My first day was last Wednesday. I have 9 first graders! I am VERY excited about what I can do with this group of students. I have a VERY...
I have been to many IRA conferences. They are normally full of valuable information. I am not sure if yours are set up as ours. But, I was able...
Do you have a middle school that you could help by tutoring or be a helper in the classroom? You would be surprised what you can learn by...
Thanks for sharing ;)
Reading the room Poetry station or rhyming words or pictures ABC station
I was a mentor this year. I feel like you have to have a good balance of both kinds of advice. As she would explain things to me, I might give...
For the first 6 weeks your are teaching the routines of what your balanced literacy time will looks like. Then you practice practice practice....
It seems like a mountain right now! But you can do it!!! And you will be exteremely proud of yourself when you are finished. So keep picturing...
Thanks for the support pwhatley! I am hoping someone who uses checklists instead of letter grades will tell me what they use. :)
I made some for my classroom. The students use them when reading to themselves and when practicing sounds. My students with speech articulation...
That was a great booster! Thanks for sharing! I just emailed the link to every teacher friend I knew!
I have my first week planned. And I have my Science and Social Studies Units planned out. But other than that I do alot of planning day by day....
Are they big enough to write words on? Could you make them into story cubes? Or parts of speech cubes?
I am not a title one teacher, but I work very closely with ours. I feel like she would say that the beginning and the end of the year paperwork...
Everyone needs to understand what they are getting themselves in when entering a teaching position. However, is it our responsibility to judge...
What are you wanting to assess for? If you don't already have assesments then you may need to make your own. Think about what you have taught and...
I am not going to be using letter grades or percentages. The grade card has all the MO GLE's (state standards) listed out. I will then give the...
I would leave it because I think you will become limited on space if you move it.
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It took my husband a year to realize that I LOVED my job and he HATED his job. He was getting paid very well and that was ALL that mattered to...
