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SPECIALS! CLIP CHART? CLASS DOJO? CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT HELP!

by specialsteacher

Sep 19, 2017

Hi Teachers! I'm a full-time Specials teacher for about two years now and I'm wondering if you can give me some advice on how to manage big class size. Most of my students are in ESL and others have zero English. It's been really frustrating to let them understand my instructions and topics. Their TA is helping me by translating my instructions to ...See More

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Nicole/MO Becky Baily's "Conscious Discipline" program, along with PBIS, are two of the best approaches to classroom management for young children. It is not a quick fix and it takes continuous practice and professional development before you feel like it is second nature. Conscious Discipline embodies more than a program; it is a philosophy of how young chi...See More

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Nicole/MO Also, you may want to use Social Stories to teach appropriate classroom behavior. I would start out with "Tucker Turtle Takes Time to Tuck and Think." It is a great scripted set of stories that connect with young children. Just google the title and let me know if you need the direct links. The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Earl...See More

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First Time Kindergarten Teacher

by XtalVCU

May 14

Good afternoon! I was just informed that I will be teaching Kindergarten next year. I am nervous because I have never taught K before. Is there somewhere that I can look at examples of lesson plans and unit plans to prepare myself? Do you have any advice? THANK YOU!

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Natalie Your team at your school should be extremely helpful. Ask around and your co workers will share their ideas.

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Kindergarten Math Summative Assessments.

by Elizabeth Valentino

May 15

Hello - I am looking for a Beginning of the Year and End of Year Math Assessment that my Kindergarten teachers can administer to their students. I as a Coach am looking for growth data. Thank you in advance.

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General education teacher interview need

by Matthew

May 6

Hello,

I need to find someone who is currently working as a general education teacher with at least three years experiences. The interview will be 10 questions in text and it is for my class.

Thank you!

Here are the 10 questions in case you are wondering what the questions looked like.

1. how long have you been...See More

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Kindergarten Teacher Wont Help My Son

by Saida

Apr 12

My son's teacher has said that he doesn't always pay attention and he is struggling in school, I do agree he probably does talk alot or not always pay attention and i have been working on it with him. However he also does need almost everytime he has homework for me to sit down and explain what he has to do..i told the teacher that because she seem...See More

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Saida Can someone please just tell me whether u think it's ok or not. I know its hard to be a kindergarten teacher but I don't think it's right that the teacher tells my son no.

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Kindermama First off, I would ask the teacher how she plans to help your child. You can talk to him about how to behave at school, but she is ultimately responsible for teaching him everything he needs to learn in Kindergarten. I also wondered if he was not engaged in class and then asking for help when the class was transitioning to the next activity, when s...See More

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Apr 18

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Communities & December Holidays???

by JTeach1

Dec 3, 2017

My Kindergarten team is doing a small unit on how communities celebrate December holidays for social studies. I'll be focusing mainly on the traditions/customs of the holidays and other winter celebrations. There is so much that can be done for each holiday (ex: Christmas is celebrated so many different ways). I'm trying to narrow things down and f...See More

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flacka Another suggestion is to each choose a particular holiday and have a "workshop" day where the classes rotate and see each teacher who teaches about the one holiday and has the activity. We used to do that for Dr. Seuss and other topics - less planning, a nice way to mix it up and keep the kids excited, and it's just plain fun.

Dec 4, 2017

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KForLife Ask families within the school community who actually celebrate these holidays to come in and talk to the kids. They will have lots of ideas for how to explore the parts of their celebrations/traditions that appeal t kids!

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Writer's Workshop

by JTeach1

Jan 21

Hello, everyone! Any suggestions for writers workshop mini-lessons? We are focusing on non-fiction in L.A. & mammals in science, so I'm trying to integrate that into my mini-lessons. Some of my students need a lot of support w/ beginning sounds & stretching out words in their writing. I was thinking of doing a (can, have, are) graphic organ...See More

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KForLife Writer's Workshop is a difficult to execute in Kindergarten (esp non-fiction). And for the most-part it's for the reasons you mentioned... they can't "write" their ideas independently. You could have them draw their animal then have the mini-lesson be about labelling so they are writing the same words (head, tail, legs, etc).

I don't do W...See MoreWriter's Workshop is a difficult to execute in Kindergarten (esp non-fiction). And for the most-part it's for the reasons you mentioned... they can't "write" their ideas independently. You could have them draw their animal then have the mini-lesson be about labelling so they are writing the same words (head, tail, legs, etc).

I don't do Writer's Workshop since Kindergartens in my area aren't required to "write" per se. They only need to know how to form letters, and write most initial sounds - which is NOT enough skill to complete a written project. Instead I do Story Workshop. You'll need high quality books with engaging pictures (maybe from your public library), and tons of hands-on materials (non-plastic where possible) like, ribbon, beads, marbles, popsicle sticks, clothes pins, felt, tooth picks, sticks, pine cones, leaves, etc. Have them build their animal, their habitat, predators and food. Give them a tray (I use box lids) to contain all their work, and have them tell you (or a teacher assistant or parent volunteer, or maybe an older student from your buddy class) about it. Make a video of them telling you the story of their animal's day. You can then type it up (or use a voice to text app). They are responsible for drawing the story they made. And when their typed up words are ready, print them, cut them out, and glue them on the page with their drawing.

If the goal is learning the Science curriculum, you're better off focusing on vocabulary building and using close up, high quality photographs of animals to explore appearance and habitat. Make visual representations (arts and crafts) that demonstrate their learning, and that they can discuss orally.

If you've already started your animal projects, and really want the focus to be on the kids writing, maybe have them work in animal groups so you can do direct instruction with some (where they info they need is all the same) while the other groups draw their animal, make clay representations, build a habitat with paper and shoe boxes, or come up with a "play" where the kids act out what their animal does to meet their basic needs.

Hope that helps!

Mar 28

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