I have put together some quick tips on Parent Teacher conferences. First, my school uses an awesome website called Sign Up Genius! You are able to build a custom sign up page, invite your group, sign people up online and then THEY send the reminders! It’s easy and simple and solves your parent/teacher conference sign up…
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Happy Text Tip Tuesday! This week you can check out the attached PDF to access a website with FREE templates to create certificates and newsletters. I created a quick example pictured below on the Golden Spoon Award. I hope you find a quick and easy way to use this in your classroom or to communicate…
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Use this FREEBIE to cut out and laminate for a students desk that needs the visual cue of how he/she is behaving. This has really helped with some students that need to be constantly reminded that they are on green or even better, big smile green. They also need a visual to help them see…
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Want a classroom management system that is FREE and helps your communication with your parents and other teachers in the building? Want to encourage students, engage parents easily, and save time? Try ClassDojo! ClassDojo helps classrooms to improve by giving students positive feedback for any skill in any subject you choose. You are able to…
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Have you ever had to present at a faculty meeting or school professional development? Here are five tips on how to ensure your training goes smoothly and your guest get the most bang for their buck. I am a teacher and I truly enjoy professional development sessions that cater to my interest and…
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Have you ever wanted to know how to do something that you have never done before or didn’t remember? Did you try googling it? You can find a video on how to do about everything. The video can be anything from a person talking, a catoon or animation or a screencast. A screencast is a…
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A Wikipedia Article defines Instructional Design as “…the practice of maximizing the effectiveness, efficiency and appeal of instruction and other learning experiences.” In my grad class we spoke about all the careers that have Instructional designers and what their job entails. As an educator, the way I see instructional design being used in the classroom…
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Our class uses this template to come up with a tweet before we edit and post it. There is a student each day that is allowed to “tweet”. My class loves Twitter to connect with our local communities; check out our Twitter page to follow along with our class. Head over to my TPT page…
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I erased the data on my old devices and created new ID’s for my students to Tweet and play music. :-)
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Our class joined the #KindnessChallenge We created cut out our hands and sent them to be with 2 million others!! https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Great-Kindness-Challenge/109624066267 http://www.greatkindnesschallenge.org/School/event.html We have joined the Great Kindness Challenge! Over 2 million students across the world!! pic.twitter.com/h2ybspjII0 — Casey Keenan (@Mrs_Keenan22) February 9, 2015
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Author of the week! Each Week the students and I pick a new Author of the Week. We use books from our classroom, the children’s homes and the library (school and public). If the author does mostly chapter books, we will keep him/her more then a week so that the students have a chance to…
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My school did an amazing fundraiser to raise money for technology! Details to come! We have raised over $6,000 in about a month! :-) Captian Keenan
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Want your students to recommend a book to their peer after they are done reading it? I made this great, quick and easy to use book recommendation form for the students to fill out and place on another students desk. Enjoy! Book Recommendations
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