How To Write Like James Comey

You remember him.  He was the former FBI director that POTUS Trump fired.  Here is an article from Lifehacker on "How to write like James Comey".  To see the article click here.

Visible Learning For Mathematics

"Visible Learning For Mathematics" is a book by Linda M. Gojak  and Sara Delano Moore.  The following link is to an article written by Larry Ferlazzo where he questions the authors about there book.  The article can be found by clicking here.

Smarter Every Day

Destin is an Engineer with a Youtube channel.  He shows lots of cool things through the eye of a scientist.  If you are teaching science you might want to look at this site for your intro or hook.  To see his website click here or his Youtube channel by clicking here.

World Teachers' Day

Happy World Teachers' Day.  This date was created by UNESCO and info can be found on their website by clicking here.

IWitness - The Holocaust

According to their site, "IWitness is an educational website developed by USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education that provides access to more than 1,500 full life histories, testimonies of survivors and witnesses to the Holocaust and other genocides for guided exploration. IWitness brings the human stories of the Institute's Visual History Archive to secondary school teachers and their students via engaging multimedia-learning activities. Designed to be participatory, academic and student-driven, IWitness addresses education standards from the Common Core State Standards Initiative (United States) and the International Society for Technology in Education, among others. "  To see the website click here.

Notas de Agradecimiento

This might be an idea you can use if you teach High School Spanish (but could easily be used in your French class too).  This comes from Catharyn Crane at Sol Azucar.

Write "Notas de Agradecimiento" en Español

Practice real world Spanish interpersonal writing skills while showing some thanks with a nota de agradecimiento for a favorite teacher.

Task:

Students will be able to write a simple thank you note in Spanish to express their gratitude to a favorite teacher of their choice.
I collect all the thank you notes at the end of the day and leave them in teachers' mailboxes as a special treat.
Materials:

1 piece of card stock for each student (cut in quarters for a post card OR in halves to be folded like a thank you note)
List of useful thank you phrases (I post on the chalk board)
Markers, colored pencils, other decorating materials (glitter and feathers if you dare!)

Today I Learned

These videos on this site are all short.  According to National Geographic, "Learn something extraordinary!  National Geographic explorers tell you new, obscure, and amazing things about the world (and beyond)."  To see their website click here.