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Georgia Teacher has a question

by Lisa

May 12, 2015

Hi I am a first year teacher in Georgia and I am very interested to move to Nevada. Is it hard to find a teaching job in Nevada?

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New program 'Phonics Fitness' what do you think?

by Jordy Koski

May 7, 2015

What do you think of this new early literacy program 'Phonics Fitness'? If you have feedback or comments do let us know. phonicsfitness.org

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kindergarten graduation songs

by KimMO

May 4, 2015

I'm actually looking for the words to "First Grade, First Grade" to the tune of New York, New York. However, if you have some additional graduation songs I would greatly appreciate them too.

Thank you for your input,

KimMO

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Carolyn Williams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJXobwDc7OI

May 5, 2015

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communicating student learning

by S Wilson

May 4, 2015

Does anyone have performance standard rubrics for Kindergarten in B.C. ?

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Very difficult parent and student

by vt mommy

Apr 29, 2015

Hello!

I have a student who is sweetie but has much difficulty controlling his body, his mouth, he is a huge disruption to our days. I am at my wit's end. Mom does not at all agree - has made this VERY clear - that any sort of extra help is needed. I believe that he is sensory seeking and have tried a special seat for him to sit on, koosh ...See More

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Maureen N. Does Mom deny that there might be a problem or has she acknowledged that some of what you describe has been observed at home? Has she ever observed in the classroom to see how he is when in a large group of children? There can be any number of reasons he is this way in the classroom, including the sensory issues, diet, not getting enough sleep, a n...See More

May 1, 2015

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AmyVictoria Unfortunately at this point in the year you probably are not going to change her mind. You just have to keep documenting what the child does and the interventions that you have tried. Pass all this info on to the first grade teacher. Hopefully if the mother continues to hear about the same types of problems next year, she may start to change her mi...See More

May 3, 2015

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Which Math series do you like?

by JinK

Apr 16, 2015

If you have a Math series aligned to the Common Core that works well in your Kindergarten Classroom, I'd appreciate hearing from you. Our district is purchasing new Math and we (the teachers) have to submit reviews by next week.

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DonnaR/CA We have teachers in our district who are piloting two different curricula for Math, with intentions of adopting and purchasing for next year. Which ones are your district looking at?

Our current Math books were adopted about 11 years ago -- I remember learning the Math book in my last year of teaching 5th grade.

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Apr 19, 2015

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1 to 1 ipads in kindergarten

by Shelly

Apr 14, 2015

New poll Wondering how many of you use ipads in K Do you like them? Are you a 1 tov1 school?

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Flacka We have 3 iPad carts , each with a class set and share the cart between 2 grades. I use a couple in my room each day for Daily 5 and sometimes for some math activities. We limited apps on them but even with that, the kids do seem to like them.

On 4/14/15, Shelly wrote: > New poll > Wondering how many of you use ipads in K > Do you...See More

Apr 15, 2015

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sightwords

by dave

Apr 12, 2015

I'm looking for advice the help my daughter. She can rattle through her site words but when they come in a sentence, She sounds out even two letter words. She is clever and I have no fear she'll get over it.. but I want to help her out.

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