me too! I usually try to stay in a vegetative state (at least for concerning all school related things) during the month of June and half of July...
I agree with you all about Number the Starsbeing too much for 2nd graders, but dog-gone-it....it's such a great book! :D Have any of you read The...
What great comments! Thank you! Some of the books that I have read to my class are Tale of Despereaux, Because of Winn Dixie, and The B.F.G (as...
When reading teach12's thread on "a good book", several books that were mentioned were books that I've read (and loved). I would love to read...
One thing that I realized about myself was that I was not expecting my kids to REALLY think when they were looking for similiarities and...
I agree that you need to find out how your school handles this even, because just in the responses that have come in so far I see lots of...
Sounds great to me! I'll see you in the other thread! :D
I FINALLY got my book in the mail yesterday! Woo-de-hoo-hoo! I read module 1 on Comparing and realized that even with the simple things (like...
Just curious....does "uwo" stand for University of Western Ontario? That's where my dad went to college!
Okay! That sounds worth the drive from NW AR! What is the name of this store? and where is it located?
I don't think that rice krispy treats were on the "okay" list...although I wouldn't swear to it. I didn't use snacks in my 2nd grade room often,...
2 thing I have done that my kids always LOVE are activities showing how the stomach and intestines digest food. stomach: put a slice of...
I also teach in Arkansas, and our school is doing exactly what Miss W's school does in regards to the new nutritional guidelines. Last summer, I...
Along those same lines, I used hangers and clothespins to hang my posters in a closet at school. I was constantly having to repin them b/c they...
My first group of kindergarteners graduated from high school this year, so I had the same question as you. To those that I felt would not see it...
Congratulations on your new 2nd grade position! I have taught 2nd grade for 4 years (after 9 years of kindergarten) and you will LOVE 2nd...
I have also called my messengers my "couriers".
Wow! Thanks for all the replies! At the beginning of the year last year, to teach my classroom procedures I introduced the "top ten things that...
That's pretty much how I've handled it in the past (minus the partner since bathrooms were in the classroom), but with the bathrooms being outside...
...bathroom breaks when you don't have bathrooms IN your classrooms? My school district has built a new facility for the primary school (yay...
