I’m trying the Classroom Economy System that Asbestasican and Rafe Esquith use. To tackle it at first was more than a little daunting, but once they picked jobs and I figured out bonuses, it got much better. I didn’t do any kind of special event the first month, and I really think they would’ve been [...]
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A Stalled Classroom Economy
Posted in Philosophy 101, Reflective Teaching, Teach Like Your Hair's On Fire!, There Are No Shortcuts, Time Out!, tagged behavior, consequences, Economy System, education, inclusion, Rafe Esquith, rewards, special education, Teach Like You Hair's on Fire, teaching, There are No Shortcuts on November 12, 2009 | 9 Comments »
so not ready
Posted in Philosophy 101, Reflective Teaching, Teaching with Love and Logic, The First Six Weeks of School, tagged back to school, behavior, consequences, discipline, education, elementary school, first day of school, Responsive Classroom, teaching on August 31, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I feel sick. I don’t remember EVER feeling this anxious for the first day of school. I was feeling better after the presentation we had this morning, but the pit is back; it’s not butterflies, it’s more like my guinea pigs chasing each other around their cage.
The workshop this morning was from the Love and [...]
Classroom Community and Currency
Posted in Lit Circle, Never Work Harder Than Your Students, Philosophy 101, Reflective Teaching, Time Out!, tagged behavior, classroom community, classroom management, community, currency, discipline, education, principles of teaching, rewards, Robyn Jackson, teaching on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Never Work Harder Than Your Students by Robyn Jackson
Chapter 1: Start Where Your Students Are
At my first school we called this “meet your kids where they’re at.” Terrible grammar, I know, but it got the point across. Though we were referring to academics, and Robyn Jackson is referring to behavior. The whole chapter is about [...]
Summer of Movies
Posted in Library, Lit Circle, Philosophy 101, Recess, Reflective Teaching, tagged education, movies, professional development, reading, summer reading, teaching on July 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Not doing so well with my summer reading pile. I’ve read quite a few fiction books, including some children’s novels. However, I have been catching up on my movies! So far I’ve seen Angels & Demons, The Proposal, Night at the Museum, Public Enemies, plus Twilight and Revolutionary Road on DVD. This may turn out [...]
Summer Reading 2009
Posted in Library, Lit Circle, Philosophy 101, Reflective Teaching, tagged education, professional development, reading, summer reading, teaching on June 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’ve got quite a stack of books to read this summer.
After the year I’ve had, I need to find some answers about what makes these kids tick, and what I can do better next year to deal with it. (We are not getting good reports about the fourth graders coming up. Very low, immature and [...]
Agitator
Posted in Faculty Lounge, Philosophy 101, Poli Sci, There Are No Shortcuts, tagged bosses, coworkers, education, teaching on June 13, 2009 | 4 Comments »
This is the word I’ve been looking for. Agitators. That’s what we are. We’re not negative, we’re agitated. We want to change things, not just complain about them. We’re not content to let the dirty laundry sit in the tub, we’re going to twist and turn and agitate until it gets clean and therefore improved. [...]
The Sweet Smell of Success
Posted in Faculty Lounge, QAR, Reflective Teaching, Time Out!, tagged education, PSSA, standardized testing, teaching on June 10, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Yes, that was me you heard cheering at the picnic (louder than the deejay), in the office, and in the cafeteria. If I could do a cartwheel, I would. I’d be doing them up and down the hall because WE PASSED!!! We made it! It worked!
Fifth grade Math: 73% *
Fifth grade Reading: 63% *
My math: [...]
Hoping I’m wrong…
Posted in Poli Sci, There Are No Shortcuts, tagged bosses, coworkers, education, elementary school, fifth grade, sixth grade, teaching on June 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
For the past two weeks or so, I’ve had this feeling that I’m going to end up in 6th grade. Today I found out we’re getting our assignments tomorrow, and the feeling got stronger. At first it was a funny coincidence because I was asking my students if there were any jobs they could think [...]
How do they do it?
Posted in Lit Circle, Philosophy 101, There Are No Shortcuts, tagged teaching, office politics, field trips, money, education, purpose, curriculum, Ruby Payne, Rafe Esquith, Ron Clark, Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers' Diary, The Essential 55 on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I would love to take my students on awesome field trips like DC or New York. They would enjoy it so much, and honestly, some of them will never leave their neighborhood if they don’t go on trips with school. The problem with such long trips is how to get there. District buses have time [...]
Accountability for Kids on Standardized Tests
Posted in Family Studies, Philosophy 101, QAR, Test Prep, Test Talk, Time Out!, tagged calculators, education, following directions, math, NCLB, No Child Left Behind, parents, PSSA, standardized tests, teaching, test taking skills on March 17, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Is it unreasonable to tell parents if their kid didn’t do, show or check their work on the PSSA like we’ve practiced all year? One of the sixth grade teachers (we’ll call him Popular Science Guy) told me that is too much. I replied, “Well, I warned them that if they didn’t show their work, [...]
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