We do a science fair every year where students must choose a question that they do not already know the answer to, then do an experiment to...
Have you checked out sciencenewsforkids.org? Great science articles on current research. My students really like the ones about the human body,...
Students last day is June 15th and teacher's last day is June 17th.
I've only taught in "tough" middle schools, so I can't say that it is more rewarding than teaching in other schools. I find it very rewarding....
I personally haven't ever thought of another teacher as a bad teacher. There have been teachers who struggled teaching the population of students...
I used it a great deal last year when I was teaching language arts to 7th graders. It is an easy read with very practical and engaging ways to use...
I have the same philosophy as well. However, I do pay attention to who is always using the materials I provide. When a student appears to...
No one is every forced to be at a staff social, and no one is made to donate to our social fund for gifts, flowers, etc. We enjoy spending time...
I have 1 laptop for the teacher and 10 laptops for students to use. Students use them as needed. I don't track how often a single student uses...
Our school has 2 different sets of grades we give students at the end of each grading period: effort and benchmark. Effort is the place we keep...
If I am at school and not in a meeting, then there are students in my classroom. I like it, and many of them need to the place to study/do homework.
I teach my students how they can take action about something they don't like instead of complaining. Then when students complain about something I...
My state has a law that says we can not take sports, recess or P.E. away as a consequence for poor choices. I have the policy that parents sign...
I agree with wrice. Document everything. We take turns taking notes at meetings, email notes back to the principal because if he does not respond...
I give out my cell phone number to my students, but this is not a requirement where I live. I have never had a problem with it, and it has been...
I love prezi! It makes so much more sense to my students who are not sequential thinkers and struggle with PowerPoints.
No sweats, shorts, or t-shirts on teaching days, but we can wear just about anything on nonteaching days as long as shoulders to thighs are covered.
With our principal it depends on if you are in favor with him. If you are, then he has an open door unless in a meeting. If not, good luck getting...
Sounds like they need some strategies to use when reading the questions: identifying what common words mean in math (eaxmple: "less" means to...
I would start with finding lots of different examples of text with procedures (recipes, labs, schematics, etc.). You could discuss structure,...
