Oh, I'm sure that is the case with some kids. Though, I suspect with this group there is a large percentage. Add in some ELL, SPED, and kids...
Hello, I've been reading this site for a few years, and am now in my 6th year teaching. I've had a pretty good run so far with the usually ups...
Hi, I just read through this thread and wow, so much information. I've seriously considering making the switch to being an online educator....
I'm chiming in here to say it's not always classroom management. At my school, my whole team started to notice a trend in our school how items are...
My school does this and I don't have a self-contained classroom. We do it with our homerooms/advisories. Ideally, the admin and responsive...
Oh I've known teachers to do this. The students absolutely hate those things. I'm thinking of investing this year. Not because I am trying to get...
I second making sure you find ways to stay confident. I'm a second year teacher and I'm amazed at how much more control (overall) I have this year...
We're moving toward mandatory learning style tests in my school where we'll need to break students up into groups based on their preferred style....
Socratic Seminar. Modify it for what fits for your class, but my 7th grade students loved when we did seminars. It got to the point they wanted to...
Hi! I'm a first year survivor. When I did my student teaching, I taught during the second half of the year. All their rules, regulations, and...
As a new teacher, discipline was hard for me this year. However, as the year went by and I fell into a rhythm, the students got to know me better...
I use music sometimes and I joke that if we can't decide on what to listen to, then they have to listen to MY music. That usually gets a good...
Oh I love the silent debate idea! My classes this year loved Socratic Seminar. I had to do a modified version because of class space and other...
What do you do with the kids who WANT to throw the whole system so the rest of the class doesn't get any incentives (if it's some kind of whole...
I am a middle school teacher, but I have a class who gripes too. It's my most advanced class. They are always complaining about the work...
We have the pledge every morning during homeroom. It's done over the intercom. Most of my students stop what they are doing, stand, and recite it...
You have some excellent advice here. I know it's scary going in blind. I've had that happen to me, too. It's the nature of the job sometimes. And...
I don't get how anyone would even think it would be okay to post a picture of a student on their Facebook and then make fun of them. That is the...
This is so true. Social studies keeps getting cut in my state and finding a job in it was insane. Many of us SS teachers are expected to...
I played a few different jokes on my 7th grade with varying success. I wrote that the date was March 32 on the board. I start my lessons with a...
