by Jennifer Cartwright
You have survived the first day of school and all the rest there after. Hopefully, it has gotten easier as you have gotten to know your students and their parents. You have a daily routine and developed some systems to make things work more smoothly in your classroom. As the school year wears on, you will find that you will need to fine tune your systems. Here are five ideas that should help you this year and for the rest of your teaching career.
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by Karen Sibal
It was a warm, Friday evening and I was sitting with my girlfriends at the local coffee shop savouring one last, carefree latté before the start of another school year. Indeed, the summer had flown by and it was going to be a challenge to get the kids back into the school routine, which also meant a renewed focus on homework.
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by Jennifer Cartwright
Many parents are choosing to home school their children for a variety of reasons ranging from dissatisfaction with a particular individual in the school system to religious reasons. It is important for a parent to understand his or her specific reason for choosing home schooling and to be aware of the work involved in home schooling. It is not a choice to be made lightly or in the heat of the moment. This article will explore rationales for a decision to home school and look at the ramifications of the choice to home school.
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by Kerri Charette
Reading Opportunities are Everywhere
I was at the grocery store one day and noticed two items on my list that I did not place there. My large chain supermarket does not stock pee and poop, at least not that I know of. Coincidentally, the night before five-year-old Matt had drawn a poop and pee pizza with extra onions. I think I know who the culprit was.
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by Ann Bowers
Ah! The thought of home schooling has crossed your mind. Has your child had a difficult year at school? Is your child finding it hard to deal with aggressive children at school? Does your family have the opportunity to travel¸ if the children were not in school? Perhaps you’d prefer to school your children at home because of your religious beliefs or cultural values. Families make the decision to home school for many reasons and they often continue to do so because they have more freedom and because of the good effects on the children.
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