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Multi-Purpose
Scotch Tape
Ms.
Ryan has a roll of packaging tape in her teacher tool belt. She's found an
inventive way to hang her posters securely to the wall without ripping the
poster when it's time to take it down. Read about her secret tape trick, and
you'll keep a roll of tape in your belt too.
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Family
Maps
From
Gretchen Shogren
A
secondary guided study teacher at Bren Road School in MTKA,
Minnesota:
Ms.
Shogren puts her students on the map! Read about how she breaks the ice at the
start of the school year by marking on a large map where her students traveled
during the summer or where their family members live.
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Enlarged
Mouse Pads
From
Nancy Lynn Sharpless
A
technology education teacher at Tappan Middle School in
Michigan:
Her
young students sometimes have difficulty keeping their mice on their pads, so
Ms. Sharpless came up with a unique, inexpensive solution that helps students
point, click and scroll with ease. Find out how she did it.
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Featured
Post: Teacher Survival Kit
When
I taught I kept the following in my classroom: toothbrush, toothpaste,
mouthwash, floss, deodorant, Tylenol, Tums, almonds, water, granola bars, fruit,
hand lotion, band aids, safety pins, a hair band, nail clippers, and, of course,
chocolate.
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Question
of the Week: Effective Math Drills
From
The Worker Bees:
We're
looking for exciting math drills that build your students' confidence and
fluency in math. Are flashcard partners a practice of the past, or have they
stood the test of time? What interactive ways do your students drill each other
to master basic math facts?
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