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I was wanting to move away from the 3-ring binders but you have presented some good arguements...I will think about this over the summer.
Iron Will is amazing!! The kids love it! Our language arts teacher makes the connection between this movie and The Call of the Wild and Woodsong.
Yes, I would be interested in this as well. I am really undecided about what I want to use for the notebooks next year. I want something...
Here is just a suggestion of something you may want to head up over the summer or early fall. In my district, all teachers (k-12) who teach...
I have gotten a lot of really great technology ideas from here and advice for my ISNs.
For the first two weeks, I allow students to sit where they want...as long as there are no obvious problems. I allow them to work in groups at...
Yes, every teacher in my district has one. We got them about 4 years ago. Actually, all science teachers got one...then the next year, math and...
I have never kept a "master copy" of the notebook before but I am thinking of doing this next year. Is it worth it?
I give every student my home number, it is in the phone book anyway. I tell them they can call me with questions no later than 9pm. I have never...
First, I am the mother of a 2E son, he is 8. He was accepted into the gifted program this year, he has been in a speech program since pre-school,...
I do not know who my students are until they show up in my classroom open house night the day before school starts! I hate that!!
I don't have any specifics but I do have some advice on what not to do. We also get $250 each year and the first few years I was wasting it on...
I would show parts but not the whole movie. First, it is a long movie and, second, there are parts in there that I would not want my child to watch.
Short Story Authors Here are my favorite short story authors: O'Henry Ray Bradbury Poe Jesse Stuart Washington Irving Twain
chemteach, I PM'd you...thanks for the help runsw/scissors, I like the idea of creating a page that signifies a new chapter and/or unit....
I have started a wikispace this year and LOVE it!! Free!! I learned about them on this site:)
smalltowngal, ISN will work for all classes. I think they would be perfect for reading/writing activities...even grammar exercises.
I have used them before but like you said there is always room for tweaking and improvement. I like the yaffa block idea. Also, something I have...
For those of you that do these... Where/How do you store them in your classroom? How often do you grade them? How do you teach your...
