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42 Futures – My Back to School Rant #lecture #soapbox #inspiration

Today was the day I had to got to introduce my classes to my classroom guidelines. This year was even a little different because last Friday I chose to show them this little discussion piece from young adult author John Green, which was a great intro to our talk today. Here goes my talk to the 42 ... READ the POST

18 Things to Consider When Decorating Your Secondary Classroom

Some teachers love it. Some dread it. But no way around it, decorating your classroom for the new batch of students can be time-consuming, exhausting, and costly. So we pooled together the collective wisdom of some fellow teachers to discuss 18 things to consider when decorating your secondary ... READ the POST

Ice Bucket Challenge – Drought Edition

Ice Bucket Challenge - Drought Edition by Jonathan from Created for Learning: ... READ the POST

Five For Friday Linky Party

Five for Friday is a weekly teacher linky party where you post five random things from today or this past week and on your blog. We celebrated our youngest daughter's first birthday this week. She has started to take her first steps and is working on keeping her balance in the ... READ the POST

Created for Learning Each Other

For the next 365 days, my wonderful wife and I are going to affirm each other and post them publicly. We'd love for you to join us on this very fun adventure into each other's hearts. Our Blog name and Teachers Pay Teachers store is called "Created for Learning" because we focus a lot on how we were ... READ the POST

Worldwide Teacher Poll: What kinds of signs are in your classroom?

What kinds of signs or labels do you print out or buy and post around your room? SAMPLE IDEAS: Class Periods - 1st, 2nd, 11th, 12th Class Labels - English, British Literature, American Literature, History, World History, Science, Physics, Creative Writing, etc. In-Class work Homework Due ... READ the POST

Still Planning Your Classroom?

Because OF COURSE you're still planning your classroom...we are too! http://bit.ly/CreatedForLearning ... READ the POST

Date Night! Blogger Bash & The Giver Movie

Saturday night was our date night this last week! We spent the first half of our evening meeting fellow bloggers at a SoCal Back to School Blogger Bash in Huntington Beach. It was a great evening of matching up names with faces that we've met online and meeting new friends in this crazy blogger ... READ the POST

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