Great thread topic! I have no windows in my room, but still wanted to add some plants to create that homey feel. I'll have to go on the hunt to...
You could have a generic email and password for them to log in under, which would mean that all your students would be logged in under the same...
In the rare instances where tattling does occur in my room, I tell my students to write down what the problem is and to tell me everyone that is...
Thanks for posting this link. I just read through the chapter and found some of what the author had to say was interesting. It definitely has...
I was watching a video of the two women that wrote The Daily 5 a few weeks ago and they said you should use the same color background and border...
I stopped by my room yesterday to drop off my pocket folders from Staples and to print off some stuff and was shocked to find everything had been...
There are two links in my signature for you to check out. My classroom website is linked in my classroom blog.
If you use classblogmeister.com, you can set up student accounts under your own blog and have them password protected. That's what I did when my...
I LOVE this idea!! Thanks for sharing it :)
I have posted about blogging on my Tech Tips for Teachers blog so you might want to check it out and see if there is anything useful there that...
I have used digital storytelling with my students. One of their projects was to choose a Spanish explorer and tell their story of traveling to...
I had one last night! In it I had decided to go over my rules and consequences on the second day of school, so the first day of school was a...
Mine is the Thursday before school starts. I wouldn't be happy at all with it being on a Sunday because the weekends are my only days to rest and...
If you're worried about posting pictures, get parental permission before you post any on your site. I have found that there might be one or two...
I would use them to create data notebooks. Students can keep track and graph test scores in a variety of subjects, writing scores on the...
I wish this were still the case. I've been trying to figure out a layout for my classroom and have no idea how I'm going to fit everything in the...
Just to echo what has already been mentioned ... do not change your theme every 9 weeks. You will go crazy! I'm doing a Hollywood theme with...
I really like the books by Andrew Clements (such as Frindle) and the Fudge books by Judy Blume (such as Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing, Double...
Thanks :)
I feel the same way as you. I've been on break for about five weeks now and there is still so much I would like to do. July will be over before...
