I like the remedy described in Tools for Teaching - If someone needs to tattle, they have to write it out - a full paragraph, which is handed...
I am a long-term sub (this is also my first year teaching). I don't want to keep doing it - I really want my own classroom. But I saw this as a...
Well, my hands are pretty much tied to what the staff at the school wants to do - this girl has quite a history, and was well on her way to a...
I don't WANT to allow 20 minutes - but I can't let them all go out to their lockers at once, because they are too noisy in the hall. So I have to...
I'm so green, it really is becoming embarassing! I have a student who is becoming quite the behavior problem. I have found two teachers in...
Julie, I have the same problem! Behavior is a HUGE issue in my fifth-grade room. There are several "identified" students, and after lunch...
Hang in there, superwoman! I am a first-year teacher, too, but I am "non-traditional" in that I went back to college at 38 years to earn my Elem....
Even one year ago, I didn't think it would be possible to make it 7 hours without visiting the bathroom. :unsure: I have to practically RUN...
I have a similar class situation, only I am the long-term sub. The full-time teacher is out for the entire first trimester for maternity leave. I...
