entail
The dictionary definition leads toward many references to real estate and such, when I ran across it and decided to include it for WOTD it was in the context of “include” in the question “What do the requirements for the job entail?”
This works with the previous WOTDs when discussing points such as “What will acquiring [...]
Up for discussion in the ranks of internet common sense is this site. At the time of this posting the site is timing out when I try to check into it, but I attribute it to the coverage it received on the AP Wire today. (email me if the link is broken and I will [...]
acquire
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What do you need to provide you with the incentive to acquire your goals? What goal represents the epitome of what you want to accomplish?
A tool that may be helpful in organizing goals is the “pocket mod” which can allow your students a way to see goals written out in [...]
incentive
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What a great concept for back to school. Can spark conversation about goal setting for the class/day/week/quarter/trimester/semester/year. What kind of incentive is there to focusing in your class and trying to achieve a grade of their/your/their parents’ choosing? Maybe there’s not any kind of incentive - maybe that’s a whole [...]
This awesome little tool lets you type in an address and it gives a score for how “walkable” the neighborhood. Good for social studies, fitness or math.
Click here for Walk Score
(they are supported by ads. just something to keep in mind)
My goal with WOTD is that I’ll try to find usable words and then give ways to tie them together. That’s the idea anyway…
WOTD 1
epitome
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I love this word. This word is the epitome of how difficult the English language is to learn. There is no way without a dictionary or [...]
This lists salaries for several college degrees - mostly business/tech related but some liberal arts as well.
Click Here for salary information
I haven’t spent much time on this site, but it’s developed by a retired teacher and speech pathologist who used grant money and her retirement to work on a way to help children read with greater success. It’s geared for younger students, I’m curious how it could assist in remediation of reading difficulties.Click Here for [...]
A website from a middle school counselor full of topics you’d likely ask your own school counselor about. Good information and springboard for a variety of topics.Click Here for Scott Counseling
I admit to all the FACS teachers out there - when I had a student who could not work fractions and you gave him or her a worksheet to do that involved converting measurements (how many Tbsp in a cup sort of thing) I just pulled up this site and let them do it this [...]
