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Upper Elementary Teachers Chatboard

Moving to 5th next year and nervous!

by Jenn/Ohio

Mar 15, 2009

I've taught every grade imaginable including special ed. but never 5th grade. I will be moving from 4th to 5th and will be mainly looping. That is a positive because I love my class. I am just SO nervous because it is unknown to me. Any advice would be appreciated!

Jenn

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5thgradetch This was my first year teaching 5th grade. My eight previous years were spent between first and second graders. I loved younger grades so much and was extremely worried when I was asked to move to 5th grade. I have to say that I have enjoyed teaching 5th grade very much, yet still nervous about the upcoming EOG's (my first experience with standardi...See More

Mar 21, 2009

Melissa Haha, I wish MY fifth graders wouldn't tattle! I moved from third to fifth, and also didn't think I would enjoy it as much...but like the other posters have said, they are so much more independent. They love projects and are able work in groups (while staying on task). There are so many lessons you can do that you wouldn't have been able to do befo...See More

Mar 21, 2009

Websites for Kids? Help!

by Donna

Mar 16, 2009

I am doing a parent workshop with another teacher and we are focusing on websites that kids can use at home that have an educational focus. Any suggestions or ideas would certainly be appreciated!

Do you use any in your classroom that the kids love?

Thanks!

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Cheryl [link removed]

Mar 24, 2009

Marilyn B The Imagination Factory integrates art with science and social studies to teach kids to be environmentally responsible. The instructions are simple enough that a child can do the activities on his own. Also, Earth Day is coming up in a few weeks, and there are lots of ideas here for social studies and science fairs. Be sure to see the Trash Matcher...See More

Mar 26, 2009

12 tips for small group instruction

by Kathleen

Mar 17, 2009

A Dozen Surefire Tips To Maximize Flexible Grouping and Small Group Learning

Group work is traditionally fraught with challenges. Will students do their fair share? Will they behave appropriately? Will learning be effective and efficient enough to meet the achievement challenge?

Research indicates that cooperative learning increas...See More

Bullied at school

by Kathleen - Teachers.Net

Mar 18, 2009

Tom is in grade 8. He is scared to go to school because Marcus, a boy in his class, likes to lock Tom inside his locker.

Reading class--chapter books

by Pat

Mar 18, 2009

I'm wondering if anyone uses chapter books as part of their reading program? We currently use chapter books with supplemental reading worksheets etc. to teach the skills that we've pretty much pieced together. We have some materials that focus on the story, but we are looking for something with more "meat". If you have any suggestions I'd love to h...See More

When do you call it harrassment?

by Dianne

Mar 18, 2009

You are already being harrassed. NO parent should ever call you at home. What does your principal say about all this? I would have the principal call the parent about boundries, obviously the parent has gone over boundries and there is nothing wrong with telling a parent that.

Cafeteria Management

by TeacherMom

Mar 19, 2009

I'm posting in several places on T-Net in hopes of catching all who might be able to contribute!

Do you have some easy to implement ideas for helping students/classes to demonstrate positive behaviors in the elementary school cafeteria? What kinds of strategies have your schools used that help students follow rules and actually EAT instead...See More

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teacherMom Thank you for your help, Emmy.

I love the silver spoon award idea! I really like the "bonus resource" idea too - - I keep trying to think of a reward that will cost little or nothing but be meaningful to the kids, and I think that's it!

Yes, one of our primary problems is the lack of consistency with rotating teachers on duty. E...See More

Mar 21, 2009

Steve On 3/21/09, teacherMom wrote: > Thank you for your help, Emmy. > I think this is one of our myths in teaching. Kids can quiet down and instantly for one teacher a second after the non-meanies leave the room. Every teacher has a different personality and a different way of going about classroom management. I've seen kids run wild in one teache...See More

Mar 23, 2009

Need help with assembly

by Emmy

Mar 19, 2009

I need a little skit or song or something for fifth graders to present at an assembly.

It could be related to US history or something about friendship. TIA

tb [link removed]

Hope this helps

Mar 21, 2009

Leah erhaps singing "This Land is Your Land, This Land is my Land..."

Mar 23, 2009

Free poster of quotes for educators

by Teachers.Net

Mar 20, 2009

There ain’t no rules around here. We’re trying to accomplish something. ~ Thomas Edison

As many here know, every morning Barb S. posts on the main chatboard an inspiring or thought-provoking quotation selected especially for educators.

Each month the previous month's collection of quotes is posted in the Teachers.Net Gazette w...See More

Teaching with a Smart document camera

by Techy teacher

Mar 21, 2009

Hello! I received a Smart document camera last week. I already have a Smart board which I use in my daily teaching and love. I would love to know what others do with their Smart document camera. So far, I have used my to take pictues of our daily language work and we correct it together on the smartboard. I take pictures of text we are reading and ...See More

Diane5 REad picture books under it.

my favorite is to show off student work, pointing out things done right, also sometimes I showcase poor work, hiding the name, to let them know what is unacceptable. Lay an overhead over their work (or any workpage) and you can edit your heart out, do part of a page together, and not harm the original document...See More

Mar 23, 2009

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