teaching little stars to shine brightly
Welcome back for my final Math Monday of the summer! If this is your first time stopping by, be sure to check out the previous posts in this series: NUMBER SENSE MATH WORD WALLS PLACE VALUE Now, if you didn’t already know, Math Journaling is my JAM! It may be my favorite thing that goes on my my classroom, no matter the grade level! My
YESSSSSS!!! "We want him to fail right now. If he fails right now, spectacularly and often, when he is an adult, he will know that failure isn’t the end of the world. The earth will not, indeed, stop turning on its axis. He will learn that he is a human being and that, if he doesn’t try, he will crap the bed. That he will fail, and his parents aren’t going to fix it for him. That he will fail all of the time throughout his life, and that’s the only way he will learn anything. That no one is perfect, and trying to be perfect is a really shitty goal."
The Case For Celebrating Your Kid’s Failure
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What if we stopped making our kids’ failures into this huge negative thing?
"Your kids need to get out into green space, or brown space, or rock space (watch for rattlers!) or else you are going to stunt their growth and creativity. They need to make mud. They need to watch the trees move in the wind above them."
Our Kids Need Time In Nature To Help Them Learn and Grow
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Kids need to be let loose into the wildness of nature to find a wildness of their own, a creativity and curiosity that matches the endless bounty around them.
Building community is such an important part of teaching! Here are some great ways to help build classroom community with read alouds!
Using Read Alouds to Build Community - The Starr Spangled Planner
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A few weeks ago, I posted about my favorite Back To School Read Alouds. Today I wanted to expand on that post share how I use read alouds in the classroom to build community throughout the year. I don’t know about you, but I LOVE read alouds! I loved them when I taught first and third grade, and I…
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Call It Out: 22 Ways To Respond When Someone Uses The R-Word
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How many of us have been in a conversation with someone, and he or she casually uses the R-word in a derogatory way?
A powerful read!
How Domestic Violence In One Home Affects Every Child In A Class
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New data shows violence in the home hinders the academic performance of their classmates, too. Reporting domestic violence makes a big difference.
