I had a sm a few years ago...another teacher on my team scared her out of her class by calling her "disrespectful" for not answering on the first...
How about some research activities with presentations as the final activity? Some thematic topic, with some kind of poster board presentation?
I think you handled the discussion beautifully and so age-appropriate. I also do not believe avoidance is the answer at all, in light of the fact...
Old Travel Guides....like lonely planet, or Fodors series....you can pull a paragraph or two to focus on with maps... I have also brought in my...
In second grade, we color code the hour (red) and minute hand (blue) and practice writing to the half hour, practice dividing a circle in half to...
I have 5 sitting here finishing up the work for the same reasons! Tomorrow, if it is not finished, they miss our "fun friday" activity. And the...
oooohhhhh, going to try that help desk idea!!! maybe in the genre of the Charlie Brown psychiatry?? Didn;t one of the characters "open" his/her...
Also with CCS, along with opportunities with community problem solving is being able to prove ideas and "respectfully disagree"...at least this is...
Just started using the evan-moor book on teaching art today! Second graders loved it...I am so NOT an artist so I am glad to have a resource that...
TG--thanks for the lesson on strong verbs! I learned something! Very interesting....I had never heard the term before.
sounds like a very well rounded day!!!!
I was hired as a bilingual teacher of kindergartners with so-so Spanish--but boy, by the end of the year, my spanish had improved soooooo...
I have not taught in a DL classroom but I am a former bilingual teacher. From what I understand about DL, part of the day is in pure Spanish and...
I love the dixie cup idea with cheerios!!! Thanks! I am going to try it when we get back--my kiddos are VERY chatty and it drives me BONKERS.
in between...my room gets messier and messier as the day progresses as I am teaching but I do NOT leave for the day until everything is put back...
cookie party with milk:) Each child brings in some cookies to share.Make brown bags decorated like gingerbread houses to take home extra...
Reading for ideas as well....same issue but with 32 of them, it makes it sooooo hard to keep them focused!
I am in Salinas, California. We got rid of class size reduction about 3 years ago. It is insane--I feel like a prison guard sometimes and other...
32!!!! Welcome to California...
I usually start in small groups, showing my strong writers how to peer edit. And then slowly work my way down to the rest of the kids in small...
