Susan ‘s Articles for
Education
Susan ‘s Articles for
Education
Using Differentiated Instruction Strategies at Rochelle M.S.
Rochelle Middle School Teachers Working Hard to Engage Students Today, I worked with two groups of teachers at Rochelle Middle School who are interested in learning more strategies to...
Do Virtual Schools Provide a Valuable and Needed Service?
Considering the Merits of Virtual Schooling I came across an article today that caught my attention because it had 'virtual schools' and 'bullying' in the first sentence. I spent many years...
Teaching Nouns: Teacher in the Trash?
Teaching Nouns with Humor When I teach nouns to my resource students, I always begin with this concrete strategy. With a regular trash can in the front of my room I drop a pencil, book, eraser,...
Teaching Tips from my Audience!
Fearless Fractions Fearless fractions: grades 4-9. Teaches teachers how to use color to introduce the addition and subtraction of fractions and mixed numbers. Each fraction has its own...
Thank you Northeast Regional Education Coop (Rec 4) from Las Vegas, NM
Presented Differentiated Instruction Strategies Tuesday, I presented "A Differentiated Instruction Strategy Blast" at a conference held by the Northeast Regional Education Coop (Rec 4) from Las...
Sources for Blue Lighting in the Classroom
Fluorescent Light Tube Protectors If you've attended my seminar, "Special Needs in the General Classroom: Strategies that Make it Work", or "Successful Inclusion Strategies and Techniques for...
Differentiated Instruction Strategy Blast in Santa Fe, NM!
Presenting Differentiated Instruction Strategies I'm preparing and packing today to go to Albuquerque tomorrow morning. I'll head up to Santa Fe tomorrow night and plan to spend some time...
Co-Teaching Workshop With Video!…and Murphy's Law
Co-Teaching Workshop at Community HS District 155 Last week I presented a co-teaching workshop at Community HS. Murphy's law was in effect. Did you ever have one of those mornings in the...
Co-Teaching Workshop With Video!…and Murphy’s Law
Co-Teaching Workshop at Community HS District 155 Last week I presented a co-teaching workshop at Community HS. Murphy's law was in effect. Did you ever have one of those mornings in the...
Teacher tips from my audiences!
To help learn and remember the characters from "Romeo and Juliet," Carla Byars has students choose a character and bring in a personal theme song for each with printed lyrics. Debbie Swanson...
Classroom Management Attention Getter
Sarah Endecott gets her student's attention with a wind chime that she hangs in her classroom. "I use a wind chime to signal students to stop what they are doing and listen to what I need to tell...
Scented Oil for Clarity when Testing
Ruby Hibdon puts a drop of blood orange scented oil on a small piece of paper that she gives her students. She writes, "They are so into the oil that the test doesn't stress them!" Another cool...