Education Week in Review: June 28- July 11

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12 Jul 2008 02:47 PM

Back to school is drawing near. Many educational topics have been discussed this week. Throughout the week I have placed a focus on providing teachers with thoughts and ideas.

Sunday, July 6 How Will You Grade Your Students? While most believe that grading papers is an easy part of teaching, in some cases it is not. There are many different options when it comes to how you will grade your students.

Teaching the Curriculum Although two teachers are given the same textbook and curriculum, they do not necessarily teach the same things. This article discusses the different ways that teachers can teach the material.

Monday, July 7 The One That is Never Picked There is always one student in a class that does not get picked for a partner or for a team. This article offers ideas for teachers to help.

An Introduction Game In this article I offer a game for helping students to get to know one another.

Common Reasons Why Children Do Not Like to Read When asking students of all ages why they do not like to read, there were some common answers that were given. This article takes a look at some of those excuses.

Tuesday, July 8 Be Careful about Your Comments Children are very impressionable. As a teacher, you must be very careful about what you say to a child. Both positive and negative comments can be very impactful.

Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome Some children are falsely identified with a reading learning disability. In fact what they truly suffer from is scotopic sensitivity syndrome.

Wednesday, July 9 More about Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome This article gives more information and ideas about dealing with scotopic sensitivity syndrome in students.

Knocking Out Reasons Students Avoid Reading In this article I begin describing how teachers can beat and alleviate some of the reasons why students do not like to read.

More on How to Knock out Reading Avoidance This article continues to address the ways that teachers can beat the no reading excuses given by students.

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Lyn is a kindergarten teacher and mommy to a girl and a boy. In her spare time, she enjoys informative and creative writing.

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