Just read this this morning. I spend lots of time and energy trying to differentiate LA and math in my second grade classroom. I NEVER feel...
yes...every year.
FYI, this was in a low income school with many migrant families...bilingual kinder class.
In class, it was all about different units of family. Then we sent home a questionnaire to each family from where each member was from, how they...
WHen I taught Kindy, we also did dinos which was a big hit:) In December, we did family history.
I am on the coast and hoping for a school closure day...just to have some fun:):):) Selfish I know....however, no closure for us near...
Yes!!! It was great!
I usually use my personal leave days first and then use the on-line system to log in sick but have a sub already lined up. Only done it twice in...
Rainy day recess is the teacher's job to handle. Lunch recess, our students are put in classrooms by grade level with a paid teacher yard duty and...
Rarely call in sick, usually just out for PD and elder care for my dad, as well as when my son is ill. That said, I usually take a couple of...
cookie decorating! Frosting, sprinkles, etc....
Yes, many times I care more than the parents of some of my students...I have had many a meeting where I have told a parent that if you don't get...
My son attended k-5 at my school and was also in my second grade class:) However, I always approached admin. as a teacher first. Period.
adequate sleep too!!
We do not have an aligned math curriculum either. (I actually prefer this:) I use Engage NY for ideas and...
I use scholastic decodable readers for my intervention kiddos. Not sure of the cost
I also struggle in this area--we do so much guided 'beyond the text' reading and thinking but so hard to encourage in independent work...
My 78 year old father has Alzheimers too--he does sleep a lot as well. He is in a care facility as I am the only family he has in the area (my...
Normally I don't but this week, our librarian laid out Goosebumps for my second graders! Don;t know what she was thinking! ALL kids wanted to...
Two years ago, we ALL had this cohort of second graders who we had been hearing about in Kinder and in first...they arrived in second grade and I...
