I wonder if doing a 'ticket out the door' would be helpful? I sometimes have my students use whatever tangible thing we've worked on during...
Keep in mind how young kindergartners are. They are so excited, immature, new to everything. Keep that in mind. My kids (also K) are decent at...
I teach kindergarten and also use Lucy Caulkins. We love it! The way it works (at least for K and 1st) is that we teach a skill and the kids use...
I teach a half day K. It is incredibly difficult to fit the basics into a 3.5 hour day, let alone anything beyond LA and Math! We are lucky that...
I've done it two ways: I've written sight words directly onto the cards. They have to read the sight word before they can move their piece....
On Monday, we look at our new word and talk about the letters in it, what the word means, what vowel is in the word, etc. It's amazing how much...
I upload class videos through www.vimeo.com. I like it because it's free, no ads, and it allows me to password protect videos. There is some limit...
Hi all! I teach kindergarten at a public school, and this is my second year here. Last year, I basically did all of the art projects that the...
Oh, a poster storage box! Thank you, czacza! I had no idea what to search for. This is perfect, amazon has a ton! gr3teacher, I do what the other...
Hi! I teach kindergarten, and my 26 students end up with a ton of 12x18 art projects. We like to keep them all in chronological order and clip...
I'm watching this thread closely! I am in a similar position: 2nd year teacher, 18 boys, 8 girls, all rambunctious beyond belief, and no aide! We...
Today we literally practiced being students. We practiced walking into class. Practiced sitting down. Practiced lining up. Practiced freezing. I'm...
I have a class of 25 kindergartners with no aide. 17 of my students are boys, most of whom are extremely energetic with no preschool experience....
I hardly post here, but I frequent the Job Seekers board so I wanted to share my good news! What grade and/or subject? Kindergarten How long...
Thank you both! I called and left a message with the receptionist, and never got a call back. The online posting closed today, so I sent in a...
Hi all! I am new here, and applying like crazy in the hopes of landing my first classroom teaching job! Here is my question: I'm in CA, so I'm...
Thanks for all the advice! I guess I will just give my old elementary school a call and see if I can get the ball rolling there. I hadn't even...
Hi all! I'm working on applying to a multi-subject credential program in CA and I am totally stumped on one of the requirements. The school...
