Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! I left Beth Schetter’s small classroom last week (Mar.12, 2012 blog – Great Graphics Assist Struggling Students) with more ideas to share. My first blog featuring Beth’s effective teaching…
Great Graphics Assist Struggling Students
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! A little web research shows an old Chinese streetcar ad with beautifully drawn Chinese characters that assert, “One picture is worth ten thousand words.” Some Western scholars suggest that the…
Bring On “The Luck ‘o the Irish!”
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! Good news in the month of March…you don’t have to be Irish to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, coming soon! Teachers in many communities well outside of Ireland turn the…
Sometimes Big is Better!
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! Living a belief that I share with all of the students I teach – “the more we read, the better we write” – I spent some quality time this…
Catch Attention Creating Ah-ha Moments!
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! Think back to the last time you uttered the words, “I didn’t know that!” “Ah-ha moments” can happen at any age. Good feelings usually accompany “ah-ha moments,” don’t you…
Box Tricks Attract Attention
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! Children are fascinated with boxes for a simple reason…the inner contents are a surprise until the box is opened! For teachers, boxes and other closed containers offer unlimited possibilities…
Good Work – Good Luck!
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! Depending on your time zone around the world and if you had access to the broadcast, you were able to catch the Super Bowl live last night. Let’s just…
Make a Home in Class for “Little Orphan Octopus”
Hi and welcome back to Attention-ology for K – 5 Teachers! As I was leaving my last fourth grade class for the day this afternoon at the school where I’m teaching this week I heard a boy behind me call…
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.
