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Pro Tips for Integrating Social Studies into Other Subjects
Listen Social Studies is one of the most misunderstood and underappreciated subjects for many teachers, which is unfortunate because social studies is a goldmine for ELAR, LOTE, math, science, and fine arts integration. There are so many things that can be taught and expanded upon with information in social studies. ...
7 Question With Shelia Radcliff
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "Hi, I'm Sheila Radcliffe. I worked with Quitman school district and I'm the curriculum coordinator. We're in Quitman Mississippi and I've been here for almost a year." Why did you start a career in education? "Started my career in education about...
Precious - Movie Review
Reviewed By: Alex Ledebuhr Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire Review Listen Read After 11 years, I finally watched Precious, directed by Lee Daniels (Lee Daniels’ The Butler, The Paperboy), and when I finally ran out of tears to cry, I still felt like crying. It’s safe to...
7 Questions With Elizabeth Hines
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "Okay. Hi, my name is Elizabeth Heinz. I teach at Quitman high school Quitman, Mississippi. Uh, I've been an educator for 13 years, but this is my third year at this school." Why did you start a career in education? "So...
Combatting Personal Bias in the Classroom
Listen Humans have a natural tendency to want to group themselves with other people who are similar. It’s likely an instinct that at one point helped us survive and keep our families intact. Now, however, the instinct can be less helpful. There are many ways we separate ourselves including race,...
Dysgraphia and Writing Disorders: Beginning with Dyslexia
Listen The first cases of dyslexia were written about in the 1880s, around the time both Samuel Orton and Anna Gillingham were both born. In the 1920s, the two had started working toward what is now known as the Orton-Gillingham approach, which laid the foundation for educating students with dyslexia...
7 Questions With Tera Yelverton
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "My name is Tera Yelverton. I'm a third grade teacher at Quitman upper elementary school in Quitman, Mississippi. Um, I have worked for the Quitman school district for about six years, five years as an assistant and a year as a certified...
Dealing with Difficult Parents of Middle and High School Students
Listen It has often been said that teaching would be easy if it was just dealing with students; it’s the adults who make it so difficult. Parents can be a teacher’s greatest ally, but it just takes one or two difficult parents to make it feel like they are all...
7 Questions With Dianna Armstrong
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "Hi, my name is Diana Armstrong and I work at Quitman junior high. I am the eighth grade inclusion teacher and the special education teacher. Um, it is located in Quitman, Mississippi and I've been there three years, but I've been teaching...
Dealing with Difficult Parents -In the Elementary Setting
Listen The relationships we build with families through the school are unique and sometimes filled with complications. We tend to feel very strongly about our students, and we wouldn’t be in the education profession if we didn’t want the best for each one of them. Yet, we often forget that...
7 Questions With Jennifer Hammond
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "My name is Jennifer Hammond and I work Quitman Junior High School. I am the interventionists there. Uh, the school is located in Quitman, Mississippi and I've been there for 17 years." Why did you start a career in education? "I...
Important Daily Language Routines for Pre-K
Listen Why? You may already have many routines established in your early childhood classroom, but do you know why you’re doing each thing? It’s an important question to ask yourself (and possibly the teachers around you). Some of the traditions and routines we’ve used for years just aren’t developmentally appropriate...