Get ready to celebrate! Mid-Week Focus this week features World Teachers’ Day – 2013! MARK YOUR CALENDAR – Place a star on October 5, and make plans to pat yourself on the back if you serve children in an educational setting.…
It’s a Puzzle! – Helping Struggling Writers
Mid-Week Focus this week features a visually based approach to helping elementary school students who struggle with language arts. You know who they are in your class. The teachers I met with yesterday to plan my upcoming week as a writer…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, concept of writing like piecing puzzles together, Fall, graphics that help kids learn, helping struggling writers in elementary school, K - 2, Literary, mastering the writing process, Mid-Week Focus, painting pictures with words, Spring, strategies to build children's self-confidence, Summer, Visuals, Winter
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Cook Up Cupcake, Sandwich and Pizza Poems!
Mid-Week Focus today features “crazy” literary ways to catch and keep kids’ attention and help them build language skills… Ask your class this: “Who wants a cupcake?” When hands fly, announce that the edible ones are coming later, but that…
International Festival of Attention-Grabbers – UK & US – Part II
Mid-Week Focus is wearing two hats this week…offering Part II of International Festival of Attention-Grabbers – UK & US. Pam Hartley is at center stage. She’s a planner. Pam serves as Vice President of Play Experience at Marbles Kids Museum in downtown Raleigh, North…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, elementary science education, encouraging innovation, Fall, fostering world awareness, how play helps children learn, improving children's financial literacy, International Festival of Attention-Grabbers, K - 2, Marbles Kids Museum, Mid-Week Focus, Pam Hartley, programs that support the Core Curriculum, Spring, Summer, Winter
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A Pair of Attention-Getting School Day Starters
Hats off to teachers…it’s time for Mid-Week Focus to feature a pair of attention-getting school day starters… …tools and strategies to motivate students to get ready to work… one for children in grades K – 2 one for students in…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, encouraging children to eat healthy lunches, Fall, games that help children learn, K - 2, K - 5 Students' Pledge, Mid-Week Focus, Motivating students to pay attention, motivating students to work hard in school, Motivational Bulletin Board Designs, multi-disciplinary, research, school day starters, Spring, Summer, Using bulletin boards as teaching tools, Winter
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There’s a New AP for that – A-TTENTION P-LEASE!
Hats off to teachers…it’s time for Mid-Week Focus to feature more attention-getting activities to: 1) set a positive tone for a new school term. 2) help your students (and you) get to know each other as members of a class…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, activities to help children get acquainted, butterfly bulletin board, encouraging kids to ask questions, Fall, helping children set goals, K - 2, Mid-Week Focus, multi-disciplinary, new apps for K - 5 teachers, Spring, Start the School Year activities, Summer, teaching kids the interview process, The Teaching Channel, Winter
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Dolphin Tricks & More to Attract Distracted Kids
Hats off to teachers…it’s time for Mid-Week Focus to showcase more tools and tricks to catch and keep kids’ attention… …and bulletin board designs to attract distracted kids and help them learn. Why do teachers have to work harder than ever to…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, dolphins help struggling students, Fall, K - 2, K-5 Bulletin Boards, Mid-Week Focus, multi-disciplinary, popular themes for K-5 classes, quick exercises to make kids alert, rewards for elementary school students, Spring, Summer, teaching perseverance, why teachers need to merchandise education, Winter
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Lights, Camera, Action!
Hats off to teachers…it’s time for Mid-Week Focus to turn the lens on videos as tools for teachers. Have you noticed that the use of videos is on the rise for teaching, training, evaluation, information exchange and entertainment? Why this…
Tagged with: 3 - 5, benefits of videotaping teachers for evaluation, entertainment value of videos, Fall, K - 2, Mid-Week Focus, Mind/Shift, multi-disciplinary, Spring, Summer, The Teaching Channel, Trends in education, using video with the Common Core Curriculum, using videos for K-5 teaching, video production, Winter, YouTube videos, YouTube Videos on education
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Drop Distractions in the Distraction Bag!
Hats off to teachers…it’s time for Mid-Week Focus to feature a new attentionology tool… …a DISTRACTION BAG. If you’ve been following the news lately, you may have noticed, as I have, that the word distracted keeps popping up. To paraphrase…
Barbara Cleary has been serving as a resource to hundreds of educators for more than 25 years.
An award-winning writer, producer, teacher, and trainer, Barbara’s focus is on offering easy, fun tools and tricks that support K-5 curricula and assist teachers with classroom management.
