Category: Take5 - BubbleUp Classroom

Take5: Eco-Anxiety (Yes, it's a Thing). Public Speaking, Collaboration and More

2/18/2020

Our post this week explores the challenge of teaching students about climate change. It also highlights strategies for promoting public speaking, and collaboration in the classroom. We explore how some schools are helping kids cope with school refusal and last but not least, highlight how one teacher is using her personal experience with Valentine's Day to teach kids first hand about kindness. So put down that grading for a few minutes and Take5.

Take5: Student Talk, Student Assessment, the History of Thanksgiving, and Cookie Monster

11/26/2019

This week's Take5 serves up a little of everything, kinda like the Thanksgiving Dinner you are all hopefully about to enjoy later this week. For a main course, we're offering up discussions starters to help reluctant learners explore why school matters and teacher strategies for improving student talk and student assessment. Looking for a side dish to accompany those strategies? Explore the history of Thanksgiving (the history teacher in me couldn't resist). And for dessert, a little time with one of our favorite Sesame Street Characters, Cookie Monster. So Take5 teacher friends and then enjoy your very well earned Thanksgiving break!

Take5: Combating Racism in the Classroom, Talking to Your Middle Schooler, Perfectionism and More

10/1/2019

This week's Take5 is focused on working to understand each other better. Recognizing racism in education, promoting #OwnVoices books about indigenous peoples, communicating with middle school students, the changing nature of parenting and childhood, and combating perfectionism. Check it out!

BubbleUp Take5: Cultural proficiency, native voices, drawing, and what teens need from schools

6/4/2019

This week we've got all sorts of things on our mind. We've been focused on equity in our school district this year so a piece on cultural proficiency sparked my interest. I also discovered a new podcast for kids, learned about the impact of drawing on learning, and considered the teen brain a bit as well.

So, take5 and share with us what you think about these stories and more! We'd love to hear from you.

Take5: Grading, Lunch, Compassionate Classroom Management, Tech, and TED Talks.

4/2/2019

This week's Take5 explores a new approach to grades, the problems created by extremely early lunch times in some schools (9 am, really?), and compassionate ways to manage your classroom. Also, we talk about new tech tools for the classroom and a dynamic resource from TED-Ed that gets kids using TED Talks to make connections beyond the classroom walls. So Take5.

Take 5: Time, Translate, Talk, and more

1/14/2019

This week's Take5 focuses on what's happening in the classroom -- creating time, a Google tool to support English learners, mastering conversations. We also look at a game that would be fun to play in the library and a great site with lots of ways to explore science in the classroom.

BubbleUp Take5: Reading, English Learners, Total Participation, and Burnout

10/30/2018

This week we're reading about reading -- the value of having lots of books in your home as well as reading instruction. We're mulling over specific strategies to access the strengths of students, looking at ways to get ALL students actively involved in learning, and thinking about teacher burnout. So take five minutes and check it all out!

Take5: Writing to Learn, the Science Fair, Midterm Election Learning, Student Mental Health, and Libraries as Life.

10/9/2018

This week's Take5 touches on writing to learn and the power of science fairs. Plus, we highlight ways to bring the Midterm Elections to life for your students and outline the steps one state is using to teach kids about mental health (and remove the stigma surrounding it). And to finish: an eloquent story about libraries and how they represent the legacy so many of us work toward in life. So pour a cup of coffee or tea, put your feet up, and read Take5 for a little educator inspiration.