I can't stand the smell or taste of coffee so I don't drink it. I don't like carbonation so I don't usually drink soda either. When I do get...
I keep getting contacted by a company called World Strides. I haven't done any trips but they have a some interesting ones.
I had this problem with one student last year. I kept making him do the assignment over until I could read it. His handwriting still isn't...
I taught a summer school kindergarten class for two summers. If a child left kindergarten at a DRA level of below a 4 they were recommended for...
Request a backrub from my husband. It's guaranteed to send me to sleep.
I've never heard of training a dog to eliminate in their crate. The purpose of crate training is to teach them that they can hold it until taken...
Call of the Wild
We organize a food drive and take the food to the soup kitchen around Thanksgiving, do activities with the pre-k to 5th graders for Halloween and...
I have the child of a colleague in my class. We made the arrangement that I would contact the dad instead when things needed to be addressed to...
Get the book "The Reading Zone" by Nancie Attwell. She gives tons of information about getting kids to read independently and how to run it.
I love Van Housen. I have a lot of button down shirts (3/4 and long sleeve) in solid colors and vertical stripes. They also have sweaters that...
In one school where I subsituted there was a class with several serious allergies. Instead of snack time they brought juice boxes to have...
My grandma had a pear tree behind her house. She made really great pear pies with them. It's one of the things I'll always remember about her.
Me too! My husband thinks I'm crazy but by the time I get home I just want to be comfortable and separate home from work. I thought I was the...
I try to give a week's notice for tests, but quizzes are usually unannounced.
Thanks for the idea. I would have to get all of the middle school teachers on board and have a supply for him in each classroom which in the...
We don't get paid for advising clubs either. I do three and it takes up more of my time than actually teaching.
Out of curiosity, what do you do when the pencils are gone and students show up without something to write? I have a student who consistently...
I have a key to the front door and my classroom. We can come and go anytime. The office is locked outside school hours. The faculty room/work...
I teach 6th, 7th, and 8th English and Lit. This year's 8th was in 6th my first year at the school so it's my first time with the same kids three...
