Same here. Sometimes I’m a bit jealous of people who have their lessons planned for them, but I wouldn’t want to give up the freedom to plan as I...
This is what I am new to teaching this year too (formerly Grade 1). I am separating off three separate sections for each grade so they have their...
I did a clip chart with my Grade Ones One year. I moved the clips during recess. Students who made it to the top at the end of the week got a...
That’s a good strategy. I’m switching to a new position at my current school this upcoming year and I requested “a room that exists and has...
We had a lot of room shifting last year and I got moved to a new room. The teacher who had the room previously was unhappy about being moved to a...
I would wait it out and order Scholastic bundles. A lot of these books are ones I had in my classroom library this year and bought them from...
Both. It’s a mini-interview to decide if there will be an actual interview. I had this happen once when I was living in a different province....
I’m jealous of that! We were all just sitting around in our staff room waiting to be told we could leave. Our principal saw that we were just...
I definitely though that our principal would let us leave after the kids did yesterday . . . Nope, we were there for another three hours . . .
Jealous! In Canada, our book deals are $2.00. I’d love to have dollar books! A little too late now, but I like buying the value packs of books....
That’s brutal. My school is completely opposite and we have been encouraged to do fun stuff all this week.
I’m the same as you. The only one of these that occurs in my class is students wearing hats and hoods, but when they come into my room for our...
I noticed this with my class last year. I whispered everything I spoke for most of the week and the kids were great. I wrote everything on the...
I think that might be true (I teach at a private school). My parents are VERY enthusiastic. I think you're doing all the right things and trying...
Maybe we're just a friendly bunch, but teachers at my school go out of their way to introduce themselves to new people. We need you just as much!...
This is what I do. I try and send at least one email a day to a parent letting them know something positive their child has done that day. I...
We call our own subs at my school. The teachers at my school often choose subs based on conversations they have had while they're in for someone...
Same. My grade level partner and I usually do all of the same field trips, but once-ish a year we do our own thing. We also sometimes do, field...
Once you've done one, you'll breeze through them. What reading level range are you working with?
This is me too! I buy a lot of my books used, so I can buy a lot for very little. I'm very lucky that my students pre-purchase all of their...
