ASCD is having its annual this conference in Houston this weekend. I am a member of several organizations, and attend several national conferences, in addition to local region/state events, and this by FAR is my favorite. Attending ASCD provides a chance to grow, as well as make connections with other educators from around the nation. […]
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This post is written for my 4th grade students that I meet with each week. We talk math, we talk leadership, and this week, we again, talked EMPATHY! Wranglers, here is the google doc for your notes. Video that our students created can be seen here! Mrs. Teamann
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Confession: I’m not that great with technology. I know, I know…”Technically Teamann” and all that jazz. But really, I’m not great with technology. I can’t code. I couldn’t reroute an access point. I don’t build computers. I don’t develop software. I don’t build apps. Or teach people how to do ANY of those things. I can
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It’s that time of year. Where the holiday break is definitively in the past. Where testing pressure has started to increase. When Spring Break is close…but not quite close enough. Take time today to remember that we alone have the power to choose our good attitude. Click To Tweet Be the kind of person who doesn’t
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When I was student teaching, I remember having the teacher next door to me take me into her room and show me her file cabinets. I was amazed. They were, to a newbie, the mecca of experience. There was a file on anything you could think of…from PD to content to parent newsletters…all neatly labeled
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This post is written for my 4th grade students that I meet with each week. We talk math, we talk leadership, and this week, we talked GRIT! http://vimeo.com/116877158?email_id=Y2xpcF90cmFuc2NvZGVkfGQzZDg1Y2YyZGYwYjFjOGIwOWI3Nzc1ZTkwMDhiMzc0MjE4fDMwOTEzMTV8MTQyMTM0MTEwNHw3NzAx&utm_campaign=7701&utm_medium=clip-transcode_complete-finished-20120100&utm_source=email WWW, Sometimes we react without thinking. We let ourselves get stressed out and we do or say something that we can later regret. The illustration
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February, despite its dreary reputation, has become one of my favorite months because of the awesome Melinda Miller. She introduced me to a way to cheer up what she affectionately calls, “the armpit of the school year”, aka February. Each Friday has its own special activity, most are free, or cheap, and all are designed
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This post is written for my 4th grade students that I meet with each week. We talk math, we talk leadership, and this week, we again, talked GRIT! Accepting that “experts” are made and not born has two results, one very sobering and the other liberating: It means that we are all responsible for our own
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I am a big reader. I love to read and have even gotten in trouble for reading in the shower. (TMI?) I read in the car, I read at volleyball practice, I read while waiting for small curly headed 4 year old to fall asleep. Last year I took on the idea from Jessica Johnson,
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