#74 154
The goal for fifth grade fluency is to read 154 words a minute with speed and comprehension. Regardless of the grade or speed the child reads at now, I will Read More …
#73 Life Skills
What if life skills were taught in high school? What would the curriculum contain? some ideas are: Benefits of college Understanding a contract Realities of student loans Banking Checks Statements Read More …
#72 Odds and Ends
Hello and welcome back. I have decided to switch gears a little bit. I will still write about education, Parents from Hell comes to mind. I will also be writing Read More …
#71 Wait Time
Sometimes the most difficult problems have the easiest solutions. Such is the case with Wait Time. You ask a child to do something and they don’t listen. So you repeat Read More …
#70 School Safety
#22 School Safety “Let me get this straight…An armed school was too afraid to respond to the killer with an AR-15, but the NRA thinks the lunch lady, the janitor, Read More …
#69 Accidents, Fate, and Common Sense
It is acceptable to teach students no one is perfect, and we all make mistakes. Is it also a good idea to teach students to think before they act. Read More …
#68 Kindness
I have been to schools where kindness is a goal every year. Students wait their turn, don’t twirl in the halls, and help other’s if they drop their books. Read More …
# 67 Conflict Management
#69 Conflict Management The following is information gleamed from a class on Conflict Management at Southern Connecticut State University. It was one of the most useful classes I have ever Read More …
#66 Is Homework for Students, Parents, Teachers, or No One?
Lately homework has been a topic in the news. Some teachers have sent home notes to parents there would be no homework all year, while other students get loads, Read More …
# 65 Outstanding Educational Practices
I have spent many years working as a substitute teacher in various school districts. There is no correlation between the quality of education, and the cost of a substitute Read More …
#64 Gray Area
#66 Gray Area All school systems are different from one another. I marvel at the fact these differences can be so huge. Why doesn’t a group of Superintendents take tours Read More …
# 63 Kindergarten
# 65 What is the purpose of Kindergarten? It is to teach children social skills and manners. Most K students do not begin school with a desire to read. They Read More …
#62 Getting Back to School!
#64 Getting Back to School! Teachers have an uncanny ability to spy the Back to School signs everywhere they look beginning mid July. They see the colorful displays and of Read More …
#61 Bullying
#63 Bullying Most of us have been bullied at one time or another. As adults, we think back and remember how terrible it was. In my experience with parents, the Read More …
# 60 Happy Father’s Day!
# 61 Happy Father’s Day! Happy Father’s Day to all the dad’s that are here, the one that watch over us, the ones who are chugging along with their children Read More …
# 59 Idioms and Sayings
# 60 Idioms and Sayings Please send me your favorite idioms and sayings at janstanford58a@gmail.com. You can go over one every day with the class and discuss their meaning, You Read More …
#58 Goldilocks Found a Bed
#59 Goldilocks Found a Bed Stress-Pressure or tension exerted on a material object. In this case, the object is you. Sometimes stress hits you like a rocket. Other times, when Read More …
#57 Apples Don’t Fall Far……..
There is a saying if you want to know the character of a child, ask his or her Kindergarten teacher. I believe this saying is true. Character is nice Read More …
#56 Teaching Fairness
Why teach fairness? What does that have to do with school? What is it anyway? Fairness can be described as a combination of justice, liberty, and equality. It is Read More …
#55 A Sweet Christmas
#55 A Sweet Christmas! Dear family and friends: Watching the news make me anxious. I start to feel fretful. I don’t want to feel that way. I try to minimize watching Read More …
#54 Six Ways of Dealing with Difficult People
# 54 Hello, Іf уоu аrе rеаdіng thіs, сhаnсеs аrе thаt уоu hаvе quіtе а fеw dіffісult реорlе tо dеаl wіth оn а dаіlу bаsіs. Віg Dеаl! Wеll І аm Read More …
#53 Call Before You Dig
Most people are familiar with the tagline, “Call Before You Dig.” If not, it is an initiative by the Common Ground Alliance (CGA) to protect what is under the ground, Read More …
#52 Teachers Room Etiquette
You are counting down the minutes until you can bring down the kids for lunch so you can have, maybe if you’re lucky, 20 minutes of time to stuff your Read More …
#51 Concentration
Here is a guest piece from an anonymous contributor… Іt іs gеnеrаllу nоrmаl fоr studеnts tо ехреrіеnсе сhаllеngеs wіth rеgаrds tо соnsіdеrіng аnd асtuаllу, mоst studеnts dоn’t hаvе ехtrаоrdіnаrу аbіlіtіеs. Read More …
#50 Prospective Teachers
Here is a piece written from an anonymous contributor… Teaching has to be one of the most gratifying career choices anyone can make, and being an integral part of forming Read More …
#49 Change is Inevitable Growth is Optional
You’re in your graduation gown and you feel like flying, fingers tightly clasped to the string of your kite. You run and run, feeling the wind in your hair Read More …
#48 Substitute Teachers
# 48 Substitute Teachers The following is a post written by Anonymous, which deals with getting respect as a substitute teacher. I will be glad to address these concerns and Read More …
#48 Studying
The following are suggestions of techniques I used in under graduate and graduate school. You may want to try them and see how well they work for you. Read More …
#47 My Favorite Teacher
I can not tell you what the exact qualities are that defines a teacher of excellence because your opinion may be different than mine. There is one teacher that I Read More …
#46 The Billionaire Club
Evidently the superintendent of a Public School, along with the elementary principals, thought it would be a good idea to eliminate the halloween parade held, until now, every halloween.( The Read More …