Category Archives: Class Specific Strategy

That Lead To You

Posted on May 9, 2022 by paraeducate

It is nearly the end of the academic year. There are certain habits that occur this time of year with students, and it is probably the most important to remember that at the end of the day getting students through … Continue reading →

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Cooking With Fire

Posted on February 1, 2021 by paraeducate

Renay has been setting up virtual cooking with some of her students this week. Previously, whenever Renay was assigned to Foods or Health classes, Renay never really got into helping the student unless they were really in the kitchen. And … Continue reading →

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Talking Through the Rough Draft

Posted on November 29, 2018 by paraeducate

Two weeks ago we broke down the parts of a five paragraph essay and how to modify the expectations of doing early essays in their secondary academic career. This week, we are working on “How do you get a student … Continue reading →

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Beyond the Graphic Organizer

Posted on November 15, 2018 by paraeducate

We would have liked some organization this week, but as of six hours ago, we didn’t know we’d be on vacation. At least from the work of paraeducating, and not ParaEducate. ParaEducate is about 3 hours from the Camp Fire, … Continue reading →

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How do you learn that? Getting over the fear of computers

Posted on February 1, 2018 by paraeducate

So it’s pretty much no secret that Renay has always been very well versed in technology. If you ask her, the story goes into something about early introduction, a cart rolled in during kindergarten, but never being able to touch … Continue reading →

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2018 and ParaEducate

Posted on January 11, 2018 by paraeducate

We’re back! We were fully charged earlier this week, no matter if the kids had a happy holiday or not, they’re pretty glad to be back. Which brings us to the point of the things we want to look at … Continue reading →

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Skills that All Paraeducators Need

Posted on September 28, 2017 by paraeducate

It doesn’t matter if you work with preschool students or high school students: most paraeducators work for the district not their campus, and not the families of the student. At a moment’s notice, you could be working with kindergartners or … Continue reading →

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Politics (and a Little Bit of Religion)

Posted on November 3, 2016 by paraeducate

The adage is “to not talk about politics and religion in the workplace”. What they forgot to say, unless you work in a school. And especially when discussing classes of History and US Government. While ParaEducate is not going to … Continue reading →

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Choosing Literature Part 3: Getting To Understanding

Posted on February 4, 2016 by paraeducate

We’ve looked at why we choose literature, we’ve even looked at how to go about and get books. We had a great time sharing last week books we’ve used in the past with students. This week we’re looking at materials … Continue reading →

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Choosing Literature Part 2: The Reading List

Posted on January 28, 2016 by paraeducate

Last week, we wrote the introduction to this blog post. Originally, we were super excited to pull this post together and provide it and then we realized through several conversations, that no one would really get why we were pulling … Continue reading →

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