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Eyes to the World (an exercise in lining up)

One of the reasons I love teaching middleschoolers is they are just reaching the age when they can pay attention to the world around them instead of just themselves. A small way I try to help develop this is at the beginning of the year during my classroom management training. I ... READ the POST

Most Powerful Thing in Your Pocket: Your Cell Phone

Anybody out there have the classroom rule: No cell phones allowed? Or maybe your school set up that rule? My school has that rule too, and so does my classroom... Kind of. See, I've been rethinking that rule lately. Especially for a classroom that has 1:1 computers and is ... READ the POST

Surviving and Thriving at Back to School Night

It's darn near impossible to avoid some crazy schedules and frequent stress mocha lattes (!) to start the school year. If you know the trick, please share. And just about when you are finally strong enough to stop treading water and start swimming...the Back to School Night wave smacks you silly. So ... READ the POST

Practice vs. Perfect: When to grade their independent practice…

It has been a few years since I made the switch, and I don't regret it for a moment. My classes used to grade every question right or wrong, put the total at the top, and figure out the percentage. That was their grade for the assignment. In recent years, I have transitioned into a ... READ the POST

You can’t read that! Banned Books Week Free Reading List

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Nouns – My Student Grammar Ninjas

I threw the gauntlet down to my students to create Parts of Speech videos using one of Intelli-Tunes's songs by Ron Brown. MY EDMODO ANNOUNCEMENT TO THEM: PARTS OF SPEECH VIDEO CHALLENGE: I double dog dare you all to make a music video using one of the parts of speech songs. No extra ... READ the POST

Meet The Teacher Team Linky Party

Welcome! We are excited to meet some fellow teams of teachers that blog about teaching and/or have online stores for their teaching resources. A little bit about us (that you haven't already learned from our "Who We Are" page of our blog or our Meet The Teacher Blogger Linky post with Stephanie ... READ the POST

Due Date Trickery: The Win Win Win of Independent Practice Homework

Today, I was reminded of a little trick I pull on my students. NOTE: The key to this trick is to not tell your students you're pulling it on them. THE SITUATION: Today, I assigned some Grammar Ninja Parts of Speech independent practice classwork and homework. They had 20 minutes in class to work, ... READ the POST

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