Teacher APPS
Kahoot!
Create a fun learning game in minutes – we call these 'kahoots'. You can make a series of multiple choice questions or try our new game – Jumble.
Class Dojo app!
This is an amazing app that helps with discipline, communicating with parents, documentation and more. I loved using it. Parents will know almost immediately what their children are doing at school! Administrators will also know! Check it out!
Suggested Books
The End of Molasses Classes by Ron Clark
Ron Clark, one of the founders, shares how to make your class exciting.
The Smartest Kids in the World and How They Got That Way by Amanda Ripley
If you ever wondered how smart kids got so smart, then read this book.
Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! by Jack Prelutsky & Lane Smith
This book shows how students can be successful without focusing completely on testing.
Grab interest
Marva Collins offers a beacon of hope in the midst of America's educational crises. Collins recounts her successful teaching strategies and offers inspirational advice on how to motivate children to fulfill their potential. This updated edition contains a new epilogue for parents and teachers.
Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It
Read-i-cide-n: The systematic killing of the love of reading. Reading is dying in our schools. The standard instructional practices used in most schools are killing reading by:·valuing the development of test-takers over the development of lifelong readers ·requiring students to read difficult texts without proper instructional support ·insisting that students focus solely on academic texts ·ignoring the importance of developing recreational reading; and ·losing sight of authentic instruction in the shadow of political pressures. Readicide provides teachers, literacy coaches, and administrators with specific steps to reverse the downward spiral in reading steps that will help prevent the loss of another generation of readers.
The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller
Donalyn Miller says she has yet to meet a child she couldn't turn into a reader. No matter how far behind Miller's students might be when they reach her 6th grade classroom, they end up reading an average of 40 to 50 books a year. Miller's unconventional approach dispenses with drills and worksheets that make reading a chore. Instead, she helps students navigate the world of literature and gives them time to read books they pick out themselves. Her love of books and teaching is both infectious and inspiring. The book includes a dynamite list of recommended "kid lit" that helps parents and teachers find the books that students really like to read.
Virtual Tours
Book - The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn6yGnupgPo
"Corrie" ten Boom was born in Haarlem, Netherlands, in 1892, and grew up in a devoutly religious family. During World War II, she and her family harbored hundreds of Jews to protect them from arrest by Nazi authorities. Betrayed by a fellow Dutch citizen, the entire family was imprisoned.
The Grand Canyon
Located in northern Arizona, the Grand Canyon is known throughout the world for its size and colorful landscape. Measuring over 270 miles long, up to 18 miles wide and a mile deep, the canyon's walls contain rock layers that reveal a timeline of Earth's history.
National Museum of African America History and Culture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp2B67OO3fc
The newest Smithsonian museum opened September 24, 2016, near the Washington Monument, and has welcomed more than 1 million visitors to date. It is the only national museumdevoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, art, history, and culture.
Virtual Tours
The Whitney Plantation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwmdkOKlF2E
The first Slavery Memorial and Museum in United States of America at Whitney Plantation. This is a museum every one should visit. It was restored by Lawyer John Cummings who invested millions of dollars into the plantation.
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