Student learning is no accident!
If teaching fifth and sixth graders has taught me anything, it’s that fractions and decimals can be ABSTRACT and TRICKY… and that kids have to be developmentally ready to perform operations on them. The good news is- the standards aren’t encouraging us to get kids to add, subtract, multiply and divide 5/32 and 16/71! We make equivalent fractions as a… Read More
Class Discussion Norms (In my class, these become our Community Norms and replace any “rules”) Equity of Voice: Monitor your airtime. As a group member you are responsible to be a speaker AND a listener. You are also responsible to invite others to speak. Equal(ish) airtime is the goal. Our community values all voices. Active Listening : Eye contact, nodding, being… Read More
Current Events. It’s been done to death. And I get that. What I’m going to share with you is not really about current events. The context just happens to be Current Events- but it could be anything… (so insert your own context!) It’s about academic discussions- conversation. Do kids really know what that is these days? Chances are they do… Read More
Using Sentence Stems and Explicit Instruction for Classroom Discussions Teaching discussion skills can be daunting! You know you want productive, positive discussions… but how do you get there? Here’s some of what works for me! Body Language & Politeness Matter Eye Contact: looking directly at the speaker lets them know they have your attention Inviting Posture: Facing your body toward… Read More
I used to cringe watching students stuff papers into their folders to be lost in the locker abyss… after I had spent so much time thoughtfully providing feedback on their work!! I spend so much time writing thoughtful questions about their math thinking and comments aimed at pushing their scientific curiosity… It was killing me to know that none of… Read More
We have moved on to subtraction with renaming (2.NBT.7). You might call this regrouping… but really- if we think literally about what’s happening- we’re also giving the values new names! 50+10 is a different name for 60. So, renaming, regrouping… you know what we’re doing! What’s Working I’ve been doing a lot of this work with students in small groups…. Read More
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Let's Talk About Sleep So many of us suffer from back to school dreams and sleepless nights prior to the start of school each year. If...Happy First Day to Me!!!
I met some of my new students via Google Meet. We had a school wide assembly that way too. It was W E I R D- but also somehow familiar and comforting. I was excited to welcome fifth graders to their first year of middle school!
These kids are going to have a great year- and I am really looking forward to teaching such small groups... could it be that maybe THIS is the year we prove that class size makes a big difference??
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Please... please come right in!!
You have SO many fabulous ideas- it sounds like *maybe* you’d be great at this job.
So come on over. Really! Turns out, we don’t have a SINGLE person signed up to sub this year. You’d be perfect!!
It pays $90/ day... but honestly it’s NOT about the money. I mean, you said it- “teachers have to LOVE the work.” And, who doesn’t LOVE a full day of 12year olds? Amiright?!?!
You’ll want to bring a few masks... because it gets hot and there’s no A/C... and the doors have to stay shut and locked (for fire code). And bring sanitizer to be safe, because the teacher’s bathroom (with the good sink) is upstairs on the other side of the building, and you really can’t make it there AND back during passing- but you can totally get there after school or on lunch! But, if you want to eat, just bring something you eat with a fork, so you don’t have to wash your hands! There isn’t time for both.
So excited for you to join us!! I’ve been dying for a chance to learn from you. I’ve been dreaming of this since you started ranting about how easy teachers have it! FINALLY, you can show us how to do our jobs better, Nancy Know It All!
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Please... please come right in!!
You have SO many fabulous ideas- it sounds like *maybe* you’d be great at this job.
So come on over. Really! Turns out, we don’t have a SINGLE person signed up to sub this year. You’d be perfect!!
It pays $90/ day... but honestly it’s NOT about the money. I mean, you said it- “teachers have to LOVE the work.” And, who doesn’t LOVE a full day of 12year olds? Amiright?!?!
You’ll want to bring a few masks... because it gets hot and there’s no A/C... and the doors have to stay shut and locked (for fire code). And bring sanitizer to be safe, because the teacher’s bathroom (with the good sink) is upstairs on the other side of the building, and you really can’t make it there AND back during passing- but you can totally get there after school or on lunch! But, if you want to eat, just bring something you eat with a fork, so you don’t have to wash your hands! There isn’t time for both.
So excited for you to join us!! I’ve been dying for a chance to learn from you. I’ve been dreaming of this since you started ranting about how easy teachers have it! FINALLY, you can show us how to do our jobs better, Nancy Know It All!
#teachertruth #thankateacher #teachingin2020 #writesolutions #tptfs #igconnect4edu #iteachtoo #teachersofinsta #teachersofthegram #tpt #ntchat #iteachtoo #teacherrant #karen #nosyneighbor #unwantedadvice #subbingjobs
Dear 2020-2021 School Year,
We got this.
❤️Teachers Raised on Mr. Rogers
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