May302012
firstclassroom:
90% pass rate for my students on their Earth Science SOL (the end of course standardized tests in VA). There were many happy surprises of students scoring higher than anticipated. Those that didn’t pass fell into two categories - absent 75% of class time, or missed passing by a question or two.
Since it’s my first year teaching in VA, I didn’t know what to expect. My teacher/perfectionist side would have preferred 100%, but I guess 90% is good?
Great job! I’m in Va. also, Richmond and we had our first reading SOL today; funny how attendance and participation do play a role in level of success.
May282012
revolutionizeed:
I’ll probably be working on a new curriculum, running training sessions on our new 1:1 program, and planning some of my flipped classroom. So, basically I am continuing to work!
And I have a wedding to attend and my own wedding to plan for this fall (so I do have some personal stuff going on)!
Work never seems to end does it? I will be organizing materials and how I will use them differently for next year, already have a list of new resources to add so one new item a paycheck.
And most exciting thing is sending baby girl off to NYC for her first year of college at Marymount Manhattan College!
May262012
This should be very easy to do, will make them for next year!
May252012
bkrafty38:
Why do students not know how to play kickball anymore!
THIS IS ALL WE PLAYED
I subbed at a school once where the teacher actually took her students out and taught them the rules, I am doing this when I get my own class…Every child should know how to play kickball.
<just throwing this out there>
I just had this conversation during field day! It’s amazing what the kids of today don’t know how to do.
May202012
magicalteacher:
My Ankle Biters will love this!!
kbkonnected:
Professor Garfield’s Reading Ring
Great comprehension interactive.
#elemchat #spedchat #comprehension
Students must reassemble a 3 frame comic strip in the right order and then answer 3 comprehension questions. Kids will enjoy the wrestling theme and sound effects (which can be turned off). 3 successful rounds to win. Add your name to a printable belt and print to wear or hang.
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I’m worst than the kids, it took me almost 5min before I realized I had to put the panels at the top not just switch them.
May192012
drteach:
I strongly believe that we, as educators, have a huge responsibility on our plates. I try to, not only, help my students understand various concepts, but also help prepare them for life and the adventure that they will partake in outside the classroom walls. This year I tried something a…
I have and will continue to do this in my classroom. This year my students are more challenging and only a couple out of 11 got it. I tell myself that the rest are just seeds and someone else’s water will yield a crop.
