How well you begin school with an organized, consistent, and well managed classroom will determine your success and your students’ success for the rest of the school year. Here are some of the items you’ll want to make sure you use consistently in your classroom to better the chances of your students winning each and every day.
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I am more fea...See MoreAh, sad....about a week ago I broke my arm....right one ... and I am right handed. Am in a splint and doing what I can with my left hand. My husband has volunteered to help me come set up my room. Thank heavens I had already spent a few days moving in and only had some heavier stuff left to do before tackling bulletin boards.
I am more fearful of trying to teach children to write and hold a pair of scissors when I don't have full abilities with that hand. I also cannot tie my own shoes, much less the children's. Does anyone have any reasonable suggestions?
Typing almost one-handed, btw. Excuse typos, please.
> The kids can be helpful with each others needs (shoe tying, > etc.) and as someone suggested, your incapacitation will > elicit all kinds of help from students and build a sense of > community.
You're the third one to suggest that. I figured the kids could help with the shoe tying. As far as buttoning pants, in California in my district, we are completely discouraged from doing that for kids in K. I didn't do any of that last year, instead sending them to the health tech (who has a secretary for a witness).
No, I don't have a para-pro or aide ... what's that???? (Just joking, but never had one so I never got used to one.)
> I'm very sorry this happened to you. Best of luck! > BTW, How did it happen, Donna?
Don't laugh, but I tripped over someone's foot while trying to get around them to catch up to my husband in the airport. We were picking up family. I broke the arm during the fall, landed on my chin, and this past Friday, had laser eye surgery to repair two tears in my retina -- also probably caused by the fall. And may have to have another set of the same, as I think another tear developed. I will know more about that on Thursday.
I may be off a half day here and there in the first weeks of school, running to orthopedics and opthamology. BTW, I do recommend laser eye surgery. Piece of cake! Too bad it wasn't the kind that would make me lose the glasses!
I was carrying the long, central vac hose down the stairs when a section of it dangled...right under my left foot, and I went forward while my left leg collapsed backward and sideways.
But that is nothing like your awful injuries!!! Good grief, Donna, are you sure you're up to the rigors of the first weeks of school???
These are some of the different things I have used: journal writing, math manipulative/tubs, handwriting practice, read to self, center time, and books. One of the other teachers had them start off with a language arts "rotation" and she started working with her reading group as soon as she finished her check-in but again, ours is much shorter than yours.
On 7/27/15, Mary-Ann wrote: > I'd be very interested to hear what your students do for the > first 20-25 minutes of the day. This is the time I > typically do attendance, check agendas, plus all the other > "stuff" that K kids needs attending to. Would love some > easy, low-prep but fun curriculum-based activities that kids > can work on while I'm getting all that administrative stuff > out of the way. Thanks in advance!
Once they do that, they are simply to go to our classroom library and read/look at books. I constantly say, "If you are in the library, you have a book in your hands and are looking at books. I also have the luxury of parents who come and will read to those in the library while I finish up attendance and lunch counts.
It all takes about ten minutes. > > > > > On 7/27/15, Mary-Ann wrote: >> I'd be very interested to hear what your students do for the >> first 20-25 minutes of the day. This is the time I >> typically do attendance, check agendas, plus all the other >> "stuff" that K kids needs attending to. Would love some >> easy, low-prep but fun curriculum-based activities that > kids >> can work on while I'm getting all that administrative stuff >> out of the way. Thanks in advance!
Thanks! What did you do to your left foot?
> The kids can be helpful with each others needs (shoe tying, > etc.) and as someone suggested, your incapacitation...See More