Thank you for submitting your sentences. Elona Harjes had a Dickensian week: It was the best of times; it was the worst of times- it was the end of semester. Gail P also sees an end in sight: I know we haven’t reached the middle of the year yet but I can already feel …
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Day in a Sentence
This week I am hosting “Day in a Sentence” from Kevin Hodgson’s excellent blog. This is a no-pressure activity for teachers to reflect upon their week and come up with a single sentence about it. Here are the simple rules: Boil down your week or your day into a single sentence Use the comment feature here …
A Curriculum for Working with English Language Learners
While I worked at Saturn Street School, I had the pleasure of being involved with a grant with Antioch University that revolved around assisting English Language Learners. Teachers in the grant chose areas of their practice to research via inquiry projects that examined both quantitative and qualitative student data and aligned with best practices in …
Mock Election Ballot
Have your students participate in the upcoming election using this ballot created by Francie Kugelman, frequent web site contributor…. Download Election Ballot
Carnival of Education #191
It’s been an honor and a pleasure to find these gems from the edublogosphere this week in this the It’s October 1st, Are You Sick of Halloween Yet? edition of the Carnival of Education. Classroom Management or How to Deal With Students Coming Down From a Halloween Sugar High… Elona Hartjes reminds us that a …
Carnival of Education Coming
I’m honored to be hosting the Carnival of Education this week. I hope you’ll join me in what promises to be an exciting assortment of articles related to education. I’ll compile the entries and post them here on Wednesday, 10/1. Please get your articles in by 9/30. See you there! Submit Your Entry Here
Books About Protest for Children
Tomorrow, members of the Los Angeles teachers’ union, United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) will be starting work an hour late to protest proposed state budget cuts to education. With education funding tied largely to property values in California, the situation is likely to get worse before it gets better. On the table, if not today …
Carnival of Education #156
Welcome to 156th Edition of the Carnival of Education and to my blog, Creating Lifelong Learners. It’s my first time hosting and there is a lot to read and enjoy this week. Thank you to everyone who contributed. Submit an article to the next carnival. Enjoy! Technology in the Classroom Kevin Hodsgon, writing teacher, blogger, …
Carnival of Education
I’m honored to be hosting the Carnival of Education this week from Eduwonks. I hope you’ll join me in what promises to be an exciting assortment of articles from around the edusphere. If you’re new to blog carnivals, here’s how it works. You submit your article using this form by Tuesday, 2/29 at 5:00 PM …
4th Grade-Dollars and Sense/Dreams to Jobs
Here’s a great site about how to help kids to write business plans from Family Education. Here are additional unit links. Here are additional unit opener ideas. Please post your ideas below.