The Ouija Board began as a harmless parlor game in 1890. What happened over the years to cause the mere mention of the talking board to invoke instant dread?

A great way to keep your toddler entertained is to build them a busy board! All you need is a piece of wood and anything that toddlers love to play with.

I ran across a pin on Pinterest today that really intrigued me. A list of Gothic Victoriana baby names, apparently genuine given names from the Victorian age in Britain. It’s definitely somet…

Y/n wakes up in a strange room, he can remember his past and is confused by where he is. But is met by an ethereal being named Iris, Who explains he was picked by the gods to participate in a "Game" to become a god. But the game contains certain rules !This story is a slow burn kind of romance with so lovers quarrel type stuff! !Artwork on cover is not mine! Current word count? 41574

With this board game, students will practice asking questions. On each square, a question word or the beginning of a question is given. Students now ask the correct question, or else... Other students can then answer the question (either chosen at random or by the ´asker´). Especially suitable for smaller groups. (For bigger groups you could print more copies and split the class into groups, making sure to appoint a ´teacher´s assistant´). Have fun! - ESL worksheets

Trying to help hurting souls.•Fighting chronic illness & pain [Endo, IC, IBD + more]. ♡—ROMANS 12:12

Cranium, noodle, melon, noggin...the human skull has been called a lot of things over the years. Here are the proper names for each part.

Watch the exclusive Mr. Media interview with Nate Fakes by clicking on the video player above!Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of wannabe cartoonists who all got rejected by newspaper syndicates for being unable to draw or write funny gags day after day after day after day… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Nate Fakes. With a name like that, he's pretty much got to be funny, right? Fakes is the creator of 'Break of Day,' a syndicated, single-panel daily comic strip in the mode of 'The Far Side'

The series board games should be a funny, playful way to practice vocabulary and grammar orally. The instructions for the teachers are included.If you like this game, you can find more board games here:https://en.islcollective.com/mypage/my-creations?search_key=Board+games&type=printables&option=published&id=5163&grammar=&vocabulary=&materials=&levels=&studentTypes=&skills=&languageExams=&dialect=&functions=&page=1&sorting_type=most_newest&filter_type=filter_all&view_type=list&view_length=12 - ESL worksheets

Creepy crawly spiders! Heights! The dark! These are some common top fears to name a few, and if you're anything like me, heck, you're not too fond of any of those three. But do you know what the number one fear is? The one that outweighs all others? Glossophobia. (Cue the eery music) Dun, da, dun! Now before we get all panicked and shriek in horror, what exactly is this dreadful phobia? In layman's terms--the fear of public speaking. Even if you don't personally suffer from glossophobia, you probably have experienced some type of symptoms like a racing heart, sweaty palms, dry mouth, or some type of mild anxiety before speaking in front of others. So how do we get better at communicating in a group setting, and how do we prepare our students, even at a young age, to do this? Like other academic skills, how to participate in a discussion is something that needs to be taught explicitly. When I was early in my teaching career, whole class discussion typically consisted of me asking the questions while my students provided the answers. Sure, the questions were good, and by good, I mean the kinds of questions that were open-ended and required critical thinking. But still, I was the one that was doing all the leading. I was doing all the asking. I was doing all the steering. I was the driver if you will. Now instead imagine a classroom where the students are the ones in the driver's seat. The students are the ones asking the questions AND providing the answers. The students are the ones steering the discussion. Over my years of teaching, I have learned (and am still learning!) to "release control," and recently, I envisioned a classroom where student-led discussion was the norm. Thus, began my quest of how to make this happen. If I wanted my students to truly lead the discussion in my classroom, then I would need to give them the skills and tools to be able to do this. This is where gradual release comes into play. Gradual release is the process in which you basically pass the baton slowly from teacher to student as students gain independence with a particular skill or concept. Here's how it works. 1) You teach the skill directly. This involves direct instruction and modeling. 2) You involve students in the process while you still support. This is often referred to as guided instruction. For example, for a math lesson involving the steps of solving a story problem, you now do a few story problems "together." 3) You give students independent practice time with the skill while you provide feedback, both affirming and adjusting (i.e. "I see you drew a picture to help you solve the problem, great job choosing a strategy. Let's double check your addition in the tens place...") . 4) You wrap up the lesson by clearing up misconceptions, going over answers from independent work, and perhaps informally assessing students through say an exit ticket or cold calling with popsicle sticks. In sum, you go from "me" to "we" to "you." So I thought, why couldn't this process be used for teaching student-led discussion? Using the idea of gradual release, I broke down teaching student-led discussion into the six steps below: The outline above involves starting in baby steps. First, introduce students to discussion stems. It is best to only start with a few at a time as well as to choose more concrete stems to begin with like, "I have a question..." or "I agree/disagree with..." first. These stems give students the language they need to jump into the discussion both in the format of asking a question as well as replying with a comment or relevant thought. I have designed 16 meaningful discussion stem posters for students to refer to. The posters come in three different sizes, one perfect for hanging up on your classroom walls, one perfect to put on a ring and use for a small group, and one perfect for students to use as their individual resource. Second, have students begin with less-academic, more fun topics vs. essential questions that require critical thinking. The goal here is that students can initially focus mostly on their communication skills vs. having to delve into deep thinking. Of course, once students have had ample practice learning the process of student-led discussion, then by all means dive head first into critical thinking guided by your academic units! For teaching student-led discussion with juicy yet "easy" topics that hook students' interest, I created 20 discussion starters to use. Third, give students time to write down their thinking and plan out what they are going to say about the topic rather than making them think and speak on the spot. I created some planning templates that can be used for any topic or essential question so that they can be used for meaty academic topics too. (P.S. They are editable so that I can type in my topic or essential question and make as many copies as I need!! Whoopee!!) Fourth, set clear expectations before you start the student-led discussion such as what respectful listening looks like. Teach, model, and have students model these expectations so that you are setting students up for success. Fifth, give students a goal as to how many times to speak and over time, increase it. For example, for the very first practice, you might say something like, "Today, everyone needs to speak at least one time. You may participate by asking a question, making a comment, or responding to someone else's comment. If you want to participate more than one time in the discussion, you may." Here's a rubric that can help students self-monitor and self-evaluate their communication skills. Sixth, the very first time students practice student-led discussion, participate as the teacher as needed, calling on students who may need some encouragement. Over time, you will participate less and less until not at all! I made some recording sheets as an assessment tool to give students feedback, celebrate sutdents' successes, and support students in making growth in their communication skills. They come in different forms where I can record specific discussion stems students used or just in general whether students asked a question or made a comment. I also made them different sizes--one for whole class, one for small group. (PPS These are editable too so that student names can be typed directly on the sheet!) The key to this whole process is baby steps. You want students to feel safe, encouraged, and confident, and the way to do this is to give students the tools they need up front and then release them slowly towards independence. To see this "How to Teach Meaningful Student-Led Discussion Pack" in detail, click on the image below! With the resources in this pack, your students certainly will not suffer from glossophobia as you create a safe and welcoming environment where students lead the discussion as your norm. Now as calming other fears like spiders... Good luck! :)

The best middle names for Sienna - vintage classics and modern, trendy ideas that work perfectly with this girl's name.

The typewriter, awesome bit of kit whose easily-recognisable clickety sound has punctuated many a film noir, detective story, cop drama and court drama. Creator of suspense as much as va-va-voom down the typing pools of WWII, the typewriter, object of desire, despise and derision, where stories were told and plots unfolded by the Graham Greenes, Agatha Christies and Hemingways of this world... The typewriter, trapping fingers, eating paper, jamming, being hurled abuse at, thrown across rooms in fits of tantrums. The unimitable slightly smeared, slightly dirty typeface, enemy of the purist and of those trapped by dogma... Now available from an app near you. Source: The Virtual Typewriter.

Learn basic Stage Directions with the Stage Diagram provided. Blocking made simple by knowledge of the Director's Stage Vocabulary.

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Getting to know each other a little bit more and having fun at the same time? I tried yesterday in my course for teachers this board game and we enjoyed it very much! Borrow figures and the dice from Ludo board game and you can go on.

If you're teaching nouns in first grade or second grade, this free noun game is a great fit! Kids can list a person, place, object, or animal as they move along the board. #firstgrade #secondgrade #noungame #grammar

This is the perfect board game to play as a time filler activity for your ESL class. Your students take turns rolling the die and naming three things around the topic on the board.

Wondering what's the right way to go about creating a new board on Pinterest? This step by step post will halp you create a new board quickly!

This is a fun board game about animals. Your ESL students work in pairs or groups, they throw a die and need to name different types of animals.

The Scots-Irish DNA Project now has 761 participating families. Below is a roster of the participating families. As you can see the families are a combination of Lowland and Highland Scottish surnames with a few native Irish surnames. All these families self identify as being Scots-Irish. Most of these families participated in the 18th Century Ulster Migration to English Colonies and early Republic, or in the 19th Century Ulster migration into Canada. The majority of the Lowland Scottish families are from Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, and Gallowayshire, and most of these families migrated to Ireland during the Ulster Plantation (1609-1720). The Highland Scottish surnames from Argyll, Lennox, and the Southern Hebrides; many of these families migrated to Ulster circa 1550-1600). The dominate haplogroups are Insular Celts (85%) and there is about 12% of the haplogroups of Norse/Norman ancestry. The native Irish surnames come from certain families that converted to the reformed faith and became part of the Protestant Irish community in the 1600s. Click on image to enlarge:

You look like a Wee Mad Wullie to me. Before you read The Shepherd’s Crown by Terry Pratchett (the last...

What would you look like if you were a magical girl!!!!!!pls tag me in drawings of your mahou shoujos !

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