As a middle school teacher, there are many moments to reflect upon. This blog will be a place to reflect upon all of those moments (and more)!
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Spooktacular Giveaway!
I'm so happy to help promote the fantastic Spooktacular Giveaway being offered by Heather at 2 Brainy Apples! There are 4
bundles of products to win, ranging from grades K-8. You can earn several entries a day, so be
sure to stop by every day for multiple chances to win! You can enter until Sunday, Oct. 20, at midnight EST, and a winner will be chosen the following Monday.
It's summer-time and time to get some reading done! Myself and my Tools for Teaching Teens collaborators are going to read and review Differentiation and the Brain, How Neuroscience Supports the Learner-Friendly Classroom , by David A. Sousa and Carol Ann Tomlinson.We will each be reviewing different chapters, and those blog posts will be linked together as we go. If you're interested in learning more about this book, check back and follow the links to the different chapters:) I'm going to give a quick review of the book introduction here, and then later today I'll be reviewing Chapter 1. According to the authors, differentiation is brain-friendly and brain-compatible! They describe the rise, fall, and rise of differentiation, starting with the one-room schoolhouses, where teachers taught all subjects to all students, of all ages, and HAD to differentiate - there was no other way! As the country's population grew, public schools grew, and students were separat
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