Showing posts with label boredom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boredom. Show all posts

6/09/2017

Need Help to Stifle Kid Boredom?




PS. Taken from the RIF site: Reading Is Fundamental!

5/11/2016

How Do You Ignite the Love of Reading?

Today on Twitter, I came across the link to Bookopolis! To me, it was a great find for parents and/or teachers to prepare students for Summer reading. If you have seen Goodreads for adults, Bookopolis is the "KID version"! It is a social community where you can read peer suggestions for great books to read. You can also post your own review and rate a book you have read. Love how kids aged 7-12 years (or grades 1st - 8th) can create a bookshelf, earn points, share with friends, and explore new books. (Did I mention that there is also an app for Bookopolis?)TEACHERS, don't miss the section for you to use Bookopolis in your classroom. It has Bookquest that easily steps students through the selection of a book. This is a must to see before the boredom sets in this summer. Heck, reading just might be the thing to escape those pesky mosquitoes! Sign up today, parents!

6/06/2014

Summer Reading Challenge

Today is our District's official last day of the 2013-2014 school year. As summer begins, consider challenging your student to take the Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge. There is a section for Kids, Parents, and Educators. The challenge goes through September 5, 2014. Students are able to log their time online. Hope you will join our schools in meeting this Summer Challenge. Welcome aboard! Listen to a welcome message from NASA Astronaut, Leland Melvin. http://bcove.me/xli10hwc

PS. Check out the app for logging your time. They have one for all the different devices: iPad, iPhone, iTouch, and Android.It is called the Scholastic Reading Timer. With this interactive timer, logging reading minutes is easier than ever. Your students who register for the Summer Challenge can win prizes as they reach weekly reading goals Free. scholastic.com

5/15/2013

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: How Can I Be a Better Teacher Next Fall? | Edutopia
Great advice from Edutopia. While making an effort to change, we have the tendency to drop back into our old ways because they are our security and it's more comfortable. We need to be strong inwardly to fight that urge and attempt the one that it more difficult. In the end, we usually are glad that we did.This is the time of year when teachers naturally begin to self-evaluate their year. We have high hopes of improving before we return in August. Let me challenge you to participate in some of Edutopia's tips. Allow your students to reflect on YOUR teaching honestly.  Don't forget to let them reflect on their own learning and discover ways that they can improve their own self-directed learning. Let them develop some summer goals to achieve before returning to school. Who knows how long it will be before they become bored at home!