Office Olympics Ideas

We have compiled a list of some successful, and not so successful, spouse social ideas to help you plan the best one your unit has every seen.

The following contains edited excerpts from and expands upon a panel I participated in called: “Creating Alternative Platforms for Feminist Analysis,” organized by Vancouver Rape Relief & Women’s Shelter as part of their annual Montreal Massacre Memorial event, held this year at the Vancouver Public Library on December 5th. As women, we all understand what…

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Couples Therapy Worksheets are a great way to keep the therapeutic relationship up and running during a difficult time. Some couples therapy worksheets are very boring. They are reminders of the couple's routine and include most of the details and habits that would normally occur in their marriage.

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Bocce ball is a game that can either be played on a standard lawn or on a specially made bocce ball court. Because there is no official regulated size of bocce ball courts, you can construct one in almost any area. The ideal size for a court, however, is 12 feet wide and at least 60 feet long. While side walls are not ...

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Based in Seoul, Korea, Kyuin Shim is a digital artist and sculptor who executes dark and poignant visions by altering the human body. His latest sculptural series "Black Black" features several monochromatic renditions of mannequin-like figures whose bodies seem to disintegrate before one's eyes. In Korean, the title of the series has two meanings: "Black" and "Sound of Crying." The characters' flesh becomes consumed by bubbling matter that eventually turns into a downpour of water from their limbs and orifices. A recent series of digital 3D renderings, "Small Place," similarly abstracts the human body, this time in all white. Featuring different groupings of feet sticking out from under a cubicle-like prism, the piece evokes the smothering closeness of an unhealthy relationship. Take a look at some of Shim's work below.

"It's alright darling," he chuckled softly. "Come here." Y/ N arrives for her 6th year after struggling to heal from last years events. She finds unlikely companionship in an unlikely trio, but what is Draco hiding? - hi guys. I decided to write this ff to work out some hard personal experiences. I am going to try my best to keep it redeeming and fun. ❤️ Lavender x

Create a sub plan so that you are good to go in the event of needing a substitute teacher as an art teacher or music teacher can make your life easier. There are many tips on putting together a sub plan and here are a few to get your started.

Want to learn and practice differet types of drama? Here's a list of 9 with an explanation of how to do each one. Great for drama class.

New Orleans based couple eloped in Hot Springs, Arkansas with their closest friends and family. They all got ready together on the lake, traveled to Anthony's Chapel to exchange their vows.

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This film might be difficult to watch, but it's "potentially transformational", says Chelsea Vowel. The revenge tale set in the 70s residential schools era is a work of fiction, but every single event portrayed has happened in Canada's indigenous communities.

Perched high up in Théoule-sur-Mer looking out over the bay of Cannes, is the Palais Bulles, blushing pink in the Southern sun, with its feminine and futuristic natural curves.

Startup organization Funders and Founders pulled back the veil on the startup lifecycle in this infographic, which was inspired by legendary investor Paul Graham's famous essay, 'How to Start a Startup.'

What is trauma-informed care? And what would that mean in the context of a community that has experienced a traumatic event? Two weeks ago, NYU’s Silver School of Social Work held a one day conference on the “Core Principles of Trauma-Informed Care: The Essentials” to address these very questions. This post is the first one […]

Many volunteers fund raise for some or all of these expenses when planning their volunteer abroad trips. Here we share a few ideas that have worked for our former volunteers.

With such beautiful weather approaching and the florals beginning to blossom, now is a perfect time to visit local public conservatories!

If you need to raise funds -- and want to boost morale at the same time -- hold a Compliment Event. Set up a makeshift booth (like Lucy in the Peanuts comic strip) constructed with PVC pipe -- or a table with a sign that says "Compliments $1." Charge $1 for customers to walk up

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Here’s a free printable for teachers and parents. I drew this to teach kids how to help when they witness acts of bullying or exclusion. Parents, teachers, educators, you can download and print this for your classroom or your home. No commercial use […]

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Some of you may already know this, but I have been working on finishing up my Masters Degree for some time now. Almost 2 years being "some time". I am ready to be finished, and thankfully, I almost am! But I have been BUSY finishing up assignments for my classes, closing down my classroom for the summer, doing report cards, awards, and a whole plethora of other things that have kept me away from blogging and pretty much anything else that is fun. I've been stressed out to the point that I have had this nagging stomachache for like 2 weeks now, and I know that's what it is from. I also managed to hurt my wrist doing so much typing! Crazy, huh? One of the assignments for a class I was taking was to do some "action research" in my classroom. Then I have to write a huge research paper on it. Ugh. However, doing the research itself was interesting and kind of fun. :-) I have a small group of students I have been working on with fluency, mostly because they were struggling with comprehension. They were word callers- they didn't even pay attention to punctuation, they just read the words. I knew this was an area I could help with. So for another class, I did some lessons on fluency and presented those findings to my class. But for this class, I wanted to switch gears and work on something else. So I chose comprehension strategies. Specifically, retelling. I have been interested in using retelling gloves in my classroom for awhile. Long enough that I stocked up on clearance winter gloves from Target last winter and stashed them in my closet. :-) So I dug them out and created a retelling glove. On my retelling glove, I have the character, setting, problem, events and solution. I found it kind of difficult to decide on a picture for the problem, events, and solution, but I was able to come up with something I think works. The picture for the problem is a thundercloud, and the solution is a sun. The events picture is a clock. The kids didn't seem to pay any attention to my little pictures anyway. Many of the retelling gloves I've seen also have something in the middle, like a heart for self to text connections. You may notice that I didn't include this in my retelling glove. This is because 1. I wanted to focus on the retelling strategy, and 2. I didn't want to mess up my gloves by drawing crooked hearts all over them. I will most likely go back and add something to the middle of my gloves later. Most likely when I make my class set. So now you may be wondering how I used these retelling gloves. Well, first, I did a pre-test, to determine a baseline score for their retelling ability. Then I modeled doing a retelling. I read a book out loud to the students, then I modeled retelling using the glove. I even showed them how I could go back and look in the book if I forgot something. Then I let them try with the book I had read. In the next few sessions, we just read books and practiced retelling. I noticed improvement right away. By the third sessions, one of my students said, "The first event was..., The second event was..." when retelling his story! I was so excited to hear him use that language and use the glove to help him! One of my students was still really struggling, so I worked with her to remember to use the text when she needed to. By the end of our sessions, even she had made some progress! So then it was the moment of truth. I had to assess their use of the retelling gloves. I had them individually read a story, then they used the glove to retell the story. And guess what? They did GREAT! Two of my students hit every part on the rubric. Even the girl who was struggling made significant progress. The last student in the group moved in the middle of the lessons, so I didn't get a specific measure of his progress, but I know from my field notes that he made progress as well. I gave one of my students a retelling glove to practice with over the summer- I hope that she will! And the best part? When I was doing a CRI on one of the students (my little struggling girl) after completing these lessons, there was a retelling piece. I asked her to retell the story, and she started giving me this very vague retelling- until I told her "Remember the glove." She immediately began telling me the basic story elements! Though she required a little prompting to use this strategy outside of our lessons, when she was prompted, she began to use it! Now that I'm finished with these lessons, I think it would be important to help the students remember to use the glove outside of just our group. For example, when doing a DRA assessment, the student has to retell the events of the story. I would like to see them use what they learned during the DRA. Or when they read a story on their own, they can practice retelling it to a friend using the glove. Eventually, I would like for them to not need the glove anymore, of course! But I will definitely be using these again next year, maybe even with my whole class! Sorry this post was very text heavy! I hope to be back sometime (probably next week) with more picture friendly posts of our Derby fun and a really fun activity we did with one of our big books.

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