What are some of your favorite websites or publishers of early reading reader’s theater you love?
Do you have outdoor classroom or garden space at your school? How do you use the space and who cares for the space?
Just bought a copy of Beyond Pizza and Pies -- a professional book about fractions! I dove in yesterday and I'm already excited about what I'm learning.
Has anyone read this? What are your thoughts? Also any other good resources for helping 3rd-5th graders learn fractions? This is an area of weakness across our school!
How do you manage difficult parents that seem to blame teachers for their child's behavior and absences?
How do you decide what dramatic play areas to set up in your classroom and how do you choose what goes in them?
We had a late Reading Month celebration due to snow and ice storms followed by spring break. Last night we met with families and shared all kinds of fun reading and math alternatives to common board games. Here is the Google file with a few of the FILE FOLDER games we shared! Feel free to share them, print them etc!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vw2EFbC-XW6n4pbOkDU5WyU0Uvu4SCWC?usp=sharing
How did you celebrate reading month with families this year?
How do you teach your students how to differentiate between main idea and summaries? I am a fourth grade teacher. We are struggling with the differences other than summaries are longer. The kids are struggling with writing their own main ideas in fiction.
How do you teach self assessment to students?
Have you ever utilized letter or word sorts to early literacy skill building?
Free Letter and Word Sorts - continue to check out my website for more free resources!
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As part of our MTSS and RTI process we meet as a mult-disciplinary team biweekly to discuss students new to the Student Study Team (SST), those already in the process- how they are making process etc. or lack of process etc. This is an example of one of the forms we created and use during this time.
How do you problem solve or brainstorm with your multi-disciplinary team when students are not showing progress?
What are your strategies for building trust with students who seem withdrawn or reluctant to engage?
Each student is different. Here are some ideas that I have used.
1. Go back to your beginning of the year student surveys. Find an interest of this student and build it into a lesson. Mention their name as you talk about this interest.
2. Warn this student quietly that you are going to ask them to answer the next question so they are prepared.
3. Give the student a note with a positive message or email the parent with a positive message.
4. Ask the student to help you do something to prepare for a lesson. Draw the picture. Set up the equipment. Engage the student in a conversation while you do this.
What other strategies have you tried?
What are some morning meeting activities that are low prep for a 5th grade class?
What is an effective tool that I can use in my classroom to support learning?
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My students are learning about money in 2nd grade. I teach them a strategy called hairy money to help them to learn about the value of coins. Does anyone use a different strategy to help students learn how to count money?
