Last week a reader emailed me with a question about creating a form that could be used many times over for things like daily check-in or exit ticket questions. He wanted to be able to have all responses in one place where responses could easily be sorted according to date or name. My suggestion was to create a Google Form and then sort the responses in a connected Google Sheet. In this short video I demonstrate the two ways that I would create a Google Form for daily check-ins and then view and sort responses in Google Sheets. To learn more about sorting information in Google Sheets, watch this short video. Applications for EducationAs I mentioned in the video above, repeatedly using a...
How to Teach All Types of Verbs Not sure how to teach verbs? Whenever I used to teach verbs it felt like I needed to allot half the school year and round up hundreds of different activities in order to get all the different types of verbs covered! Can you relate?! Seriously – Action verbs, linking verbs, irregular verbs, verbs that show mental action or possession. It’s A LOT to consider and plan for! I want to share with you some activities that you can use to teach ALL types of verbs, and be able to alter and reuse them again and again! Google Classroom Verbs I think it’s important from the very beginning of your verbs unit that...
For years I have been reading Afrikaans stories to my children as part of our school day. Every year we do a little bit more and even though the official second language in our high school is French, I do want my children to be able to understand the Afrikaans that happens around them. They don’t have to be fluent and they don’t have to be able to write books in Afrikaans, but I do expect them to be able to have at least a good understanding when they read it, or they are read to and I would like them to understand conversations with their friends. This year, for the first time ever, we really upped our game and...
“I saw my little Una… so full of spirit and life that she was life itself. And then I looked at my poor dying mother, and seemed to see the whole of human existence at once, standing in the dusty midst of it.” It is said that Orlando, inspired by the passionate real-life love Virginia Woolf shared with Vita Sackville-West, is “the longest and most charming love letter in literature” — said by Vita’s own son. But the most charming love letter in literature might be quite shorter and older and inspired by a very different kind of love — the purest, tenderest love of a parent for their young child. Nathaniel Hawthorne by Charles Osgood, 1841 Fatherless since the...
Perfectionism isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. In fact, it can be incredibly harmful to our emotional and psychological health if left unchecked. The desire to control everything at all times, in a world that often is outside our control, can lead to anxiety, stress, even depression. So it’s no wonder that some people, who were gifted students at school and constantly praised for their achievements, are now severely disappointed with the lives they lead. Perfectionism is all they know. And it hasn’t served everyone well. I would know, being a former ‘smart kid’ and recovering perfectionist myself.Reddit users, all gifted students themselves, opened up about how their lives have turned out. Quite a few shared some of the...
