Guest Post By: Brian Jenkins Some experts believe the classroom should reflect the world kids live in today. They believe that by incorporating highly popular social media websites into the coursework, kids will enjoy the learning process and learn more. Because technology has become such an integral part of the lives of today's students, kids demand similar stimulation in the classroom. A recent Pew Research Center report shows that 73% of kids between the ages...
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Classroomtalk Book Reviews There are so many great children’s books out there to be discovered that I’d like to invite my readers to share your favorite children’s books on this page. If you’d like to submit a review to share with other Classroomtalk readers, append your submission in a Word or Word Perfect format as an attachment to your e-mail to Classroomtalk. Type “Book Review” in your e-mail subject line. Someday by: Allison McGhee. Illustrated...
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I’m The Proud Child of An Honor Role Parent Recently, Florida State Representative Kelli Stargel proposed a bill which calls for teachers to assess and grade Pre-K through 3rd grade parents. Trust me, most parents know without my telling them what their grades are. The parents that I do speak to are never pleased, and instead of improving, usually blame me or the school for their child’s shortcomings. Schools already are asked to be...
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Guest Post by Zeb Welborn During my first year as a teacher, I was struggling with classroom management issues. Many students seemed dissinterested and a handful of students caused consistent discipline problems. As a High School teacher, I used a lot of different techniques to improve classroom behavior, increase motivation and develop communication between myself, parents and students. To solve these problems I decided to call the students parents. When I called parents I made...
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Guest Post by Kerry Aradhya A Sampling of Picture Books that Sing Ok. So the three picture books I’m about to tell you about don’t actually sing, but their splendid use of rhythm, rhyme, and pacing sure make me want to sing—and want to dance, too. Rhythm and rhyme are important tools for supporting early literacy, and these books are so fun and engaging that many emergent readers will want to hear them again and...
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