Can you actually accommodate for science for a student whose reading level is far below grade level and still make the curriculum accessible? You can and if you want to remain sane in your classroom, you should. Frustrated students who cannot access the curriculum become eventual behavior problems either (a) because they want to save […]
Elementary School
An elementary school is a primary school for children between the ages of 5-11 and between the grades prekindergarten and secondary education.
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Student Teaching Diaries: Applying the Learning
Having a student intern this semester is allowing me to reflect on my own teaching. It has been interesting to see the transition of college knowledge to classroom application. The university has expectations to train teachers and then the elementary classroom happens. As an educator I am constantly using assessment to guide my teaching. Information […]
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Student Teaching Diaries: It’s Not Just Teaching
Teaching is more than lessons, assessments, and children. It involves extra work outside of the classroom. Seasoned teachers know there are many “extras” that come with the job. We attend board meetings, committee meetings, planning meetings, curriculum meetings, after-school clubs, summer school sessions, PTO and Site Council presentations, school plays and school-sponsored events outside of the 7:45-3:45 daily […]
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Student Teaching Diaries: The First Unit
We are well into week three and things in our classroom and working well. If you missed the start of this journey, check out our previous articles on The Educator’s Room. Being a mentor teacher is a letting go of yourself so someone else can learn. I am finding ways to keep myself busy during […]
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Student Teacher Diaries: The First Lesson Plan
I see lesson plans everywhere! I have always been the teacher that goes somewhere, looks at something, picks up a book and can think of ways to bring it into the classroom as a lesson. A friend once commented, “It does not matter where we go you think of a way to teach kids.” There […]
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Student Teacher Diaries: Week One
Starting back to school after a break is always a mixture of emotions. I am excited to get back into a routine and see my kids. But I miss the lazy days of Christmas break, eating when I am hungry, using the restroom whenever I want, and snuggling on the couch reading. This semester I have […]
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Letter From A Teacher On MLK Day
My Dear Fellow Colleagues, Critics, Politicians, and Aspiring Professionals: While I am happily undertaking the responsibilities of influencing the lives of young people, I have come across many comments, news articles, blog entries, and other choice pieces of that my choice of profession are “unwise and untimely.” While all of these pieces are of serious […]
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Differentiating your Formative Assessments
The point of teaching is to learn. Each student comes to us with different experiences and this impacts how and when they master the various concepts and skills presented in the classroom. Part of teaching is understanding where students are in a lesson, skill, and unit. Exit tickets have become the buzz, but there are many […]