We stay in if the temperature is below 42 or it is raining/snowing. Fortunately, the past few years we've had warmer than usual winters!
It's review week for me! Tomorrow is Mad Scientist Day. Can't wait!
I teach second grade and JUST TODAY they had: A Reading test on their weekly selection with 18 multiple choice and 2 constructed response...
Listen, there are two kinds of unsuccessful students- those who CAN'T and those who WON'T. It seems that you aren't sure which your students are....
"The first thing I would do would be to take a look at my own involvement in this situation. I would ask myself the following hard questions:...
Doubt it since I wrote the following on the note I sent: Please take a look at #10 again. I was pretty impressed by Elizabeth's answer since I...
I have no problem with high expectations. I do have a problem with teachers who seem to be more interested in "tricking" students than helping...
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Can't blame the teacher for this one- the BOOK said that the average chicken lays 7 eggs a day. Maybe it's in an alternate universe where there...
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Makes sense! Good thing whatever she's been doing right all this time still works with every other teacher she has! :whistle:
I teach Reading/Language Arts 2 1/2 hours a day; Math 1 hour a day; and Science once or twice a week for a half hour. Pretty much sums it up.
This is my daughter's first year of middle school. She left elementary school with a 4.0 and was put into an Advanced Math class. Here is what I...
I don't let the kids give me anything unless it's during recess or at PAT Time. Then I say, "Thank you! Please put it in my basket so I can look...
I feel your pain!! I teach second grade and we have no textbooks for Science or Social Studies, a Math book that's useless and not aligned to...
"What I'd really like is to help them stop. I feel sorry for them, because I know they aren't happy." What will help them stop is to make it...
I never say, "Did you hit Johnny?" I say, "WHY did you hit Johnny?" Works 90% of the time! When it doesn't work, I say, "Did anybody see Joey...
I don't separate kids from the rest of the class as a general rule because it sets them up for failure (my opinion). That said, I do move my...
My situation is probably different than yours in that we ARE NOT ALLOWED to send home lists or even suggest items to be brought in. We must supply...
Thank you! I needed to hear this, too, and I do believe it's true. Every year I strive to do better and set so many new goals for myself! I have a...
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