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Reading Strategies: Teaching Students to Visualize by Lisa Frase

Good readers visualize when they read. Here are 5 simple ways to engage students in visualizing text using tactile, visual and kinesthetic methods.

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Mar 23, 2015

How to help kids whose parents are addicted to drugs

Mar 10, 2015

A conservative estimate is that one in six children in school today has a parent who is dependent on or addicted to alcohol or other drugs.

Wait for It… (to Nurture Student's Curiosity)

Mar 9, 2015

Wait for It… (to Nurture Stduent’s Curiosity) by Abigail Flesch Connors in the March issue of Teachers.Net Gazette

If your teaching style were a movie genre what would it be? Try this one...

Europe penpals

by BAbara

Feb 25, 2015

My daughter is living in Germany right now and if you email me I will give you her contact. She can direct you to someone. She has two girls in school there. Barbara-[email removed]

International penpals

by S.Childress

Feb 25, 2015

Would like pen pals for my students. We are from Midwest in USA. Would like 2nd graders from Europe.

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Barbara On 2/25/15, S.Childress wrote: > Would like pen pals for my students. We are from Midwest in > USA. Would like 2nd graders from Europe.

Feb 25, 2015

70 Ways to Keep Students Engaged

Feb 22, 2015

Pedagogy of Engagement - Compiled by Debbie Ann from Teachers.Net chatboard posts is a popular list. Take a look, and be sure to share the link.

We started blocking this year. I teach all the Language Arts and my partner teaches math, science and social studies. We have a 150 minute block in the morning and 135 in the afternoon. I am a veteran teacher and I do like it. The disadvantage is that the students in the afternoon are a little hyper and the afternoon gets less time. I feel that tea...See More

Blocking in Second Grade

by Diana

Feb 19, 2015

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Barb On 2/19/15, Diana wrote: > We started blocking this year. I teach all the Language > Arts and my partner teaches math, science and social > studies. We have a 150 minute block in the morning and > 135 in the afternoon. I am a veteran teacher and I do > like it. The disadvantage is that the students in the > afternoon are a little ...See More

Feb 19, 2015

A coworker and I are considering blocking our second grade classes next year (one of us will teach math and science to both classes, the other will teach language arts and social studies). Our principal wants us to come up with a proposal/data for her to consider. So I have a few questions that I'd appreciate if anyone can answer: If you are curren...See More

Blocking in Second Grade

by Hopeful

Feb 16, 2015

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diana On 2/16/15, Hopeful wrote: > A coworker and I are considering blocking our second > grade classes next year (one of us will teach math and > science to both classes, the other will teach language > arts and social studies). Our principal wants us to come > up with a proposal/data for her to consider. So I have a > few questions th...See More

Feb 19, 2015

Balancing Act – A Lesson for Helicopter Parents and Teachers

Feb 1, 2015

There’s a lesson in this balancing act—for the parents of our students and for us, the teachers at the front of the room...

Teaching Advantages and Disadvantages

by Tiffany

Jan 29, 2015

I am currently studying at a community college to receive a degree in childhood education. My instructor has asked us to create a list of the advantages and disadvantages of teaching based on the opinions of current educators. What do you find most challenging and most gratifying about teaching second grade? Why did you choose to become a teacher a...See More

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Tiffany On 1/29/15, coyoteboy wrote: > Hi Tiffany, > > I don't teach second grade, but here's what I feel about > teaching in general: > > Advantages: > If you love it, there is no more satisfying job in the world. > You have the opportunity to continually learn and improve. > You get to start fresh every year, but with more expe...See MoreOn 1/29/15, coyoteboy wrote: > Hi Tiffany, > > I don't teach second grade, but here's what I feel about > teaching in general: > > Advantages: > If you love it, there is no more satisfying job in the world. > You have the opportunity to continually learn and improve. > You get to start fresh every year, but with more experience. > Making a positive difference in a kid's life is awesome. > It's never boring. > Kids are great to be around, except for all the communicable > diseases you'll catch your first year teaching. > > > Disadvantages: > It can be very political, and your career sometimes depends > more on who likes you than how effective you are. > It's easy to feel isolated unless there is a very strong > culture of teamwork in your department/grade level/campus. > You will make mistakes, and when those mistakes impact a kid, > you will lie awake over it. > STRESS from state testing (maybe not at your grade level, but > intense in mine) > Stress from micromanagement and inane policies created by > people whose classroom experience is only a foggy memory. > PAPERWORK, especially 504/special ed paperwork, and grading. > Dealing with crazy helicopter parents. > Learning that a kid has gone through abuse or neglect is > really,really hard. (See lying awake, above) > You have to suck it up and be positive no matter what kind of > day you're having. (This might actually belong under advantages.) > Teaching will eat your life unless you set boundaries about > taking work home. > > There's a million ways to be a great teacher, but no way to be > a perfect teacher. Advice: Get as much classroom observation > time of as many different teachers as you can. Keep a > notebook (and take pictures if you can) of all the things you > see that you want to use (or avoid doing!). Also in the > notebook: reflections on how to do things different/better > next time after you teach a lesson. You think you'll remember, > but you won't. Get on Pinterest and check out all the awesome > things other teachers are doing. Read Harry Wong's book The > First Days of School. Stay away from negative colleagues. Pray > a lot. Focus on the positives. > > Good luck!

Jan 30, 2015

Tiffany Thank you both so much for taking time to respond to my question! I appreciate your input very much!

Jan 30, 2015