I Love to Teach too!

Ok, technically it’s NOT a snow day. School is released 2-hours early due to pending ice/snow mix.

Days like these – some teachers lose control and become frazzled on what to do with students. In my expierience you don’t see all of your classes and some teachers don’t want classes to get too far ahead of each other. If you have a class that is a little behind the majority of the group (not on the same lesson or takes a little longer to understand info) and you actually get to see that class; use this day to “catch up”, remediate, or accelerate the students.

If your schedule is similar to mine and you have your average – upper level students, today is an excellent day to work on critical thinking skills. Upon first glance the students will think they are simply playing games. But logic puzzles are VALUABLE and assist students in learning skills/strategies like reading between the lines, inferencing, and drawing conclusions. These skills are used in every content area.

http://www.edhelper.com/ offers an assortment of activities
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/
http://teachers.net/gazette/FEB08/critical_thinking_activities/

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/brain_teasers.htm Internet4classrooms (awesome!)

Enjoy your day and enjoy the weather!

{No heels today, instead, my fav boots and jeans!}