Family Engagement
How do you organize your small literacy group materials, both those materials you will use to teach and those materials your students will use?
How do you hold students accountable during centers? Specifically for second through fifth grade. Some teachers at my school are struggling with this and would love some additional ideas to share!
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What are some easy to make math games or review to send home with students to practice with their families? Target audience would be 1st-3rd grades.
Teaching is hard work. There are going to be times when you are wondering "what have I got myself into?" What can you do when you are experiencing these feelings of being overwhelmed and disillusioned?
Focusing during read aloud has been a difficult for my current group of students. Any suggestions to keep them more engaged and focused during that time?
What are some ways to teach students how to collaborate in small groups?
What are your best tips for a new teacher? I’m on year 20 and these are still part of my teaching practice. What advice do you have?
What are some ways you help students to calm their bodies throughout the day?
For example, sometimes we stop and take a few minutes to breathe deeply in quiet pose and reset for the next task.
I have a single student in my class with Autism Spectrum Disorder. This student demonstrates needs in developing empathy. At this time, I do not have outside support in addressing these needs for this student so any efforts will be my own, alone (hoping to look into additional services soon). My content area is language arts and finding time to address these specific needs is a challenge.
How might I support this student’s social emotional needs with so little time to invest?
I’m noticing that more behaviors are arising in class at this midpoint of the year. I am continuing to evaluate our practices and my interventions, but not quite understanding why this seemingly sudden shift in how my students are responding. Any tips?
How can you differentiate assignments to make them more appropriate for all the levels and needs of the students in your classroom?
At the end of a particularly challenging day in the classroom, how do you recenter, refocus, and take care of yourself to be ready to do it all again tomorrow?
What are some morning meeting activities that are low prep for a 5th grade class?
How do you build fluency with the multiplication table while ensuring that a lack of fluency with multiplication facts doesn't hold students back from accessing grade level content?
