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

Behind the Scenes, Part 1 — Finding a Topic

Monday, March 7, 2011
Classroom Management, Teacher Tips and Strategies
Grades:

Are you interested in creating movies with your students, but not sure where to...

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Filmmaking — Stop-Motion to Bring Curriculum to Life

Monday, February 28, 2011
Reading, Language Arts, Math, Teacher Tips and Strategies
Grades:

Stop-motion has long been used to entertain children and adults on television and in the movies. Think back to Gumby or...

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Engaging Student Writers With Blogging

Monday, February 21, 2011
Language Arts, Classroom Management, Teacher Tips and Strategies
Grades:

Which is more motivating to you? Just writing for your teacher? Or, writing for readers all around the world? Which...

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Report Card Comments Made Simple

Monday, February 14, 2011
Classroom Management
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12

This year do you have more students and less time? Then let...

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World Education Games Have Begun!

Monday, February 7, 2011
Math, Teacher Tips and Strategies
Grades:

 Last year 2,403,526 students from 236 countries correctly answered 479,732,613 questions and a new world...

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Give Your Students a Voice With VoiceThread

Monday, January 31, 2011
Reading, Language Arts, Math, Classroom Management, Teacher Tips and Strategies
Grades:

 

VoiceThread is a Web 2.0 tool for online group...

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Shifting Teachers' Thinking — Focusing on Learning First

Monday, January 24, 2011
Classroom Management
Grades:

Imagine a school with children who can read and write, but with teachers who cannot, and you have a metaphor of the...

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Web Sites and Web 2.0 Tools You Can Use Instantly

Monday, January 17, 2011
Reading, Language Arts, Classroom Management, Teacher Tips and Strategies
Grades:

 
This post is the beginning of a master list of free Web sites and Web 2.0 tools that teachers and students can...

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Reading Book Projects With Flip Video, Digital Cameras, Web 2.0, and More

Monday, January 10, 2011
Reading, Language Arts, Teacher Tips and Strategies
Grades:

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Setting Goals — Teacher Reflection

Monday, December 20, 2010
Teacher Tips and Strategies
Grades:

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

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About this Teacher

Scholastic teacher advisor Megan Power
Megan Power
California
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Special Interests: Early childhood learning, kindergarten, Pre-K