Perhaps~ you will find this resource of use to use with your students on the first day back from vacation.
Happy New Year's!
Bonne annee(French)
Frohes neues Jahr(Germany)
Felice anno nuovo(Italian)
Gelukkig nieuwjaar(Dutch)
Gott nytt ar(Swedish)
Feliz ano nuevo(Spanish)
Shana tova(Hebrew)
Hauoli makahiki hou(Hawaiian)
Interesting Customs around the World for New Year's.
In Russia~ divers place a New...
I often wonder what gifted kids would say if they were allowed to freely speak their minds to teachers.
After working with gifted students for six years~ I have spent time with them in the classroom~ at lunch~ playing games at recess~ and met with their parents. During that time~ I have realized many of them shared similar challenges and issues~ which teachers were not aware.
I have often had to bite my tongue when listening to homeroom teachers~ specials teachers~ and...
Dell is launching its first Chromebook, which will be the company's first specifically targeted at education institutions. The Chromebook was built to meet the needs of schools and districts looking to deploy affordable and comprehensive one-to-one computing initiatives.
Dell is the leading end-to-end technology provider in the U.S. education market, with...
My wife~ my mother~ and a handful of very close friends could all attest that I am rarely heard to utter the sentence~ I am impressed. Its not that Im some kind of pessimist; quite the contrary~ hope springs eternal with me. The world at large~ however~ dashes my hopes more often than Id like to admit. I have all kinds of wild expectations that keep me from being impressed. I want politicians to tell the truth the...
What do you get with 7200 eggs~ 3000 pounds of brown sugar~ 1800 pounds of butter~ 7200 pounds of flour~1~080 ounces of ground ginger and 22~304 candy pieces? That's the world's biggest gingerbread house! The 20.11 ft. tall and 60 ft by 42 ft. house is located in Bryan~Texas. One issue that resulted from this massive gingerbread house is it attracted BEES who were loved all the sweets! Guinness World Records says the really sweet house is a record setter. All money raised by people visiting...
This week~ I want to share a project idea that might satisfy your students need for creative expression.
When finished reading a book~ I offer my students the option of creating a book hook (a mini commercial for the book). The goal of the hook is to get other children interested in reading that particular book. The project serves another purpose: it provides students with an additional outlet or assessment for demonstrating their understanding of the book.
When you give...
Just saw a wonderful version of "A Christmas Carol" at our local theater.Today, a person who is very tight with money, is often called a "scrooge", after, the main character in "A Christmas Carol". Did you know that several other words and phrases were coined by Charles Dickens?
Words such as abuzz, flummox, the creeps,round the clock and whiz-bang are credited with Dickens. Other words that Dickens helped to popularize include, kibosh, butter-fingers,boredom,messiness,squashed,bah...