I'd be all in on this! I think it'd be neat to share things from our school/ area. I know Virginia isnt huge, but where I am in Northern VA, is...
I am feeling incredibly lucky that we were allowed to wear jeans when we wanted, and sneakers! However, who knows with our new principal :(
Before moving back to K, I taught 5th grade, and more specifically, I taught science to the entire grade, and was science lead. I am in VA, and I...
I was JUST thinking about this this summer, how my new years resolutions should be September-August and not January-December. I am starting my...
What do you all use for teaching reading? I do not feel that our program is very balanced, and I do incorporate phonics into my program. Ive been...
I teach at a suburban school, most kids have had preschool. I have 23 kids... With one child with a pretty severe behavior/sped issue (which we...
I am just wondering what everyone else does. When I taught K previously, we used some Hooked on phonics and also used guided reading with trade...
Im hoping this isnt how I feel after our first day! Im sure it will get better!
Wow... I am so sorry to be so wordy! (my husband asked "What are you typing?!!" ) I LOVED teaching upper grades, but standardized testing...
Dont worry!!! I moved from K to 5th, stayed in 5th for four years and am back to K... all by choice. Yes, you can still do a word wall. I used...
It looks great! Ive been working in my room for two weeks now - beginning week 3. We are in a brand new building, so its been a challenge!
Whew! I have all of that besides the music... well, and the carpet, but our rooms are carpeted and have a big stripe (I call it the "do not cross...
I have tried to arrange my books by theme - a teacher I worked with used the themes from TheVirtualVine and so I did that (actually, had a...
Okay, so as I am freaking out at my lack of Kinder stuff (after teaching 5th for the past four years) and the lack of resources we got (limited...
Wow, I really thought an assistant in K was pretty consistent across the board. We were pretty spoiled in my old school, we had full day aids in...
How do you monitor the others while you're pulling groups?
We did this when I taught 5th, we made them run laps and it worked well. We worked them up to easily running a mile by the end of the year.
So, as of right now, we are opening with no assistants in Kinder. We will be at 20-21. When teaching younger grades (PreK-K) I have always had an...
THANK YOU Thank you guys so much, I am stressing out about the first week!
I am at a loss for some literacy / math / science center ideas... anyone have any suggestions?
