Elementary Penguin

Yes, I'm THAT penguin the Beatles sang about. Also an experienced primary school teacher blogging about 'teachy' type stuff.  See more teaching ideas on my pinterest - https://pinterest.co.uk/wrongedpenguin   

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Deep breaths. 😑 http://ift.tt/2higyD1

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I am an adult and bought a lunch box for work that has elephants

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You’re not alone. This is currently in my basket:

https://tinyurl.com/y93hjef2

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Learn how language spiral review can be an effective grammar review tool in your classroom. Grammar Practice | Daily Language Spiral Review

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Free printable place value game for learning expanded form from Little Learning Lovies and Kids Activities Blog.

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Colorful Rocks meeting - Steffie Brocoli 

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Yoga for the classroom

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i don’t think i’ve ever seen something as great as this

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Washed Up is an environmental installation and photography project that transforms the international debris washing up on Mexico’s Caribbean coast into aesthetic yet disquieting works. By Alejandro Durán.

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the speech impediment of the 21st century (by Marc Johns)

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I’ll fuck you up buddy this is not a speech impediment it’s linguistic evolution!! the existence of the phrase “Aisha was like” allows the speaker to convey whatever Aisha said without making the listener assume they’re quoting Aisha directly while still maintaining the FEELING of what Aisha said.

ie, Aisha said she didn’t want to go out with me VERSUS Aisha was like, “I’d rather kiss a Wookie”.

the addition of “XYZ was like” lets the speaker be more expressive and efficient and it is a totally valid method of communicating information!!

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With the way language has evolved, this is one of the few ways I can even think of to express in casual conversation what someone said. 

“So I said to Aisha,” is certainly used, but if you remove the “so,” which implies casual tone (“and” can be used in the same way), you get

“I said to Aisha,” which is really formal in most English dialects/variations. I don’t know about all, but in New England dialects, you sound like you’re reading aloud from a novel.

“I told Aisha,” is really only used when you continue to describe, not tell, what you told her. Ex: “I told Aisha that James was too punk for her” works while, “I told Aisha, ‘James is too punk for you’” crosses the line back into formalness of the “I said.”

Things like “I asked” or “I answered [with]” are similar levels of casual and efficient to the “So, I said [or say, as many conversations about the past take place in present tense anyway, as if the speaker is giving a play-by-play in the moment]” but are specific to only certain situations. 

“I was like, ‘Marc Johns, what is your obsession with restoring archaic speech patterns and interfering with the natural progression of English from complex to efficient?’” envelopes all of these easily and is accessible and crisp, and allows for more variations on inflection than the others.

Of course, James is probably like, “I already fucking said that.” But eh, I tried adding on.

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#linguistics #a.k.a. how I learned to stop worrying and love the evolution of the English language without being a discriminatory elitist jerk (via crystalandrock)

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5 Activities to Help Students Improve Their Working Memory

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If you're on the lookout for great hands-on math activities for your upper elementary students, you're going to love the ideas at this blog post. Your 3rd, 4th, 5th, & 6th grade classroom or homeschool students are going to love the geometry, measurement, place value, area & perimeter, & games found here! You'll even get ideas for math concept sorts. Click through for all the details on how this can improve your math, STEAM, or project-based learning lessons. {third, fourth, fifth, sixth grad...

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Age 08 ~ Math ~ Skip Count: 3 ~ Multiplication ~ chalkboard drawing

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Tough spot number practice with wet cotton wool buds:)

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