I need some help as far as teaching letters and sounds to the little ones. What order should I teach the letters and how fast should I teach them?...
I went to a Love and Logic workshop and had a GREAT time! I have used it on my students and I am beginning to see I am going to have to use it on...
Hello everyone! I just got hired teaching a k/1 split. I have taught K and 1st but never together. Does anyone have any advice about how to teach...
I am currently teaching in Ohio and I am trying to find another teaching job. I am also discouraged. There are NO jobs around here. Many of the...
I am trying to plan ahead to next year and I was wondering what kind of assessments do you do at the start of the year to see where your students...
Thanks for the advice. I appreciate all the responses. I have already started figuring out what I can do better for the rest of this year and what...
I guess it is just upsetting that everything we as teachers do is based on a test. I feel like a failure because of these test results. I will...
My students took the Terra Nova tests and didn't do so well. They dropped from last year but still are at or a bit above grade level (I posted a...
I am working out of the Houghton Mufflin reading series and this story just happens to be in the book right now. It is focusing on folk tales more...
Thanks, yeah sorry I spelled his name wrong, it has been a LONG day and this evaluation has me really stressed.
I am being eveluated by my principal and I chose to have her come and observe me for reading. The story my kids willl be reading that day is...
Ok I am in a bad mood and need some cheering up, what is your best teacher joke you know or have heard?
They have an arabic/quran class 5 times a week and an Islamic Studies class 3 times a week. I am unsure of how much Arabic they can read and write...
that was interesting, it really all depends on how stirct they are. I am laughing because I acutally understood some of the Arabic terms. lol I...
Thanks!
yeah, he was saying he wanted this student to watch american tv but it all had music in it. we suggetsed PBS and exaplained that all American TV...
Thanks! I just have to be careful with the websites because the student's father doesn't want anything that has music on it because of religious...
I am a 2nd year teacher and I still feel that way. Right now I am going through a situation that has got me depressed and anxious to the point I...
I guess I should give some background on the Terra Nova. It tests the kids to see where they are in Science, S. Studies, Math, reading, and...
I feel the same way. I am NOT an advocate for these standardize tests at all. I can tell you right off the bat with some of the kids what went...
