Posted by Chip on February 3, 2012
Days have begun to have more daylight, the hint of spring to come. But in school, days often seem longer in February to students and teachers. A tedium can come with drab days, unpredictable weather, too much indoor recess and the flu. What to do?
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Posted by Chip on December 28, 2011
It’s a simple act of hospitality—offered by teachers at their classroom doors the first week of January—and yet it holds enormous power, this friendly greeting.
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Posted by Chip on December 9, 2011
Becoming our most productive selves in the school environment requires a level of trust sufficient to keep fear and crippling uncertainty from overwhelming our ability to learn. This is true for the teacher as well as the student.
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Posted by Chip on November 15, 2011
By mid-November the rhythms and patterns of the school schedule and classroom life have settled into a reasonable degree of daily predictability. This can produce a shared feeling of comfort in the classroom, akin to pulling on an old sweater on a chilly day.
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Posted by Chip on October 5, 2011
This is the second in a series of monthly posts about the seasonal changes in school life. You can read about the series and the seasons I’ll cover or have a look at the first post in the series—all about beginnings.
As the sheen of the new school year begins to wear off like the well-waxed [...]
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Posted by Chip on August 23, 2011
Over the next three weeks around the country, students begin another school year. For many families the first day of school feels more like the beginning of a new year than does January 1st.
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Posted by Chip on August 17, 2011
Everyone in education knows the new year begins in mid-August or early September, not on January 1st. The rhythm of the school year is tidal, impacted by new moons and full moons, weather, holidays, vacations, children’s birthdays, PTO meetings, school board meetings, and, oh yes, curriculum, pacing charts, and assessment.
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