primarilypelafigue.blogspot.com
Primarily Pelafigue: August 2015
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Adventures in blogging. documenting all that encompasses the educational journey of my second graders and my Ph.D. We're in this together. Join us! Saturday, August 15, 2015. I Still Can't Believe This Happened! Remember in my very first blog post when I said my next post would be about bringing money management to second graders? That was the plan. until I got an email from the Media Coordinator at DonorsChoose.org and a producer from the NBC Nightly News! Here's a few snapshots the producer took of our...
rockstarmathteacher.blogspot.com
★ Rockstar Math Teacher ★: My Growth Mindset Classroom Reveal (Part 2) #notreadytour
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Friday, August 7, 2015. My Growth Mindset Classroom Reveal (Part 2) #notreadytour. I spent another day in my classroom today and it is taking me forever to get it ready. LOL. I still have a lot left to do but I am posting (Part Two) of my classroom reveal #notreadytour. Hoping to inspire you again and give you more ideas for your classroom. My Front Classroom Wall. Last summer I blogged about the Mathematical Practices. Posters and the Mindset of a Mathematician. My Student Information Bulletin Board.
nerdynerdynerdy.com
Nerdy, Nerdy, Nerdy!: Using Instagram as a Classroom Tool
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Nerdy, Nerdy, Nerdy! Wife Mom. Teacher. Reader. Pinner. Blogger. Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Using Instagram as a Classroom Tool. Have you ever heard that phrase, "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em? Well, that's what led me to create a class account on Instagram. So the kids are technology pros. We get that. They know all kinds of Internet-y type stuff before I do, and I'm pretty tech-savvy myself. The kids have a billion different types of online accounts and are on them ALL. THE. TIME. How'd this all begin?
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Eberopolis: Teaching Reading and Writing with Technology: 5 Reasons to Flip Your Math Class
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Monday, July 13, 2015. 5 Reasons to Flip Your Math Class. Then I attended the Georgia Educational Technology Conference. And heard some sessions about flipped teaching, and a lightbulb went off. If you're not already familiar with flipped teaching. I did this pretty consistently for the second half of the year, and I couldn't be happier with the results. There were so many advantages. 1 Students became more confident. All of this went away when I flipped. 2 Parents were less stressed. There have been so ...
kellysknack.blogspot.com
Kelly's Knack: Teacher Life
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This is a visual journal of all the things I make, for home and for school. I'm going to post on the main page of the blog instead, so it can be separated by posts. I reorganized some parts of my room. Here are the latest pictures. And lastly for now, I made a poster to display banned words in their writing. I get so tired of reading, "He was a nice character." Why say nice when you can say amicable? Here it is with words on it. (You can see Hedwig, too! More to come later. August 4, 2012 at 9:07 AM.
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Nerdy, Nerdy, Nerdy!: Why I Hope I Never Want to Give up Teaching
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Nerdy, Nerdy, Nerdy! Wife Mom. Teacher. Reader. Pinner. Blogger. Saturday, October 18, 2014. Why I Hope I Never Want to Give up Teaching. I know I haven't posted in a while - busy doing this thing called teaching - but I felt like I needed to post this. Let me preface this post by saying these are MY views, not the views of my administration, fellow teachers, or school system. And - I love my administrators. They are awesome people. Now, without further ado.). February 25, 2015 at 12:32 PM. When Students...
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Nerdy, Nerdy, Nerdy!: New Classroom Setup
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Nerdy, Nerdy, Nerdy! Wife Mom. Teacher. Reader. Pinner. Blogger. Thursday, July 11, 2013. Well, I have been a BAD blogger - I haven't blogged since December! Is there a blog of shame for those of us who get caught up in a school year and forget to blog? I think I need to set myself up on a blogging schedule for this website like I do for my class website. *sigh. Anyhow, I've been busy getting my classroom ready. You may be thinking, "WHAT? Here are some pics of my classroom redo for the new year! Folders...
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Nerdy, Nerdy, Nerdy!: "Ketchup and Pickle" Folders
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Nerdy, Nerdy, Nerdy! Wife Mom. Teacher. Reader. Pinner. Blogger. Wednesday, July 2, 2014. Ketchup and Pickle" Folders. Classroom management is so important. If your classroom is not well-managed, then little learning can take place. It doesn't matter how fun or engaging you are if you don't have specific procedures and routines in place. Things will tend to get out of control, and learning time diminshes. One of the great questions of classroom management is this: "I'm done! Now what do I do? The "Pickle...
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Nerdy, Nerdy, Nerdy!: Moving to Middle School
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Nerdy, Nerdy, Nerdy! Wife Mom. Teacher. Reader. Pinner. Blogger. Thursday, July 2, 2015. Moving to Middle School. I fully realize that I haven't blogged since October 2014. HOW ON EARTH do all you other bloggers balance teaching, living, AND blogging? I am in awe of you all! I have contemplated committing myself to one day a week to blog, but then real life pops up, and then I think about blogging, but then I say to myself, "I have nothing interesting to write about! A desire for something different?
adventuresofaschoolmarm.com
Get Parents Involved from Day One! - Adventures of a Schoolmarm
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Get Parents Involved from Day One! Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Are you looking for a way to increase parent engagement. At the beginning of the school year? I have a great resource for you! By Kevin Henkes is one of my favorite books to read aloud on the first day back to school. The theme of self-acceptance is a perfect fit to calm those first day nerves! Kids can use any device with a QR code scanner to scan the websites. I have included 3 specific websites that students can use on the initial name inves...
