One of the activities my students (pre-service teachers) said they appreciated the most was providing them with an array of discussion/sharing out strategies that they could use with their own elementary students. What I really shared were protocols, many I had learned from my own professors, which could be easily adopted for various lessons and content.
Many came from the National School Reform Faculty's web...
When terror and fear is left in a child, Sacha Abercorn OBE, the Duchess of Abercorn, explains...
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Kung Hei Fat Choy!
That’s Happy New Year in Chinese. 2017 is the Year of the Rooster. The rooster is a symbol of confidence. Those born under...
One of the most powerful exercises I have ever completed was writing down my philosophy on teaching and education. Before you dismiss this idea and begin to search for more "practical" teaching advice, I ask that you keep reading.
Possessing a teaching philosophy serves as a sail to guide you through your career. It provides a framework for your pedagogy—for all your instructional decisions, for how you implement curriculum, how you interact with students and parents. Clearly...
Inauguration Day Facts!
Possible Interactive Notebook Activity by
Gail Skroback Hennessey
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We were delighted to win our second Upton Sinclair Award this year, given for our “continual work on world-wide educational...
Frankly, the notion that a teacher can complete a master's degree in education, or even go through their entire career, and never complete training in gifted education concerns me. Chances are you will have a gifted child in your class at some point in your career. You will also likely have students, who have yet to be identified as "gifted," but require special services. That means it falls on you (as well as other adults involved in the child's life) to "spot" this student's...
According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the gap between the rich and the poor keeps widening, with the richest 10% of the...
The Giraffe
Possible Interactive Notebook Activity
by
Gail Skroback Hennessey
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In less than 30 years, the number of giraffes have drastically decreased by almost 40 percent. That makes the...