I wish I had gotten mine, but who knows how it would have worked out. We were really discouraged (at the college) from getting our masters...
Most the teachers in my group seem to have some sort of system where the kids move something with their name on it to choice A, choice B or...
I better respond right now or I will completely forget to! ;-) Absolutely I forget things SO fast. Although I don't think it's just at this time...
hundreds. I have hundreds in my class library, then hundreds more that I pull out for groups, units etc. I too feel that if a kid is interested...
When we clean up from inside recess, I have a particular song I play on a CD. That way I don't have to tell them to clean up and they know they...
Just curious. I usually do most of a week's lesson plans the week before (or the weekend before!). I saw another teacher with her lesson plan...
I 'stole' this poem and adapted it some. I found the original on a post called 'rules, rules, rules in the elem ed forum. You might check there...
LOL,LOL Ok, maybe mine are NORMAL then! Thank you all for the great advice. I went in this weekend and revamped my behavior plan and rearranged...
Scholastic books has really good ones and you can get them with the bonus points from your class book orders.
I think I'd be contacting my union about my rights (and the rights of the other students in the class). I do think that many of the ideas noted...
Oh no! That would be very frustrating! I know you'll be doing what you can from home. I hope you can get in there early Monday morning.
Going to a different teacher than the one they will be with seems like a really unusual idea. Why do they do that? If you can, I'd contact one...
I have used several of the 'tricks' to get the class' attention and get them quiet and they generally work, but then it seems as soon as I start...
The play dough didn't work out that well for me. I made play dough with the magic color in it. the kids did like it, but it really made a mess....
You guys are great! Thank you! Of course, feel free to use it. I wish I could remember who posted the original...I think it was under a post...
Someone on here had posted there rules, done as a poem. I loved that idea so I modified it a little to fit my class rules. I'd love to come up...
If you really want to stay home, be sure to run the numbers to see if it might be possible... after all, I know you don't make that much...
I usually only play instrumental music (classical, slower jazz) while they are doing real 'work', but there are fun kid's songs that we play when...
Once you begin the actual process (apply and send in your money) do you have to complete everything that same year? Looking for a support group...
