All Blog Posts Tagged 'year' (4)

Beginning-of-year Activities

I consciously overplan the first few days. The worst possible first-day scenario is to arrive unprepared. Over the years, I've collected a number of first-day activity ideas - far too many to use.

I've pared down the activities based on the following considerations:

My first goal is to build classroom community, making all students feel comfortable and successful.
My second goal is to establish routine.
My third goal is to formatively assess students'…

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Added by Janet Abercrombie on September 2, 2011 at 5:20am — 2 Comments

About Chinese New Year and Chinese Mothers

Happy Chinese New Year! The Chinese use the lunar calendar in addition to the solar calendar. According to the lunar calendar, the new year this year was on Feb. 3, which is the Year of the Rabbit. The twelve animals in the Chinese zodiac cycle every 12 years. Because every month in the lunar calendar has 30 days, and there are no months with 31 days, every 4 years the lunar calendar is corrected by repeating a month.

The Chinese keep track of their birthdays using…

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Added by GoldStudent on February 10, 2011 at 5:32am — No Comments

Happy New Year!!

I am wishing you all a happy new year! Hope you will have a great year in 2009, :)

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Added by Alfajri Alwis on December 29, 2008 at 3:09am — No Comments

My First Blog

With all the demands on educators now, what motivates young people to go into education? When I started years ago there were no state tests, no standards based education and teachers could be creative. The public (parents) tended to support and respect teachers. It seems that now days that is no longer the case. Why do you want to become a teacher or why do you want to stay in teaching?

Added by Leslie Austin on February 29, 2008 at 12:28pm — 2 Comments