PBL#1- Project Based Learning- What is it? – Science Lessons That Rock
The past few years I’ve had the opportunity to teach a course entirely through project based learning. Our local university approached a couple of schools in our district and asked us if we were interested in teaching a cross-curricular PBL program where our grade 12 students can earn college credits. Ummmm…. heck yeah! Basically, the ... Read more
Free Lesson Plan Template
Simplify your lesson planning for the week with a free Google Docs lesson plans template for secondary teachers. See how I use mine.
Subject and Predicate Puzzle Pieces – Life Between Summers
The first few weeks of school are all about setting the foundation. We're establishing routines and procedures, encouraging a growth mindset culture, building classroom community, etc. I also like to spend some time laying the foundation for what students will need to be successful writers throughout the year, especially since writing is a focus that threads through all subject areas. In second grade especially, sentence structure is a great place to start. We review the 4 parts that every sentence has to have in order to be a complete sentence:
How to Teach Math for Visual Learners
How do I Teach My Visual Spatial Learner Math? Our struggles through math and how we battle every single day with a visual spatial learner
Image from page 141 of “Babel and Bible;” (1906)
Identifier: babelbibl00deli Title: Babel and Bible; Year: 1906 (1900s) Authors: Delitzsch, Friedrich, 1850-1922 McCormack, Joseph, 1865- [from old catalog] tr Carruth, William Herbert, 1859-1924, [from old catalog] tr Robinson, Lydia Gillingham, b. 1875, tr Subjects: Bible Publisher: Chicago, The Open court publishing company Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: rations, as we should…
Exploring the Explorers to America
Reading about the explorers to America and doing hands-on activities helps us too explore. This time, we're exploring the explorers!
Walter Schnackenberg – Ballet und Pantomime “Harlekin”, plate #10.
Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell of the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s colorful and sensuous posters depicting theatrical and decadent subjects. Schnackenberg became a regular contributor of similar compositions to the German magazines Jugend and Simplicissimus before devoting himself to the design of stage scenery and costumes. In the artist’s theatrical work, his mastery of form, ornamentation, and Orientalism became increasingly evident. He excelled at combining fluid Art Nouveau outlines, with spiky Expressionist passages, and the postures and patterns…
Aristotle’s Way by Edith Hall: 9780735220829 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
From renowned classicist Edith Hall, ARISTOTLE'S WAY is an examination of one of history's greatest philosophers, showing us how to lead happy, fulfilled, and meaningful lives Two thousand years ago,...
