Use pictures to help children understand what is happening next. I use them on a large circle set up like a clock. The times are located next to each activity. This reinforces several concepts: clockwise, time telling, plus helping with transitioning and remaining on task. Faith Hipptree Special Education – Faith Hipptree
Character Development implies a program where people are in a continual state of learning about the way they present themselves to others. (Responsibility) Character Development further implies there are traits, skills and relationships essential for one to live their life on purpose. Our goal is not just to educate people about positive character traits, relationships… Read more »
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them. – George Bernard Shaw
Children need reminders more than they need to be informed! – Gene Bedley
Here is a poem that I made up and use to line up my 3/4 year old class. First I say, “When I call you, line up.” Then I recite the following poem: “If you have on red then you heard what I said.” (You heard me say line up.) “If you have on blue… Read more »
To encourage parental involvement I begin a bulletin board that will never be finished until everyone_s picture is up. The title of my bulletin board is “Someone Special came to Visit Me at School”. Anytime a parent or guest comes to visit them I take their pictures together and put up their pictures on the… Read more »
Emphasize the importance of adults modeling values in the classroom as well as in their everyday interactions. Help students clarify their values and build personal bonds and responsibilities to one another. Use the traditional curriculum as a vehicle for teaching values and examining moral questions. Encourage moral reflection through debate, journals, and discussion. Encourage values… Read more »
1. PROBLEMS ARE MERELY QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE SOLVED. (Webster s Dictionary) 2. WHAT IS THIS PROBLEM TEACHING ME? DON T ASK WHY, ASK WHAT. 3. WE LEARN BY BEING BURNED. 4. IT S NOT THE PROBLEMS WE ENCOUNTER THAT MATTER IT S HOW WE RESPOND TO THEM. 5. PROBLEMS NEVER LEAVE YOU WHERE… Read more »
Oh, dear! What can the problem Be? Oh, dear! What can the problem be? Oh, dear! What can the problem be? Dear, dear! What can the problem be? Does anybody know? Oh, dear! What can the problem be? Oh, dear! What can the problem be? Dear, dear! What can the problem be? No one seems… Read more »
8th-grade project given high marks nationally. Maria Kopicki teaches her eighth-grade law class at Avondale Middle School. A sexual harassment policy written by students in Kopicki’s class four years ago is making a name for itself nationally. BY LORI HIGGINS- FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER Danielle Shapiro knew what to do when, as an eighth-grader three… Read more »
