It’s the time of the year all teachers look forward to! It’s the end of the school year! Time to celebrate and reflect. Here are some of the questions we reflect about: Are these kids ready for the next grade?
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Teacher Besties
There is no way around it, teaching is a challenge. The experience of a teacher is hard to communicate to those outside the profession. That’s why it’s so important to have strong relationships with other people going through the same
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Pacing, Planning, and Flexibility
This is just going to be the best lesson ever! I know exactly what I need to do, exactly what materials I need, and exactly how long it will take! (rarely ever said by teachers) Pacing is always a concern
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Pumpkin and Spice “Squeak, squeak, squeak”.…is the greeting I hear every morning when I open the door to my third grade classroom. I walk over to the opposite end of the room and greet the class guinea pigs,
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Social Development is More Important Than Ever (Part 2)
In Part 1 of this article, we discussed Dr. Montessori’s theory on the First Plane of Development. In that, we explored the social development of the child between the ages of 0-6 and introduced you to The Casa. The Montessori
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Record and Reflect
Way back in the Fall of 1994, when I started college, I knew I wanted to be a teacher. I took all of the required classes, did my homework, and even had to put in “service hours” in classrooms. I
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Ossie Davis once said, “Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change. It can not only move us, it makes us move.” When I was a fourth grader walking into
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Student Motivation
It’s March already, and I don’t know about you, but at our elementary school, student motivation is lacking at this time of the year. The old students know that state testing is coming up. They also know that their teachers
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