Undistracted: Helping Students Learn How to Learn
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Teaching students to manage impulses, stay focused on tasks through completion, and develop a sense of autonomy in learning to achieve academic success doesn’t have to be hard. According to Free Spirit author Richard M. Cash, Ed.D., in
Self-Regulation in the Classroom
, it can be as easy as ABC:
A
ffect (how you feel),
B
ehavior (what you do),
C
ognition (how you think).
In
this month’
s book excerpts, you’ll find advice from Dr. Cash and other Free Spirit authors on helping students self-regulate. Read on for:
- Tips for students to gauge their mental energy
- Myths and truths about goal setting
- A guide on how to structure creative thinking in the classroom
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Waiting is hard for young children, but learning patience and self-control helps set them up for success.
This new addition to the
Best Behavior® series offers ideas to make waiting less frustrating—by drawing, stretching, playing games, and more.
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Tips & Tools from the Free Spirit Blog
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“Preschoolers want what they want, and they want it right now,” writes blogger Molly Breen. In this post, she offers three steps to help young children develop self-control.
Read now.
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The answer “I’m fine” can mask feelings of overwhelming frustration, anger, anxiety, or many other emotions. Blogger Allison Amy Wedell walks readers through four tips to help young children understand their big feelings.
Read now.
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Educational grants available for your school or community:
The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) presents Inspire Special Events Grants that support the creation or enhancement of short-term projects and events that promote reading, books, literacy, and authors, with the goal of increasing student achievement. Grants may be used for author visits, contests, book clubs, summer reading programs, and displays.
Eligibility: Public, Charter, grades 5–12
Prize: $2,000
Application Deadline: February 1, 2020
The Captain Planet Foundation awards ecoSolution Grants to support environmental projects. Projects must be solution-oriented, project-based, performed by youth, and have real environmental outcomes.
Eligibility: Public, Private, Charter, Other (including homeschool, 501 (c)(3) organizations)
Prize: $500–$2,500
Application Deadline: January 15, 2020
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“
Start Seeing and Serving Underserved Gifted Students
is an easy-to-read, easy-to-use, practical, and much-needed resource for educators. The authors not only demonstrate research- and evidence-based best practices in the field of gifted education, but also give real-world examples from educators who have identified and met the needs of underserved and underrepresented gifted students in their classrooms and schools by using the toolkit strategies. This book is a valuable tool that is greatly needed to identify, understand, and meet the needs of underserved gifted students whose potential, creativity, curiosity, and gifts must be nurtured and developed.”
—Lois Baldwin, Ed.D.,
2e educational consultant and president and cofounder of the Association for the Education of Gifted Underachieving Students (AEGUS)
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Upcoming Events and Conferences
November 7–10: National Association for Gifted Children, Albuquerque, NM
November 8–10: Conference on Educational Leadership, National Harbor, MD
November 16–20: National Association for the Education of Young Children, Nashville, TN
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—Arthur Ashe, American athlete
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