Welcome!
Oh Middle School teachers - how you have a very different set of challenges from elementary teachers. Well, this website was created with you in mind! All Middle School only! Enjoy and thanks for hanging out!
I have created a blog roll that includes all things middle school-related! Make sure to stop by regularly to see as it will update several times a day!
So you don't miss a thing, make sure to either add this page to your bookmarks OR if you are a blog/website owner, please take the button code, which is located on the right sidebar, and place it on your own site so that it will serve as a casual reminder to come back and check for your newest inspiration!
Lastly, there is also a collaborative Pinterest board for Middle School Maestros that you can access just by clicking on the PInterest logo on the sidebar.
Thanks for stopping, happy pinning, and I look forward to seeing you again soon!
Middle School Maestros Blog Roll
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Fact Family Packet - Your kiddo's will have fun learning fact families by making a neighborhood of colorful schoolhouses, playing the fact family schoolhouse spinner game, T-...
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Put the Tension Back Into Your Classroom? - *Want more great teaching tips and classroom organization ideas? * *Subscribe to the FREE newsletter (right sidebar), add our feed to your RSS reader, or...
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Got Freebies? - Got great freebies? Want to share them? Link them up at Manic Monday at Classroom Freebies now! Stop HERE for all the details! See you ther...
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DIY June Showcase! - Do you have an amazing DIY post to share with other readers here at Classroom DIY? We would LOVE to see it! Each month, Classroom DIY will open a link up...
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There's a New Sheriff in Town! - Your students will be saying "Get along lil' doggie" all day long while learning in your super cute Western themed classroom! Howdy! S...
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End of the Year Organization! - The newest edition of The Organized Classroom Magazine is out on the virtual newsstands now! This month’s issue is all about wrapping up your school yea...
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Welcome! - Hi there and welcome to Common Core Math Lessons! This site is meant to be a resource for K-12 teachers who are or will be implementing the National Commo...
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Welcome! - Hi there and welcome to Common Core Reading Lessons! This site is meant to be a resource for K-12 teachers who are or will be implementing the National Co...
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Gami's and Avatars - This past week, I had the pleasant opportunity to spend almost 5 days with other educators from around my state discussing, exploring, sharing, and appl...
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The Katniss Chronicles: Part II - Just one week away! - [image: The Katniss Chronicles, Part II Debuts June 25th!] *Los Angeles, CA – June 18, 2013* *- The premiere episode of the fan-made audio drama **The Katn...
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Zombies invading Wikis near you! - Greetings and Happy Summer Zombie followers! Nearly two weeks after school ended, I finally have a day to sit down and catch up on life. Housework is out...
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Bloglovin'- I can no longer resist the change - I will be honest, I am not sure what Bloglovin' is all about. I normally resist change until I have to give in. Well, looks like I have to give in or lose ...6 hours ago
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A Look at Common Core Aligned Performance Assessment - Both formative and summative assessments play important roles in the learning outcomes of our students. In any given unit of study, as teachers we check o...8 hours ago
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Join the Science Teachers Blog Hop! - Are you looking for more science teaching blogs to follow? Well, you have come to the right place! I know that I am always looking for new and fresh ...
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"Professional" Development - Today is *Workshop Wednesday* over at Ideas by Jivey. This summer she has challenged us to put our Pinterest addictions to good use and share our favorite ...
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All year long Simple Centers, Sale and a flash FREEBIE today only:) - I have finally finished all my Reading Street Simple Centers for grade one and bundled them all into a year long set on TpT. This bundled set includes AL...
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Middle School Artwork Pictures - Animal mummy statue created by a 6th grade student.If you'd like to see free examples of middle school artwork, I recently posted some photographs on my fa...9 hours ago
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Bring Your Own Device - FREE Product! - Here is a FREE product I created tonight! When we are doing an app based or Internet activity, I allow students to bring in their own devices to use in clas...
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Bloglovin' - Those of you who do your blog reading via Google Reader know that the site is going away on July 1. Basically, that means you need to import all of your bl...18 hours ago
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Blog Lovin' and the loss of "Followers" - Have you made the move to Blog Lovin' yet? I'm depressed that everyone has been collecting their "followers" to have them disappear. How else am I suppos...19 hours ago
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Multiplying Negative Numbers with Rectangles - I love using rectangles as a model for multiplication. In this video, Mike & son offer a pithy demonstration of WHY a negative number times a negative numb...1 day ago
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Quick Shout Out - Just a quick shout out for Joanne at Head Over Heels for Teaching! What can I say? I love her blog, it's so creative and colourful! The pink colour and ...
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Slice of Life Tuesday: Bidding a treasured colleague goodbye - *The March Slice of Life Challenge is hosted by Stacey and Ruth at **Two Writing Teachers* * * * * Here it is...the home stretch. We are in our last week...
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Do Sustained Silent Reading Programs Work in the Classroom? - My school had a school-wide silent reading program about five years ago that promoted sustained, silent reading. It was called “DEAR”, meaning *Drop Ev...1 day ago
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Theory Into Practice - Some things are good in theory but pale when put into practice. I’m thinking, of course, about a family pack of high-powered water guns as a Father’s Day g...1 day ago
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Made It Monday: Book Reports Revisted - It's that time again! I'm incredibly dense and forgot to take pictures of my pride and joy project of the week :( On my one year wedding anniversary ...
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Tweets - I have just joined the world of twitter. Yeah, I know, that is not monumental news. But it has been an interesting toe-in-the-water experience for me. I ...2 days ago
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Grade 5 Reading Assessments {All Informational Text Standards} - This was hard work! After many weeks, I am completely finished with this document. You will definitely find this very helpful. It is aligned exclu...
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Risky Behavior-Choice, Chance and Change - Two score and three years ago, as my husband was packing his lone duffle bag for a tour in Vietnam, he turned to me and said, “Maybe it’s a good thing that I...
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The One With Monday Made It - I've been seeing all these great post where fellow bloggers link up with 4th Grade Frolics and share some of the creations they have been making. I love t...
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Win $1000 in Classroom Supplies from ClassWish & Citgo - [image: Fueling Good in your classroom with ClassWish] ClassWh, an alternative to DonorsChoose where teachers can help get classroom resources, just launch...2 days ago
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It's Monday, What Are You Reading? & Must Have Monday - First, I'm linking up with Teach Mentor Texts for the Monday linky. You know it! I've been busy reading this week and have some books to share! First, I hav...
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Close Read Freebie - What Highlight Through Yonder Window Breaks It wasn't long ago that I was deeply in love…with highlighters. The brighter thecolors, the mor...
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Figures That Are Hard to Figure ! - " Money spent in Iraq and Afghanistan *$1.5 trillion* ***** Troops stationed in Germany, Japan, Korea,etc. (over 700 bases - *$100 billion a year*) ***** N...
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Non-Teacher Related Freebie - End of the School Year! - This is not a traditional freebie, because it is not directly classroom related, however, as the school year is coming to an end (for some of you it has al...
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Feedback is Fantastic for Teachers, Too! - When I create a product for classroom use, I never know if other teachers will like it or find it useful for themselves and their students. OR if they wil...
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Currently June - Hi Everyone! I just joined the *Currently Linky Party* from the blog Oh Boy 4th Grade. *Listening:* I love Pandora. I plug my phone into my stereo and bl...
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Ed Tech for Teachers (weekly) - Mastering Online Discussion Board Facilitation A 15 page resource guide from Edutopia. This is from 2009 so it doesn’t reference of the the latest and grea...3 days ago
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All Signs Point to A Creative Addition In Your Classroom - If you are like me, you have a slight obsession with all things Pinterest (especially when it comes to your classroom). I can't even begin to name all the ...
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Quick Update: Vistaprint Lovin' - I've been waiting. And waiting. And waiting. Today they finally came!! My large car magnets from Vistaprint. I won't be using them for my car of course. Al...
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The One Room School House - I grew up watching Little House on the Prairie, and watching all the characters pile into a one room school house. Now that I am a teacher I think *WOW* h...
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Five for Friday ... Riding the Crazy Train - I would just like to start by saying how truly unfair I think it is that June is the busiest month ... I have no energy left in June. None. Not a drop. ...
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Weekly Class Summary: June 10-14 - *SOLs Covered:* All Math 7 *Math Dictionary Sections:* All Sections *Upcoming Assessments:* NONE! We're finished! School's out for summer! That's a wra...
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Looking back... - Wow, what a school year! 2013-14 will be a year I won't forget. I was blessed with amazing students and teammates. What more could a teacher ask for? As I ...5 days ago
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Word Wall Review - I was so busy at the end of the school year this year I couldn't blog for the life of me! So I took a little break and I am now back at it! I want to cha...
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I'm back! - Dear friends, I am back! I am sorry for the absence but things have been a little bit crazy! I ended up helping with soccer this season and that took quite...1 week ago
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Common Core is Coming! - No doubt, if you're in one of the 45 states (or DC) that has adopted the Common Core Curriculum, you're waist-deep in trying to figure out what you need to...
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Turks & Caicos In 6 Photos (Collages) ... - By Derrick Brown (follow on Twitter @dbrowndbrown) Best. Vacation. Ever! Enjoy these! Revelation La Vista Azul Longer Than Forever Love Su...
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Chanson de dimanche - Volume #5 - Something cool and hip this week... it's a groove-inspiring, fun number that the kids are SURE to get stuck in their heads! [image: logo for Chanson de di...
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From Chopsticks to Mason Jars - That is a picture of my new mason jar cup – a purchase I made during my transition from China to the Delta. I am now officially in the Mississippi TFA Co...1 week ago
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Featured Teacher - *It's Me - Scipi*YEAH!! After waiting for over nine months, I am the spotlighted teacher on the blog *An Educator's Life Blog*. The blog is by John Hugh...
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FREE Sixths Circle Fraction Clip Art Images - It's so nice to be relaxing today knowing it's a long weekend (not back until Tuesday)! We went to Yum Cha at Sunnybank today which was lovely, and then I ma...
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Exciting Times Coming Soon! - In the very near future, I will be uploading some of my first units and lessons to my TpT store! Also, I'm supposed to be getting a shipment in tomorrow fr...1 week ago
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One Chapter Ends...Another Begins! - It is hard to believe, but I have finished teaching 6th grade as of 3:35 p.m. today. I may have done a happy dance in the hallway after school to celebrate...1 week ago
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What's on Your Summer Bucket List? - One would think that teachers would have plenty of time to do all those wonderful things we've been compiling on our bucket lists. And some teachers may. ...
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More Aurasma-Tazz for your Classroom - The Aurasma app puts the power of augmented reality into your hands. One can simply amaze their students armed with only a smart device, the FREE aurasm...
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ClassBadges.com and Standards-Based Grading - The badge art I uploaded. Kids LOVE competing, right? What I appreciate about the grading reform away from A-F that we've seen the last several years is t...
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Accessible Mathematics Book Study: Instructional Shift #2 ~ Homework - [image: OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA] Instructional Shift #2: “Adapt what we know works in our reading programs and apply it to mathematics instruction.” In ...2 weeks ago
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Linky Party Bonanza - Linking up for two great linky parties today! First up, Currently by Farley. Listening: Hubby and I recently discovered Supernatural on Netflix. It's a C...
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June Currently - Today I am linking up with Oh Boy 3rd Grade for the June Currently! Farley has a seriously fun blog so you if you haven't seen it- check it out! I only ha...
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Currently June - I'm linking up with Farley for her June Currently. Listening: My boys drive me absolutely crazy because they seem to be physically unable to play the Wii...
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Schools Out - We are one of the first schools in the state to get out. Our summer started two weeks ago and the first week out many of us followed our softball team to t...
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End of the Year Memory Book {Grades 4-8} - I know some of you luckies are already out of school, but we still have another week and a half! With yearbook sales in our district declining, I decided t...2 weeks ago
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Free Cup of Java! PerCent Word Problems, Strategies, Common Core... - So on Twitter.com/dmarain this morning I posted the following (I modified it slightly): *"Java Coffee Co." gives you a free cup after you purchase 12. The...3 weeks ago
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Thank you for Helping! - Thank you everyone who shopped The Teaching Bank's store on Saturday, May 25th, and Monday, May 27th! I am donating 100% of my sales ($95) from both days. ...
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Ender's Game - Perfect Timing - Ender's Game the movie is coming out this November. This is a book I teach in my Humanities class because it draws in the male readers, and it's a big h...
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iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch Apps for Special Education by Eric Sailers - iPhone, iPad and iPod touch Apps for (Special) Education Filed under: Online Teaching, Social Media, Teaching Tips Tagged: apps, iPad, iPhone, iPod, specia...3 weeks ago
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Phases of the Moon... With Cookies! - I love to keep my students on their toes and keep them guessing as to what I'm going to do next in my classroom! I try to use hands-on activities whenever...
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I'm All About Getting Organized - I'm beginning to see a common theme in my most recent blog posts. Anyone who knows me wouldn't be surprised, but I love being organized. For the past few...
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Someday society will realize how important teachers are... - I've always believed that this profession is not for the faint of heart. It's not for those that can't, nor for those who think it's extra time off. It's...
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Sweet Secondary Teaching Blogs and Pinterest!! - Are you a pin addict? Are you a blog addict? Are you a Secondary Teacher? If you answered yes, I'd like to share some awesome teaching blogs with you. If...
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Ratios and Proportions...and Goldfish! - Food makes math more fun, right? "Something Fishy" is a great hands-on activity to help students understand a real-life application of ratios and proportions...
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Wishing All Our Readers a Happy Memorial Day - As we head into the weekend, we at The Teacher’s Lounge, want to wish you all a safe and celebratory, Memorial Day! As we may be busy at the park or back...3 weeks ago
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Multiple Meanings Library {App Review} - With vocabulary being such a weakness with my students, I jumped at the opportunity to review Multiple Meanings Library. Multiple Meanings Library ($12.9...3 weeks ago
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Day and Night Interactive Resources and a Freebie for New Followers - We are working on Astronomy right now, particularly the concepts of Day and Night, Seasons and moon phases. Here are a couple of great links for visuals t...
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Friday Favorites! - It's time once again to share with you some of my favorite finds of the week! First, especially poignant this week in light of Teacher Appreciation, I fo...
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When To Put The Tech Away In Your 1:1 (or Any) Classroom - This article was originally posted on Edudemic. You can read the original post on the Edudemic site here. When we work with schools embarking on 1:1 progr...1 month ago
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Government Response to Industrialization and Abuses Differentiated Instruction Lesson Plan now on www.hollerformastro.com! - Reveals the "Government Response to Industrialization and Abuses" differentiated instruction lesson plan on www.hollerformastro.com. Continue reading →1 month ago
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Teacher Appreciation SALE! - Teachers Pay Teachers is having a huge sale to celebrate teachers 5/7-5/8! And to show my appreciation I'm offering 20% off ALL of my products at my TPT s...
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Teacher Appreciation Week! - Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Hopefully everyone’s kiddos + parents are treating them nicely State testing + grading took over most of my life this mont...1 month ago
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Teacher Appreciation Sale on TpT - I hope you feel appreciated!! Here are one of the many discounts for YOU to enjoy this week: ~Mrs. Scott
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Teacher Appreciation Week Sale 2013!!! - TPT appreciates you, and I appreciate you! Teaching is a challenging job. You play such an important role in your students' lives every day! Liz's Less...
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Don't set yourself up for guilt! - There have been a lot of posts and articles coming up in my feed lately about the myth of perfect parenting. 'Mummy guilt', in particular, seems to consume...1 month ago
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And sometimes your lesson swears at your students - A few warnings on this post: It contains swearing. The really bad kind. Also, I totally didn’t follow my own advice. If you’re ok with foul language and hy...1 month ago
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YOU ARE MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN YOU THINK! - I know I have neglected my blog, and I apologize, but I graduate April 27!!! And I have a job interview, with the special education director of a local...
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Laws of Conservation of Pain and Joy - Chris Wejr has a thought-provoking post entitled “Share Who You Are, Let People In”. I remember as a new teacher trying hard to look and sound older than ...
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London/Scotland – Spring Break 2014 - Even though I just got back from my first trip with EF Tours, it’s already time to start thinking about plans for next spring break. For spring break 2014,...2 months ago
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20 Easy and Free Classroom Activities for Earth Day - Hey, All! I've been finding a lot of amazing resources for celebrating Earth Day in the classroom, so I wanted to share. I know we are all so busy trying...
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Very Interesting Article Alert! A Warning from College Profs from a High School Teacher - I found this article by The Washington Post's Valerie Strauss while perusing the web and thought it was very interesting. I like that Kenneth Bernstein, a re...
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FREE MATH LESSON - “Spring Numbers 0-30 Game” - by Diving Into Learning Pre-Kindergarten - 1st Grade This game focuses on number recognition for numbers 0-30. Object of the game is to identif...
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Rigor through Riddles - You've seen me write about this before, but one of the best ways to ratchet up your rigor with vocabulary review is through riddles. On this site, there'...
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Week 3 Oriental Trading Think Spring Giveaway - Two weeks down, two to go. Did you win?* * Each week in March, enter to win one of THREE weekly $100 Oriental Trading. Non-winning entries are eligible ...3 months ago
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Sub Tub! - Now... I could've sworn I already posted this a few weeks ago, but I looked back and couldn't find the post!!!! This is a MUST share! Before I left on mate...
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Hi, my name is Leslie and I am a CONTROL FREAK. - I am. I think that's the first step to recovery... admittance. I am a total control freak, and I wonder if most teachers are. Yesterday it hit me full f...3 months ago
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Common Core Spelling Standards - The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in English Language Arts provide instructional challenges for all conscientious upper elementary and middle school t...3 months ago
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Teaching: It's all about Relationships - Sometimes reflection can bring you full circle. I thought and thought, and what I found was what I've known all along - a simple truth that underscores...
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Teaching Strategy (and FREEBIE) Focus: Vocabulary - *Today, I want to share a couple of strategies (and a FREEBIE!) for teaching vocabulary in the classroom. *Since my first or second year teaching, I've us...
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What I Wore Wednesday (And other ramblings) - Oh. My. Goodness. I am so exhausted! My body still isn’t used to the routine of waking up at 5:30(ish) every morning and going strong until after 9PM. As ...
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goal setting in the classroom... - Day 31 Prompt: What will you do to energize yourself for 2013? Perspective. For 2013 I commit to consider my circumstances through the filter of serving st...
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Teacher Bling: Science Teachers! - Just added to my TN shop for those teachers who LOVE science! The Tee is an ultra soft cotton women's shirt with clear rhinestones- only $18.01, including s...4 months ago
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Here Goes Something ... I guess - For well over a year now, my professional goal has been to expand my interaction with the global teaching community. As you can well imagine, the benefit...
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100 Followers! Wow! - Good Evening Blog Land, I have been absent from blog land for a long time an extended break. I am sure all of you lovely teachers that are experiencing the...
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Condolences Are Not Enough! - I have been at a loss for words because as a mom, a teacher, a wife, I cannot even imagine what these families must be feeling. How can these families eve...
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Taking a Step Back and a Leap Forward - It’s time for me to start directing my attention in a new direction in educational technology. At the time I chose the web address k12techapps it made per...6 months ago
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closing shop - I've been thinking of doing this for a while. Most likely, I'm not going to blog on this blog any longer. I'm no longer a middle school teacher. While this...6 months ago
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Google Forms - I run our after-school program at my middle school. So we can figure out where students are quickly and easily. I have teachers or club/activity sponso...
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Vocabulary and Exit Ticket Strategies - During a recent professional development session with a group of teachers we discussed several topics. This post is more of a collection of great ideas th...
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