Teacher Talk - September 2022

 

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Finding Life Mentors in Mentor Text

By Retta London of Rainbow City Learning

https://rainbowcitylearning.blogspot.com/2022/09/finding-life-mentors-in-mentor-text.html 

Teach students how to reflect on what mentoring characters in pieces of literature may do in similar situations in their lives. 

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Using Two-Sided Colored Beans to Add and Subtract Positive and Negative Numbers

By Vicky Rauch of Go Figure!

https://gofigurewithscipi.blogspot.com/2020/01/using-two-sided-colored-beans-to-add.html 

 

When it comes to adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers, many students have great difficulty. In reality, it is a very confusing and abstract idea; so, it is important to give the students a concrete visual to assist them in seeing the solution.

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Morning Music

By Gini Musmanno of Reading Spotlight

https://www.readingspotlight.com/morning-music/ 

 

This adventure with music as a prelude to learning began when I saw an interview with a Tuscan wine grower who played classical music to encourage his grapes to develop.

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Video Lessons Make Teaching Grammar Easy

By Charlene Tess of Books by Charlene Tess

https://simplestepstosentencesense.blogspot.com/2022/09/blog-post.html 

 

Have you noticed how many students are all about videos? 

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Is Reading Aloud to Children Actually Supported by the Science of Reading?

by Alison Monk of The Literacy Garden

https://theliteracygarden.com/reading-aloud/

Is reading aloud to children supported by the Science of Reading? Does literature have an important place in structured literacy programs?

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Budgeting on a Teacher’s Salary

By Michelle Webb of Teaching Ideas For Those Who Love Teaching

https://www.teachingideasforthosewholoveteaching.com/2022/09/budgeting-on-a-teachers-salary.html 

 

How teachers can budget on their salary, while still saving money and enjoying their lives.

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Four Tried & True Review Games

By Kathie Yoshimura of Tried & True Teaching Tools

https://www.triedandtrueteachingtools.com/2022/09/four-tried-true-review-games.html 

Your students will love to play Toss Across, Bananagrams, Buzzers, and Jenga as they review concepts already taught.