A transformative experience that will inform your approach to teaching As educators, we take a mental snapshot of our students. We figure the funny seventh grader who goofs off with boys in the hallway has plenty of friends to sit with at lunch. We assume the cynical loner who tries to sleep through our class
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How Will You Share Our Critical Story? Now we begin an exciting journey with the letter C, which is one of the most important letters in the world of middle level education. From the shape of it, it resembles an opening, a welcoming place, a safe harbor—all things that young adolescents want and need. While they may not
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Providing students with opportunities to explore, wonder, and discover. Mini-Course Day As I began teaching a thoughtfully designed lesson on conductors and insulators, I was met with blank stares and compliant students, patiently waiting me out. If they weren’t such compliant young people, they might have said, “Really, is this necessary? Can we start learning
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All in for Middle Level Education Month! You can’t write an ABCs blog about middle level education with the letter A and not write about Adolescents. Not only are they the reason why we celebrate Middle Level Education Month in March, but they are the main magnificent reason why we do what we do. They are also
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Appreciative Things to do and My Appreciation List Now that Valentine’s Day is behind us, let’s talk honestly about love and appreciation. The most important part of Valentine’s Day is about what you do after Valentine’s Day. It’s about how you show your appreciation the next day and every day after—after the flowers have been delivered,
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How to develop lifelong readers by using choice as a motivator. I wake up and roll out of bed. What shall I eat? Cereal? Bagel? Breakfast bar? I have choices. No one tells me what to eat; I eat what I want and what I feel I need—limited only by what is available. I go
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