Learning Attribute of the Month

Promote your children to be thinkers. Encourge them to become independent learners through the action of thinking. Seems easy enough! What is a Thinker?  They must learn to ask questions about the world and their human relationships. Ask your students or child to say-- I think about the actions--they are my own desicions. I think about what I say before I say it. I keep intregrity and kindness in the fore front of my actions. It's important to give children various learning attitributes to be successful learners. We know about inquiring, taking risks and being knowledgeable, but it all comes with the action and conscious thinking of our actions and their effects on self and others. Today encourage your young learners to ask questions, examine their answers and thoughts. Encourage thinkers in the most literal but simplest from.  Today is the first of many blogs that will allow us to discuss learning profiles that they produce a well rounded citizen of the world --Thinker, inquirer, balanced, principled, knowledgeable, open minded, reflective, and more.  What are you thinking about today?

Stump The Teacher: I Resign From Teaching

Stump The Teacher: I Resign From Teaching: "To Whom It May Concern: Consider this my letter of resignation from teaching. After much deliberation and intense research, I now see the ..."

So insightful and refreshing to see teachers writing about their life in the classroom. Every minute we are making decisions that impact others. Teachers are continuous learners but stride to make our students the best learners of the world. We have to let them think, inquire, take risk and become knowledgeable citizens. I like this blog. I resign with him!! ok maybe not totally but you know what I mean!

Snowy Day

Sitting at home on a Snow Day here in Michigan. Thinkng of all the many projects kindergarten and first graders can do related to snow. A few favorites include Roll the Snowman, melting ice cube or snow in a bottle experiment, cottonball snow art, "How To" Build a Snowman and so much more.
I like to start our snow day or week with this great story or DVD by Ezra Jack Keats. Share some of your favorite snowy day projects that you do with your kiddos in class.