We like to stress the importance of communication skills and get kids to confront their fears - in this case one of the greatest single fears out there, namely public speaking. Our Hoggatt Cave project is a terrific way to work on both of these. Most of my criticism of our tour guides has always been to slow down, enunciate, and speak louder. As we work the cave tours, this week, students get to practice their public speaking skills in the dark, holding a flashlight.
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2021 Missouri History Teacher of the Year and National History Teacher of the Year Nominee
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September 2021
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Since 2021
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Third Place, 2016 Film Festival
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2005 Joplin Teacher of the Year and Missouri Teacher of the Year nominee
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BookshelfAl Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea Charlotte's Web by E. B. White Chippin Cleats by D. Ed. Hoggatt Crumbling Spirit by D. Ed. Hoggatt Echo by Pam Nuñoz Ryan Hatchet by Gary Paulsen Holes by Louis Sachar The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick Loser by Jerry Spinelli Love That Dog by Sharon Creech Mumsket by D. Ed. Hoggatt Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse Out of the Wind by D. Ed. Hoggatt Petey by Ben Mikaelsen Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom by Louis Sachar Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls Yankee Girl by Mary Ann Rodman 
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