Word of the Day - incentive

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 other conversation....

The Walk Score

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)

Word of the Day - epitome

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 hearing it that you would ever guess "epuh-tohm" would be pronounced "eepit-oh-me".

Salaries for College Grads

This lists salaries for several college degrees - mostly business/tech related but some liberal arts as well.

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Sounds for Reading

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 Words Ahead

Scott Counseling

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

Online Measurement Conversion

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 way. I wasn't going to be able to teach several years of math just to cover one assignment. And frankly if I needed to do this in my own this is exactly how I'd do it.

Their tagline is "Convert just about anything to anything else. Over 5,000 units, and 50,000 conversions."

onlineconversion.com is a free site, but they do have ads and can make money if you click the ads to check out their sponsors.

Click Here for Online Conversion

Integrating Standards Curriculum

The Collaboration of three Minnesota Intermediate School Districts has lesson plans specific to special ed curriculum, but may be worth others looking at - especially social studies.

Click Here to see Integrating Standards Curriculum

Adjectives

Sorry for the length...

If you would like a pdf of this, email thetardyteacher (at) earthlink (dot) net

(I've lost the citation, I am looking for it and will add it when found.)

adventurous
superstitious
dependent (on)
unfriendly
aggressive
clueless
innocent
active
old-fashioned
anxious
adaptable
decent
moral
annoyed
irritated
arrogant
irritating
enlightened
well-informed
upset
excited
open
open-minded
sincere
honest
crazy
flipped-out
well-balanced
stable
shy
timid
talented
gifted
excited
enthusiastic
crazy
mad
persevering
persistent
dogged
helpful
well-known
famous
crazy
loopy
mad
zany
popular
modest
humble
self-effacing
demented
crazy
possessive
spellbinding
fascinating
silly
ignorant
stupid
spiteful
evil
angry
mean
spiteful
well-behaved
good
chaotic
disorganised
charming
cool
thankful
grateful
dumb
self-centered
ambitious
honest
jealous
selfish
simple
plain
conceited, arrogant, smug, vain
unique, matchless
lonely, lonesome
vain
very mean, detestable
gross, disgusting
elegant, classy
touchy, sensitive (to)
sensitive, feeling
energetic; assertive
committed, dedicated
narrow-minded
successful
serious
first-class
fair
fantastic
fascinating
lazy
cowardly, fainthearted
fine, refined
firm, unchanging, solid
fit, feeling good
hard-working, industrious
progressive, progress-minded
saucy, cheeky
kind, friendly
happy
cheerful, merry
thoughtful, considerate
hospitable, generous
educated, cultured; well informed
patient
dangerous
full-of-feeling, sentimental
witty, brilliant
stingy, cheap, tight
rude, low, ignorant
pleasant
brilliant, genius
just; fair; impartial
valued, dear, appreciated
clever, skillful
skillful, clever
closed, reserved
chatty, talkative
sociable
healthy
conscientious
greedy
reliable, trustworthy
apathetic (towards); unconcerned (about), indifferent (to >>
happy, lucky
coarse, rude
generous
good
well-dressed
in a good mood, good-humoured
well informed (on)
good-natured
half as ...as...
stubborn
hard
hard-headed, stubborn
domestic, home-loving
cheerful
bright, clear-headed
uninhibited, unworried
wonderful, magnificent
heartless
helpful
cooperative, helpful
deceitful, tricky
haughty, proud
snobby, stuck-up
polite
hungry
idealistic
impulsive
intellectual
smart, intelligent
interesting
interested (in)
being interested in many things
intolerant (of)
irascible, in a bad temper
young
cold, unfriendly
fond of children
childish, puerile, silly
like a child, childlike
great, super, terrific
petty, nitpicking, fussy
clever, intelligent; smart
strange, funny, weird
complicated
consistent
conservative
outgoing
creative
critical
unstable, moody
slow
boring
easy-going, laid-back
moody, ill-tempered
loud
lively, active; cheerful
shallow; careless, reckless
passionate, serious; enthusiastic
quiet, soft
eager to learn, studious
liberal, tolerant
dear, nice, kind, pleasant
kind, pleasant, genial
funny (witty, humorous)
melancholy, pensive
unusual, strange
miserable
mistrustful, wary
sympathetic
modern
fashionable, stylish
moral
alert, lively, upbeat
musical
courageous, gutsy; daring
careless, slack, sloppy
close to nature, fond of being outdoors
natural, genuine
envious
nervous
nice
curious
depressed
cute
normal
superficial, shallow
open
optimistic
tidy, neat, orderly
partial (to)
biased, prejudiced (against)
passive
pessimistic
phlegmatic, calm, unemotional
fussy, finicky
practical
punctual, on time
radical, revolutionary
refined, elegant
rough
rebellious
dogmatic, know-all, always must be right
honest, sincere, has integrity
rich
mature
religious
correct, proper, downright
romantic
inconsiderate, careless
considerate
calm, placid, laid-back
sarcastic
clean
angry, sour, cross
chic, stylish
messy, dirty
clever, tricky
bad
in a bad mood, bad-humoured
dirty, not clean
fast
uncommunicative, reserved, taciturn
shy
weak, poor
clumsy
unselfish
self-confident
independent
selfish, ego(t)istic(al)
strange, weird
sensitive
safe, secure, certainly
carefree, free of worries
careful
thrifty, careful with money
late
spontaneous
athletic
mocking, making fun of
strong, cool
proud
quarrelsome, loves to argue, aggressive
sweet, nice
likable, friendly, nice
tactless, indiscreet
tactful, discreet
lively, high-spirited, has much character
fond of animals
daring; foolhardy, reckless
lethargic, lazy, sluggish
sad
loyal, faithful
typical(ly)
crazy, too tightly wound
exuberant; ebullient
concerned for the environment
independent (of)
naughty
clumsy
easy-going
inflexible, uncompromising
disobedient
clumsy
enterprising, adventurous, keen to do things
irresistible
responsible
responsible
uptight, mean, spiteful
glum, ill-humoured, annoyed
reliable
embarrassed, self-conscious
reasonable, sensible
crazy
trustworthy
confused
pampered, spoilt (brat)
in doubt, desperate
careful
insane, crazy
friendly
warm hearted
repulsive, disgusting
wild
funny, smart-alecky
uncommunicative, reserved, taciturn
wonderful, great
absent-minded
single-minded, purposeful, determined
angry
satisfied, content
reserved; uncommunicative; cautious
dependable, reliable, trustworthy

Sunrise/Sunset Calendar Times

Site with MANY sunrise/sunset times already on the front page, but also has the capacity to be programmed for specific places.

Click Here for Sunrise/Sunset Calendar