I need an hour to get ready in the morning and I don’t exercise or take a shower or do my hair or make/eat breakfast in the mornings. I don’t even...
I usually tell my students at the beginning of the class that I have an agenda for today’s lesson and if i don’t have to stop the lesson because...
Select a student at random and they stand up behind another student who is seated. You ask a question e.g. what’s 5 x 6 or what’s 30 divided by 5...
You could play “round the world” with times tables. Students need to know timestables for division and fractions so it is standards related. This...
That’s an email I personally would send. It acknowledges positives and sticks to facts.
Lining up is not a battle I personally would pick. If they don’t want to line up quickly, then it’s a battle you have to fight before the lesson...
With the first parent, I would just say that the kid has to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of what is being taught currently, which he is...
I have had students on various occasions who come to school with literally nothing. Like they brought themselves to school and nothing else. No...
Classroom management is really the key to effective pedagogy so I agree with other posters that you should ignore the instructions that don’t work...
Makey makeys are fun and an investment and I would get those over things like popsicle sticks and cheap supplies because they are non consumables....
I’ve had kids who are slow in producing work because they want everything to be perfect not because they don’t understand the work. Sometimes what...
I avoid them like the plague, for my own sanity.
I think it’s got to be something the kids really wanna do for it to work. I don’t think it necc has to be educational because most students...
The girls don’t have to like you, they just have to show you respect and listen to your instructions. It could be so many reasons why they don’t...
Maybe when you have planning meetings after school with your MT, you should be taking minutes or emailing your MT after the meeting to have things...
“Be creative” comes with experience, something which a first year teacher would not have. A seasoned teacher would find a class of 34 kids, 10 of...
I do somewhere in between, I think starting from scratch is an inefficient use of my time. I change some questions, because sometimes i find...
It’s not your fault if you have the extra help classes and remind parents and the kids don’t turn up. You cannot make them want to learn. You...
I talk to the kid about his behaviour the first opportunity I get to have a one on one time with the kid. The fresher the incident is in the kids...
You can still form positive relationships with students even when giving consequences. This is a good opportunity to explain one on one to the...
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