As we head into the holidays, I thought it would be a nice change of pace to find a way to give way to the seasonal stress and spend a moment to de-stress with a little humor in our profession. When Sam Frenzel, a writer for Teach.com, asked me if
When the 8th grade team asked me on Monday if I wanted to come in and talk with the entire 8th grade I jumped at my chance to get into the classroom. Today was a half day and I was given the entire 8th grade (71 students) for 77 minutes.Basically
ren·e·gade ˈrenəˌɡād/ noun 1. a person who deserts and betrays an organization, country, or set of principles. synonyms: traitor, defector, deserter, turncoat, rebel, mutineer “he was denounced as a renegade” adjective 1. having treacherously changed allegiance. “a renegade bodyguard” synonyms: treacherous, traitorous, disloyal, treasonous, rebel, mutinous “renegade troops” If you look at the definition, most people wouldn’t want to be
Hi Everyone~ Here is the playlist of the videos for my Bullying lesson form yesterday. Enjoy.
Here is the PowerPoint I showed the 7th grade classes today. 7th Grade Bullying Lesson I turned it into a movie using Microsoft Movie Maker. While I wasn’t able to share everything I talked about with the students into this movie, it does give a quick rundown of what we
I enjoy writing on my whiteboard. The picture on the left is what I had on the board this past week. It’s enjoyable to me to watch the kids try to figure out what we are going to be doing in lunch bunch by the word, phrase or drawing I
I love when people share news clippings, videos, quotes, and other tidbits to make the day brighter. Today my principal emailed our faculty this video. It’s great and I felt the need to share it with you. This video is perfect, as we have been working in Lunch Bunch about
I still have a mission to keep learning and trying out new tech tools. I just tried the PowToon website and it is a new favorite. It’s a great way to take a boring PowerPoint presentation up a notch. PowToon turns your presentation into an animated video. As part of
Our newest Lesson Leader is Michelle Pownall, a school counselor at Gyeonggi Suwon International School, an elementary/middle school in Suwon, South Korea. I met Michelle a little over a year ago through blogging and facebook. While she is many, many miles away, she has become a great friend. Michelle is sharing
There is a big crossover from 6th to 7th grade. These little kids become big overnight. There is makeup, dances, shopping in the junior section of the store as opposed to the children’s section, and the noticing of kids of the opposite sex. My 7th grade Lunch Bunch has grown
Coursera is a website that offers free courses. I stumbled upon this by looking at Pinterest. I was intrigued so I thought I would take a look and low and behold I found a few classes I was interested in. Like this one about Digital Storytelling. In Digital Storytelling participants
Today was our last visit from the fourth grade classes. The fifth graders have done a really excellent job acting as either a Lunch Buddy or Tour Guide for the elementary students. Each day we had visitors,they eagerly came to my room to make sure we had made them a
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