We had a staff meeting yesterday, however, that brought up a subject that may be something that new teachers might be concerned with – accepting late homework. I had to take a break to blog. The assistant principal brought up a concern that was coming up in the parent meetings she was having. Some […]
What do you do when there is a student who just won’t stop disrupting the class? This is a question I get a lot from my student teachers. New teachers especially are going to be tested right off the bat by certain students. Some students just don’t get it. You warn them. You give them […]
Today we sang the Star-Spangled Banner in class. We learned about the battle of Fort McHenry and the poem written by Francis Scott Key. Normally, this isn’t one of my more interesting lessons, so what I’ve done for the last few years to spice things up is to hand them a copy of the National […]
Teach a student to answer the phone. There will be those moments when you’re in the middle of a great lecture. The kids are on the edge of their seats. You’re just about to come to the main point of the lesson, when…the phone rings. I hate it when that happens. I learned early on […]