March 2020 Teacher Talk

Posted by Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

St. Patrick's Day and so many more tried and true teaching ideas are here for you to check out this March.  Best yet,soon it will be spring and the end of the year will be here before you know it. 

If you're interested in joining this unique group of teacher entrepreneurs, blogging buddies and/or our blog linky, sign up here....The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Marketing Cooperative. If you decide to join, be sure to mention one of our names.

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It's March...Let's Go Fly a Kite
By Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

A great activity for home and at school.
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Learning During Our New Reality: Social Distancing
By Retta London of Rainbow City Learning

Just a few tips on some activities to add to your distance learning.
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Teaching Data, Graphing and Scientific Process with Paper Airplanes
By Tracy Willis of Wild Child Designs

Read how a paper airplane project sparked students to collect data, try out different graphs, and explore the scientific process! Remote learning freebies included with this post.
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Simple Ways to Make Classroom Lessons More Engaging
By Marcy Howe of It's a Teacher Thing

Learn simple tricks to liven up even the most unexciting topic. It's easier than you think!
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The Best Principal I Ever Had
By Gini Musmanno of Reading Spotlight

What principles make a great principal? Read about them here.
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Easy-to-Implement Home Instruction Ideas
By Renee Heiss of All-American Teacher tools

Prepare now for the possibility of home-instruction for all of your students. Find easy ways to send them home with a packet of work until you come back together again!
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St. Patrick's Day Myths and Fun Facts
By Vicky Rauch of Scipi

March 17th is St. Patrick’s Day. Read my latest blog post to explore some of the myths surrounding this Irish holiday as well as to discover a few fun facts.
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How to Choose Between Affect and Effect
By Charlene Tess of CharleneTess

Here's Help with Choosing Between Affect and Effect.
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School closed: Now what?
By Lisa Robles of LisaTeachR's Classroom

Our schools have closed. Now what? Here are some links that could be useful during this time to keep your kids learning.
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March Teacher Talk

Posted by Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

St. Patrick's day and so many teacher tried and true ideas are here for you this March. Best yet, spring is next week and the end of the year will be here before you know it.

If you're interested in joining this unique group of teacher entrepreneurs, blogging buddies and/or our blog linky, sign up here....The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Marketing Cooperative. If you decide to join, be sure to mention one of our names.

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                                                       Zen Classroom
                                    By Retta London of Rainbow City Learning
                                                               

Some ideas for bringing peace and calm to your classroom, using practices found in yoga.
                                
                                          A Disciplined Child is a Happy Child                                                                                  By Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern
                                                                  

I can’t express enough that one of the worst things a teacher can do is to prejudge a class or a student before they even enter the room. Let’s face it, some kids get along better with some teachers than they do with others, so it’s better to listen but with a grain of salt and make your own judgment.                                                                                                        

Make Math FUN this St. Patrick's Day

By Sara Snyder of Snyder Classroom

St. Patrick's Day can be a fun time of year and can break up break up the monotony of the winter months and make way for some fun! I think you will enjoy this limited release of engaging activities for students to use while still sticking with my curriculum. I have made these math riddles to combine fun and learning for this time of year.

Harnessing the Wind
By Kathie Yonemura of Tried and True Teaching Tools

Exploring NGSS physical science with some engineering! A true inspirational story motivate students to apply the engineering process to real life.

Illuminated Angles: Using Medieval History to Classify Angles

By Tracy Willis of Wild Child Designs

Math doesn't have to make you or your students cry. This explores one way to make measuring and classifying angles fun while "getting your history and literacy on." Guaranteed teacher smiles AND student engagement.

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St. Patrick's Day Fun!

Looking for some primary activities for St. Patrick's Day? Check out these fun no-prep activities to use during this entire week! Click any image below to see the prod

Decompose numbers by placing the pairs at opposite ends of the same ray of the rainbow. Let the little ones color each ray when they finish!

Use writing lists and prompts in independent writing centers, or for whole group writing! Print lists for students to use independently or project on your ELMO or Smartboard while they write. 

Happy St. Patrick's Day! 

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