It seems every day I run into someone who is asking me (or really questioning me) about the methods we are using in math related to common core. And we have been doing common core for for at least 6 or 7 years now. That means somewhere along the line,… Continue Reading »
When Parents Want to Remove their Child
We teach for our students. We want to make a difference. But what happens when the parents of a child in your class doesn’t see it the same way? Parents may request a change of classroom for many reasons. Whether it’s another child in the class, your expectations, or a… Continue Reading »
Meeting with a Parent of a Behavior Child
At some point in every teacher’s career, you will need to meet with a parent to discuss their child’s behavior. It can be a bit nerve-wracking if it is your first time and you aren’t always sure just how to approach it. I remember my first time meeting with parents… Continue Reading »
Feel Confident Teaching Science (or Any Subject)
Grammar. I loathe grammar. When I was a child, my sister would follow me around and constantly be ready to leap at every little thing I would say incorrectly. Oh, she just loved to correct my grammar, and quite honestly, I was horrible at it. I had no clue because,… Continue Reading »
5 Tips to Giving Students Feedback
One best practice is to give students effective and meaningful feedback. However, I have found that often, when I talk to people about feedback, they confuse it with advice or criticism. That is not what feedback is. Feedback is information about how one is doing in an effort to reach… Continue Reading »
Easy Steps to Conferring In Math Workshop!
Hey everyone! This week I wrote a guest blog post about conferring in math workshop and provided some easy to implement steps! If you want to read all about it, head on over to my friend’s blog, Mandy’s Tips for Teachers where I guest blogged! You can click on… Continue Reading »
Tips for Parent Teacher Conferences
With parent teacher conferences coming up, I was thinking about how important that first set of conferences are for the year. They either set the year rolling in the right direction with strong communication and positive parent interest in the school and classroom, or it can do the exact opposite…… Continue Reading »
Top 10 Things You Should Know About Teachers
I seriously debated on whether I should write/post this. I guess, the need to get it out there outweighed being silent. In the end, our teaching responsibilities are a lot more involved than some parents think. The general public (and more specifically parents) is typically unaware of the true responsibilities… Continue Reading »
Communicating with Students
The older I get, the more I feel out of touch sometimes with the children of this generation, even at third grade. Yes, some things cycle around such as the bell bottoms several years back or the language students use, but one thing doesn’t seem to ever change – the… Continue Reading »
Assessments and Conferring During Math Workshop
This is my final week of my Guided Math Workshop Blog Series (unless someone requests something specifically about it)! In case you missed last week’s post about Guided Math Instruction, you can click here to read it! So now it’s time for some of the more tough questions… Grades, assessments,… Continue Reading »