Getting Students to Read
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I have been continually frustrated with students not reading. It is about building stamina for reading. I am analyzing a few articles and this is the first one I am pulling some ideas from. As…
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Making a Sculpture
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After the closing of Gavit Middle High School, we found a treasure trove of old broken band instruments. I decided to bring them home to my garage and see what I can do. It looked…
Introducing Animated History
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I have decided to embark on a new summer project. I have created a site called “Animated History.” Animated History is dedicated to finding interesting ways to take historical content and present them with unique…
Dressing up Google Classroom
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I am not a huge fan of Google Classroom. I simply find it utilitarian at best. However, the widespread adoption of it has caused me to write up some specific tricks to overcome many of…
Mastery Based Classroom
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I have been struggling for years on how to implement mastery-based learning in a social studies class. How can I support students in different areas at any given time? I have been collecting and reading…
Building Reading and Writing Stamina
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My single biggest frustration that I believe is correctable, is the lack of reading and writing stamina. I have had to decide some goals for my lessons and the associated activities to achieve this. The…
Why is This Still True?
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Jungle School Board When the animals decided to establish schools they selected a school board consisting of Mr. Elephant, Mr. Kangaroo and Mr. Monkey, and these fellows held a meeting to agree upon their plans.…
Flipped Learning
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Over the past few years I have been experimenting with different types and methods of flipped learning. As a result, I have changing this document as I apply new techniques and methods. Overview The concept…