Sentences with phrase «lot about your classroom»

How you handle these tasks says a lot about your classroom organization skills.

One of the questions I get asked a lot about classroom formative assessment is, «Isn't this just good teaching?»

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Polk County Public Schools have lot of great programming, including breakfast - in - the - classroom (Polk County received Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom grant back in SY 2012 - 13) and a «What's That Wednesday» program where students learn about new foods; additionally, Polk has implemented CEP at 109 sites which has had a positive impact on participation.

I've written a lot on this blog (and, really, I mean, a LOT — see the «Related Posts» below) about classroom birthday treats, soccer snacks and the many other ways in which kids are offered junk food by people other than their parents on a regular... [Continue readilot on this blog (and, really, I mean, a LOT — see the «Related Posts» below) about classroom birthday treats, soccer snacks and the many other ways in which kids are offered junk food by people other than their parents on a regular... [Continue readiLOT — see the «Related Posts» below) about classroom birthday treats, soccer snacks and the many other ways in which kids are offered junk food by people other than their parents on a regular... [Continue reading]

I've written a lot over the years (really, A LOT - see the Related Links below) about junk food in school classrooms, whether distributed by teachers as rewards for good behavior and academic performance or served as part of birthday or classroom... [Continue readilot over the years (really, A LOT - see the Related Links below) about junk food in school classrooms, whether distributed by teachers as rewards for good behavior and academic performance or served as part of birthday or classroom... [Continue readiLOT - see the Related Links below) about junk food in school classrooms, whether distributed by teachers as rewards for good behavior and academic performance or served as part of birthday or classroom... [Continue reading]

«Our [custodial manager] had a lot of concerns, from spills in the classroom, schools with carpeting vs. tiles, and concerns about pet control,» said Johns.

I would be a lot less concerned about a milk allergic child in an older classroom getting cow's milk than the wrong baby getting breastmilk.

NOTE: this advice only works if you genuinely love teaching and / or want to become a better communicator, and truly care about the student enjoying and retaining the material you share with them, as it could take a lot of effort and adjustments in the way you run your classroom.

«No Child Left Behind sounds good, and it's generated a lot more data about what is happening in the classroom,» she adds.

Editor's note: Since Showcase and The Open Notebook launched Storygrams, we have thought a lot about how they can be used in the classroom.

Since Showcase launched Storygrams — professional annotations of award - winning science journalism — we have thought a lot about the value of textual analysis and its use in the classroom.

It's hard to separate truth from legend with all of the rumors that swirl around the game's launch, but there are stories about people being mugged for their copies (an exceptionally rare occurrence even in the busiest cities in Japan), offices that were supposed to be packed with workers appearing abandoned, and a whole lot of empty chairs in classrooms.

We have also learned a lot about the alternatives to value - added measures — especially, classroom observations and student surveys — in the past three years.

There are a lot of books that talk about humor in the classroom, but not many that get beyond fun exercises or what feel to me like gimmicks.

When the teacher was interviewed about the success of the peer mentoring program at the school he described how «having a peer mentor in the classroom has made it a lot easier for me to make Chemistry and Biology more relevant to the real world».

There are lots of organizations out there dedicated to youth voices and performance poetry, and in addition to linking to a few of those, I've collected some articles and lesson plans about using spoken word in the classroom.

Many teachers are excited about the ability to create a group on Facebook as a private way of interacting with their students in ways that a) not only meet the students where they already are and integrate their lives into the classroom more holistically, but also b) shows that school can be a lot cooler than the students thought by being on Facebook in the first place.

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«One of the things I learnt very quickly in the maths classroom is that a lot of the kids in high school didn't have that mathematical literacy, that numerical thinking that they needed,» she tells Teacher, adding that it was after reading a research paper about numeracy moments she was inspired to implement change across the school.

Recognize that he or she has a lot of other kids to think about and can't always alter the classroom environment as quickly or as thoroughly as you might sometimes like.

I've been thinking about empathy a lot these days, as I finish the first year of a doctoral program that has me temporarily out of the classroom.

I recently learned a lot more about a number of arts organizations doing exceptional work to help children thrive, both in and out of the classroom.

I've been teaching for 15 years, and I've learned a lot about good instruction, classroom management, assessment, project learning, and so on.

Aware that building the future of all our students takes place in and out of the classroom, in addition to the Interview Day initiative, we have implemented incentive and reward schemes, carry out a lot of work in assemblies and talk regularly about role models that the students can relate to.

First of all there were a lot of individual effects on the children from introducing this type of playground: children were seen to be a lot more excited going out to play; they would enter their classrooms after lunchtime and would still be talking about what they did during that play; they were a lot more engaged, they were using the space a lot more readily, so, taking these materials out - and that could be one influence on how physical activity actually increased; they were solving problems and using their creativity skills - which I can also talk about how the children use all these objects to be creative in the school playground.

Advocates on one side believe teachers should prepare for their classroom careers in the traditional way: attending schools of education where they learn a lot about teaching technique (but often spend too little time learning academic content).

Nan Bahr: I think at the moment we've thought a lot about how we build teachers, how we build them to go into the classrooms and how we build them once they're there.

There has been a lot of buzz about the benefits of incorporating simulations and game - based learning activities into classroom instruction.

«So I've noticed a lot more intensive conversations about classroom teachers.

The U.S. still has a lot to learn about attracting the most talented teachers and school leaders to the most challenging classrooms and communities.

I asked my Top 12 Global Teacher Bloggers what they think, and got a resounding sense from them that the negative stories about social media cover over a lot of really great benefits it can bring to the classroom — from global communication to a newfound delight in reading.

When I think about the aspirational classroom that I attempt to articulate to teachers, I now realize that I'm asking them to consider a lot more than a change to their practice; I'm asking them to consider a change to how they see themselves.

Word searches - 2 word searches with words and pictures Writing pages - a collection of photocopiable sheets with toy themed borders Writing worksheets - a collection of worksheets with toy pictures and lines below for writing My favourite toy - draw and write about your favourite toy Word mat - an A4 word mat with words and pictures to use for writing activities Number line - a number line to 100 on colourful toys Alphabet line - a colourful alphabet line Flash cards - word and picture cards of lots of different toys Design a toy - a worksheet for your toy design Colouring pictures - a collection of colouring sheets Tracing pictures - pencil control sheets - great for younger children Book cover - a book cover to colour to use to keep all the topic work together Bingo - print and make this colourful toy themed bingo game Matching pairs game - match the toys Number dominoes - a toy themed game Label the toys - label some different toys Counting cards - cards with numbers 1 - 10 and the corresponding number of toys Size ordering - order the Russian dolls in size order - in colour and black and white Literacy worksheets - match labels to toys, write initial sounds, write words to describe different toys Play dough mats - a collection of activity mats to use in the play dough area Old toys posters - colourful posters showing some old toys Old and new posters - compare the old and new versions of some different toys Baby and child toys - an activity to sort the toy pictures into ones you had as a baby and ones you have now and a worksheet to accompany the activity Our favourite toys - find out about and draw your parents favourite toy and grandparents favourite toy when they were little Push and pull - look at some different toys and talk about what force is used to make them move Write a story - a decorated worksheet for writing a story about your toys Make some toys - photocopiable sheets for making 15 different simple toys such as split pin puppets, a jigsaw, a marble maze, a die to use with the snakes and ladders board Toy shop role play pack - a full pack of resources to set up your own toy shop in the classroom Includes display materials, games, Literacy and Maths activities, story telling resources plus much more

When I'm in classrooms, I see teachers spending a lot of time thinking about how students respond or react to their words and actions.

The idea here is to let teachers get into each other's classrooms to see innovation happening, and the goal There is lots written about looking and student work and instructional rounds, and we can share resources with you, but the main ideas here is that we need to help teams that are engaged in new practices figure out how to make sense of them.

We're crazy about gamification in eLearning and gamification on Learning Management Systems, so it makes a lot of sense for us to use gamification in the classroom, too.

There's a lot of buzz about «blended learning» and its growing impact on the way students learn in the classroom.

We're going to talk about Virtual Valentines and lots of other ways that you can connect and collaborate with other classrooms.

We talk a lot about flipped classrooms on Edudemic.

Improving instruction Hensley did a lot of first - hand observation in classrooms, leaving behind detailed notes for teachers, sharing «gold nuggets» of exemplary practices, things to think about and next steps for improvement.

Although educators have learned a lot about good formative assessment in individual classrooms, we wondered what might happen if a school took the process schoolwide.

Cassie stressed that she «learned a lot about technology and how to integrate it into the classroom, but we did not really do it a lot [during] the summer.»

While some educators are very savvy about assessment and how best to use the results in their districts, schools, and classrooms, a lot of administrators and teachers across the country aren't so knowledgeable about it.

Looking at pairing shoes is often a good starter for children to learn about the two times table, and is perfect, because if there is one thing every classroom has lots of, it's shoes!

Over the course of this project we've heard a lot from schools about what personalized learning (PL) means for teachers and classrooms, but less about what it means for principals — and that is worrisome.

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At the same time, they often have a lot to learn about classroom management and the workings of the school system.

«Putting a black man in the front of a classroom does a lot to shift the narrative about how young children perceive black men in this country.»

At the same time, we've heard a lot of political debate about Common Core, mostly about the involvement of the federal government in our classrooms.

It also has a lot of short and informative articles you could assign as at home reading with classroom discussion such as: The 10 Worst Credit Card Mistakes You Should Never Make, How to Use the Grace Period to Avoid Paying Interest, and 8 Key Things to Know about Credit Card Debt.