We are a 1:1 district too...BUT the bandwidth was horrible (Better now) and the lil guys have HP slates which are useless...
THIS!!! :thumb: I have said the basically the exact same thing on my FB page when I have seen this come up... The teacher comment does seem a...
I teach in California, primary, and yes, SPED kids are mainstreamed all the time into our classes. Those who are "severe" are supposed to come...
I remember having all those feelings too when my now 12 year old was that age--part of the reason we only have one is because of working...my...
I agree that holding them in for recess all the time is a lot of work of you as the teacher AND not sure it benefits the kids all that much...I do...
^^AGREE!!!!^^^ I spend the first few weeks of second grade making my students do the monkey bars...some have never even tried before. We...
Discovery Ed has a video...I have not checked it out yet. Our school does a whole commerative assembly every year. Our 4th grade sing "Proud to be...
I have a no-work group this year! About 4 kids who sit and do nothing. All boys too. With one of them, he is so passive aggressive. He sits right...
I also teach second grade and have the kids chart their running record scores each time in a bar graph...At the end of the year, they can see...
our parent volunteers this year need to be fingerprinted and tb tested before they are allowed to volunteer in the classroom OR go on any field trips!
We play this in second grade all the time! Kids love it! In addition: * I also have dice that have 1s, 10s, or 100s... * We play explode the...
My son in 6th grade last year read Hunger Games. In 7th and 8th, he will have to read the next ones (although he loved Hunger Games so much he...
You can easily open up a Vanguard account. I do that for summer pay. Every month, Vanguard pulls directly from my account into a MMA ($1000/month)...
That would be great! PM me:) We had one day of training already and I was super excited....our last math program was a dud and I rarely used it....
My district (k-8) went 1:1 this past December. Grades 3-8 have chromebooks. Grades k-2 have HP Slates. They also offered an optional course for...
As little as possible! I agree that things change all the time. Plus I have been teaching the same grade for 12 years now:) We did go 1:1 this...
I agree about the TSA or 403b idea...my partner teacher made me start this when I was 27 years old. I started at $50/month and 20 years later and...
Ooooo, I love talking money! Married, one child, hubby brings home 3000/month, me, 4600/month (ten month pay scale). 1000 automatically goes...
Today is our last day with kids. I have cried 3 times already and the day is not over. I had them write letters of advice to the incoming 2nd...
I agree! But I have 20 years teaching in california and rarely have had "specials" at all....ya just get used to running around like a lunatic:)
