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Today was a really good day, and I was proud of myself. During second break it rained, and so the outside play that was planning couldn’t go ahead. I spoke to Jenny about it, and then decided to work on the big house we’re making. In the groups I took out we drew up plans, [...]
Today was an experience.
I was a little disheveled this morning when I was told that I was taking the day all on my own. But I got my act together, and made the morning happen.
I really am a planner, I swear. I NEED to be. This was obvious after today. I had heaps of ideas [...]
My first week back at school has been interesting. This week I tried a new behaviour management strategy. A bell. I used it for rotations- so that the kids would know when to change, and so that I didn’t have to raise my voice. I had found, last term, that when we were doing rotations [...]
First up we finished off our smart pizza rotations from the day before. I will collate the information later and see if there are any definite signs on one particular smart in any kids.
We played outside with the Sharing Seahorses after break which was really nice. I think it’s really important to play outside and [...]
I have moved to teachingtalia.com!
I thought that this was an interesting read from the Sydney Morning Herald.
This site lets you rate a teacher from 1-5. There’s a bit an uproar about it as some principles and teachers in Sydney and NSW have been badly defamed and are not happy.
I’m pretty sure that this is the [...]
Jenny is away because it’s her daughter’s wedding on Saturday. Fiona was the sub, and she continued what Jenny had been doing all week- testing.
In my non-contact time in the morning I put together the kids ‘brain books’. This shows their progress of learning about the brain so far this term and moves into smart [...]
Overall feeling of today: *nods head* yep, pretty good.
I started the day by reading “The Rainbow Fish” by Marcus Pfister. I ‘read’ the book using just the pictures first, and then read the words. This took up a fair amount of time, but it was a really good book to get them thinking about sharing. [...]
I think today, as a whole was one of my best days.Today we did letterland as a whole class. This worked MUCH better then doing it in the rotations. I set aside a whole hour to do it in, not including packing up time, and they used it [...]
Once or twice a week I do rotations with the kids.
Here are my lesson plans for the first week: Rotations Plan Week 1
The second week A: Rotations Plan Week 2, A
And the second week B: Rotations Plan Week 2, B
Enjoy the ideas etc. and let me know what works for you.
Monday morning Jenny was away and so I had the run of the class. I knew that an obstacle course had been set up outside, that’s what we usually do on Monday mornings, and so the sub and I ran through that in the morning, after a little introduction. I was amazed at how she [...]
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