Do you work with 4th graders? If so, I’d love to know what you think of “The Leap into 4th Grade,” my article in the new issue of Educational Leadership.
The theme of the
Original Article: http://www.wholechildeducation.org/blog/teaching-a-balance
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At 5:10 p.m., the events of the action-packed first day of the ASCD Annual Conference were starting to weigh heavily on the eyelids of the participants as they entered
Original Article: http://unhmagazine.unh.edu/w11/bookreviews.html
What Every 4th Grade Teacher Needs to Know about Setting Up and Running a Classroom
Fourth grade is an incredible year. Students are so alive. They race down the halls each day and burst through the door ready
Winter holiday celebrations! They’re such a big part of American school life. But as our schools grow more diverse, traditional celebrations can leave some children and families feeling excluded or uncomfortable. Also, even if everyone at
What are strategies for helping students be more physically active during the day, and how do we keep control of the group if they’re sitting less and moving more?
Try having lessons take place in one area of the room,
Original Article: https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/blog/lecture-less
So we know students need to sit still to accomplish some school tasks, but we don’t want to keep them sitting for too long. How can we minimize the amount of time we require children to sit still?
“My students have such a hard time sitting still! They call out all the time! They’re constantly out of their seats!” After hearing this refrain over and over again from teachers, I decided to do a
Original Article: https://wonderofchildren.wordpress.com/2010/10/01/a-well-balanced-read/
# Previous blogs this summer focused on ways to keep life in balance with Lessons from a Yogi and Securing Your Oxygen Mask Before Helping Others. I certainly don’t have all the answers but I do know that
With new technologies arriving on the scene constantly, it can be hard for teachers to keep up. Which devices will improve the learning environment in your classroom? Which will gather dust? Here are some basic guidelines to help you decide
I wrote last week about things you can do to ease classroom stress during testing and other high-anxiety times. Here are three more tips for keeping the atmosphere of your classroom calm and productive!
Have a
It’s spring, and end-of-the-year-testing looms. The children are stressed. You’re stressed. You need to ease the tension—but how?
Well, you’re not alone! When we asked Responsive Classroom fans on Facebook if they’d like to read about
Original Article: http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061031/GJNEWS_01/110310182
DURHAM — It was an activity fraught with the type of make-believe danger and true adventure any fifth-grader would love.
Granted the saving of ailing chickens, rescuing of mini-zebras and deadly snake pits did not truly take place
Original Article: http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20050404/NEWS/304049988
PORTSMOUTH — The centerpiece of Michael Anderson’s fifth-grade classroom at Dondero School is the wooden loft in the middle of the room, at the top of which students find seating cushions.
Below are two tanks where students
February 2005, Responsive Classroom Newsletter, Original Link: https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/article/news-notes-18
We’ve Moved!
Northeast Foundation for Children moved to a bigger space in November 2004 to accommodate our growing operations and increasing number
Original Article: http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20040208/NEWS/302089982
PORTSMOUTH — Like other teachers, Mike Anderson had one generic phrase to award students for good work when he taught at Flanders Elementary School in East Lyme, Conn.
“‘Great job!’ was mine,” said Anderson, now a fourth-grade teacher
Original Article: http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20020919/NEWS/309199995
PORTSMOUTH — Crouching on the ground in front of a portable camping stove, teacher Mike Anderson placed a length of stove pipe over one of the burners and turned up the heat. The 20 or so students closed