Teacher: At least there's one good thing I can say about your son Woodward.
Father: What's that?
Teacher: With the grades he earns, there's no chance he's cheating.

What Great Teachers Do Differently: Fourteen Things That Matter Most
Todd Whitaker is one of the prolific education writers who continually remind us that teaching is primariliy an art, though it is surrounded by a lot of science (and pseudo-science). As such, Whitaker looks at great practitioners and focuses on what they do that distinguishes them from less-than-great teachers. Among the intriguing chapter headings are: "Restoring Trust," "The Angry Parent," "Handling the High Achievers," and "Treat Everyone As If They Were Good."
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Today's Column
Larry Bell: Discipline With Love
"Teachers have a tremendous ability to make a difference in the lives of their students, especially their African-American students. But sometimes loving, caring teachers inadvertently alienate their students of color when it seems to those students -- and I emphasize seems because, for students, perception is reality -- that the teacher disciplines some students but punishes them."

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Lesson Planning Theme of the Week
December: A Month of Multicultural Holiday Celebrations
Do your students celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Three Kings Day? Maybe they celebrate St. Lucia Day or Ramadan. Chances are your class includes students who observe more than one of those events. Whether that is the case or not, December offers great opportunities for teaching about our multicultural world. Included: Handfuls of great teaching lessons and resources.

An Educational Line-Up
Make line-up easy and educational by using it to reinforce skills you are teaching. For example, if you are teaching the multiplication six tables, you might create a set of index cards (one per student) for reinforcing that skill. Write 6 x 1 on two or three of the cards, 6 x 2 on two or three of the cards, and so on. As line-up time draws near, hand a card to each student. Then announce, All students who are holding cards whose product is 42 can line up now; students holding cards labeled 7 x 6 will line up. Then call out other products of 6 until all students are lined up. More examples: Reinforce state capitals by handing each student a card with a state name on it and announcing that the student holding the card with the name of the state whose capital is Providence can line up now. Or reinforce a variety of math skills by handing out cards with numbers on them and calling on students to line up if their number is divisible by 5, if their number is a prime number, if the factors of their number are all even numbers...

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