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- Getting to know them
- In The First Year, page 1.5
- Getting to know your students as real people makes your classroom a more effective learning environment.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Creating a safe space for students to take academic risks
- In The First Year, page 1.6
- A classroom culture that encourages students to take academic risks starts with the teacher.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- The thirty-second system for managing tardies and misdirected attention
- In The First Year, page 3.3
- A countdown can give your students a chance to settle in and get ready to learn or to refocus their attention when it has wandered.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- March Madness and relationship-building
- In The First Year, page 3.9
- Taking time away from instruction to build relationships with your students can pay off in the long run.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Where are they now? And where are they going?
- In The First Year, page 4.4
- Your standards for students' achievement must be high enough not only to get them through your class, but to prepare them for what lies ahead.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Water puppets
- In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 19
- In this water puppet performance in Hanoi, one high status character in the procession rides a wooden horse while the others carry his flag or guard his possessions. Vietnam's unique water puppet tradition is said to date back approximately 1,000 years. Early...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Reading for relevance in literature
- A unit-length instructional plan for using graphic organizers to promote active reading of novels, using The Count of Monte Cristo as an example.
- By Suzanne Micallef.
- The seven deadly sins of data analysis
- Commit one of the Seven Deadly Sins of Data Analysis and you run a significant risk of missing AYP under No Child Left Behind (NCLB).
- By Chris Hitch.
- Alternative discussion formats: Museum exhibit design
- In Alternative discussion formats, page 6
- Designing museum exhibits encourages students to think creatively and to use a wide range of thinking skills.
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- How do I use all this data?
- An eight-step checklist and questions for making use of various kinds of education data.
- By Chris Hitch and Ken Jenkins.
- Professional development by email
- Conducting professional development by email can be an effective way to reach busy teachers, tailor the content to their needs, and provide an authentic context for learning.
- By Bobby Hobgood.
- Assessing the learning process
- In Math for multiple intelligences, page 3
- Assessment, like instruction, needs to be geared toward various learning styles, and teachers can create rubrics for ongoing assessment that keep a formal daily record of what students are learning.
- By Gretchen Buher and David Walbert.
- Holding a poetry slam
- Introducing students to “the competitive art of performance poetry” builds enthusiasm for literature among even reluctant readers. This article explains how a high school in Cleveland County, North Carolina, held its first poetry slam.
- By Nancy Blalock.
- Becoming an online teacher
- For even the most experienced classroom teacher, teaching online requires a thoughtful transition to the new environment.
- Format: article
- By Bobby Hobgood.
- Reading is for the boys (and girls)!
- This WebQuest for teachers looks at the difficult issue of how to get — and keep — boys interested in reading. It guides you through the research, then looks at text selection and pedagogy and helps you find specific strategies for narrowing the adolescent "literacy gap."
- Format: article
- By Kimberly Bowen.
- Style
- In The five features of effective writing, page 5
- Style, the fourth Feature of Effective Writing, is what makes an author's writing unique. Here's how to help your students establish a style appropriate to different genres and audiences.
- By Kathleen Cali.
- Guest of honor: A presidential banquet
- In Rethinking Reports, page 1.3
- A research assignment in which students plan a banquet in honor of a president.
- By Melissa Thibault and David Walbert.
- Communicating with parents
- To communicate successfully with parents, be caring, professional, open, and organized.
- By Kathleen Casson.
- Why study a foreign language?
- Foreign language study enhances academic skills, raises SAT scores, and prepares students for careers.
- By Bernadette Morris.
- Incorporating oral history into the K–12 curriculum
- In Oral history in the classroom, page 3
- Oral history techniques for use with students at all levels, from kindergarten through high school.
- By Kathryn Walbert.
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