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What I Learned about Teaching from Studying Martial Arts

Excerpt from a 1993 journal entry:

I wrote a note to my building principal to update him on my progress in Kung Fu since the “Kung Fu Parable”.  I told him that my experience in Kung Fu will make me a better teacher.  It has reminded me of what it feels like to be a “kid/student” [...]

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A Dozen Ways to Build a Caring Classroom Community

One of my “12 Ways Series” articles was just published at Teachers.Net Gazette:

Susan Fitzell: A Dozen Ways to Build a Caring Classroom Community …
Apr 1, 2009 … Susan Fitzell is a nationally recognized speaker and author of several educational resource books. She has over two decades of experience …

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Calming your Class

Linda Schlyer, the Title 1 Math Specialist at Castle Rock Middle School says she uses wind chimes in her classroom to calm students.
Here are some other options for calming a classroom from the the Thinking Classroom out of the U.K.
What do you use? If you have some calming tips, please add them!

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