We don't do skill practice in math at my school during the day. Students are expected to do this at home as their math homework most nights. I...
I have 45 minutes a day. No time would really be "enough" so I'm thankful for the 45 I have. I rarely actually sit down and type my plans at...
I'm doing this this week with multiplication. We're going to use the diagram like in the video you posted. We'll see how it goes. I think the more...
Students let me know when they need to conference with me. I leave them feedback about what they're doing well and what they need to improve. I...
I don't ever reset. For every 10 points kids get a dollar in classroom currency. They can either spent it right away on a prize or they can save...
What kind of groups do you want? Something like centers? When my kids go back to do independent practice I put them in groups based on how they...
When you say you don't know where they are academically what exactly do you want to know? Something I use is I've made a table in word with all of...
For once a month I don't think it would really make that much of a difference. I don't think it seems annoying though.
Our school plans out writing pieces that students must complete, we have about 5 weeks on average for each one. So during independent practice...
It's sounds pretty accurate, but I enjoy teaching too. When I'm actually in my classroom teaching with my students I'm not thinking about any of...
Wet get busing for free, so our trips usually cost well under $10, I teach at a Title 1 school and try to charge $10 or less. More than that I can...
Wow it sounds like she didn't even deserve the decency of a phone call. I just try to avoid parents like this.
I probably would eliminate the computer as a center in this case. I would create a separate computer schedule and pull students from whatever...
Was she being serious? Will that actually happens where she lives? It sounds absolutely crazy to me. No way would I be willing to do that for a...
I probably would've done the same thing. I hate the practice of sending kids to another teacher. Is it common in your school?
I would look at exactly what the EL's need help with. Don't rely on them to tell you when they need help or what they need help with. How are you...
Is it the same rotation order to the same stations in the same spots each day? If not, I would recommend keeping everything the same as far as...
I looped and I'm definitely more relaxed this time of year then I would normally be. Although I don't do the "no smiles" thing, I'm definitely...
I don't agree with this. The class needs to learn early on how to stay under control when we're doing serious things and also how to stay under...
I have a co-teacher, so she would have the class on her own in my case. But for other teachers in my school the class gets split on that floor. So...
