Since I have recently made the transition from junior high to fifth grade, most of what is fresh in my mind is the applicability of what I have learned as a junior high teacher to my teaching methods for the fifth grade. Of course, I must be mindful of different teaching styles, of different learners, [...]
Recently, I read a book entitled, The Dumbest Generation, by Mark Bauerlein. I was immediately interested as I read on the very cover of the book, “Don’t trust anyone under 30.” I thought to myself, most of our school staff is less than 30 years of age (or at least several still presume to be). [...]
As a teacher you know the story well. You go to bed like any other night. The only thoughts left in your head before you fall asleep is of a test that needs to be graded or the lesson plans that still need some fine tuning. But within a few hours it is a whole [...]
I love history. One of my favorite history lessons is the Boston Tea Party. I assumed when I had the opportunity to teach about it, the students would enjoy the Boston Tea Party just as much as I did. I remember going over the lesson with delight knowing they were enjoying it just as much [...]
Have you considered that we spend much of our time preparing for the lessons that we are going to teach, but we do not take into account the homework that we are going to assign? Why should we anyway – the curriculum has done all of our thinking for us, right? Is this good or [...]
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; Ecclesiastes 9:10a Let all your things be done with charity. I Corinthians 16:14 Certain jobs have been given a special title, “Labor of Love.” We are told that these tasks are solely accomplished from a heart of love due to their nature. One [...]
I have learned a little bit about planting grass. I have seen some want-to-be landscapers sprinkle a special fertilizer on anemic grass, and instant lush green success. Trouble is that it only promotes top growth and the weeds quickly outgrow the grass. You end up with more trouble than you started with. I don’t plant [...]
Judges 2:10-13 I am presently writing a book entitled And There Arose another Generation, which is based on Judges 2:10. My reason behind this is simple. It is my conviction that there are numerous parallels between this time period in Israel’s history and so-called American “Christianity” today. In the first two chapters of the book [...]
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