ABC's for First Years

• Admit your mistakes -- and learn from them.
• Be firm but flexible.
• Communicate with parents.
• Develop a homework policy -- and stick to it.
• Empower your students; don't just lecture to them.
• Find time to attend after-school events.
• Get to know all the teachers in your school and make friends with the cooks, custodians, aides, and secretaries.
• Have the courage to try something else if what you're doing isn't working.
• Institute a clear discipline policy -- and enforce it consistently.
• Just listen -- both to what the kids are saying and to what they're not saying.
• Keep a journal.
• Learn your school's policies and procedures.
• Model desired attitudes and behavior.
• Non carborundum ignorami. (Don't let the imbeciles wear you down.)
• Overplan.
• Prepare interesting lessons.
• Quit worrying and just do your best.
• Remember that you teach students first, then you teach whatever academic discipline you learned.
• Stay alert.
• Take pictures.
• Understand that the learning process involves everyone -- teachers, students, colleagues, and parents -- and get everyone involved.
• Volunteer to share projects and ideas, and don't be afraid to ask others to share their ideas with you.
• Work within your limits.
• Xpect the unexpected -- and plan for it!
• Yell if you need support.
• Zero in on your strengths, not your weaknesses. (Remember -- nobody's perfect!)

Story Starters

 I found this Story Starters idea, I love this idea because you can print these worksheets out and hand them to the students and they can use their imagination on how to finish their story's. This is a good idea for busy work or for when the students first get to class.

 The Story Starter for this worksheet is, This spring it rained raspberry juice instead of water and...

 

Sock Snowman :)

 I found this and thought it was sooooo cute! It would be perfect for a winter craft and snowman are very cute!

Here’s What You Need to Make a Sock Snowman:

• White sock (preferably clean!)
• 2 cups of rice (uncooked )
• 2 rubber bands
• Small pom poms
• 10 ” yarn (any color)
• Markers
• Googly eyes
• Glue

Here’s How to Make a Sock Snowman:
1. Pour one cup of rice into the sock.
2. Tightly wrap rubber band around the middle of the sock to create the base of the snowman and keep the rice from falling out.
3. Pour another cup of rice into the sock to create the head. No middle on this snowman!
4. Tightly wrap the other rubber band around the top of the sock to create the snowman’s head.
5. Roll the edge of the sock down to create a hat for the snowman and cover the rubber band.
6. Glue on small pom poms to the snowman’s head to create the nose and mouth and use googly eyes to make the eyes.
7. Tie the yarn around the snowman’s neck for his scarf.
8. Use markers or pom poms to add buttons down the snowman’s middle.

Lesson Plan 2008

This is the link for my Education class

Hope this helps guys!!! :) 

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10 Things Every New Teacher Should Know

 I was looking around today and found an article that was titled; 10 Things Every New Teacher Should Know. These 10 things are stated below, I think all of these are important!

1. Always have high (but not impossible) expectations for yourself and your students.
2. Effective classroom management starts on the first day.
3. Humor can help diffuse a tense classroom situation.
4. Consistency and fairness go hand in hand and should be practiced every day.
5. Be flexible, but don't become a doormat.
6. Smile at your students.
7. Avoid confrontations in front of other students.
8. Be friendly, but avoid becoming friends with your students.
9. Get to know the people around you, and choose your friends and battles wisely.
10. Never advertise your inexperience.

Theme Unit: Owls

Well I found this on Scholastics and I really really like with website! Ill include the Link for you guys!

Theme Unit: Owls!

Hoot, Hoot, Hooray!
Students will hoot over these owl-related activities and become all the wiser about our fascinating feathered friends! With two fun-filled reproducibles.

Observe, Wonder, Learn
Display a variety of owl pictures, books, and other resources around your classroom. Then create a three-column chart that can guide your students' learning. Use the chart to help your class organize its owl observations, questions, and new knowledge. Encourage students to continue to add to the chart as they learn more about owls throughout the unit.
Wise About Size
Size up students' owl knowledge with this fact-filled display. First, pair students to research an owl of their choice using books such as The Book of North American Owls by Helen Roney Sattler or All About Owls by Jim Arnosky (see Resources, page 59 in the October issue of Instructor). Encourage children to draw life-sized pictures of their owls. Have them label speech-bubble cutouts with owl facts written from their owls' perspectives, such as "I hunt my prey only at night." To display, ask students to sequence the owls' sizes, label each with its name and height, and add its speech bubble. Invite students to share their owl pictures and facts with the class. Discuss the different owl sizes and characteristics.
For more on our nine activities, ten fun facts and two reproducibles by Mackie Rhodes, see "THEME UNIT: OWLS" in Instructor's October 2001 issue.

 



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