Book Study: Limitless Mind
Good afternoon from cold, cloudy, grey Ohio. We have decided to post-pone the book study until June 2020. We've posted a bit on the book study and have asked for engagement through Facebook. We haven't seen the amount of involvement as we have hoped for, but we think it's due to this busy time of year that we teachers are in. The book study will begin Monday June 15, 2020 and end the week of July 20, 2020. This will allow the book study ...
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Continuing Your Education
If you are planning on doing the LIMITLESS MIND book study with us and want to earn graduate credit from an accredited university, this would be an easy 15 contact hours of reading the book and participating in the online discussion. Raise your hand if you're a teacher who stays late to get work done OR if you bring work home to finish. As a teacher I know we all do so much work outside of the standard work hours at our schools. I bring ...
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The Limitless Mind
Jo Boaler is a best-selling author, Stanford mathematics professor, brain researcher, and an educator who has the remarkable talent of getting you to think deep to the roots of your teaching pedagogy. I have read some of Boaler's books before- Mathematical Mindsets & Mindset Mathematics 4th Grade- and have really enjoyed them. When I heard that she wrote a new book I knew I needed to get my hands on it. I wanted to get a book study going ...
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BACON
Need a quick, low prep activity? Bacon, Bacon, Bacon!! Bacon goes with just about everything! Eggs, potatoes, sandwiches, salads, donuts, scallops... pretty much anything. Are you hungry now? This math game has nothing to do with food. This activity is a game to work on mental math... addition of numbers. Kristin has played this game for years, but only recently taught me how to play it. I was planning on showing teachers a few weeks ago at ...
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Words of Affirmation
Have you ever been having a bad day and someone left you a little note that brought a smile to your face instantly? I am a HUGE note writer. I also have a GREAT appreciation for a handwritten note given to me. I was recently listening to a podcast where the host was talking about love languages. There are 5 love languages. They are: GiftsQuality TimeWords of AffirmationActs of ServicePhysical Touch While some of these are not appropriate as a ...
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