I'm in the same boat as you. I don't want kids and have felt this way long before I starting teaching. As a teacher, I have seen just how much...
Thanks for the links! I tried doing this a few years ago and it never seemed to come together the way I hoped. I would spend the first week of...
Congrats on your new job! I think in terms of behavior managment for 5th graders you need to be consistent and fair. They need to know that you...
I usually do a newsletter in Publisher to give parents, but I'm wondering if a handbook might be better. That way I can include tips on homework,...
I staple a behavior sheet inside their agendas each week and at the end of the day, I mark the reasons why they got their name on the...
I would definitely look at getting books as cheap as possible. I was able to get a lot of mine from yard sales when I was trying to build up my...
So am I! I couldn't wait for the end of the year to arrive. However, within a couple of days of my summer vacation I realized how bored I was....
I have parents that do that. I try to make a point to glance at my email several times throughout the day just in case I have an email like this...
I have a lot of parents that usually address me by my first name (it's included in our email address and on our websites) in emails/notes, which...
My school has gotten a few negative comments on that site before. I figure that out of 1200+ kids we have, the few that post negative comments...
I usually go to Teaching Stuff when I need to buy anything.
I simply walk over to the whiteboard and write the student's name or put a check next to their name if it's already on the board. Then I call on...
Students will be written up for cheating, stealing, and engaging in physical contact. Depending on the seriousness of the lie, I will deal with...
I would open the door to my neighboring teacher's classroom and have her watch my class while I was gone.
I would HATE to have cameras in my room. I would feel like I was on show 24/7 and would be way too aware of my every move and I think that would...
I usually check mine once a night after I've gotten home from school. There's rarely anything new going on since I left, mainly since I leave...
What are you thinking of putting in it?
I would only check the drills that had all 100 problems completed because those were the students that would move onto the next fact. When I...
Along the Pringles can idea ... I saw a teacher online that glued shoeboxes together to make a mailbox. You would just have to cut out one of the...
I got a lot of my books at yardsales, through Scholatic with my bonus points, and student donations. You'd be surprised at how many books you can...
