Classroom Chaos
Currently, I am a Substitute Teacher trying to work and study my way into the wonderful world of being a credentialed teacher. For now, as I jump life hurdles, I continue to learn to teach and teach to learn.
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No day of teaching is complete without a little nonsense. ;]
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The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers effectively use primary sources from the Library’s vast digital collections in their teaching.
Charity Preston of The Organized Classroom Blog blogged 40 Alternative Assessments for Learning on Teachub.com.
The listed assessments vary in reading, writing, math, science, social studies and math. Great engaging ideas!
You may ask yourself, “What? There are other search engines than Google?” And yes, other search engines do exist. This link that the Teacher Experience Exchange of HP tweeted this resource a while back.
The website introduces these resources by letting you know:
Live a little and use a different search engine! Try out these cool alternatives to major search engines and use them in the classroom.
Now get searching!
C’mon, Science teachers, don’t you think your classroom can use a little more…swag? Here’s a poster you may want to share in your classroom about Microbiology.
In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week I’d like to give a shout-out to the original 5 #Education Tag Tumblr Editors that helped make education and Tumblr a great combination for me.
Thank you to…
World-Shaker
Oh, Muffins! (welcome back!)
Everyday Ramny
Positively Persistent Teach
Girl With A Lesson Plan (and it’s also her birthday week! Wish her a Happy Birthday!)
I know there are editors before them* that may have paved this path, but these are the people who paved the path for me and so I appreciate their time on Tumblr. I kept my Tumblr account (dropped my tattoo Tumblr account - that’s a whole other topic) because these ladies and gentlemen often contributed and tagged posts relative (and often humorous) to my true passion, the education field.
And they continue to do so!
A positive community of educators is always a good thing.
Happy Teacher Appreciation week fellow Educators!
*NOTE: Just found out that these Editors ARE the original five who started the #education tag. Thanks for the heads up Ms. Positively Persistent Teach!
Let me tell you, you’re right! You have to start over with the kids. As a Sub (and having to have worked in classrooms and schools that already know me), I begin each classroom with the same routine. Some of these kids know my routine, but I still stick to it: 1. Give students a minute or two to settle after the bell rings. 2. Announce and introduce myself (even if they already know who I am) 3. Establish MY rules and MY expectations while the teacher is away 4. Ask if there are any questions (usually the first question is, “Where is Mrs. Teacher?”) 5. Take attendance. 6. Introduce the assignment. When I KNOW it’s busy work, I spend more time explaining the lesson, asking students questions, and sometimes I have students read the worksheet to themselves and then re-read the worksheet aloud. A teacher gives me busy work, I try to find time-fillers. You didn’t lose the students’ respect, they just have not learned to identify you as a teacher. Now, go be THAT teacher you always wanted to be! G’luck!…It was weird having students treat me like a substitute and not their student teacher they just had. I felt like I had to start all over with these students. Almost as if I had lost some respect because I was just a sub now. How do subs deal with busy work?
BRB, something is in my eye.
As promised, here are some tips for surviving at the job fair based on my recent experience. I will gladly update this with more advice/tips if anyone wants to add their two cents!
- Be professional at all times: This is an obvious one, I know. But when I was waiting in line to meet with a…
Being a first year teacher has been the hardest, yet most rewarding year of my life; staying up late preparing for the next day, staying after school helping students and grading papers, dealing with parents and other faculty members, learning the ins and outs of what it really means to be a…
Six Reasons To Teach Nonfiction
Don’t hate!
Walked 3.78 miles while teaching today!
Submit a note thanking a teachers and describing how they inspired you. You can even say and search for the grade, school, and city you attended.
Originally found this idea on Pinterest and reblogged it from here from A Teacher’s Treasure. This activity helps cultivate critical thinking in almost any subject area. Here, the teacher uses it for her reading lesson.
30 sites for students who finish their work early. Great links especially for primary education classrooms.
