22 Things We Found on Share My Lesson That We Just Love!
Editor's Note: This blog post by Marlana Martinelli originally appeared on We Are Teachers.
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After Charleston: Lessons for Educators and Students
When we help one another, accept one another and learn from one another, our actions create a force that is stronger than violence and hatred.This summer, the eyes of the nation have focused on Charleston, S.C., where the community has galvanized and is standing together after 21-year-old Dylann Roof gunned down nine African-Americans during Bible study on June 17. It is in times like this that we turn to leaders in our communities to work toward healing and solutions.
Read MoreGunman shoots nine people at Charleston church
A deadly shooting at a church in Charleston, South Carolina has left the country shocked and calling for answers.
Suspect Dylann Roof, a 21-year-old white man, entered the historically black Emanuel AME Church Wednesday evening for a prayer meeting and waited for an hour before opening fire. Three men and six women died in the attack.
How to Avoid the Summer Slide
Teachers at all grade levels are well aware of the damage that “summer slide” can do to students who have been successfully learning for months and then are not involved in significant learning activities during the summer break. Not only do students forget the material they have just learned, but not practicing their newly acquired skills also results in a sharp loss of those skills. Research from Johns Hopkins shows that students average a loss of one to two months of learning every summer.
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Ami Turner DelAguila’s Top-10 Book Picks: Professional Development
Summer of Learning Professional DevelopmentIf you’re like many educators, summer is the perfect (and only!) time to catch up on all of those “teacher books” you’ve wanted to read all year. Here are 10 of my favorites—some are new and some are classics—but they all offer fresh, smart ideas you can use in your classroom.
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Creating Balance Between Your Professional and Personal Lives
Nothing in a teacher’s day is ordinary. Our days are filled with intense decisions involving the well-being of dozens of students. Instead of downtime to relax, hang out with other teachers or eat a leisurely lunch, we carefully watch over our classes while engaged in a whirlwind of papers to grade, meetings, lesson plans, high-stakes tests and countless other pressing tasks.
Read MoreKurdish women take up fight against ISIL
Women in Kurdistan, an independent region in Iraq, have joined the ranks of fighters battling the Islamic State (ISIL).
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Pitch the Poster Board: 21st-Century Presentation Tools Part 1
There’s a little speech I’ve been giving for the last few years that causes students great angst. It’s not about Common Core (well, maybe a little). It’s not about dress codes. It’s not about cellphones. It’s about my presentation rule: no poster boards. Most students are in disbelief. There’s something so “school” about poster boards that students really can’t believe they won’t be allowed to stand in front of the class, call up a buddy to hold the poster board, and present it as a culmination of their work.
Read MoreToday's News, Tomorrow's Lesson - April 2, 2015
by Listen Current
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Formative Assessment: Learning to know what you don’t know
I’m a big fan of brain research, and one of the favorite maxims that I truly utilize is giving an idea “simmer time,” meaning that you pose a question and let your brain think about it without you actually focusing on it. You’ve done the same thing, maybe unknowingly, when you can’t remember a song title or person’s name, and eight hours later, seemingly out of the blue, the answer pops in your brain.
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