What Every New Teacher Needs to Know
…reinforcing routines and procedures from day ONE! You may feel like you are wasting your time, but time spent early in the year will reap benefits later in the year….
…reinforcing routines and procedures from day ONE! You may feel like you are wasting your time, but time spent early in the year will reap benefits later in the year….
…bell rings. You don’t have time. Rehearse lining up five times a day, when you are not fighting the clock. You say, “Lines!” Your kids exclaim, “Lines! Lines, Lines!” and…
The first few weeks of school often whip by in a blur of activity, but around the middle of September things slow down considerably. This time of year is also…
…keeping the numbers the same but placing the parentheses around different pairs of numbers like this: (5 + 3) x 2 = ? and 5 + (3 x 2) =…
…in case. These are the things that will get you in, not a letter, or face time with a principal. Thank you to everyone who took the time to answer…
…free up space & assist in clean up. Each center box is labeled with a number and has 4 colored folders inside – one for each learning group in my…
…to read and understand the language of mathematics than on the ability to perform mathematics computation. In other words … Math is more than a numbers game. Years ago, standardized…
Have you used math stations or math centers in your classroom this year? If not, this is the perfect time to start! As you prepare for end-of-the-year tests, you need…
…to draw a picture, it takes about 1/4 of the time to complete as a regular ABC booklet. The booklet shown above can be used for almost any ABC project….
…energy has to go somewhere. MYTH #2—Reader’s theater takes too much time. TRUTH: Reader’s theater doesn’t have to require a huge time commitment. Carve out 15-20 minutes when you can….
…Yet precious minutes of class time were wasted every day while kids looked for missing assignments or worse, wasted my time trying to explain why they didn’t have it. Then…
…start out by sharing different numbers. Some kids will even share out ten at a time until all the tens are gone and then will share out the ones. Kids…
