Last week I sat in on a Responsive Classroom Level 2 course in New York City. What a treat for me to spend time with teachers who are learning to use the Responsive Classroom approach! … I jotted down some notes about online resources that might help my classmates with some of their questions – or simply reassure them that other teachers have similar struggles. Since I figured you might have the same challenges, too, here are some of those ideas [...]
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Do you remember Margaret Wilson’s “Math is Everywhere!” post from earlier this year? You know, the one about the rat that fell out of the ceiling and landed next to her at the airport – and all the great math problems she thought of as a result?
At the time, Margaret was working with Andy Dousis and our editors on a new book called Doing Math in Morning Meeting. Last week we sent the final manuscript to the printer [...]
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Have you read Chip Wood’s blog recently? I really loved his last two posts — today’s “Lily Heads for Kindergarten,” and from a couple weeks ago, “Isaiah Turns Eleven,” in which he shares observations and hopes for each of his grandchildren. Here’s a taste: Lily and her swimming makes me think of Lily and kindergarten, which she enters in September. Lily turns six in September, which will make her one of the oldest children chronologically in her class [...]
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Is Sammy and His Behavior Problems on your summer reading list? Here’s a video of author Caltha Crowe describing her new book and her inspiration for writing it [...]
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Our newest publication is an audiobook version of Caltha Crowe’s Sammy and His Behavior Problems: Stories and Strategies from a Teacher’s Year. I asked Michael Lain, the project manager for the audiobook, if he’d take us behind the scenes. [...]
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A few Responsive Classroom-related tidbits to savor this weekend:
Over on the “Wonder of Children” blog, Lisa Dewey Wells has a great post called “A Change Will Do You Good – 8 Tips to Help Hold it Together as the Year Winds Down,” which beautifully summarizes issues and strategies for elementary educators at the end of the [...]
ASCD just released an e-book called Keeping the Whole Child Healthy and Safe, and you can download it for free through May 17th!
Keeping the Whole Child Healthy and Safe is the fourth in a series that’s part of ASCD’s Whole Child Initiative. (The third book in the series, Engaging the Whole Child, included essays by [...]
