Charter School
There are several issues for me just following Open Court. First of all, I think that it is way too slow for the expectations of the...
I currently do not have a pacing plan for math or language arts at my school. I've been trying to follow Open Court, but without a plan I feel...
UVAgrl: Thats awesome you've lost so much weight, so hard to do! I agree that if you have a fair amount of weight to lose, small steps make a...
I went to a ranked program in California, and I have noticed that having a "name" school got me a lot of interviews, which is especially difficult...
I am an exercise fanatic and not a mother, so take my advice with a grain of salt, but if you really want to make a change in your body, 20...
I teach in an extremely poor and violent urban neighborhood. Most of my students are raised by single mothers, many of whom are younger than me (I...
I have a very similar student. He is extremely disruptive and violent too. It is unfortunate because the school does not want to test him for any...
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I am so glad to hear these responses! I am very much a believer in giving children access to these words, but allowing them to develop at their...
My school has just hired a "curriculum specialist" to help bring up our test scores. He is furious right now because my students, who have been to...
I live in CA and am a first year teacher, so I am grateful for a job, but I feel totally taken advantage of and beat up at my school! I work at...
I also think that the yelling issue depends on where you teach. I work in the inner-city and these kids are yelled at all the time... the general...
Hello All, So this is my first year teaching. I am enjoying it, but I'm feeling a little overwhelmed and I need a bit of help/positivity. I...
Thanks all, thats helpful. I'm thinking maybe all the Kinder teachers can combine forces and each take 45 minutes giving the rest of us time to...
Hello All, I've been trying to figure out how/when to begin introducing literacy centers. I was planning on introducing one a week starting at...
I haven't met any of the other Kinder teachers yet... all the other teachers I know use the time as a tutor session since not all the students...
So school hasn't started for me yet, but I just found out a terrible thing today... I have my kids from 7:30- 4 p.m.!!!!! I knew that I...
You guys are great! Thanks!
Don't mean to hijack this post, but I have a question that pertains to centers :-) How do you guys introduce centers at the beginning of the year?
