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Fun for your family: Scribbles

by Julie Meyers Pron September 14, 2011

I can’t believe it took so long for me to be reminded of one of my favorite teaching activities: Scribbles. When we needed a break from the routine classwork, an imagination boost, or just some time of peace and quiet, I always loved to grab my file cards and get the kids coloring. A few [...]

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Teacher Gift Lists

by Julie Meyers Pron June 8, 2011

When my statistics show my suggestions for teacher gifts posts are among my most popular posts for the week, it’s always a great reminder for me that I need to purchase teacher gifts. So… to make it easy for everyone, here are links to some of my most popular teacher gift posts: End of the Year [...]

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PTO end-of-year newsletter

by Julie Meyers Pron June 7, 2011

For our PTO newsletter this month, I wrote a thank you to all of our volunteers. It also mentioned advice to parents about the importance of getting involved in your child’s school. Finally, I asked parents to reach out to new families to make them feel welcome and share the many ways to feel involved. [...]

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Classroom Idea: Pencil Lost & Found

by Julie Meyers Pron January 6, 2011

Teachers: need a solution for the child who is always losing his pencil? Parents: want to work with your child to make a useful gift for a teacher? Try this cure for the I need a pencil whisper or whine: a Pencil Lost & Found. Image by velostricken via Flickr Very simply, collect an empty [...]

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Should schools and PTOs be encouraging children to eat fast food?

by Julie Meyers Pron October 21, 2010

Image by Downing Street via Flickr Last week, I heard of an elementary school fundraiser entitled McTeachers. It seemed that teachers would be working the registers at a local McDonald’s and “a percentage of all sales” would go directly to the school. (Note the word “a”, and not a number. We have no idea if [...]

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Melvin: He just acted like a tough kid

by Julie Meyers Pron September 3, 2010

All these bullying and wimpy kid stories have brought back quite a few teaching stories for me. Today, I want to tell you about Melvin*. Melvin was a tall, African American boy. He transferred to our school in the middle of 3rd grade. He had a “tough guy” attitude and while I was often the [...]