One thing that raises test scores is rest. Another is experiences outside of school. Why don't policy makers and school administrators...
Now consider that information with many people's prejudices when it comes to certain groups of children...whether they know they have these...
Our school is currently being taken over by Mastery. Therefore, our principal is all of a sudden doing her job, because they're watching her....
I work in a school with a terrible administration. They either ignore the teachers or expect too much, do not notify us of when things are...
Why don't you allow your students to make up work?
We must be here by 7:30am and we have to stay until 4:30pm. We are not allowed to leave before that without asking for personal or sick time....
What do they do while they're in your room? Just stand around? Do you have specific things they can work on with the kids? Maybe have your...
Who told you that information about the bank? I would double check and also let them know the recommendation would go toward your being a...
They could name them, but they couldn't attach the concept to the name. For example, I said, "What is it like in the winter?" and the kids had no...
One of my administrators last year told me that "You people, your babies don't look like you when they're born...but in the African American...
I'm doing a similar lesson with fourth graders later...the goal is to eventually write haiku, with them. We're going to brainstorm words,...
Yes, but at the same time, she will have to make those choices eventually -- as anyone must -- on her own, without her family there to make the...
Yes, K is required. Both the kids I am thinking of have been to kindegarten, and one the students is repeating first grade. I asked them to...
Should first graders know the seasons and months?
What should go in this? My school is being taken over by another, and my job will no longer exist. :( Off to another school I go...but I am...
I think I'm going to change tactics slightly and present words like a code he has to break. I'm going to write sentences that are clues to...
I am going to start doing as much phonemic awareness stuff as possible -- he obviously needs it. I just assessed him with the Woodcock-Johnson...
Oh yeah, insane is the word around this place. I just tested (using DIBELS) the student I am concerned about and....=( It was like pulling...
Melvin, that's a good question. He seems to be okay -- he tells stories well, creates great sentences,and participates fully in oral discussions...
We have DIBELS, though we didn't use it this year. I have a running records kit that I pull material from occasionally (their supplemental...
