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Teach Spot: The New Teacher on the Block: An Inventory
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A window into the changing world of education, where characters will always come and go, and fun happens as of course it should. Just like Spot, you can tell him to sit, but you know he'll never stay. Monday, September 24, 2012. The New Teacher on the Block: An Inventory. Hello to all my newest teacher friends out there in this brave new world! Are your nerves a little raw? Do you feel like you're climbing a mountain that has no top? Welcome to the world of education! Take it from me, if you don't grab t...
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Teach Spot: March 2011
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A window into the changing world of education, where characters will always come and go, and fun happens as of course it should. Just like Spot, you can tell him to sit, but you know he'll never stay. Monday, March 14, 2011. Well, hello there, Spot. I know I've ignored you a bit in the past few weeks. But today? I was thinking about you! I'm thinking she's got the winter blues and needs just a little bit of green. Jeesh. It's crabby out there! Today is day five of the green challenge! Are they smarter th...
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Teach Spot: How Much Is that Doggie in the Window?
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A window into the changing world of education, where characters will always come and go, and fun happens as of course it should. Just like Spot, you can tell him to sit, but you know he'll never stay. Wednesday, October 3, 2012. How Much Is that Doggie in the Window? At what cost do we suffer through these first dark weeks of school? Yes, we do love seeing all these new faces in the classroom, and c'mon.you can't say you don't love that little girl that leaps out of line to give you a hug! And we've alre...
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Teach Spot: February 2015
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A window into the changing world of education, where characters will always come and go, and fun happens as of course it should. Just like Spot, you can tell him to sit, but you know he'll never stay. Tuesday, February 17, 2015. Fetch that Data, Spot! Pendulums in education come and go.they truly do. But when you're in the thick of another maelstrom of over-testing, data collecting, and doting on curricula over student needs, it doesn't always feel that way. Seriously. What do. You're not the only one.
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Teach Spot: You Don't Always Get What You Want...
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A window into the changing world of education, where characters will always come and go, and fun happens as of course it should. Just like Spot, you can tell him to sit, but you know he'll never stay. Thursday, January 19, 2012. You Don't Always Get What You Want. Confidence. Teachers need buckets and buckets and buckets of it. The public has been taking teachers apart in the press and in commentary on blogs and other public platforms. It's not helpful. I repeat.NOT helpful. Insid...Probably the most imp...
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Teach Spot: February 2011
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A window into the changing world of education, where characters will always come and go, and fun happens as of course it should. Just like Spot, you can tell him to sit, but you know he'll never stay. Sunday, February 20, 2011. Teach Smart: Tangible Ways to Improve Student Writing. Well, good afternoon, Spot! You're looking like quite the intellectual with those new trendy glasses of yours! I'm glad to see you're in there editing and revising your latest CBAS. Up to this point students have worked in CBA...
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Teach Spot: Student Teacher: Who is that Student in the Window?
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A window into the changing world of education, where characters will always come and go, and fun happens as of course it should. Just like Spot, you can tell him to sit, but you know he'll never stay. Monday, January 16, 2012. Student Teacher: Who is that Student in the Window? How much is that puppy in the window? Here's a slice of what we're working on right now:. Notice What You Notice: Expostiory Writing is Teaching/Scaffolding an Idea Right from the Start. All the time. In yoga, it means, notice...
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Teach Spot: January 2011
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A window into the changing world of education, where characters will always come and go, and fun happens as of course it should. Just like Spot, you can tell him to sit, but you know he'll never stay. Tuesday, January 25, 2011. Teaching in my Pajamas. Okay, Spot.you can stay home AGAIN today. The roads are icky and it's snowing like nobody's business out there! You're just so cute I have to have face-time with you! Why, Spot, would I the writer/writing teacher want you working in this formatted/timed way?
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Teach Spot: January 2012
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A window into the changing world of education, where characters will always come and go, and fun happens as of course it should. Just like Spot, you can tell him to sit, but you know he'll never stay. Thursday, January 19, 2012. You Don't Always Get What You Want. Confidence. Teachers need buckets and buckets and buckets of it. The public has been taking teachers apart in the press and in commentary on blogs and other public platforms. It's not helpful. I repeat.NOT helpful. Insid...Probably the most imp...
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Teach Spot: Fetch that Data, Spot!
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A window into the changing world of education, where characters will always come and go, and fun happens as of course it should. Just like Spot, you can tell him to sit, but you know he'll never stay. Tuesday, February 17, 2015. Fetch that Data, Spot! Pendulums in education come and go.they truly do. But when you're in the thick of another maelstrom of over-testing, data collecting, and doting on curricula over student needs, it doesn't always feel that way. Seriously. What do. You're not the only one.
