On 5/12/10, Tammie wrote: > On 5/12/10, novels648 wrote: >> This afternoon our principal called a quick teachers meeting >> after school. He announced that every one of us would be >> receiving RIF letters over the next few days. He could not >> tell us if we needed to re-apply for our jobs, if this was >> just a bump in the road, - nothing, except we were getting >> RIF letters. >> Is this going on in other school districts here in > Mississippi? > > So far our district has been very lucky. We have not been > given notice that teachers are being let go. I've been told > that our administration has been preparing for this budget > crisis for a couple of years, therefore, we would not be hit > as badly as other districts. I am just extremely grateful to > have a job in this economy.
novel648I am really afraid to say. My district is in northeast MS. We have two PK-12 schools in the district. The teachers I'm talking about are from the high school where I teach. I have no idea if the middle and the elementary schools are also losing teachers. On 5/15/10, astounded wrote: > What district are you in? > > > On 5/12/10, Tammie w...See MoreI am really afraid to say. My district is in northeast MS. We have two PK-12 schools in the district. The teachers I'm talking about are from the high school where I teach. I have no idea if the middle and the elementary schools are also losing teachers. On 5/15/10, astounded wrote: > What district are you in? > > > On 5/12/10, Tammie wrote: >> On 5/12/10, novels648 wrote: >>> This afternoon our principal called a quick teachers meeting >>> after school. He announced that every one of us would be >>> receiving RIF letters over the next few days. He could not >>> tell us if we needed to re-apply for our jobs, if this was >>> just a bump in the road, - nothing, except we were getting >>> RIF letters. >>> Is this going on in other school districts here in >> Mississippi? >> >> So far our district has been very lucky. We have not been >> given notice that teachers are being let go. I've been told >> that our administration has been preparing for this budget >> crisis for a couple of years, therefore, we would not be hit >> as badly as other districts. I am just extremely grateful to >> have a job in this economy.
I teach reading and language arts to three different classes a day (5th grade). I find it difficult to teach all the skills and still instill a love of reading and writing in my students. Please give me suggestions on how to best help my students. I've tried teaching reading three days a week and language two days a week. It didn't help much.
I think the best way to incorporate the two (reading/writing) is with teaching book units. Example: read a class assigned book and do different grammar and writing activities with the book unit as well as teaching the reading objectives also. I think this is the best way to include reading and writing and probably the only way to fully teach all the objectives. I used this method and also I have a master's in reading and literacy and this was the best method that I learned. Hope this helps you!!!
We currently have over 200 unique worksheets for the following topics: Addition Worksheets Subtraction Worksheets Multiplication Worksheets Division Worksheets Money Worksheets Telling Time Worksheets Fractions Worksheets Factors Worksheets Kindergarten Worksheets Greater Than Less Than Worksheets Place Value Worksheets Rounding Worksheets PEMDAS Worksheets Graphing Worksheets Radicals Worksheets Mean Mode Median Worksheets
Hi, I am currently organizing a postcard exchange project for the 2010-2011 school year. (In case you don't know what this is, it is a chance for you to share really cool facts about your state with the 49 other states. You also get to learn about 49 other states and classrooms because you will in return get a postcard from each of the other states...See MoreHi, I am currently organizing a postcard exchange project for the 2010-2011 school year. (In case you don't know what this is, it is a chance for you to share really cool facts about your state with the 49 other states. You also get to learn about 49 other states and classrooms because you will in return get a postcard from each of the other states.) Great geography lesson! This year, we won't be starting this project until January 2011. Many people had a hard time getting started at the beginning of the school year last year. We had a really successful turnout though. I am just filling slots for the teachers who haven't reponded back that they want to participate again. I will be providing a lot of information and ideas to you as soon as the slots have all been filled. If you are interested in committing to this project, please email me and give me your full name, school name, school address, grade you teach, and an email address that you check frequently. I will respond back to you. Once you are on board, you will need to get 49 state postcards for the project. Start looking now!! Some have a hard time finding the postcards. You can also make your own at Vistaprint.com.
I also am organizing a leaf exchange project starting in October 2010. If you are interested in this project let me know and I will write your information down and get back to you as soon as I have at least 30 participants. You will need to think of at least three different types of trees that you could use. In a snipit, you would press enough leaves for at least 30 participants and then glue each one on a 6x6 card, which will need to be laminated and labled with both the tree name and state it comes from. More details to come. Please email if you are a serious participant. Thanks
Tammie BrittI am Tammie Britt and I teach at a K-12 school in southwest Mississippi. I would love to participate in the postcard exchange again this year. Pleas send me an email at [email removed]
On 7/08/10, Erin wrote: > Hi, I am currently organizing a postcard exchange project > for the 2010-2011 school year. (In case you don't know what > this is, it is a chance for you to share really cool facts > about your state with the 49 other states. You also get to > learn about 49 other states and classrooms because you will > in return get a postcard from each of the other states.) > Great geography lesson! This year, we won't be starting > this project until January 2011. Many people had a hard > time getting started at the beginning of the school year > last year. We had a really successful turnout though. I > am just filling slots for the teachers who haven't reponded > back that they want to participate again. I will be > providing a lot of information and ideas to you as soon as > the slots have all been filled. If you are interested in > committing to this project, please email me and give me > your full name, school name, school address, grade you > teach, and an email address that you check frequently. I > will respond back to you. Once you are on board, you will > need to get 49 state postcards for the project. Start > looking now!! Some have a hard time finding the > postcards. You can also make your own at Vistaprint.com. > > I also am organizing a leaf exchange project starting in > October 2010. If you are interested in this project let me > know and I will write your information down and get back to > you as soon as I have at least 30 participants. You will > need to think of at least three different types of trees > that you could use. In a snipit, you would press enough > leaves for at least 30 participants and then glue each one > on a 6x6 card, which will need to be laminated and labled > with both the tree name and state it comes from. More > details to come. Please email if you are a serious > participant. Thanks
I was wondering if any of you give a performance assessment in LA at the beginning of the year to see just what your students know??? If so I would love to hear about it and/or see a copy of it to see if it would work for me. thanks in advance for any assistance you could give
Looking for a second grade class from your state to do a Post Card Exchange. If interested email me your name, School/address and school email. I will send more info later. tu
On 7/19/10, Lost wrote: > Has anyone been through the MAT program then not been able > to find a job to finish the internship before your > non-renewable license expired? This is where I'm finding > myself. If this has happened to anyone else, please tell me > what you were able to do. I hate to think I wasted 2 years > and lots of money and will not ever be able to teach > because of this stupid time limit.
Oh, yeah. It happened to me. Your ONLY option would be if it expires before you can get a job (you know, with no student teaching and no experience so they are dying to hire you) to go back and do a DIFFERENT program. It's totally ridiculous, but that's the harsh reality of it UNLESS you have a specialized degree like a fine arts degree
On 5/12/10, Tammie wrote: > On 5/12/10, novels648 wrote: >> This afternoon our principal called a quick teachers meeting >> after school. He announced that every one of us would be >> receiving RIF letters over the next few days. He could not >> tell us if we needed to re-apply for our j...See More