Good samaritans come through for 8th-graders Money means Rogers Park kids will go to D.C. contestDan Rozek
Provide an opportunity for your eighth graders to consider what they might want to do with their lives by assigning a future career speech. With many high schools offering career and technical path options, 8th grade speeches on career interests can also help students choose high school classes r...
And then came Day Two. In our district that looks a little different because 7th and 8th graders actually start a day before everyone else in PreK-12. We do this to allow new-to-middle-school 6th graders the building to themselves on real Day One and the rest of us adults pop in to...
Are you working on any new projects – either books or film? I am blessed to have many irons in the fire! “After What Happened at the Library”: A Debut Feature Film(for adults) The short film, “After What Happened at the Library,” is a character introduction and ...
White’s 7th grade reading class is looking for volunteers to lead a book-reading group. The time is one hour each week (noon to 1 p.m.) You pick-Monday, Wednesday, or Friday! ※ Assisting a field trip for the eighth graders The 8th graders will have a field trip for ...
For example, a study of cannabis experimentation among French teenagers found that one out of five 8th to 10th graders had tried cannabis (Jovic et al. 2014). The researchers report that teenagers of low socioeconomic status who were living with both parents, feeling well monitored, and had ...
Buddy Books serve as a data source to learn about perspectives not only on barriers, but also on helpful aspects for learning progress. In total, 28 Buddy Books from 6th graders (former 5th graders, see above) were screened. An in-depth analysis, including of the capture of the actual wor...
Dating Tip 13: Give up attachment to unrequited crushes. It’s a little hobby that’s better suited to 7th graders anyhow. Maybe if my mom hadn’t burned my diary at age 13, I’d be through this phase by now. Here’s a little mantra to get you through this period of house cleanin...
The GBG is played during a normal classroom activity for a specified time period during which the class teacher monitors contraventions to four rules: (a) we will work quietly, or at a noise level appropriate to a given activity; (b) we will be polite to others; (c) we will get out...
Plagiearism. An aside about extreme plagiarism. Students struggling with English often look for model sentences in papers and books. If they find sentences that serve their purposes, they might use exactly those sentences in their report. This direct copying is the most extreme form of plagiarism...