I have a dog that won't take pills. He will eat around whatever food or pill pocket it's stuffed in and spit out the pill. I had to literally...
I live and teach in a small community. I'm friends with quite a few students and parents-as are other teachers and admin in the school. I get...
I've taught 6 through 12. I think middle schoolers are full of drama, freshmen and sophomores are full of drama and attitude and the juniors and...
I teach high school and middle school English. One day a week, in class, we do SSR. Housekeeping and passing out papers takes about 10 minutes...
There is an ELA facebook page for teachers in my state (Oklahoma) and there are quite a few teachers selling classroom sets for a reasonable...
I don't even know what classes I'll be teaching yet. School starts in a couple of weeks and it's still "up in the air."
10 minutes door to door. No stoplights because it's a rural area. And most of the commute is highway.
I love the freshmen and sophomore lit books. They have a great selection of short stories and poems. I'm not a big fan of the middle school U.S....
My prep time is the first hour of the morning. One day a week, I make copies for the next week. Other days I grade and spend about 20 minutes...
I swear the rush to be first has left the state of journalism in the toilet. It's like that Texas trucker who's was accused of murder by a psychic...
I think the problem is that a lot of kids just don't know how to take notes. Not everything the teacher/professor says needs to be written down...
If a kid has put in a lot of effort, and he ends ups with an 89.3 (89.5 I would automatically round up), I may give him a couple of hundredths of...
I'm a pick-your-battles type of person. And the bathroom issue is not one that I'm going to fight over. I won't let them go when I'm teaching....
I don't want them out when I'm teaching. And they become mine for the rest of the day when they are. But they can use them when I'm finished. I...
I find this to be what happens at my school. There is a small number of kids who still don't do the work and will literally stare at the wall all...
I've painted laminate before and I think the two most important steps are sand and prime (with a separate primer).
I used my iPad a lot in my world history class this year. It was a small class and I had the kids make videos (iMovie was their fave app) and...
I teach 7-10 and I let them pick their seats with the caveat that I can change them at my will. It generally works for me. 7th: I had a couple of...
My sister is my bff. I have a brother who lives a few states away. But I visit once a year (generally in the summer so for a couple of weeks to a...
This! My response is always "I'm okay with that. But you still have to do your work and you still have to try. That needs to happen whether you...
