with chacacter. Our county requires that all 9th graders either take an ROTC class or a Citizenship and Resposiblity class which in fact is character education. All semester we study the character traits of Courage,Good Judgement ,Integrity, Kindess,Perservance, Respect, Responsiblity, and Self Dicpline. I would like to set up a dialog between my students and students from around the world on these traits and what they mean. This could be accomplished in a varitey of ways such as email, message boards, video exchanges, blogs and many more. If you are interested in being a part of this project please email me at [email removed]
Please share your Labor Day activity or activities, please. I teach third grade and am looking for something to do in connection with Labor Day. Thanks in advance.
I am a first grade teacher at a small private school in Massachusetts. As part of our social studies curriculum we will be learning about communities. This is a year long project which will start in the fall with students learning about their own communities. This study will include... land forms in communities, land marks, climate, and how climate influences our basic needs such as shelter, food, and the clothing we wear. During the winter term (Jan-Feb) classes will begin corresponding with project participants sending post cards or photos of their communities, significant land forms and land marks and information about how climate and location influence daily life and basic needs. This study may end in Feb. or continue on through May.
I am looking for classes that are located in different regions of the US and in other countires as well. Here is what I had in mind...
* Southeast region * Midwest region * Southwest *Northwest
* City Community * Rural/Mountain community * Farm Community * Island Communities * Overseas Communities
If You'd like to participate or learn more about our year long project please send an e-mail to me at [email removed]
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I have been an instuctor at Sylvan Learning Center for over two years. I usually teach reading, writing skills and study skills. Part of the criteria for Sylvan Learning Centers is to maintain a 3:1 ratio at each table. It is not always possible or in the students' best interests to do this. At the Center where I worked, if students needed more attention, they were placed in a setting that was maybe 2:1. The Center franchise owner is very involved with the students and parents. The students are placed with teachers that like the students and the students have the opportunity to voice who they would rather have as their teacher. Independence and empowerment are stressed at Sylvan.
I do believe Sylvan is not for everybody. Some students will progress better one on one in a less structured environment. I'm glad I teach in this Sylvan. I have taught at a different Sylvan Learning Center and did not enjoy teaching there at all. Every Center is different because of the staff involved. Would I recommend Sylvan to others - yes!
On 8/06/06, Kathryn Sobotka wrote: > On 8/23/05, Beth Newhouse wrote: >> I am looking for any new and exciting ideas to do with our >> story Ruby the Copycat! Either writing or fun craft/game >> ideas. Thanks > > Beth I hope this help, because it is a fun lesson that I have > done. Additionally, you can always have the kids act it out. > You can also have the students compare Ruby and her copycat > with a Venn Diagram. (I have used an adaptation and more fun > version of a Venn Diagram by using three shoeboxes taped > together to represent each of the three parts of a Venn Diagram.) > > Aim: To identify cause and effect in Ruby the Copycat. > > > Objective: Students will demonstrate their understanding of > causal relationships by making cause-and-effect diagrams and > acting out causal relationships. > > > Motivation: > By writing their own cause-and-effect relationships that they > know from personal experience using arrows. In this way > students have a vested interest in the lesson. > > > Modifications: > The use of arrows, instead of writing a full sentence > describing cause-and-effect relationships aid the students > with learning disabilities. Students are paired in groups to > encourage peer tutoring, especially for the students with > learning disabilities and ADHD. Furthermore, acting out a > lesson has been shown to help poor readers and writers to > understand ELA lessons. > > > Materials: > 1. Prepared fill-in-the-blank phrases on chart paper. > 2. Ruby the Copycat > > > Procedure: > 1. Divide the class into 3 groups. > > 2. Each group fills in the blanks of causal relationships, i.e. > - 2 + 2 à 4 > - water + sun + plant à growth > - exercise à lose weight > - eat a lot à gain weight > - break a rule à get punished > - get all the answers right à 100&37; > - write your own cause à effect > > 3. Tell the students that good readers use the same type of > cause-effect thinking when reading books. Today we will > practice this cause-effect thinking using Ruby the Copycat. > > 4. Read Ruby the Copycat aloud. Ask prompting “why†questions > throughout the reading. > > 5. Hold an accountable talk based on the following questions: > “Why did it feel good when Bibot and Marseilles traded places?†> > 6. The class sequentially finds causal relationships in the > book and writes them down in the following format: cause à > effect. > > > Assessment > Students pair up. Each pair picks one student to be “Cause†> and the other student to be “Effectâ€. They then act out the > causal relationship: “I am the cause because…†and “I am the > result of…†> > > Follow-up Activity > Students write cause-and-effect relationships based on the > chart in full sentences rather than by using arrows. > > >
We have a Copycat Day to conclude a weeks worth of activities pertaining to the story. The students all pick someone to copycat and they plan a similar outfit to wear, snack to eat, etc. It's a great beginning of the year activity because they are encouraged to make new friends and by the end of the year, a lot of them say their "Copycat Day friend" is one of their best friends.
My fourth grade class has officially started sending out spiders to visit various locations around the world. I THINK I have sent a spider to everyone here who has asked for one. If you didn't receive yours or would like to be included, please email me directly at [email removed].
For those of you not familiar with the project, you will remember that at the end of Charlotte's Web, just three of Charlotte's babies stay with Wilbur. Aranea has decided to go on some adventures and plans to keep a journal. She will report back to Wilbur and share her journal.
I am asking classes to host Aranea and fill out a single paged journal of what she did, as well as including a picture of her. If you'd like to be included, please let me know.
I am interested. I am a home school mom of two. Can we participate in this?
On 3/12/08, Debbie Smith wrote: > > I would like to receive the information about the traveling spiders, please. > > Thank you, > Debbie > > > > > On 3/10/08, susan fowler wrote: >> I am interested in receiving the information about the traveling >> spiders. I teach first grade. We will be conducting the second >> annual Charlotte's Web County Fair for our students. They make >> items to "enter" at the fair! Thank you for sharing your >> information. Susan >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 10/13/07, chris laday wrote: >>> Hi! I am also interested in using your materials for my second >>> grade class. We are just beginning to read the story of >>> Charlotte's Web and will be seeing a play in December. If possible >>> I would like them to send out their own spiders. Please email me >>> at North End School in Cedar Grove, NJ. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> >>> On 1/04/07, Laura wrote: >>>> Hi! I'd like to use your materials. I love this idea! Please >>> contact me at [email removed];
Hi, we would love to hear from you. although we are in nepal and it will be great to share this with your ideas. Do let us know more about it, Rajalkshmi
On 3/12/08, Debbie Smith wrote: > > I would like to receive the information about the traveling spiders, please. > > Thank you, > Debbie > > > > > On 3/10/08, susan fowler wrote: >> I am interested in receiving the information about the traveling >> spiders. I teach first grade. We will be conducting the second >> annual Charlotte's Web County Fair for our students. They make >> items to "enter" at the fair! Thank you for sharing your >> information. Susan >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 10/13/07, chris laday wrote: >>> Hi! I am also interested in using your materials for my second >>> grade class. We are just beginning to read the story of >>> Charlotte's Web and will be seeing a play in December. If possible >>> I would like them to send out their own spiders. Please email me >>> at North End School in Cedar Grove, NJ. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> >>> On 1/04/07, Laura wrote: >>>> Hi! I'd like to use your materials. I love this idea! Please >>> contact me at [email removed];
I had a last minute interview without even knowing what position was available until I got there. It turned out to be 6,7,& 8 grade math which I don't even qualify for yet (the state requires me to have a course in adolescent behavior before teaching middle school level). During the interview, I was asked how I would incorporate project based learning into the class to help improve test scores (the school is only around 33% proficiency and is switching to 90 minute blocks of math). I have never done projects for math. Although I haven't gotten this job, I was wondering if anyone has used math projects and what sort.
Just read about this idea, but it's about $50. to join. I immediately that of this site and thought it might be something we could do.
Schools partner-up with another school. Each school puts together a box with an agreed upon number of items/pictures from their state that gives the other school clues about their state. (Examples: state flower, bug, landmarks, etc.) When a class receives a box, they try to figure out where the state is.
As I'm writing, I'm thinking, if we could get a few schools to do it (4-5), we could pass these boxes between the schools and recycle them!
I teach a 4th and a 5th grade class social studies class, so I'd be interested in other classes in elementary schools.
I was thinking if I could get others involved, to get started in the next couple of months. (Hopefully!)
On 7/30/08, Terry Capstaff wrote: > Kay, Nevada > Debbie Smith, NC > Becky, Missouri > > Hi, it seems like the four of us are the only ones interested in the > last year. I like the idea of the four states sending to three > others. The children could experience an exchange at every quarter. > They could "build" their box first quarter and guess at others the > 2nd, 3rd and 4th. > > I would be willing to coordinate if you are still interested. > > TLC
On 7/30/08, Terry Capstaff wrote: > Kay, Nevada > Debbie Smith, NC > Becky, Missouri > > Hi, it seems like the four of us are the only ones interested in the > last year. I like the idea of the four states sending to three > others. The children could experience an exchange at every quarter. > They could "build" their box first quarter and guess at others the > 2nd, 3rd and 4th. > > I would be willing to coordinate if you are still interested. > > TLC
On 8/14/05, Cherrie wrote:
> hey! i nid an example of an investigatory project about
> pens! plz. help me..... i nee d really an example of an
> investigatory!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Help us here!!