One of my goals for this summer was to find ways to cook simple, fast dinners at home so that when the school year started back up it would be...
I have a demo lesson coming up this week at a school that I would love to be at! It will either be doing a reading or math lesson to a classroom...
Our school's policy is also 10 minutes per grade level. Have you had a chance to bring your concerns before the principal or school council?...
I'm still tweaking mine - but this is a rough idea of what mine look like - kids self select 2 centers to go to each day for about 15 minutes each...
We left school on Friday with Spring Break being this next week. It's amazing how much more relaxed I have been this entire weekend knowing that...
I'm looking for ways to get the kids back focussed after being "wild" for a while. So far I'm mainly doing classical music, read aloud, and...
I've been in and out the past 3 or 4 weeks. Hopefully by now it is ready - kids come Monday:eek:
I take my kids (and embarrassed husband) too! We live about 40 minutes away from Staples. Do you know if Wal Mart will price match these?...
I'm wanting to do a travelling stuffed animal to start the year. Since our school mascot is the shark, I am going to send the shark in a clear...
I have them sit by themselves (or with a different class) during lunchtime.
I'm trying to make sure that I get everything straight in my head before school starts. This is what I was thinking of doing with some of the...
I've often found that when I send kids to the book baskets to select books, they waste at least a fourth of this time while they are up out of...
I am in the process of getting the Debbie Diller book, but I was just curious from other real teachers out here what do you have the rest of your...
Oh wow! These are all great ideas. I think that I would like to take something off of the beach theme but direct it more towards our school...
What do morning meetings look like at the second grade level?
Oh I like the skip counting numbering system. I have usually taught in very transient schools and will again be teaching in a very transient...
Do you send them home as you grade them or all together on a certain day of the week?
rows, groups, horseshoe???
You know the kind that has the kids names on the doors or just outside the classroom. I've seen: A Sharp Bunch (names would be on pencils)...
