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How old is too old?
I’ve had a copy of Byrd Baylor‘s If You are a Hunter of Fossils in my teacher tote bag for months, waiting for me to write CAFE lessons for it. It was originally a text included in kindergarten...
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Today in class we talked about the differences between weather and climate, as well as how climate affects regions and habitats. Here are some links and videos we found useful and interesting....
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Creating Fancy Scanable Assessments!!!
Word on the street is that they’re going to permit us, the lowly elementary teachers, to make our own scannable assessments this fall!!! (Middle school and high school teachers have already been able...
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Continents and Oceans
Thanks for your patience — I’ve finally had a chance to post our sweet “Continents and Oceans” song! I’m a little disappointed they only used Robinson projections in the video, though. You already know...
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Book of the Week: A is for America
Every Monday, I highlight a book from our school bookroom along with lesson plan suggestions. I hope you find this useful, and please leave a comment with any suggestions or additions! A is for...
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What I do in my spare time. Sometimes.
The question has been asked if whether an overachiever like me finds time to have fun with friends and loved ones. Um, duh. I adore many of the folks Toby has worked with at Cheezburger since its...
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Notable Books I Read In 2012
The BEST BOOKS of 2012 have already been covered extensively. Mr. Schu has a great roundup of Best of 2012 lists if you’d like to peruse the bulk of them. ERMAHGERD BERKS!!! All I can really add to the...
View ArticleRubrics & Grading
With Standards-Based Grading still being relatively new to families in Federal Way and with our new parent portal for student grades, I figured I should let you know what to expect from me.
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Update!
Here’s a copy of an e-mail I just sent my students’ families. Hi there, and happy Thanksgiving week! A few updates for you! (Just kidding, there are kind of a lot of updates. This is super long. I’m...
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Pagliacci and #seattlestereotypes
If you follow me on Twitter (@MsHoughton) or Instagram (@beforetoday7), you may have seen me using the hashtag #seattlestereotypes both for positive and negative behaviors, comments, and practices I...
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