Exciting ideas in a daily blog by mentor teachers

Exciting lesson ideas, book lists, videos, classroom strategies, and reproducibles in a daily blog by mentor teachers

Finding THE MEssage: Grasping Themes in Literature

Friday, February 18, 2011
Reading, Teacher Tips and Strategies
Grades:

With state testing fast approaching, I have found myself carefully analyzing our benchmark assessments for...

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Finding the Balance on Teaching Vocabulary

Friday, February 11, 2011
Reading, Language Arts, Teacher Tips and Strategies
Grades:

With any skill we are entrusted to teach, the issue often becomes finding the best and...

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2-D, 3-D, and Beyond: Developing Geometric Thinking and Spatial Sense

Friday, February 4, 2011
Math, Teacher Tips and Strategies
Grades:

If you are responsible for teaching students about moving from 2-D to 3-D and 3-D to 2-D, and creating and...

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Teaching Tolerance Through Photographs

Friday, January 28, 2011
Reading, Teacher Tips and Strategies
Grades: 3–5, 6–8

How historical photographs can bring home the importance of Black History month for your students

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Dealing With Teacher Stress

Friday, January 21, 2011
Teacher Tips and Strategies
Grades:

Have you ever had one of those days? You know what I am talking about. It starts out with an...

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Taking a Look at Nonfiction Conventions

Friday, January 14, 2011
Reading, Teacher Tips and Strategies
Grades:

Nonfiction reading material can be a powerful tool in grabbing the attention and interest of otherwise reluctant...

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Favorite Professional Books from Scholastic Readers

Friday, December 24, 2010
Reading
Grades: 3–5

The results are in! Eleven lucky readers will be receiving a free professional book from my personal library. In the process more than sixty book recommendations were cited by readers as motivating and inspiring resources in the classroom. Rather...

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Win My Professional Books for Free Holiday Extravaganza!

Friday, December 17, 2010
Reading
Grades:

 I am a fan of giveaway contests, but I always wonder why my name is NEVER pulled out of that hat. It made me think...

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Implementing Best Practices for Math Instruction

Friday, December 10, 2010
Math, Teacher Tips and Strategies
Grades:

In the past I have utilized a workshop approach to teaching math; however, this year my team has worked together to ...

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Web Communication: Online Grading and Classroom Websites

Friday, December 3, 2010
Grades: 3–5

 
Technology has certainly changed the way we operate in our classrooms. With frozen computer screens, programs...

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About this Teacher

Angela Bunyi
Tennessee
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Special Interests: Literacy, reading