Pop Links 1.14.13: slang, safe sex, research skills, vision boards, poetry
Keeping up with the Kids: Do some of the slang words your students use puzzle you? A fellow CM understands your struggle and has written a witty open letter to her students re: stepping their slang...
View ArticleYour Happiness Matters: How To Give Yourself A Boost
(Photo credit: South Carolina’s Northern Kingdom) January isn’t the easiest time to be happy. Maybe you’re not where you want to be right now in your teaching journey. Maybe you’re not happy living in...
View ArticleContemplating Life After the Corps
(Photo credit: James Delaney) “So, what are you doing next year?” Get used to it, second year corps members. If it hasn’t started already, you’re about to hear this question over and over again from...
View ArticleInstagram Photo of the Day 1.15
ms_lisachan: Standard. What pre-k teachers do on a Saturday night @christinakatherine #artsandcrafts #teacherlife #prek #teachforamerica #saturdaynight #instagood
View ArticlePop Links 1.16.13: free education, pen names, the flu, digital resource,...
All Points Bulletin: Havard University and other top schools are desperately looking to give a free education to qualified low-income minority students. Work your students hard now. They will thank...
View ArticlePinterest Pick: 100 Words that Every HS Graduate Should Know Quiz
Source: blog.writeathome.com via Renee on Pinterest
View Article13 Ways To Be A Better Teacher In 2013 (Part One)
Even if you’re already excelling in the classroom—your students love you, your principal praises you, parents thank you in e-mails and occasional baked goods—in fact, even if you’re on the shortlist...
View ArticleInstagram Photo of the Day 1.17
trikai: If it was only that easy. #teacher #teachforamerica #tfa #dallas
View ArticleAnxiety in the Classroom: Storm Clouds Approaching
(Photo credit: Jonathan Gill) When it happened, the first thing I would notice were their eyes. It was never a flash of realization, but rather a wave. I might stutter, start to sweat, lose my train of...
View ArticleNo More Nostalgia
Questions I’ve been considering: Could students (or teachers) do the same types of schoolwork Americans did one hundred years ago? Should they be able to? Does one better prepare and motivate kids for...
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