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men52 One of my daughters was in second grade when whole language was having. a wave of popularity. That class wrote and illustrated books all school year. I still have several of her books.

Could you have the students do a prototype first and then have them transfer their story to the board book as their final copy? I know both of our kids wer...See More

Feb 4, 2018

Classroom Management Help

by Curious Teacher

Feb 4, 2018

Hi so I'm a struggling middle school teacher. I'm starting a new job tomorrow, but I need some advice on a couple things here:

1.) How do you form relationship with students in such a way that it doesn't come off as a friendship to them? I feel like every time I have tried to form relationships with students it backfires on me, because th...See More

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Deb ms/IA Rules - piggyback on what the sub has already set up. Make a few changes if needed or tweak them to fit the situation. Changing the rules now may create chaos. Ice Breaker - For you to get to know the kids go ahead and do some type of ice breaker. Relationships - Middle school is tough for relationship making. I had students try and use my first na...See More

Feb 4, 2018

Theo Curious Teacher,

I would recommend being kind and caring, with as much authentic smiling as you can muster! (Yes, this is a little hyperbolic, but it's a strong counter-reaction to the philosophy you allude to:-). If you genuinely like the kids and let them know that--even when you don't like their behavior--you will go a long way towards ...See More

Feb 4, 2018

Healthy Teacher Student relationship.

by James McGraw

Feb 4, 2018

Get to know their names and faces as quickly as you can. Use the student names when you are addressing them. Students your age need structure and consistency. If your classroom does not know bounds for correct behavior, then you will have to drill them on how to organize my books and folders, how to line up without talking, sitting up straight and ...See More

Assessment and moving on to the next lesson

by Curious Teacher

Feb 4, 2018

I had one other question I wanted to ask. What criteria do you use based on the results of formative assessment to determine when it would be wise to move on to the topic of study? I mean I know all teachers in an ideal world always shoot for 100%, but we know we don't live in an ideal world. So what would be an acceptable percentage to say yeah le...See More

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Deb ms/IA In math is is very difficult to move on if a large group of kids don't get the current concept so in math you may have to group reteach before going on. In literature it flows a little easier and you can move on. For instance, inferencing, I have noticed inferencing seems to be difficult for this years' 8th graders, that's OK because we do that ski...See More

Feb 4, 2018

Apple Seed for Sunday, 04 February 20018

by Barb S. hs/ret

Feb 4, 2018

I haven't met a player or a coach whose goal isn't to win the Super Bowl.

~ Pete Rozelle

Apple Seed for Saturday, 03 February 2018

by Barb S. hs/ret

Feb 3, 2018

Winter is much like unrequited love: cold and merciless.

~ Kellie Elmore

Apple Seed for Friday, 02 February 2018

by Barb S. hs/ret

Feb 2, 2018

The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it.

~ Patrick Young

Elaine/ret/IN Barb. You must live in the Midwest. Lol

Feb 2, 2018

Class Updates Application

by edtechguru

Feb 2, 2018

I'm a college professor and President of an educational technology startup that helps to improve student learning and retention in the classroom. If you're passionate about education like I am then hopefully you will be glad to give me feedback and help with case studies in your classroom.

The application is called Class Updates and work...See More

Apple Seed for Thursday, 01 February 2018

by Barb S. hs/ret

Feb 1, 2018

Where you find no love, put love, and you will find love.

~ John of the Cross