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Too Tired to Teach? It happens to the best of us. We all have those days where we stay up too late grading papers, planning fun lessons for the next day, organizing materials for science experiments (or binge watching your favorite show on Netflix). Then you pay for it the next day when you have […]
The following is a guest post from Dr. Jacie Maslyk . A classroom of second graders listen attentively as their teacher asks for their help. “I had a rough morning and I’m hoping you can help me. My alarm clock didn’t go off this morning, so I was running late. Then, I realized that I forgot to
It can be difficult to find creative ways to teach vocabulary. Check out this list of 17 creative ways to teach vocabulary from 2 Peas and a Dog.
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Story elements are the five components that make up a story. They are the characters, setting, plot, conflict and resolution. These elements keep the story running smoothly and allow the action to develop in a logical way that the reader can follow. Retelling involves students orally reconstructing a story that they have read or has been read to them. A student's retell should include characters, settings, and events in the logical sequence of the story.
Guess what? You may be asked to develop and present a demo lesson plan for your next teaching job interview. As if it isn't nerve-racking enough to prepare answers to job interview questions. The demo lesson plan has become used more and more frequently in teaching interviews across the country. It's best not to ignore or dread the possibility of presenting a demo lesson plan; rather, embrace it as an opportunity to sell your value to the school community. Purpose of a Demonstration Lesson Plan in a Job Interview This additional step in the interviewing selection process helps hire committees
Have you ever had a class with so many difficult, disruptive students that you felt that you could barely even teach? What can you do to get past it? In this post, I am going to address this problem with my best advice, and some advice from others as well.
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I left school in May with my classroom set-up for the start of the new school year. All of my bulletin boards were done. I even had switched all of my calendars to August. I was in need of a stress free beginning. Well.... somewhere around the middle of July I got the bright idea to create a fixer upper inspired classroom. I actually think it all stemmed from my classroom library. I was in need of new containers and new organization. I began online shopping Amazon, Michaels, Walmart, Joann Fabrics, etc. I needed a container that was neutral, but sturdy, I saw a post by Amy Lemons about using wire baskets for her classroom library and I was SOLD. The problem was I couldn't find affordable and sturdy. One day when I was KID FREE, I went to a few of the places mentioned above. I finally made my way to Joann Fabrics. There I found some great wire basket options, but even at 60% off they were a bit pricey for my taste. I literally left the store, but as I was walking out I noticed as Teacher Appreciation Sale of an additional 25% off and it ended that day. I walked my butt right back in, grabbed a flyer, and the nearest employee to confirm I could get the deal on top of a sale. She confirmed that I was! Seriously 60% & 25% off?! I had to get the baskets. I also grab some HUGE letters to spell READ for the same deal. I still spent $200, but I feel like I now have some long lasting containers that will stand up against little first grade fingers. Does anyone else take pictures of things you want to buy and text them to your hubby? I sent him 3 different versions of the READ letters and the last one he sends a message back, "too serial killer". Oy! You can see the baskets I purchased behind the D. Both the letters and baskets are "Hudson" brand. The closest thing I can find online to the baskets are at Target. The large is $19.99 and small is $14.99. After I found the letters and baskets I knew I couldn't stop there. My classroom wouldn't look cohesive right? I began shopping rugs. My old ones were only 3 years old, but took a lot of wear and tear from 1st graders over the years. I brought them home every summer for a good cleaning, but it was apparent to me that I would need to find something new this year. Since I was going for the Fixer Upper inspired thing I thought I should try to bring the outdoors in. The best way I could think to do that was with green shag carpets to look like grass. I found the perfect rugs at IKEA. So of course, I coerced my hubby to pack up the 3 kids and drive me there. It is about an hour and half away. The rugs are normally $39.99, but were on sale for $29.99 with the IKEA reward card. While we were there I also picked up some white cardboard book boxes (4 pack for .99) and a black work lamp ($32.99). As I was bringing all of this decor in I realized my bulletin boards could not stay as they were. I began shopping TPT and found this ADORABLE Farmhouse Classroom Decor pack by Tiffany Gannon. My favorite pieces of the pack are the calendar area, number posters (WITH touch points), and number line. I highly suggest checking this out. My alphabet line was currently bright pinks, oranges, greens, yellows, and blues. It did NOT go with my theme at all. I knew I wanted a throw back look. I found this perfect alphabet at United Arts and Education for $10.99. I finally rounded out the whole look for some pieces made by me. I added a clip chart, birthday display, student work display numbers, schedule cards, and a few other touches that you can find in my Shiplap Classroom Decor pack. Are you ready to see the final look? These pictures were taken before I added my final touches. I will be updating pictures soon. The start of the school year was Monday and well..... enough said right? This is how I felt on Friday afternoon. Here it is... This post contains affiliate links, but all reviews are my own honest thoughts on products and were not prompted from the companies.
If we know what works to motivate students, why are so many students still unmotivated? These five questions will help you determine if your practice is really in line with research.
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Today I'm going to share with you one of my favorite lessons to teach!It's the HOOK I use to begin our unit on adjectives.I gather my kiddos on the carpet, and show them my brown paper bag. I tell th
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Let's dive into some new options to teach vocabulary, for those who have the time and energy to pursue them. In this post and podcast, I'm sharing ten ideas for making the study of vocabulary something students might even look forward to.
1. You can't do it all the first year. Seriously. You will find so many great ideas and be inspired by so many awesome teachers that you cannot possibly find the time to implement every great idea. That's why Pinterest was invented. Simmer down and pace yourself. Summer does not come nearly fast enough. 2. Veteran teachers are watching you. That's right, and they sometimes laugh and shake their heads at you and your big, cheesy enthusiasm. It's not like you think it is though. We were all new teachers once, and we remember feeling and acting like you are acting right now, crazy as you are. I clearly remember silently judging my master teachers because they didn't do this or that according to what I learned in my methods classes. However, you quickly learn that the classroom isn't a laboratory where you can control all the variables. Some of the best learning you will do as a new teacher is by trial and error. It's honest to goodness on the job training that never stops. You think I'm kidding, I know. I'm standing back here smiling and shaking my head as I think to myself "you'll see." You must understand though, I do it as a parent would watch their child. We can help you, and we can mentor you, and we can share our knowledge, but ultimately you have to figure out what works for you. We are watching you, but we want you to succeed and we want to help you. 3. You will never master teaching. When I say this, I don't mean to discourage you, just to warn you that although you will teach and touch many lives in your career, your students will also teach you and touch your life more than you can imagine. I've never really been an emotionally sappy person, but I have found myself on many occasions overcome with emotions so strong that I experience this strange mushy, tingly feeling all over my body. It's a wee bit creepy, but nice, in a warm, fuzzy, caterpillar kind of way. 4. Summer does not come nearly fast enough. At times you will feel like you're in a never ending tunnel in which they have turned off the light at the end of the tunnel due to budget cuts, and then the next thing you know you're on the front lawn of the school, waving to the buses as the students are carried away, and dancing and singing at the top of your lungs "School's Out for SUMMER!" You can't even begin to understand what a surreal experience it is to be caught up in the party and then you realize, "OMG, I survived my first year of teaching! When did that happen? How did I get here?!!!" There is no other feeling quite like that last day of school when you've earned your first year survival badge, and you have your whole summer stretched out in front of you. 5. There is no one ideal teaching style. You have to do what works with your personality and what feels right to you. I remember being incredibly worried when a professor told my education class that we should never use sarcasm in the classroom. For me, that was like telling me I had to grow gills because I was going to have to learn how to breath under water. 6. Education is Synonymous with Change. You will realize this at least by your fifth year, sooner if you are more alert than myself. Even before you realize this, you will find yourself leaving every faculty meeting and PLC meeting muttering "Really? One more thing I have to implement that I don't have time for?" 7. The Next Great Thing in Education is a Cyclical Process. Refer to number six above. Every year an amazing new idea will be presented in your PLC that is going to change everything. It will come with new buzz words and everybody will use them ad nauseam in educational conversations. Then next year it will be replaced by something else, and so on, and so forth, until you start seeing the same tired old ideas again, but with new buzz words attached to them. That being said, some of it is good, and you should strive to keep an open mind lest you become cynical and rigid. The bottom line is that there is a delicate balance between implementing new ideas and feeling overwhelmed. Give yourself permission to take a reasonable amount of time to implement new things. 8. Your work is never done. No matter how hard you work, you will never be completely caught up and there will always be things left undone. Accept it and prioritize. You will have to decide how much is good enough and then leave the rest for tomorrow. It's okay to push away from your desk at the end of the day and say "I've done enough," and go home. 9. You will be wrong and you will try stupid things. We tell our students over and over again that they have to make mistakes in order to learn. The same is true for us. Learn how to admit when you are wrong and your ideas don't work out. You will be surprised at how resilient your students are. 10. Eat lunch in the faculty lounge. You need to get out of your classroom and talk to adults. Talking and laughing with your colleagues is the best stress relief you will find in your school day. Take advantage of it. 11. Make time for yourself. I feel like a hypocrite even writing this, but I know deep down in my heart that it is necessary and so, so important. Try. I beg you. 12. You won't always like your students. It's true, but don't ever, ever let them see it. Fake it until you make it. Sometimes your most annoying students turn out to be the ones that you find a very special place in your heart for. Make an effort to get to know them, and find something that you like about them. 13. Your students won't always like you. Teaching is not a popularity contest. You are not their friend. Being a teacher is a lot like being a parent. You are there to teach them and to help mold them into well-rounded, compassionate, problem solving adults. 14. Teaching is the hardest job on the planet. You won't believe how hard you will work. Pace yourself and get plenty of sleep. You will need it to maintain quick reflexes. 15. Ask for help. You do not need to reinvent the wheel. Ask other teachers for lessons and materials. Most good teachers love to share. I have learned more from other teachers I've worked with than all of my college classes and the Internet combined. Veteran teachers especially are like gold. 16. At times you will have to breath polluted air rich with the stench of body odor. Suck it up, Princess, and stock up on the Scentsy. This is your life now. Trust me, as a teacher in a middle school I always have two Scentsys going at a time. They work. 17. You will laugh every day. Clean air isn't the most important thing. Laughter really is the best medicine, and your students will make you laugh until you wet yourself. I promise. 18. You will spend more money than you thought possible on school supplies. At times you will feel like you are hemorrhaging money. 19. Sometimes you have to say no. Your Administrators will ask you to head committees and do all sorts of things because they know they can depend on you. And you absolutely should do some of those things, but know your limits and don't take on too much. 20. Never pass up an opportunity to use the restroom. If you are walking by a restroom, whether you have to go or not, go in and try. It may be your last chance for the next six hours. 21. Choose your battles. You will experience all types of personalities in your teaching career and not every child, nor adult for that matter, can be dealt with in the same way. Some students absolutely cannot be pushed and you need to know when to step back and give them choices. Decide what is important and what is worth fighting for. 22. If it isn't documented it didn't happen. Document, document, document. You will have to prove which interventions you have used on students, what behavior you have witnessed, what was or wasn't turned in, etc., etc. Find a system that works for you and document everything. Ask other teachers in your school how they document and you will save yourself hours upon hours of time. Refer to number fifteen above. 23. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Sometimes it's a good thing and sometimes it isn't, but it is one of the most enjoyable parts of Parent-Teacher conferences. 24. Despite federal legislation, some students choose to be left behind. You can lead a child to knowledge, but you cannot make them think. 25. Helicopter parents are alive and well. Although they can be bothersome, at least they are involved and you have to give them credit for that. Depending on the demographics of the school where you teach, you may find that uninvolved parents are a much bigger problem. 26. You will not make enough money to live on. Marry well. A large number of teachers have second jobs. Frankly, I don't know how they do it. Referring back to number eight, I can't even finish this job, let alone keep another one on the side. I am fortunate to have married well. 27. Sometimes your students are smarter than you. They don't have to know that though. Fake it until you make it. What works for me are exclamations such as: "Tell me more about that!" "What were you thinking when you got that answer?" "Explain your thought process" or a simple, but genuine "Amazing!" can work wonders. Also, make sure you pay attention and take notes. Don't let anyone see though. Rely on Siri. 28. You will not be able to teach everything your students need to know before they take their standardized tests. Do not panic, stress out, or freak out. Your students will smell your fear and react accordingly. Teach them what you can in a calm, organized manner and let the rest go. Stress doesn't help anyone perform better on tests. 28. Sometimes you just have to smile, walk into your classroom, close the door, and teach what you know you should be teaching. No one has to know you just deep sixed that PLC binder you just received in the faculty meeting. Although in reality you probably shouldn't do that. I mean you will want to do that, but more than likely you will need to access it at some point, so cover your butt and hang onto it. Once you give yourself an attitude adjustment, you can come back to it.
Telling time past the hour can be challenging for primary kids but it doesn’t have to be a struggle for you or your students. Learn simple ways and effective strategies to make telling time easier for primary kids.
If you've been teaching for at least a couple of years now, then you're probably familiar with the gradual release of responsibility method of teaching. In this blog post, I explain how I Do, You Do, We Do works. Click through to read more about this instructional method!
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Are you looking for the most effective way to teach children to read? This analogy will change the way you think about teaching phonics - for good!
Subscribe to the Teach 4 the Heart Podcast.When I think of teaching, I think of a roller coaster of emotions. There are so many ups and downs, so many great days followed by incredibly challenging ones.But it really is up to us whether we - as a whole - enjoy our time teaching or allow ourselves t
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When I think about the qualities of the most effective teachers I know, either from my own education or from colleagues I've had the pleasure of working with, these are ten things they all have in common. Be fair and consistent Communicate regularly with parents and guardians Have rules and enforce them Differentiate to meet the needs of all students Care Make the most of every class period Be willing to learn from others and try new teaching strategies Have a routine that students can count on Connect learning to real life Make time for themselves What are some other things the best teachers do? Add your ideas to the comments section. Read the 10 Things Teachers Should Never Do. Are you a middle school science teacher? Sign up for my newsletter! You'll get a free science resource just for joining.
