Every day, my 8th graders tackle a paragraph riddled with errors and make corrections. I get these at Education World. We then go over the errors as a class.
Pretty straight forward, right?
Well, most of the time.
This was today’s unedited text:
Dedicated on October 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship [...]
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No, grammar is not confusing . . .
October 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: Learning · Parenting · Puzzles · Teaching · Writing
A gentle nudge: Moving teachers over
October 8th, 2009 · No Comments
One of the things I’ve been busying myself with during this relative lull at CW.com, is this: We Teach We Learn, A blog for teachers, by teachers. Our official mission (yes, we even have a mission statement) is:
–To inspire collaboration by providing tools teachers can use to move from independence to interdependence
–To provide a [...]
Tags: Growth · Learning · Teaching
Smartypants Quiz
May 15th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Got this in an email this morning. Worth passing along:
(answers do follow)
WORLD’S EASIEST QUIZ
1) How long did the Hundred Years’ War last?
2) Which country makes Panama hats?
3) From which animal do we get cat gut?
4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
5) What is a camel’s hair brush made of?
6) The Canary [...]