A teacher's language is a powerful teaching tool. Our language can build children up or tear them down. It can model respectful and caring social interactions or just the opposite. Effective language encourages and supports students in their...
Topics: MILLION DOLLAR CONVERSATIONS

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Chalk Talk Friday represents conversations and brilliance I've discovered traversing my way through the Blogosphere. From professional to personal development, these are the posts and links have in some way touched my head or my heart The Complete...
Topics: CHALK TALK

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They help me learn, they assist me in teaching. I know some teachers have a love/hate relationship with acronyms. Truth be told -- I love, love, love acronyms. How do you use acronyms, particularly acronym creating in your classrooms? And...
Topics: 21st CENTURY EDUCATION, COMPREHENSION TOOLS, MILLION DOLLAR CONVERSATIONS

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Image via Wikipedia In my years as a classroom teacher -- busy with planning instruction, creating lessons, addressing a standard -- it is only after exploring learning success in a broader sense, that I really understood how to teach students...
Topics: 21st CENTURY EDUCATION, HABITUDES, MILLION DOLLAR CONVERSATIONS, STRATEGIES THAT WORK, TEACHING AND LEARNING

{"title":"Who Are Their Learning Heroes -- and Why?","post_url":"http:\/\/www.angelamaiers.com\/2009\/11\/who-are-their-learning-heroes-and-why.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/AngelaMaiers","author":"AngelaMaiers","date":"2009-11-03 03:36:10","summary":"Image via Wikipedia In my years as a classroom teacher -- busy with planning instruction, creating lessons, addressing a standard -- it is only after exploring learning success in a broader sense, that I really understood how to teach students..."}

To Be a Champion, You Must Train Like a Champion" -Author Unknown- Every successful learner knows that if you want to be good at something, find someone who is better and learn from them. This timeless model of apprentice has...
Topics: COMPREHENSION TOOLS, MILLION DOLLAR CONVERSATIONS, TEACHING AND LEARNING

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