Hello All,

I am a special education ninth grade teacher. I was wondering would anyone be interested in becoming pen pals with my class?

I was wondering if there were any 1st grade teachers out there that wanted to penpal with me and two other 1st grade teachers? We all have about 23 students, more boys than girls. We are in Maryland and willing to penpal with anyone anywhere, as long as English is the main language.

as teachers we often speak about educating students. Are teachers educators? When we teach are we educating? Can we teach without educating? Can students be educated without a teacher?

Cogland

I have book titled G.R.A.S.P. Education about the character traits needed to assist in student success.  I see most teacher training is aimed at 'what' we should do for students and missing the 'who' we must be in offering our services, careers and talents.  Check it out on facebook groups and order a copy at graspeducation.com.  I hope to hear from you soon. 

I just found a great blog post with lost of fun contests for Teacher Appreciation week. http://www.survivingateacherssalary.com/2011/05/collection-of-teacher-appreciation.html New York & Co is also offering a 25% off discount to any teachers who show an ID this week. Share your Teacher Appreciation deals or contests!

We finish our 10th grade exams in Nov( IGCSE). From the month of Jan, when they resume school again, we have designed vocational courses for them. But they are just not interested.At times feel like calling off these finishing school courses. What do i do?

I wanted to get a feel for other teachers' policy on study guides for tests. What do you think the best approach is to making sure students are prepared for exams? Are study guide hand-outs cutting the students too much slack? Any feedback would be great!

How do you handle days when you just don't want to teach?

A censored copy of Huckleberry Finn that replaces the N-word with "slave" is getting a lot of attention in the education community and beyond. The Huffington Post editorial (which mentions TeachHUB - woo woo) is one of several outcries against this level of censorship. Writer Hetert-Qebu Walters argues that completing ignoring this word's presence in the book and in history eliminates a teachable moment in classrooms: Walters writes: " The big deal is that even though many teachers use the word slave in class, the novel still said "nigger". Confronting that word is important. That confrontation was difficult for me as a young black girl, but the book was set during difficult times and I understood that even more as I read the book because my teacher was there to help me." What do you think? Are you for or against this PC rewrite of classic literature? "

Currently there are less than 20 stores that provide teachers nationwide savings year around. Besides being a second grade teacher, I have started a new business that negotiates savings on teachers behalf. Please tell me who you wish would give savings year round and I'll pursue them on our behalf. In 2011, I resolve to negotiate 25 new EXCLUSIVE TEACHER DISCOUNTS. There is power in numbers, please post what you wish for!"

I'm looking for a resource that will help me integrate more drama/acting in my classroom. Does anyone have a resource or book recommendation that has short/appropriate skits for middle school students?