I think you need a certain number of posts first...to be able to access PMs. :(
There's also a post somewhere below with great ideas...
great ideas, Wa...it is a shame that it has come down to such pickiness like "no food rewards" - if kids are learning bad eating habits, they...
Anytime :) DH & I (both teachers) were actually just talking about this today b/c we had the same professor for this class and she basically...
LOL - I agree Wa...I try my best to get it right, too
hmmm - maybe use the day to focus more on ships, america and native Americans and less on Columbus?
Not to hi-jack your post, but my Soc Stud. educ. teacher would kill us if she knew that any of her former students were teaching/doing columbus...
I, too, have a 4 yr old in my class who is a "natural reader" - Having her in my room has been good for me to expand my teaching and try to meet...
love your ideas, vanna! :)
At our facility, I still plan on having my kids do their AM activity & then at 9:30, we will be doing the parade. This will probably take half an...
I think you should still include it...is there anyway that you can get someone else at your facility to do the chart too and then you could...
maybe not - but 5 minutes really isn't asking too much of them either...
You're right...except most people don't follow that model for their centers anymore. Most centers (speaking from an elementary school standpoint...
Honestly, I'm not so sure what's so Montessori about centers...except maybe a "learn as you go" approach...you're definitely in a frustrating...
I guess they figure that the elementary teachers do a lot more work for the program (which they do) than the Beginners program teachers, hence the...
She probably doesn't know the difference since she probably never did regular elementary school book-it (it's been quite a number of years since...
Teachers each get a certificate for a free med. pizza for regular Book-it!
Question - do the teachers get anything as a reward like they do for regular Book-it! ? We did this last year and didn't get a reward. I am just...
hmmm tough crowd :( I also agree w/ Wa that it's tough when they don't have the older role models.
If vowel-sound books are "pathetically easy" for the 3s, then they are doing nothing more than memorizing them...they are NOT reading and...
