I have been teaching for four years and just this year I am starting my master's program in Elementary Education from a local university.
We start spelling the third week of school, which is also when our spelling homework starts. The students have been getting all other homework...
Those sound like great ideas, thanks!
I also use the sticks when calling on students. A lot of the time I have a lot of students who want to answer a question, so the sticks help me...
Ms.Jasztal, I'm the same way! I always have to spend a while in the afternoons putting things away. I've gotten a lot better since my first...
I'm in Maryland and right now I have 15 students. I love it :)
I need some fun, challenging math projects/centers for my above grade level math students. Does anyone have any ideas? Right now we're working...
When I taught third grade last year, I chose the helpers by picking their stick from a can. This year I'm having them fill out a job application....
We don't start reading centers until the third week of school. This is our first week and I plan to start modeling small group and center...
What picture books do you read aloud at the beginning of the school year?
I never wanted to teach fourth grade. I've previously taught first, second, and third grades. My principal keeps looping me with my kids every...
I'm completely exhausted also. I've been at school this week everyday from 7 in the morning to 6 every night (and the only reason I left then was...
I have 14 as of today. :)
The items that the students use daily go in their desks. This would be their reading books, math books, science books, reading workbook, and...
These are the centers I use during reading time: listening (very rarely) writing computer language arts informational text The language...
Peachyness, that is how I did homework when I taught second and third grades. I assigned it everyday and they turned it all in on Friday. On...
What are you doing for a first day math activity? In the past, I've done a birthday graph and graphing activities using things like colored...
We group our students by their SRI scores. I put them into three groups--above grade level, on grade level, and below grade level. I try not to...
An hour for writing, wow! I'm lucky if I can get in 20 minutes a couple days a week. But our state doesn't test in writing, just reading and...
That sounds like one of the custodians at my school. He's an older guy and is always lurking around and chatting me up, just like a creepy old...
