I get this a lot. My last name is a pretty big indicator to adults, but kids generally don't know. Most of the time, it's well meant. At my old...
Love this! Isn't it funny how they get excited over the little things? I think making a little effort to work in "fun" stuff is greatly...
I call on kids who raise their hands. I also will ask students to "volunteer" to answer certain questions (for example, if they are answering 10...
I came up with a little check list for each day of the week with 20 or so behaviors a "good student' exhibits. I give a copy to the kid to track...
I had a kid like that a couple years ago, although he was an 11th grader not an 8th grader. I eventually pulled him outside and told him to cut...
Um, aren't first graders ALWAYS wiggly? My 9th graders have a hard time sitting still most of the time!
If a kid is in lunch detention every day, then it's obviously not working and they need to stop getting detentions and start getting referrals. My...
Thanks! I saw the PDFs in my own search but wasn't sure if they're still valid since they were written 13+ years ago? Does anyone know if things...
So... I just said I would take over for coaching Academic Decathlon. No one else at the school was willing, and I always have a problem turning...
I have these nice little cards printed up that say "Congratulations! You have earned detention! Speak with Ms. S on ____ at _____" So then kids...
I gave my last class of seniors a choice between Frankenstein and Pride and Prejudice (It's Brit Lit here in 12th grade). They chose Pride and...
CSU Sac also offers a 2 semester program, but it's basically 8am to 8pm, student teaching in the morning and classe all afternoon. I took a year...
I think her thought is that English teachers tend to teach things because they are "classics" without any other real reason behind it. (The cannon...
Oh, forgot to include that their HW for the week is to research some of the historical elements and make a brochure. As far as the time goes......
Poetry is 9th grade. Mythology is 9th grade. MLA format is 9th grade.
I agree 100% with Alice.
For block days, I always try to break it up. Some reading, some talking, some moving, some direct instruction, some practice. I try to never be...
So I have my first evaluation at my new school coming up. AFTER I told my AP the unit we were beginning, she more or less told me she feels like...
I always did my powerpoints with one side in English and one side in the best translation I could muster. Many of the Spanish only parents also...
If you have mixed grades, I might shoot somewhere in the middle, rather than at the bottom. Maybe 10th grade? And then you can always vary...
