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Author Archives: Sandie
Interdisciplinary Teaching Impossible in US?
I was really surprised to read on another teacher’s blog: “standards and testing have made interdisciplinary teaching almost impossible in the US.” HUH? Interdisciplinary teaching just requires that all subjects be organized to correlate with and compliment each other. Today’s … Continue reading
Inquiry, Project Based Learning
I have always found children learn better, faster, deeper, and stronger when they do stuff, real stuff. Curiosity, interest, desire, and control are the bedrock upon which true learning grows. Children who build, create, construct, and design in order to … Continue reading
Choice in Student Writing
When I was in high school taking a typing class (yes, I really am that old), my friends and I who were very good typists had a lot of free time during class. We started writing stories together. We’d type … Continue reading
An Ideal Learner’s Workshop
I love workshop style teaching, probably because it empowers children, and teachers, to learn in ways that best suit them. It is student-centered, can be self-directed, and is easy, easy, easy, to differentiate to meet the needs of everyone. A … Continue reading
Summer Job
Well, I spent the summer landscaping my yard. I blew through five “deadlines” and still have a couple of small projects left, but at least I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Last summer I set … Continue reading
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For All You Do
Thank you for all you do (and all the weird things you put up with) in teaching our children. You are the best! I’m so grateful to have been able to spend my entire career with such wonderful, hard working, … Continue reading
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Education in Rural Pakistan
Check out these schools in rural Pakistan–it’s very interesting to see what’s going on out there! Thanks to Saadia, at The Human Lens for the information! DIL schools in Pakistan from Hemal on Vimeo.
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May Day Flowers
https://thematicteacherblog.wordpress.com/file-cabinet/science-files/may-day-flowers/ Just in time for May First, Mother’s Day, and all those blooming flowers during the month of May—here comes May Day Flowers, a language arts thematic unit that will immerse your children in the history of European May Day … Continue reading
Pakistan|The Lives of Slum Children Part I
Originally posted on The Human Lens:
“My day starts with scolding by mother us to help her in work. Each morning, I have to fetch water and collect grass for our goats. It’s a nightmare and I am totally fed…
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13 Characteristics of Integrated Instruction
1. Reading: students read (and write) in order to find out new information which they share with their peers. 2. Writing: students learn a style of writing related to the theme and create and publish a final product in that … Continue reading
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