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Teaching math only this coming year

by Rosie

Mar 27, 2011

I just found out that I am going to teach math only to all the 4th graders next year. I am so excited! Is anyone else doing this? I would love to share ideas with someone. Our 5th grade has blocked for many years...but never the 4th grade!

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Leanne On 3/27/11, Rosie wrote: > I just found out that I am going to teach math only to all > the 4th graders next year. I am so excited! Is anyone else > doing this? I would love to share ideas with someone. Our > 5th grade has blocked for many years...but never the 4th grade!

I teach math to Grades 4 and 5. I have found the site be...See More

Mar 28, 2011

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dan4thgr Subscribe to the free group mathmatters3-4 at Yahoo groups. They have all kinds of materials, plans, websites, etc. Another great resource. groups.yahoo.co

Apr 27, 2011

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Reading interventions

by Bill

Mar 30, 2011

I have some students who are not responding to small group interventions in Language Arts. Our school uses Storytown. I do the small group interventions with them. What else do I need to do within the program? Am I using Storytown incorrectly? How do others use it to support struggling learners? Bill

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Amber 1.5 Bill, I do interventions at my school and we were a pilot school for a fluency game called flash fluency 10 - 10 - 10. There are different levels for different ages from K to upper elementary. I've used them all and they have recently been put up at the positive engagement project for free download. It's not a computer based program, but a system w...See More

Apr 11, 2011

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State testing theme ideas

by Resa

Apr 1, 2011

We like to have a theme to pump up our kids for state testing each year. We did "Rock the Test" last year, all centered around rock-n-roll. Does anyone have an idea of what we could use this year?

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there can't be anything better! On 4/01/11, Resa wrote: > We like to have a theme to pump up our kids for state > testing each year. We did "Rock the Test" last year, all > centered around rock-n-roll. Does anyone have an idea of > what we could use this year?

That's such a great idea that it would be hard to beat." Maybe Rock The Test Two" and make it an ann...See More

Apr 13, 2011

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reading

by deborah Jones

Apr 11, 2011

I am teaching 4th, 5th and 6th grade reading only next year. I want to teach the genres from novels. Could you suggest some good books to cover the Michigan glces? Thanks

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dan4thgr I'm not sure what the glces is since I'm not from MI, but I do know that my go-to source for finding books is Book Wizard. You can search by interest level, lexile, grade level, guided reading, and DRA. We all have our favorite books, but this gets us out to books that we aren't familiar with.

bookwizard.scholastic.com

Apr 27, 2011

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Picking up State Tests in the Morning Procedure

by Testy

Apr 15, 2011

Three questions about the procedures of state testing at your school:

First question: How many minutes before school starts do you have access to the state tests?

Second question: Are you alone with the state tests in the morning, or is there a proctor with you before school starts?

Third question: Are you alone with t...See More

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cateach4 Hi, at my school teachers pick the test up before school. The tests will be available about 30 minutes before school starts. We are personally responsible for maintaining test security (no proctor, no escort). At the conclusion of the morning testing block, students are released for recess and we (teachers) take the tests back to the test administr...See More

Apr 20, 2011

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Reading Aloud

by Mel

Apr 15, 2011

What are you reading aloud right now? Seems like we run out of time for this activity! Mel

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PedagoNet erhaps this collection can help you

Apr 21, 2011

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Mae in Texas Read aloud 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass. It's fresh and funny. Fourth graders love it. It's a great book to keep kids engaged. Mae

May 5, 2011

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Favorite Professional Books

by Mel

Apr 15, 2011

What is your favorite professional book to read? If you have limited money (who doesn't!) is it worth the price to buy it? Mel

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Very unhappy with sub!

by Mary

Apr 23, 2011

My daughter's class had a sub yesterday. In the afternoon my daughter asked for permission to go to the bathroom, which he denied because a fourth grader should be able to wait. She couldn't, so she wet her pants. Then he wouldn't let her go to the nurse to change, so she sat in her wet pants the rest of the day. I was too furious to have a convers...See More

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donna On 5/14/11, Leah wrote: > On 4/24/11, Sara wrote: Great ideas Sara.

I know in our district we can do a report and the sub can be banned from the school for such offenses. I would go to the teacher first and see if the sub may have left notes in regard to this situation. I have no idea why a student would be made to sit there and not gi...See More

May 30, 2011

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pj On 4/24/11, Sara wrote: > On 4/23/11, Mary wrote: >> My daughter's class had a sub yesterday. In the afternoon my >> daughter asked for permission to go to the bathroom, which >> he denied because a fourth grader should be able to wait. >> She couldn't, so she wet her pants. Then he wouldn't let her >> go to the nur...See MoreOn 4/24/11, Sara wrote: > On 4/23/11, Mary wrote: >> My daughter's class had a sub yesterday. In the afternoon my >> daughter asked for permission to go to the bathroom, which >> he denied because a fourth grader should be able to wait. >> She couldn't, so she wet her pants. Then he wouldn't let her >> go to the nurse to change, so she sat in her wet pants the >> rest of the day. I was too furious to have a conversation >> with the principal yesterday, but I am going to complain. Is >> there anything else I should do? > > > Never go to 'complain'. Go to problem-solve. Principals hear > a lot of complaining. Your question is "How did this happen? > How do we keep this from happening again? "How do we explain > this to my daughter who looks to her school not to embarrass > her in this way?" > > You want answers to your questions - you don't want > to 'complain'. > > he'll blame it on a sub but ask - what is the bathroom policy > of the school in general? Is each teacher free to establish > their own or is there some guiding policy in the school? (If > you look online, you'll find bathroom use in schools is > rather controversial - some teachers don't allow it except > for preestablished times in the day, there are even groups > that are organized and work for more liberal bathroom > policies in schools) > > Thank him for his time, leave with a smile if he's been > helpful as he should be. > > Don't just go to 'complain' - complaining doesn't get far or > bring much good change. > > I'm sorry this happened - no child should be treated this > way. I hope this sub was brand new to the school and the sub > should not be allowed to sub again unless the sub agrees to > apologize to your daughter and to you I totally agree to the "problem solving" solution. Playing devil's advocate - students often take advantage of a substitute teacher and it is unfortunate that this happened to your daughter. I've seen students pull about everything possible with a sub and sometimes the result is an unfortunate experience with the students trying to do as they should but the sub has to draw the line somewhere. I would hope that working with the classroom teacher and substitute that this could be avoided in the future.

Jun 27, 2011

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Been there, done that.

by Joy/4th/NV

May 7, 2011

I was told exactly the same thing last year except that I would be teaching writing. 5th grade was already departmentalized. I hated it! After two months, we switched back to a traditional classroom. Lesson planning was a breeze, but checking and grading papers sucked! Good luck with that.

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End of Year Memory Book

by Mae in Texas

May 8, 2011

I created an end of year memory book. You can download it for free. Mae

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Suzi On 5/08/11, Mae in Texas wrote: > I created an end of year memory book. You can download it > for free. Mae

Mae, thank you for sharing your book. How generous of you! I just downloaded a copy and look forward to using it with my class this year. Thanks again!!

May 14, 2011

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