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Please Help Me With My Homework - Spanish Translation

I’ve had my book, “Please Help Me With My Homework: Strategies for Parents and Caregivers” translated into Spanish. I was advised to have it translated into Castilian Spanish so that it would be universal. So, that’s the dialect the book is presently in. I am not Spanish speaking. I had the book translated because of the need for Spanish speaking parents to have a resource to support their students. I do a lot of work with schools that have a significant bi-lingual population and believe this book may help some familes. [...]

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The Power of Songs for Memorization

Using singing and music to help students remember material can be one of the most powerful tools in your teaching toolkit for reinforcing memorization and [...]

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Small Groups – Good for All Ages!

The techniques and strategies we use in grade school classes can be put to use anywhere learning takes place, including higher education and on-the-job [...]

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Capitalizing on Vocabulary

Strategies for teaching vocabulary from teachers in the [...]

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Hit Tunes from Real Teachers

Jeanne from Kirtland, NM teaches Quadratic Equation Through Song

During the week of August 10th I was pleased to work with two great groups of teachers.  During the first great session in Kirtland New Mexico, one of the high school math teachers agreed to demonstrate how she uses music by singing the quadratic formula to the [...]

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Mnemonic Ideas from the Classroom

Mnemonic devices are excellent tools for teachers who want to help their students remember important facts. An interesting and fun exercise that I talk about in my seminars is to have your students try to come up with their own mnemonic devices. This article includes some tips from the trenches on creating mnemonics for your [...]

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Order of Operations Mnemonic

This is a color coded visual version of the “Order of Operations” Mnemonic, “Please, excuse my dear aunt Sally for looking too rough”

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Mnemonics for remembering test strategies from Schnecksville!

I recently presented a workshop in Schnecksville, PA. The participants’ challenge was to create a song to help students memorize test taking strategies. They all did such a wonderful job with their rhymes, songs and mnemonics that I wanted to share them with all of you. The memorization & test [...]

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