Prosthetic Leg Kid (as Clint Mabry) JAG (1995) Stacy Edwards Evan's Mom In the Company of Men (1997) Mark Rogen Father with Bat Superbad (2007) Charlie Hartsock Good Shopper Cashier Deep Impact (1998) Dona Hardy Old Lady The Running Man (1987) Charley Rossman Good Shoppe...
Reframe mistakes as explorations. Not having a correct answer doesn't mean all thinking is incorrect. Asking kids to explain their thinking also helps in understanding what they know now, and what they might learn next. Questions about how a kid got an answer can get them thinking about what...
Neanderthal Dad chimed in and started mansplaining that a “sexton” is a tool that surveyors use to measure land distances, chuckling and telling my kid that, “it doesn’t have anything to do with what you’re thinking about.” I’m a reader of sea exploration tales of all kinds, and...
On the other hand, I already knew, for instance, that Lincoln was the 16th president from repeated exposure to that fact as a school kid. I don’t think I “tried” to learn that: it just became embedded. What always concerns me regarding math education is the idea of “memorizing/...
and you were stuck with him for 45 minutes a day. One day he went on and on about one kid on his daughters volleyball team, that, in his words ‘is to fat to be a setter’. Another was how the weekend sports kids are snowflakes. And on and on. It got more political too, about...
In October of 2010, for example, a California elementary school teacher namedRigoberto Ruelas, Jr. took his own life after the Los Angeles Times published a report labeling him a “less effective teacher.” Despite the fact that students and parents praised Ruelas, who taught in one of poore...
Take a minute to save these tips to your favorite elementary classroom Pinterest board so you can remember them later! ABOUT THE AUTHOR Hi, I'm Molly, the creative mind behind Firstieland. With over 35 years of experience in early childhood education, I'm your primary support for resources...
Within the few times I’ve taught in elementary schools, I’ve seen a coach knock his players on the head with a baseball bat, a History teacher punch a kid in the chest and a Special Ed teacher body-slam a student who wouldn’t get a haircut. And that was in a good school distri...
Whether it’s a kid in a grade school or student in a college, challenging the teacher’ word comes with punishment. Why do we have to depend on fossil fuels? Because we’ve been taught energy does not exist in empty space. It only exists inside static matter. To extract energy ...
The range of expression in his characters is a beauty and they aid his able portrayal of a dynamic kid admirably. Herobear steals flavours from the tired old superhero genre and breathes fresh life into it. A sentimental look at childhood, fantasy, and the importance of familial love....