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Welcome Back to a New Year! Attention Parents, Students (Kindergarten-College), & Teachers! Post your First Day of School pictures on our Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram page with the hashtag#StutelageGoesBackToSchool and we will choose one lucky follower to win $100 in Target, Dollar Tree, and...
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We just love the Common Core tips from the Work Wives! To check out their bio click here! Attending to the Standards for Mathematical Practice When working with the Common Core we tend to only focus on the piece that explains the content that needs to be taught. This is the part of the Core that most...
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Stutelage Innovations is happy to welcome the Work Wives as our newest Guest Bloggers! These incredible ladies have so much to offer educators and parents. They have worked tirelessly to unpack the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and they will be offering our readers a CCSS tip each month. To...
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This week I had my reading groups get in the Valentine’s Day mood with a little talk about love! Of course, this was met with giggling, blushing, and many awkward moments by my 5th graders, but soon enough they were on board. We talked about the people and animals that you can love that are...
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What exactly is a “stick head?” Stick heads, as I call them, are tools that I use as one strategy for grouping students or calling on students in class. Many teachers write students’ names on popsicle sticks and pick them out of a jar. I think that this is a great idea, but I wanted to make my...
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My Student Council usually collects tickets for some portion of each of our events. I decided that we needed something better than the little pails that I usually give the students. I decided to make a ticket jar during lunch today! I used an old animal cracker jar and cut out two strips of scrapbook...
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Yesterday was my Student Council’s 2nd annual Warm Your Heart Day! This is probably my favorite event that we put on each year. For the month prior to Warm Your Heart Day, the officers deck the school out in anti-bullying posters. They also write and deliver announcements each morning over the PA system...
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This year my Student Council had adopted the theme “Be a Buddy, NOT a Bully!” I wanted to share two of our bulletin boards that we created to go along with the theme. The first bulletin board said “Bully or Buddy?” The officers created creatures that were holding pieces of paper with descriptions...
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Before leaving for Christmas break, one of my colleagues alerted me to an opportunity to show support for the Newtown school community. The Newtown PTA asked people around the world to send them paper snowflakes in an effort to turn their school into a winter wonderland. We got back to school on...
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“I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.” – Albert Schweitzer My Student Council organized a service opportunity that families could participate in over break. Eighteen...
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