Greetings! This fall I am going to be teaching grade 1-4 Spanish. I've taught for the last five years, but always as a classroom teacher. Can you...
Hi All, I am going to attempt to do the Mock Rocks experiment with my 5th graders. I do not use the Foss program, nor do I have the materials,...
I only have a cell so I do not give that out, but I check and respond to email frequently.
You should check out the book The First Six Weeks of School. MANY great ideas.
I'm in fifth in I've always used groups! Model model model!
I teach 5th and we use sticker name tags. Not my fav for enviro friendlly, but cheap and easy!
I read the reviews, but I haven't yet read the book. I'm glad to read a "real" review. Do you think it would be a good read aloud to start the...
OK so while I haven't fully developed the idea, what I've realized is this: -My kids will read and respond each night -The responding they do...
I have a birthday lunch. They invite three friends to eat lunch with me in the classroom. Depending on the student, I sit and visit with them or I...
Great. Anyone else? Even general suggestions are helpful.
This past year my partner teacher and I really worked to create an interdisciplinary unit around immigration. She teaches SS and I teach LA. She...
I read First Day Jitters and we talk about irony, brainstrom synonyms for jitters, journal about our own first day jitters, etc. My favorite part...
I have the opposite problem. Until last year, we were made to teach spelling from a workbook and students were even given seperate grade for it on...
My colleague and I use nametags on the kids the first few days to get to know names/faces. I don't put names because it becomes complicated...
I find this whole idea of themes so interesting! In my school/other schools I've been in, I've never seen teachers use a theme when setting up...
I've always been interested in the idea of author studies, but I only have a very vague idea of how to run one at the fifth grade level. Have...
I see lots of suggestions for No Talking...caution...my kids wanted to try it!
I have a Bulletin Board about myself that I leave up for the first week (until parent night.) I use that to talk a bit. During the first week we...
Where did you find the ideas to use with Holes?
If you're familiar with Differentiated Instruction, these kinds of tasks are called Anchor Activities. Here's a good site:...
