After twenty years of teaching, I can say that the greatest thing I did in the classroom was to assign jobs. I have taught from kindergarten to grade twelve and I've never had arguments from my students. Yes, there are some jobs they don't like but they still do them as they know it's temporary. Why I started them Early on … [Read more...]
Do You Have A Buddy Class?
One way to build community is to have a buddy class in your school. Having buddies gives students the opportunity to meet "older/younger" students in the school. It's exciting when my younger ones come in from outside and say, "I saw my buddy or I said 'hi' to my buddy!" When your students know familiar faces outside on the … [Read more...]
How Do You Pick Partners In Your Class?
When you pick partners in your class, does it cause some stress? How do you to it? What do you use? Are you a random picker or do you choose carefully the student partners? We are going to look at a couple options to try this year. Pick Partners As A Form of Classroom Management Choosing which students will work together … [Read more...]
Unit Plan Creation – Part 2
This is the second part of creating a unit plan. You can read the first part, Creating A Balanced Unit Plan by clicking the link. Making thorough unit plans will save you so much time and energy in the future so let's do one together! We will end up doing this 2x - one as a brain dump and the second as your working draft. Yes, … [Read more...]
Creating A Balanced Unit Plan
Creating a balanced unit plan will help you in so many ways. It will alleviate stress, save you time, develop your classroom management skills, save you time! There will need to be some upfront work but in the long term, you will be very happy with creating something that can be used year after year (provided that you are … [Read more...]
What Products For My TPT Store Should I Make?
Do you want to start Teachers Pay Teachers, but you do not know what products to make for your TPT store? You are not alone! Often, many teachers start their store, but leave it because they do not know what to make. Here are a couple options on how to approach this dilemma. Is This Going to Be A Hobby or a Business? You … [Read more...]
