I love the homework bag idea! Have you found the poem yet? I'd love to borrow it. :D
Lots of great ideas for morning meeting/calendar time activities! One thing that I do along with my daily count is have the students show that...
I have one in my room whenever I have a student that would benefit from it. Last year I had a student with ODD, and I made a "Chill Town" behind...
I don't understand why the burden has to keep falling to those of you (us) who will say "yes" when asked. My contract says that I am to "teach...
How wonderful! What a great way to keep her pulse on what is actually going on in each classroom. I have always thought that formal observations...
I've always felt honored by any parent requests, but especially people that work in the district. I feel really validated when they work with me,...
Each grade level at our school hosts a parent night once a year. Our theme in 2nd grade for the past 2 years has been "Fall into Reading". We...
I LOVE your birthday display!!!!! Great idea!
I noticed that you have cubbies in your classroom. We moved into a new building last year and cubbies were added, and I wondered what do you have...
I have read the book, and use the "55" in my 2nd grade classroom. I usually introduce one during morning meeting time, and we discuss them, maybe...
I hated the thought of crating our weimaraner when we first got her, but after coming home to her having wrecked havoc in our sunroom during the...
You're kidding?!? I just learned something new!!! So that just intensifies my soapbox against using meth! I've always wondered why in the world...
I use a book called "Boris Bear Remembers His Manners". It is a big book that I got from (I think) Really Good Stuff many, many years ago. It is...
ps...my worst case was a little girl that always smelled like cat urine :( Now THAT'S a hard smell to ignore......:whistle:
Let's see....not sure what to suggest for the wet dog/marlboro smell...but: lousy perfume: maybe buy an expensive tester of nice (and lightly)...
We have a "Sunshine Committee" at our school that brings in doughnuts once a month to celebrate staff birthdays. It's always a nice surprise when...
such cute ideas! i KNEW i could depend on you!!!! :D
Ha! No worse than some of the ones that I've come up with :D
ha! that's cute! I had thought about *"We've flipped for Mrs. ____'s 2nd grade!" or *"Look who's flipped into Mrs. ___'s class!" but I'm...
I don't agree with sneaking in.... I would arrange a time either before or after Open House to make your visit to your child's kindergarten...
