How do the legislators in your state sleep at night? I cannot believe you all are expected to teach so many children.
Do you all not have a cap for the amount of students you can have? How can you effectively teach 31 kids? I can't believe your parents are not...
I use groups because we do a lot of labs that require group work. I pass out file folders at the beginning of the year that they use as privacy...
Wow, you are soooo lucky! We are all sitting around 23 each, which is small to me. I'm used to 26!
I use a number too which does make filing soooo easy:)
The ones I have come with 28 places. It is particle board on the outside with cardboard for the shelves. We ordered it through their catalog. It...
I did saxon math when I taught in Oklahoma. I hated it. I felt like it didn't let you know if students understood what you were trying to teach....
I use mailboxes. I assign each student a number and have my mailboxes numbered so that I don't have to change it every year. I have the students...
I'm in a school in Texas and we have a scripted curriculum. In our school LA means English and Reading together. They are two separate books, but...
I always thought I wanted to teach the younger grades. I did my student teaching in 2nd grade. When it came time to get a job, a 5th grade...
At my school, we cannot take grades on homework. We grade it the next day together as a class to reinforce the lesson from the day before. If they...
I'm with teacherjill. I do the same thing. I do this by last name for the gradebook too!
In my school in Texas, they try to keep us under 26. After all 5th grade teachers in your building reach 26 early on in the school year, then they...
I have a Mary Englebreit calendar, that is decorated with numbers that are also from her. It's cutesy, but I like it!
My father was my principal from K-3. It was ok. There were kids that thought I got special treatment, but I knew that things were tougher on me...
What do you use for the larger sheets of construction paper?
I don't think there is anything that surprises me anymore. I have only taught 5th grade so it is funny to hear other grade level stories. I do...
Moving the kids about once every three or four weeks works very well. It makes them meet new people. It also helps with the noise. Groups are the...
Not to worry, I felt the same way a few weeks ago. I went in got the furniture arranged and then sat! I'm exactly the same way. I want it perfect...
Is there one that doesn't have candy in it? We are not allowed to give candy or anything like that. It is considered food of minimal nutritional...
