Showing posts with label Scholastic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scholastic. Show all posts

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Teacher's Lounge Radio Episode 16

Thank you for tuning into Episode 16!



Management Magic
Check out the Quiet Critters on The Teaching Chick, The Lemonade Stand, and Keen on Kindergarten.

Book of the Week
Scholastic Easy Simulation books have everything you need!
Easy Simulations: Pioneers
Easy Simulations: American Revolution
Easy Simulations: Explorers
Easy Simulations: Civil War
Easy Simulations: How a Bill Becomes a Law

Song of the Week
The version played on the show was from Robots and Rainbows off thier album The Magic Crayons.
Days of the Week
(to the tune of "The Addams Family")
Days of the week, (snap snap)
Days of the week, (snap snap)
Days of the week,
Days of the week, 
Days of the week. (snap snap)
There's Sunday and there's Monday,
There's Tuesday and there's Wednesday,
There's Thursday and there's Friday,
And then there's Saturday.
Days of the week, (snap snap)
Days of the week, (snap snap)
Days of the week,
Days of the week,
Days of the week. (snap snap)

English Language Learner Strategy
Word Walls!

Website of the Week

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Sunday, September 2, 2012

Teacher's Lounge Radio: Episode 8

Thank you so much for stopping by!  I hope you enjoy episode 8

Management Magic

HOW I ACT is a behavior plan that is easy to implement with only a pocket chart and colored slips of paper.

Uncommon Uses for Common Things
Not sure who did a piece of artwork because there is no name on the back?  No where for student art work to dry? Solve both problems with clothespins!

Book of the Week
Shouting Won't Grow Dendrites: 20 Techniques for Managing a Brain-Compatible Classroom
 by Marcia Tate

Song of the Week
This song of the week is sold with a book: Tunes That Teach American History - Bk/CD Set by Ken Sheldon "The Tea and the Taxes"

English Language Learner Strategies
Clock appointments are an easy whole class way to introduce partners and conversation.  Really Good Stuff sells pre-made clocks for desks.  However, it is easy enough to use any clock and draw lines to create areas for partners.

Website of the Week
Whole Brain Teaching