Lareigna, you mean a totally bare classroom? I'd go barking spare nutters!
Which city in Texas?
Good comics for young readers include Marvel's Essentials series and DC's Showcase Presents. Both are black and white reprints of classic...
I do Stump the Teacher. They get a certain amount of the textbook to make questions from. I.E., 1 per section, six sections. Then I walk around...
I love middle schoolers, especially 7th graders. That's the right formative grade where you can really have an effect on their personality....
I actually realized my second year that my desk setup was totally inefficient, so I rearranged all the tables. If possible, see if you could do a...
I gave out Science Dollars. I made them in Photoshop with Steamships from Girl Genius and a big Reed Richards on the front. I gave them for...
Popular ones around here include the Artemis Fowl series and really just about any other fantasy series. I hear online how parents occasionally...
I got my best advice from Harry Wong's How to Be a Super Successful Teacher tape set. It's a little expensive, so I used the public library.
I start with the most important procedures (thank you Harry Wong!) and do a team-building activity. Everyone gets into random teams. They get the...
I'm a middle school science teacher, and my theme was Extinct Animals. I teach a whole elective class called Jurassic Park, after all. I made a...
Yeah, I can't sit still either. While I'm doing parent contact at home, I'm constantly fiddling with Transformers and Marvel Legends figures. It...
Absolutely. I suffer from that all the time. My perception is only good through deliberate practice.
I love my principal's open door policy. Shame she has to retire this year.
Unless you're the kind of Doctor with a TARDIS, you need help! Does this stuff always happen?
A really great book for background knowledge is "Under the Black Flag." Social Studies-wise, have the kids separate into groups and make a...
I do the Harry Wong "Raise my hand and wait for the kids to quiet." It's on average effective between 3-7 seconds. I also use "If you can hear me...
My 7th classes are survey comprehensive science. This year we run the gamut from water to forces, evolution to astronomy.
The traditional science fair is the most effective way of getting kids to hate science.
First year is about survival. You get through and next year is so much easier its not funny. Mathwise, my amazing principal would assign 9-12...
