One of my responses to "it's not fair" is to say "You're right! It's NOT fair day! That's when you get to ride rides and eat cotton candy, and...
I love the "telling jar" idea. Sometimes I feel badly when I dismiss someone as tattling, and then find out that they had a legitimate concern....
To introduce procedures in a funny way at the beginning of the year....I have made a chart labeled "Top Ten things that bug Mrs. ____"! On it I...
I have all 55 posted in my classroom and the way that I implement them is this....I have my regular expectations for my student's behavoir...
A lot of things i've read (both here and on other message boards) have talked about "individualized lists"....my question...
We use the Harcourt Reading series in our school complete with the suggested spelling words. Not being 100% "sold" on the spelling component, I...
What do you use for your spelling instruction?
Are you wanting to know about book ideas for YOU/teaching or for the students independent reading? As far as for independent student...
I taught summer school in AR for several years, and, even though there were some ring-tailed toots that would be there each summer, discipline...
I have used Love and Logic in my classroom for the past 2 years, and like you, am the only one in my school that uses it. I have had really good...
OM is a creative thinking competition for kids in K-College. Teams consist of 7 members, and they work together to solve one of 5 problems...
What about something like coaching an Odyssey of the Mind team? The only "problem" would be that it would limit you to only 7 members (unless you...
great suggestions! Thank you:)
We've been told that "this group of 2nd graders is low!" many times, but after a week with them, I think my grade level partners and I have...
WOW! What are the class limits in your state? In AR there can only be 20 (I think) in K....
Way...WAY cute! I love punny bulletin boards! :D
My issue was (at times) the opposite. I have had teacher parents come to me at all times of the day....in the morning as i was preparing for the...
my username is my same as at school (guess i didn't consider the anonymity issue when i signed up!) plus...she recognized the post as somthing...
At a technology inservice before school started a year (or was it 2) ago, one of the teachers was surfing around and landed on this website. She...
