On this blog, we’ve talked many times about using classroom TEASERS (not Spoilers) as a way to ENGAGE and MOTIVATE students. Travel back in time to read more about this strategy HERE and HERE.
For the present, enjoy our very OWN teaser for the trailer to the upcoming book, Teaching Is for Superheroes!
In honor of only ONE WEEK left before the release of my book, Teaching Is for Superheroes! check out this tune . . .
Keep in mind, the wait between comic book issues for ongoing stories “to be continued” is ONE MONTH, or about 30 days. So only 7 days doesn’t sound too bad.
What about the break between school years? Do you get three months over the summer? Or more frequent, shorter breaks between trimesters or quarters?
Hopefully, whatever time “away” you get from school provides refreshment and rejuvenation. And ideally, both students and teachers are RECHARGED and ready to dive back in for “back to school” season!
Over your upcoming break, get in some summer reading while you hangout at the pool or beach or campground (or back porch or air conditioned couch).
I know one good book you could read . . . and there’s still time to PRE-ORDER!
For any book listed on Amazon.com, there are two magic words:
Recently, Amazon’s preview feature appeared on the listing for MY book – Teaching Is for Superheroes!
The official release for Teaching Is for Superheroes! is still a few weeks away. But until then, you can take a SNEAK PEEK INSIDE the book!
Look for AMAZING things like Additional Praise! Table of Contents! Copyright Protections! And a preview of completely original (and creative, I might add) interior artwork melding superheroes and teachers, courtesy of Kevin Yancey himself.
We’ve talked before (HERE and HERE) about using classroom TEASERS (not Spoilers) as a way to ENGAGE and MOTIVATE students. These approaches can fit a range of instructional settings.
No matter where they fall, such strategies often include a preview, or “sneak peak,” fostering further learning ahead. They work much in the same way as Amazon’s “Look Inside” feature.
Speaking of “Looking Inside,” one of the BEST educational books out there (11 editions and counting!) is Looking in Classrooms. You can find older editions for pretty cheap, and the newest is available here on Amazon (of course), with its own “Look Inside” (of course).
Check out this book, and you’ll see chapters full of Important School Stuff like Motivation, Assessment, Management (two parts, natch), and my favorite, “Classrooms are Complex.”
Of course, if you are more of a “bottom line” sort of person, you can just skip ahead to the end of this preview and skim the Index.
You can do that for either book. And if you check out MY book’s index, you’ll see everything from “The ABCs of Classroom Management (Kovarik), 80″ (one of the first items) all the way to the very last item, “Zipper, checking, 42.”
If THAT doesn’t get you motivated to read more, I don’t know what will.
Maybe “Mullet of Steel, 49.”
Who wants to look inside that?
Tuesday, May 2, 2023 is Teacher Appreciation Day!
Teacher Appreciation WEEK is actually Monday, May 8, through Friday, May 12, 2023.
Start by thanking Eleanor Roosevelt.
Also the Gregorian calendar.
And read more about the history HERE, thanks to the “We Are Teachers” website.
Most importantly, check out the “Teaching Is for Superheroes!” Facebook page, where you can join a GIVEAWAY contest for a FREE copy of my new book!
Best of all, use this contest to SHARE and SHOW your appreciation for a favorite, fellow, or former teacher!
Teach Like a Superhero! 