Great for sparking conversation among students
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Outstanding storytelling about pregnancy -- planned, unplanned, terminated, sustained, ruthlessly avoided, relentlessly sought after, ambivalently experienced, and more. Very well written narratives that invite us to empathize with women whose reproductive experiences are different from one's own. Great for sparking conversation among students, book groups, and community groups.
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I use this in my classroom. It is a bit old-school, but the kids love it. I tap it fairly hard and when they can't hear it anymore, they raise their hand. Without raising my voice, or performing a silly clapping routine, I can get 23 seven-year-old quiet in a few seconds.
As soon as they seem me pick up the gavel, they are all ears. If somebody is being extra good, or needs a little extra attention, I hand them the gavel and they know what to do!
2143378
I have done this with several classes, elementary and middle school. It has always been a favorite with the students.
The teachers also enjoy this since it gives them something different to discuss and explain.
2913185
Fun to use with students to find words and easy to correct.
4208968
I love the Listening Lotto Series. I have quite a few of them in my classroom. Students can work on this independently or in a group (lots of game boards so many people can play). Also, there is no one who has to be the "caller" like in traditional bingo games so everyone can play and I can work with other students, play too, or just observe.

It moves at a quick pace, so make sure you can pause the CD for student/children who need extra time to respond.
Also, the CD gives a description of the emotion but never states the name of the emotion, so the students need to already know what emotion each picture on the game board represents. Many of the pictures are not entirely clear; I had to modify the game board for my classroom by putting the name of each emotion with its corresponding picture (on each game board) because some of the pictures could work for multiple emotions and my students were getting confused.
1409575
I am a school secretary. I put this on my desk at work.  Everyone loves it.  It is a great conversation starter and has allowed me to re-direct some conversations with unhappy kiddos to a more positive flow
989782
Although this book is geared towards high school teachers, I do a lot of group work in my two-year college classes and picked up many ideas from this that I can use with my students.  It gives useful strategies for helping students with their communication skills, and I found myself highlighting many ideas from it.
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I bought this to use in the classroom, because I've been getting hoarse lately after a day of lots of talking. I saw it recommended in my teachers' union magazine and couldn't believe how inexpensive it was. It is lightweight, and easy to wear and use. It is just fine for classroom use. I don't imagine it would be effective in a much bigger space. Of course, it's not perfect sound reproduction - it's a little tinny - but look at the price! I just use it for reading aloud. I can barely speak above a whisper and the kids can hear me just fine. And I still have my voice at the end of the day. It has other features (radio, music player) but I have not and will not use them.
811071
I love sharing this with students (K-2) to prompt discussions around friendship. Simple, lovely story.
4440104
This was a fun book to read to students and a good way to engage them.
1730924
I bought two of these which are being used in an English Language Learner classroom. The kids have shared their excitement about these with me and they are frequently used.
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I have been teaching 8th graders for over 25 years.  I have been using this book by Gloria Marcus since it was first published in 2005. My students are preparing to make the transition from the end of middle school to high school.  This book helps them learn to speak up for themselves in an appropriate manner.  Each chapter has questions that provoke discussion.  We use ideas in the book for role play, too.  The book is written at about a 7th grade level.  Over the school year we cover every chapter, and topics like bullying, communication styles that don't work, or the chapter on learning disabilities provoke very useful discussions.  I tell my students that this is a book that they should be reading under the covers with a flashlight when their parents say, Lights out!
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I love these, students love these!! Perfect for getting those reserved students to open up during group and individual sessions.
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Really exciting and diverse problems that encourage students to work in small groups. They were received with excitement and my kids asked if we could do more of them! They really help develop interpersonal and critical thinking skills.
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This is a super cute and useful board.  I teach and I have been using it in the classroom.  At first I let the kids write on it.  Then I decided to use it to leave notes for the parents.  They seem to read the notes I leave on the neon board better than just putting it in the folders.

I love that you can make part of it flash so ot gets people attention.  The kids love to show the parents what is on the board at the end of the day.

It is easy to clean.  At the end of the week I use baby wipes to give it a good cleaning.  I would recommend this board for anyone looking for an easy way to keep up with things or let people know what is going on.

I could use this at home to leave notes about what is going on in the family.  Soccer practice, meetings or other important things going on.

I got this at a discount in order to give my honest unbiased opinion
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Excellent! I am a School Resource Officer and I will be using this for some of my kids in the school. It will make for good conversation.
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I am a school based speech language pathologist and I used these with my students to generate stories.  I was surprised at how much they enjoyed them.  Even my more difficult students found these cubes to be engaging and fun.  I passed them on to another teacher for a particularly difficult student he said it worked out very well as an incentive.  I found these to be most appropriate for third graders and up for oral or written expression tasks.  I own three different sets of these now and they are one of my go-to activities.  I think it's important to remember that this is a game of imagination so bending the rules (using less dice) or modifying pictures (some students perceived certain pictures in a different way than I did and if they gave a good argument, I would let them use their own interpretations) are appropriate.