Life Is Not About Me

  “Life is not about me. Life is about helping the people around me.”  – Ryan Janvion Knowing my disdain for the negative news that so often takes center stage, my husband handed me an article from the sports section of the Journal that he knew I would love.  It featured the words of Wake…

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Join ERG This Summer!

ERG and Salem College are excited to present our Summer 2017 professional development event:   Math Workshops July 25, 26, & 27, 2017 Salem College   Advanced Guided Math with Laney Sammons (K-8) — Tuesday, July 25, 2017 This institute is designed for teachers who are currently teaching in the Guided Math framework. Laney Sammons will work…

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No Quick Fixes

“Every spring, education-related newspaper and magazine stories raise the alarm that schools are teaching to the test. Scores of articles and editorials paint a disheartening picture of frustrated teachers forced to abandon good instructional practices for a relentless stream of worksheets based on boring, repetitive test-preparation materials.”  Craig Jerald It’s hard for teachers to stay…

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Register NOW for the 2016 K-5 Guided Math Institute!

K-5 Math Institute Using the Guided Math Framework to Promote Deep Mathematical Understanding with Laney Sammons and Donna Boucher July 25-28, 2016 Click HERE for the REGISTRATION FORM Event Details Pricing: The cost of this workshop is $600.00 per person and includes the following: • Breakfast each morning • Lunch each day • Workshop materials…

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2 Teaching Tips for 2016

“Teachers need to be evaluators and activators.” – Professor John Hattie We hope the New Year finds you ready to step back into the classroom invigorated and energized.  At ERG we believe effective teachers learn from their own teaching, so we would like to suggest two simple tips as you prepare to activate meaningful learning in…

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"Somebody, Wanted, But, So": A Graphic Organizer

Writing summaries is an important skill students need to master.  Summaries help students decide main ideas and separate important from less important details.  The problem comes with the latter.  Most students have a difficult time deciding what to include and what to leave out.  One graphic organizer we like which may be used to aid…

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Immersed in Interactive Info

Want a way to enable your students to be more independent thinkers and grow in processing and applying information?  Try implementing interactive notebooks.  These tools allow students to organize information through creative thinking and can be developed for most any curriculum area.  Interactive notebooks are used for class notes, problem solving, and other activities where…

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Begin with the End

As the fall semester unfolds, our lives at work and at home seem to become busier than ever.  One way to keep the stress under control is to be very well planned.  At home, this may mean having a calendar that includes all family activities and obligations so due dates are met and events are…

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Tune into Tech

Technology has changed the way educators teach and how students learn.  Digital databases and educational websites allow access to literally thousands of sources and the flexibility for teachers to engage students and meet the individual needs of their diverse learners.  Here are just a few tried and true sites for students that make the list…

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The Secret Strategy

The beginning of the year can be a hectic and stressful time for teachers.  There are many, many things that must happen outside the classroom and instructional day.  There are also lesson plans, students and resources to manage.  This juggling act continues all year, but during the first few months of school, it can seem…

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