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MSM 292: Riddle Me This Sherlock, We’re done for this year.
Jokes You Can Use:
Eileen Award:
Twitter: Sandy Cameli, Leigh Ann Eck, Todd Bloch
Email: Camilla Elliot
Advisory:
Riddles
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/answer-these-riddles-and-you-will-find-the-answers-life.html
House Misconceptions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF62VeRsjvU
How to Build your Confidence
http://lifehacker.com/how-to-develop-your-charisma-and-become-more-likable-1673988208
How to Read People Like Sherlock Holmes
http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2014/12/how-to-read-people/
Great Questions
http://storycorps.org/great-questions/
Middle School Science Minute
by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com)
Hazardous Glues
I was recently reading the October, 2014 issue of "Science Scope," a magazine written for middle school science teachers, published by the National Science Teachers Association.
In this issue, I read an article entitled "Scope on Safety," written by Ken Roy, Director of Environmental Health and Safety for the Glastonbury Public Schools in Glastonbury, CT. Within this article is the "Question of the Month." This month's question is, "Are some glues hazardous to use?"
From the Twitterverse:
27 Ways to be an Effective Classroom Teacher
#mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!”
Strategies:
Travel by Drone
http://travelbydrone.com/
Teach using graphics
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/links/how-to-write-a-letter/
Digital Workstations
As children rotate through a series of stations throughout the week, I am free to work with small groups on differentiated needs, offering personalized instruction. In a way, I've cloned myself. Now, there are two of me teaching at the same time!
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2013/12/how-set-digital-workstations
Resources:
How It Happens
Understand the science behind the headlines in How It Happens, which combines simple explanation and elegant animation to reveal the inner workings of the physical world.
http://www.nytimes.com/video/how-it-happens/
15 Uses for a Swivl
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/15-uses-swivl/
3 Timers
Google
Russ Tarr’s Classroom Timer - Multiple Timers available.
Online Egg Timer - 3 Timers (But all start at once).
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/12/three-handy-timer-tools-for-teachers.html#.VJ7GosAA
Word Usage Through History
Type in a word or two and see a graph of how often it has been used.
http://chronicle.nytlabs.com/?keyword=civil%20rights
https://books.google.com/ngrams
Web Spotlight:
29 Ways to Stay Creative
Random Thoughts . . .
Happy New Year!! See you next year!
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