Blogs about: Elementary Education
Teaching Hangover: The Day after a Sick Day
institutrice wrote 5 days ago: I can’t decide if it was worth it to take a sick day on Friday. First off, it was a freakin … more →
The Wizard of OZ
cwhitbeck wrote 1 week ago: Today the sixth grade students in Mrs. Oxnard’s class performed The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. I … more →
"Who was the first governor of Michigan?" (and other random trivia)
mpullen wrote 1 week ago: Last week, one of my third graders asked me, “Who was the first governor of Michigan?” M … more →
Early Years Games for Elementary
Brad Johnston wrote 1 week ago: I found these for my seven year old and thought I would share them. 1. Kids Spell 2. Spin and Spell … more →
Educational Games - The Grammer Ninja & Starfall
Brad Johnston wrote 1 week ago: The Grammer Ninja is a fun tool to help young students with their grammer. It has three levels of fu … more →
One Radical School Budget Solution: Eliminate Transportation
mpullen wrote 1 week ago: School funding in many areas, including virtually all of my home state of Michigan, is in a crisis r … more →
Bloom Elementary SBDM to Parents: "Your opinions don't matter."
The Fantastic Mrs. Bunny wrote 1 week ago: Perhaps you’re thinking about submitting one of those Teacher Assignment Request forms after W … more →
Who knew? (Potentially NSFW, depending on your office environment)
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Marta Alvira-Hammond wrote 1 week ago: I don’t want to get you in trouble with your prude boss, so see the rest of this post after th … more →
Technology in Education Book Suggestions
mpullen wrote 1 week ago: Here are two great books that I’ve been reading lately about technology in education — I … more →
If We Build It...
mpullen wrote 2 weeks ago: I am convinced that if we, as teachers, created such compelling and powerful uses for technology tha … more →
Supplies Needed: folders, notebooks, Netbook...
mpullen wrote 2 weeks ago: When I was in high school, it was understood that if you were going to be taking a higher-level math … more →
Rethinking Grades
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mpullen wrote 2 weeks ago: Grades are the single biggest reason why students begin to hate learning as they progress through sc … more →
Gross Out!
institutrice wrote 2 weeks ago: I love how I can tell their reading comprehension is improving by how they react when we read aloud. … more →
Thinking-Oriented Teachers
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mpullen wrote 2 weeks ago: It’s not just students who need to think. In yesterday’s post I asked, “How much t … more →
The Big Bang Theory
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institutrice wrote 2 weeks ago: Math, science, history unraveled in the mystery that all started with a big bang! I’m watching … more →
KRS 160.345 or Why is Bloom Elementary exempt from following the law?
The Fantastic Mrs. Bunny wrote 2 weeks ago: In 1990, our state legislators passed the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) which established Sit … more →
On Being Thinking-Oriented
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mpullen wrote 2 weeks ago: Pendulum-swinging seems to be one of our most common and pervasive American educational pastimes. As … more →
Egoscue Japan
palmbeachegoscue wrote 2 weeks ago: We don’t know what they are saying because we don’t know Japenese but its a great video. … more →
Wiki-tastic
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institutrice wrote 3 weeks ago: You know I made a Wiki space for my classroom. A few kids jumped right on it. (You can tell they are … more →
