Monthly Archives: January 2010
Happy Friday! I’m on the road in Montgomery County, MD this week working with a dynamic school full of incredible educators! We’ve been busy mapping the math curriculum and creating Tabor Rotation planning guides, but I didn’t want to miss Math Game Friday, so…
“If it’s not fun you’re doing it wrong.” …
“I haven’t failed, I’ve found 10,000 ways that don’t work.” -Thomas Edison
When I read this quote I think of how driven Edison was by “what if” and “I wonder” type questions. Great minds have always asked questions of the world around them.
Asking questions is a natural mode of learning and growing, at the basis of human and social coordinates.…
“I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.” -Eleanor Roosevelt
Are we cultivating curiosity in our classrooms? Are we aiming to cultivate the genius potential in all of our students?…
“We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.” -Jesse Owens
“If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.” -Abigail Van Buren
“What do I do with the rest of the class when I’m working with my differentiated, readiness groups on Thursday and Friday?…
“Strong teachers insist that effective teaching is neither mysterious or magical.” -S. Farr
What is it that makes a teacher strong, vital, and exceptional? What is it that separates the good teachers from the master teachers? Farr and his colleagues found certain patterns in the teachers they observed:
*Tended to set big goals for their students.…
“We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.”
-E. O. Wilson
I am sometimes overwhelmed by the amount of information available about effective instructional practices.…
Welcome to my Monday Blogs. Fridays will be about games and activities, Wednesday’s Blogs will focus on differentiated instruction, and Mondays will be about igniting and inspiring at the beginning of the work week.
“If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you neverr will change the outcome.”…
A smile is a powerful weapon; you can even break ice with it. ~Author Unknown
Every day I stand outside and watch my children board the bus. As the bus driver rounds the corner to head to school I always wave and raise my cup of coffee to her.…
