Ideas for “The Mouse and the Motorcycle”

 
The Tulsa World is printing Beverly Cleary’s book, The Mouse and the Motorcycle in serial form.  Some teachers in the the area are taking advantage to teach thematic units and provide a different venue for reading (anything that gets students to read the newspaper I consider extremely cool).  For those of you who are looking for resources, [...]

How Do You Use “Field Trips”?

Several of our schools are going on field trips (”being there” experiences), especially to the aquarium. It’s a great break for kids and teachers. But its not supposed to be just a reward; some educational outcome is expected (which is why we don’t go to the State Fair anymore).
The question is, “What and [...]

“Help! It’s A Blog!”

Blogs aren’t new, but they can be mysterious or terrifying to some non-techno-geek teachers. Let me assure you that blogs can be very easy to use. Most of your students probably have a “MySpace” site already. If you can type and save on a computer, if you use e-mail, you can probably [...]