Kagan
It's All About Engagement!
A+ Anecdotes
From heartfelt happenings to gut-busting humor, these school-day stories and poems have us reflect on teaching, learning, and life.
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- A+ Anecdotes 1
• Love Them All
• Humility!
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• Perfection
• Jar of Life
• A Thought-Provoking Lesson
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• Worst Analogies Ever Written in a High School Essay
• To Be A Teacher
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• Begins with 'M'
• Your Children are Watching
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• I Am Alive
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• The Best Dentist
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• Stirring Hearts and Minds
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• We Became One
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• A Precious Moment
• Crayons...
• What Is A Good Teacher?
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• Creation Of The Teacher, The
• End Is Near, The
• For Our Secretary
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• Rat Trap, The
• A Blue Ribbon
• Albert Einstein Quotations
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• 1st Grade Proverbs
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• Kids on the Topic of Love
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• Perfume, The
• Sneeze, The
• $20 Bill, The
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• Your Teacher
• Most Outstanding Students of the Year Awards
• How to Torture Your Teacher • My Sister's Always on the Phone
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• I Wish You Enough
• I Taught Them All
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• Favorite Quotes for Education
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• Common Bond
• The Day I Changed My Mind About Myself
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• Proud to be a Teacher
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• Young Oprah Winfrey
• Fish Out of Water?
• Case In Point?
• Edison Schools
• Amy C
• Storehouse of Knowledge
• Heheh Hmhm Heh Heheh
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• Ugly
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• Green Eggs and Ham
• Jean Piaget
• Things that Make us Feel Good!
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• Three Little Pigs
• The Power of Persuasion
• What Teachers Make
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Teachers share classroom anecdotes of how Kagan Structures made teaching more fun, more inclusive, and more effective.
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• Sick of those High Paid Teachers
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• David Is Now "The Man"
• Coaching in Band
• Kagan in Japan
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• Love Letters
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Love Letters
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• Kagan Poem
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• Hospital Window
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• Remembering Ronnie
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• State of the Village Report
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• A Barometer of Creative Thinking
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• Daily Dose
Read Article - RallyCoach on the Court
• RallyCoach on the Court
Read Article - Two Cooperative Learning Anecdotes
What happens when the model student pairs up with the class terror? Can a Down Syndrome student be meaningfully included in a regular classroom? Read about one teacher's cooperative learning experiences.
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Teaching by the seat of your pants can result in creative lessons. However, spontaneity can lead to some embarrassing situations. Read about this impromptu demo that turned Dr. Kagan's cheeks a little red.
Read Article - Emails to Kagan Trainers
Kagan Trainers love receiving positive feedback about their trainings and how it has transformed classrooms. Here are a sampling of recent letters describing teachers' experiences after their Kagan training.
Read Article - Quiz Quiz Trade Me
Watch this charming video on the Kagan Structure Quiz-Quiz-Trade.
Read Article - A New Curriculum for the Common Core
The Common Core calls for less fiction and more informational texts. This high school English teacher has a creative, but maybe not legitimate, solution.
Read Article - Reaching the Unreachables Let’s Give This Thing a Try Almost Magical
• Reaching the Unreachables
• Let’s Give This Thing a Try Almost Magical
Read Article - A Complete 180
A new teacher was regretting her career choice. She was frustrated that she could never seem to engage her students. That is until she attended her first Kagan training. Her teaching made a full 180-degree turn for the better.
Read Article - Letters to Kagan Trainers
Kagan Trainers often get letters from teachers after their trainings. The letters are often inspirational success stories how Kagan changed their lives or teaching careers for the better. We thought it would be fun to publish a few for you to hear what fellow teachers write. One letter makes us question, did these teachers take "It's All About Engagement!" too literally?
Read Article - Letter to Dr. Kagan: My Daughter’s Story
This is a heart-warming story of love, heroism, and triumph. Kagan is honored to be even a small part of this family’s success story.
Read Article - A Sampling of Recent Letters to Kagan
Teachers and administrators rave about their recent Kagan training and share how they are implementing what they learned to make a positive impact in their classes and schools.
Read Article - Happy Teachers Happy Parents
• Happy Teachers Happy Parents
Read Article - Team Celebrations, Straight Outta Kagan, and Happy Birthday
Team Celebrations, Straight Outta Kagan, and Happy Birthday
Read Article - Tampa Day School Featured in the News
Tampa Day School Featured in the News
Read Article - Positive Interdependence and the Three-Legged Race
Positive Interdependence and the Three-Legged Race
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