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| Could you please answer a few of my questions? (academic honesty) | 2/1/2007 | Patricia Ireland-Williams |
Q: My name is Lorelei Farrar and I am writing a paper on academic honesty. I would appreciate it if ...
A: I have not dealt with this issue often because most teachers observe cheating and as a result, take ...
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| The use of "a" and "an" | 1/25/2007 | Laura |
Q: You may find this question a little out of the ordinary, but your profile said your expertise is in ...
A: For the short answer: According to Paul Brians at Washington State, "An historic" is technically ...
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| vocabulary&writing | 11/28/2006 | Patricia Ireland-Williams |
Q: how i can help my 4 grader to love writing and to improve his vocabulary?thank you
A: I would suggest that you find books that are of interest to him/her and then rather than telling you ...
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| literature | 11/20/2006 | Becky Gaconnet |
Q: Becky; Hi, I was wondering if you could provide any personal insight about literature that would ...
A: This is a question that might take some real thought to answer! Let me pop off a "top of the head" ...
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| coles notes | 11/15/2006 | Laura |
Q: In Canada, we have a study book series available called 'Cole's Notes'. Those are study outlines for ...
A: Here we have Cliff's notes and PinkMonkey.com. You aren't going to like my answer, because the ...
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| back to school | 11/7/2006 | Patricia Ireland-Williams |
Q: i am legally an adult now since i am 18 years old so i am responsible for my education now.are you ...
A: Most community colleges accept a GED as entry level....you may have to take a test to determine your ...
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| back to school | 11/7/2006 | Patricia Ireland-Williams |
Q: I have been homeschooled for the last few years of highschool,and I tryed to go back but they said ...
A: I am sorry to hear of your unfortunate situation. As long as you are underage, your parents are the ...
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| high school students and principal | 10/20/2006 | Becky Gaconnet |
Q: Today I subbed at a high school in NY that is considered very rough and in trouble. They have had to ...
A: I am sorry to have taken so long to reply. So much in a school atmosphere does depend on the ...
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| Internet Research/MS office | 10/12/2006 | Sonia |
Q: Can you advise how to streamline and simplify search results when helping 3rd-5th Grade research on ...
A: You can simplify search results by typing more key words with operators AND, NOT and OR as well as ...
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| behaviour management | 10/11/2006 | Chuck Brickman |
Q: I'm looking for some strategies for keeping teens on task and increasing the amount of work ...
A: I'll share some of the things I do to keep middle school kids on task: 1. Limit any given activity ...
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| rules about length of quotes in papers | 10/2/2006 | Laura |
Q: What rules do you give your students about length of quote or amount of information from an article ...
A: I don't have any hard and fast rules. I have used a "rule of thumb" of about 10% of total material ...
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| teaching tools | 9/14/2006 | Laura |
Q: My boys are seventh and eighth grade. I decided to home school them. They are good in grammer. But ...
A: The only thing I really know to help them with grammar and writing is to read and write. By writing ...
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| speech | 9/14/2006 | Patricia Ireland-Williams |
Q: im a student council member and im trying to make a good speech . can you help me choose a good ...
A: Sorry, it would not be appropriate for me to write a speech for you in that I do not know anything ...
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| advice | 9/9/2006 | Patricia Ireland-Williams |
Q: I am new supervisior in english can you help me to write a report for new teacher at the begining of ...
A: Kamel, When writing a manual to assist teachers in the new year, try to include things that will ...
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| Gaining Cert to Teach | 8/22/2006 | Laura |
Q: I am a college grad with a BS Business Admin and have been working in my field for the last 20 ...
A: I am afraid that there is not an easy answer to this one. In general, teachers are liscensed to ...
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| Controlling the class | 8/15/2006 | Chuck Brickman |
Q: I am a trainee teacher. Now I am in my first practicum .I got very bad class for my practicum. One ...
A: As you know, generally starting the lesson without having the attention of the class is futile and ...
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| Homeschooling with ACE | 8/6/2006 | Becky Gaconnet |
Q: I am homeschooling my two daughters one is in the 10th grade and the other is starting the 9th this ...
A: For grades, I have had some friends who used something called "gradekeeper," which I believe was a ...
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| teaching/answer | 8/6/2006 | MaryAnn F. Kohl |
Q: i;ve been working in a primary school as a learning support assisstant(LSA) for a year and a half ...
A: Please forgive me for not answering your question properly... I just picked my husband up from ...
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| Shift from French to English | 8/1/2006 | Laura |
Q: Laura I know my question is a little bit strange. I have two girls in Grade 7 and Grade 2 studing in ...
A: In my experience, young children pick up language easily, especially in an immersion situation. The ...
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| Religious Comments in Science Class | 7/19/2006 | Patricia Ireland-Williams |
Q: In my elementary science classes, I often get questions and comments relating to God. I have not ...
A: I understand your diliemma.....as a Christian, I have faced this many times. I believe that when ...
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| Religious Comments in Science Class | 7/19/2006 | Chuck Brickman |
Q: In my elementary science classes, I often get questions and comments relating to God. I have not ...
A: I get similar questions from 5th grade science students. I would recommend that first, check with ...
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| Computer grading software | 7/16/2006 | Chuck Brickman |
Q: What is your experience with choosing a grading software package for middle schoolteachers either ...
A: These are the factors that I have used to assess programs: cost user friendly ability to compile ...
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| Tests | 7/13/2006 | Chuck Brickman |
Q: I use to write curriculuum for the Navy. I recall we had received direction on writing tests. They ...
A: Actually, developing test questions is a field unto itself. Here are a couple of web sites that will ...
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| english grammar | 7/4/2006 | Sonia |
Q: and im from the philippines...would u help me improve my englis communication skills and i badly ...
A: I really do not know nor believe that 2 weeks is long enaugh period for improving English! I would ...
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| Summer School | 7/3/2006 | Patricia Ireland-Williams |
Q: I'm am starting my first real job in a week. I'm going to be teaching summer school in a IEP class ...
A: Asking them what they want to learn about is o.k. but I doubt that they will want to learn what they ...
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| teacher | 7/3/2006 | Patricia Ireland-Williams |
Q: what is the characteristics of good and lovely teacher?
A: The characteristics of a good teacher is one who is well prepared, genuinely cares for their ...
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| class control | 7/3/2006 | Patricia Ireland-Williams |
Q: how we can make students involved in class activities?
A: Not knowing what you teach, this varies from subject to subject but........When you design lessons, ...
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| no subject | 7/1/2006 | Patricia Ireland-Williams |
Q: I am 16 years Old. FOR THE PAST 10 Years I have struggled with my studies and yes I have been able ...
A: It is never to late to learn...............believe it or not, I never liked to read until after I ...
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| Studying to become a teacher | 6/26/2006 | Patricia Ireland-Williams |
Q: I was wondering if u had any advice or information on how to become a teacher, by evening study or ...
A: Darren......... You can obtain the information you need from your state's educational certification ...
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| homeschool P.E. for Elementary kids who hated gym | 6/23/2006 | Gary Franklin |
Q: I will start this fall homeschooling my 3rd and 5th grade sons. They both hated gym at their ...
A: I am sorry that your children in their phtsical education classes. For most children physical ...
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| Education Structure | 5/28/2006 | Marilyn Robb |
Q: You wouldn't happen to be knowledgable about the structure of college programs, and in general what ...
A: I am not sure what kind of 'knowledge' you are looking for. But I can say that doctorate programms ...
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| How to teach a particular English Grammar subject | 5/4/2006 | Chuck Brickman |
Q: I want to explain the concept of voices - active and passive voice to children in the age group of ...
A: Here are some suggestions and sources for addtional info: Active Voice A feature of sentences in ...
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| Academic Target Setting | 5/3/2006 | Chuck Brickman |
Q: I'm the level head of the school and would like to ask for advice as to the process of setting ...
A: I know how challenging students of this age can be. I also remember how much I enjoyed working with ...
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| Enabling adaptive P.E. student to participate in mainstream classroom | 5/1/2006 | Chuck Brickman |
Q: The student has M.S. and it is degenerative, so as time goes on, he has less and less use of his ...
A: There are literally hundreds of activity modifications that you can use to enable such a student to ...
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| Integrating Interdisciplinary concepts in Phys Ed curriculum | 4/30/2006 | Gary Franklin |
Q: What are some ways I can best integrate interdisciplinary concepts from the K-3 general classroom ...
A: The first thing to do is to check with the classroom teachers to see what they are teaching in their ...
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| QUESTION FIVE | 4/5/2006 | Patricia Ireland-Williams |
Q: ..I don't think my questions 1-4 went through..but here those are too, while I am at it...... If he ...
A: 1) He determined how he would be paid when he signed his contract......month to month or to extend ...
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| QUESTION FIVE | 4/5/2006 | Patricia Ireland-Williams |
Q: ..sorry..I forgot to mention this questions. my friend has 17 years of teaching experience and great ...
A: In my state, Arizona, the Unions welcome the opportunity to help their collegues....I encourage you ...
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| emergency classroom management | 4/5/2006 | Patricia Ireland-Williams |
Q: I'm in desperate need of help. This is essentially my first year, and I'm teaching English language ...
A: This is a tough one in that you are right.......classroom management starts the very first day and ...
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| Computers | 3/19/2006 | Sonia |
Q: :) I'm a new teacher in charge of looking for computers for our small, private school. Currently we ...
A: You have to know that I live in Croatia so I don't know uch about your possibilities. I can only ...
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| Motivating Young Child to Learn to Read and Write | 3/19/2006 | Marilyn Robb |
Q: My 6year old grandson is taking his time to show an interest in reading and writing. His teacher has ...
A: First I want to encourage not to be over-anxious about the situation. Your grand son is still quite ...
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