Thing 7a

I would like to share a few interesting items I found on my Google Reader. The first is Minute Monologues. These are one minute readings or recitations designed to make students focus on tone, expression, and body language. I think it would work well with my resource classes to improve fluency. The name of the book is Magnificent Monologues for Kids (Sandcastle Publishing, 1999)

Another great idea which I plan to use is the Step Book for parts of speech. Some of you may call this a flip book. The students write one part of speech on each "step". Inside they can put examples they find in their reading, science, social studies, etc. It's designed to be an ongoing activity. I think it would be quite helpful for my students, and much more fun than a bunch of grammar worksheets.

One item of interest is a TED talk "Dan Ariely: Why we think it's OK to cheat and steal" You may want to check this one out if you have a problem with cheating in your classroom or if you are concerned about our lack of morals in society.