When I student taught, I spent half a semester in 5th grade and half a semester in kindergarten. It was jarring moving between 5th grade and kindergarten, to say the least! When I got a job that spring, I was hired for a 3rd grade position... smack dab in the middle of what I'd been prepared for. Through the years, I have worked with students in all grade levels K-5 in a variety of positions: classroom teacher, interventionist, and gifted coordinator. While it's obvious that each grade level and age level will present its own unique celebrations and challenges, there is a general shift that occurs between the primary and upper grades. A question that often comes up in my...
Ways to Improve Your Child’s Vocabulary Vocabulary is important for comprehension to be able to tell people what you mean in words that those around perceive without confusion and of course for reading comprehension too. It is easier for young children to learn more things, and having a broad vocabulary will help a child excel in life. A broadened vocabulary is among the best things that a parent can teach a child. In this article, we are going to discuss ways to improve your child’s vocabulary. Fun Educational Activities Online Online methods of teaching and classes are available to provide your child with customized lessons and unlimited speaking opportunities to make language learning enjoyable, interactive, and natural. Your child will...
submitted by Mon Garcia We celebrated National Pink Day last June 23rd, a day when we’re encouraged to wear the warm and frivolous shade. The day was established in 2007 by high school students who wanted to stop bullying and promote understanding among diversified groups. As EDCers, we can also take part by splashing a bit of the hue into our kit. It’s a color that has been associated with hope, harmony, and worthy causes such as breast cancer awareness. In this guide, we’ve compiled a few pink items that you can easily integrate into your daily setup in celebration of National Pink Day, or to keep all year round to add an eye-catching new shade to your EDC. QSP...
With so many articles now coming out about the mental health ramifications of Coronavirus on our students, planning ahead to improve the social emotional health of your students is one of the best decisions that you can make for a positive 2020 - 2021 school year. With many districts still furiously putting together a plan, finding ways to connect, communicate, and get creative with your students will only help you to adapt to whatever situation is thrown at you. My most recent post outlined what social emotional learning is, the importance of it especially after the pandemic and quick ways to connect, communicate, and get creative with your students. You can read more about it here. Below,...
From a very young age, Sabah Kaiser knew the words for shame, modesty and respect as they were drummed into her – but she didn’t know the names for her body parts. Sabah was sexually abused between the ages of seven and 13 by four members of her family and was raped for the first time when she was nine. “When I was a child, what they were doing to me was beyond comprehension. I could not explain or even understand what they were doing to me,” she told HuffPost UK. “Within my Asian upbringing, it was normal to hit a child. So my only understanding was that this was the way these men hit and I thought I must...
