5 Tips for New Teachers
…really hard time with this one because I never liked authority (big surprise!) and felt that I should listen to my students’ opinions. But I learned that whether I liked…
…really hard time with this one because I never liked authority (big surprise!) and felt that I should listen to my students’ opinions. But I learned that whether I liked…
…out how to connect several students via headphone adapters connected together. I assigned one student in each group the role of “Audio Captain” who would start and stop the audio…
…month left in the classroom. Don’t feel too bad for me – we don’t go back to class until September! Regardless, if you’re like me, it’s time to reflect back…
How often do we take time to tell others that we appreciate them? We might let our family members know we care, but do we provide time for students to…
…problems. Before the game, place a different task card on each student’s desk, and give each student a blank numbered worksheet. To start the game, ask everyone to solve the…
…to give out a punishment for small issues, but I do need to address them. Every time. 3. Not requiring individual responsibility. Just telling the entire class to be quiet…
…a copy of the letter on Monday morning, and they would turn in their responses (in letter format) by Thursday. At the beginning of the year, we spent time reviewing…
…teacher find time for such a thing? Who would program it, run it, teach students about it? Where would it go? Why would I want to have one?” These were…
…the ones on my site had not been updated in a long time. The problem was that every time I updated a freebie, I had to update it on my…
…much time to savor the enjoyment of poetry. If you wait until the week before testing to teach poetry, you’ll be tempted to skip the poetry writing (no time for…
…keep coming back… I’ve done this dozens of times, and every single time the student that I’ve chosen is able to come to an understanding with the help of the…
…where you’re coming from. Upper elementary teachers are expected to cover an incredible amount of academic content, and there’s not much time left over for anything else. However, teaching older…
