I love this idea! I teach honors geo and I always hated taking so much time in class for students to take notes - especially with so many...
We were having a similar problem school wide with students continually not doing work (whether it was homework or classwork). My school is trying...
When: once every two weeks Who: department (same subject) What: At the beginning of the year we discuss meeting norms, goals for the year,...
Last year a fellow teacher and myself got inspired to have our students write more in math. We included a written response question on every test...
I don't think this will help with this situation, but it could help with future situations. In my district, seventh graders can be placed in...
Some posters have already mentioned/questioned the possibility of having an LCD projector. At my school that is all we use. Connect your...
Thanks for the replies. Windycitygal606, good idea - I think I will try playing around with the site.
I just heard about edmodo which is a social network specifically for teachers, parents, and students. I could not get too much info from their...
Good luck to you. You will do great!
I am not sure what I will wear yet. But I do know that I will be trying to come up with something professional yet can keep me cool in my...
Mine is also obvious and not creative. I teach math. I love math. I cannot spell.
There was a thread on this topic about a week ago. http://forums.atozteacherstuff.com/showthread.php?t=149601 There are many good...
I also just count homework for completion. Homework in my class is 1 point a day. Another teacher counted it as 10 points a day. I think it is...
Thanks for the warning. I do make sure that I hand them back their item in front of the class so that I will have some witnesses to the exchange....
We can have up to 36 students. I would say on average (not including PE- which could have in the 40 range) we get about 32 in a class.
One thiing I do about pencils is require collateral to get a pencil from me. I have students handing me make-up, ipods, keys to their house -...
Good to see that it is never too late to change things (classroom management-wise) and see improvements.
Well my experience has not been exactly the same but hopefully helps in some way. I started in the classroom fairly young and was extremely...
We have about 750 students with about 26 teachers give or take a couple.
Our district actually has grading guidelines. It is general categories that can be applied to the various subjects (this is for grades 7-12 by...
