Funny Story: 100th Day of School

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Many schools across America celebrated (or will be soon) the 100th day of school. This is a classic school tradition that teachers use as teachable opportunities and lessons in a celebratory fashion to increase student engagement. Teachers create numerous lesson plans revolving around the one-hundred concept such as: Asking students to imagine themselves at 100 years oldResearching what life was like 100 years agoCounting 100 snacks, coins, or whatever interesting item a teacher can imagineDoing exercises in the counts of 100Dressing up as if students were 100 years old There are countless ways to incorporate the 100-day celebration into lessons,…

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Funny Teacher Story: Things You Thought You Would Never Ask

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After going a couple of weeks looking at more serious topics facing educators, I felt it was time to bring a little humor back to the blog. If you prefer a more serious topic, please read "Top Five Issues Facing Education in Mississippi” or "Teacher Shortages: Why Is This Not Trending News?” For those that enjoy a good laugh, this story comes from a special education teacher and her assistant teacher. Story Time While testing their second-grade students, the assistant teacher hears a faint noise and asks “What was that?” One of the students quickly pointed and said, “It was…

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Teacher Shortages: Why Is This Not Trending News?

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This week’s blog is a follow up to last week’s “Top Five Issues Facing Education in Mississippi.” As I pointed out last week, I decided to cover topics that were trending the most. This helped me stay as unbiased as possible since the issues I personally may face may be very different than statewide issues. I want to thank everyone for the feedback on last week’s post. Because of your feedback, I chose to research one of the mentioned issues - teacher shortages - from my social media comments. I agree with this being a dire issue; however, the real questions…

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