OMG....3 hours and 25 minutes with no breaks at first grade! Insane!!!!!
I have been the bilingual (early exit) teacher at kindergarten and then second grade. Our district got rid of the program about 5 years ago in an...
My little girl who arrived from Iraq with NO English a year ago, just moved up a reading level! She was so excited and jumped around the classroom...
an ipod! I just bought a refurbished ipod and put all my classroom music and stories on it. Our school CD players were constantly breaking down...
Our lower primary grades get 15 minutes for A.M recess, 15-20 minute lunch (definitely NOT silent!!!!) with a 20 minute recess and a P.M recess of...
I know one of the criteria for my teaching program here in California was to do service hours in a classroom. I had to have the classroom teachers...
My second graders, in the past, have written letters to parents OR have made invitations and posters to give to their families.
Ooh, I like that brain break idea...I am going to try that!
Awwww, poor little thing:( I HATE cigarette smoke and cannot imagine being in a home with a heavy smoker. I second the febreeze idea!
If I remember correctly, isn't vocab. tiered into levels? Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3? And that many reading programs focus on, Tier 3?? Which are...
Some of us at my school use iPads at my school. i have access to 8 ipads two-three days out of a week. Our ipads have many educational games on...
We tend to cluster in one classroom per grade level to make push-in easier for the RSP teacher. I have most of the sped ed kids and identified RSP...
yes! A grandmother and her boyfriend were regular helpers but they would get their small group riled up and not complete the task I had planned...
E STANDARDS is a really cool itunes app. that gives an overview of the CCS and links them with the ELD standards. Might get some direction there....
I am actually impressed with your response time and willingness to work with the child! Mom needs some perspective.
I have had to take time off during testing week when my dh's mother was dying, AND my then toddler was sick with the stomach flu about 9 years...
I love that the day flies by and no 2 days are EVER alike, no matter how hard I try and keep the kids on schedule! :)
you know, I have been struggling with this same scenario with second graders. I have recently decided that i am going to cut back on my "JOBS"...
heard it and loved it...so shocked to hear how gangs have changed...
I teach second grade. I alternate Daily Language and Daily Math first thing in the morning. It takes about 15 minutes for the homework to be...
