Parents working with their children, not only on homework, but on spending quality time with them, not signing them up for too many outside school...
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Well, they keep changing the rules here in NJ, so it does not look like anytime soon! :lol: Plus, at age 58 (I am proud to say that!), I find...
That is so NOT true! Maybe 20 years ago all they did was hand out bandaids, but the school nurse of today is invaluable. She is the one person...
Great resource! Kids love comics, and it's a great way for them to incorporate new reading vocabulary into their writing, and reinforce things...
Is this a documented hearing problem or "selective hearing"? First, if the school nurse has not checked her hearing, I would make that a priority,...
Does your core curriculum say elephants are to be taught separately, or as part of a larger unit on mammals, etc.?
have you ever played, "I Have...Who Has?" This is a great link, but there are many more versions of it online....
Have you ever seen the card game, "I Have...Who has...."? It's a series of cards with 2 math problems on them and each student gets handed one or...
Like that one!
Definitely guidance counselor - in our school, that behavior would be regarded as intimidation, with the new bullying policies in place. Also,...
Class parents do talk, so I would be careful about excluding one or two of them. You can get them something very simple, like a holiday themed...
It's very hard for a child to recover their grade with a zero, and the chance of them actually not knowing anything is slim. In third grade, we...
I would probably use it as an extra credit to earn some points for those who got it correct. Did you ask the class what seemed to be the problem...
Can you work with him using a Phonics book, like Explode the Code, where words are introduced and the student then has to copy the word exactly?...
LOVE IT! Have taught Grades 2 through 6, and have been in third now for 4 years and would never change. The students are still curious but do...
I started my career more than 30 years ago as an EBD teacher, and I can understand why teachers in that area leave sooner and more frequently, but...
The biggest issue, in my opinion, is the lack of respect for the teaching profession.
3 months is not a long time to give yourself to get acclimated to the job. Charter schools are usually way different than your average public...
Try to use Prep Time, if you get it daily, to actually prep for the classes. It is also amazing how much you can accomplish by staying just a...
