Teaching and Learning Connected

08/27/2022

This is important! 🙌

01/12/2022

04/20/2021

Callie Goss LaBarbera clearly “gets” it. Amazing teacher, connecting with students, providing them with experiences they will always remember and making sound instructional decisions that incorporate social-emotional growth with academic skills like decision -making, writing skills and presentation skills. Callie and clearly her students are winners.

Teachers: have you ever decided to do a lesson, and it just explodes into a different beast than you’re expecting? Have you ever steered away from the Common Core and done something to drag your students out of the everyday content sludge? As a Special Education teacher, my curriculum is written b...

03/10/2021

Every Wednesday three students from local county schools are profiled in our paper. One thing they ask for is a favorite quote. Here’s one today from a 7th grader: “When in doubt, set up a proportion.” She’s learned well.

03/08/2021

03/08/2021

Well worth reading. As parents what sub-tasks can be incorporated into our daily routines to reinforce cooperation and involvement and support for family structure?

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/03/05/974069925/are-we-raising-unhelpful-bossy-kids-heres-the-fix?utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR1jHkEF2cHbXSUsaQkV03mKDsnvcFZwvEMw89D0tcGjnkPSCfdRnxSeYiE

In some cultures, kids roll their eyes when asked to do chores. In others, they'll pitch in without even being asked. Researchers have identified two key practices to raise helpful children.

02/01/2021

Can you see the application for this fun, easy, inexpensive craft? The student's hat could be labeled scientist, mathematician, reader, historian, etc. when the students are engaged in each of these studies. A little fun goes a long way in learning.

All you need to make a party hat for any occasion is a paper plate and a pair of scissors! This craft is easy-to-make and adaptable for holidays all year round.

01/30/2021

A better, some-what safer version of the traditional dodge ball game.

01/24/2021

Inspirational!
https://atlantablackstar.com/2020/12/05/i-am-the-dopest-nasa-engineer-you-will-ever-meet-26-year-old-turns-mistake-of-being-added-to-an-honors-geometry-class-to-becoming-a-rocket-scientist/?utm_campaign=Weekly+Email+for+2021-01-11+%28WKDaNu%29&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Email+List-+Klaviyo+%2B+Infusionsoft&_ke=eyJrbF9jb21wYW55X2lkIjogIlJVNGptUyIsICJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJsYWR5cG9ldGtiQGFvbC5jb20ifQ%3D%3D&fbclid=IwAR0UGal-rCu4rjRb6SPVUkC1fbFLFIhZKWzTB3xGrPlJti3n-c31uBXKauo

She’s not your ordinary rocket scientist. On a daily basis, she dons a “bunny suit” while inspecting NASA spacecraft equipment. But beneath the medical

01/10/2021

A form of calculation that made the ancient Mayans such a successful race has been rediscovered by academics in Mexico, and is now being taught to the descendants of the long-lost culture.

01/09/2021

When was the last one and when is the next one?