Just bought a copy of Beyond Pizza and Pies -- a professional book about fractions! I dove in yesterday and I'm already excited about what I'm learning.
Has anyone read this? What are your thoughts? Also any other good resources for helping 3rd-5th graders learn fractions? This is an area of weakness across our school!
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How would you plan a lesson for a standard about teaching second grade reading?
How do you manage difficult parents that seem to blame teachers for their child's behavior and absences?
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Does anyone have a good resource for science experiments or simulations that allow students to interact with content and data simultaneously?
One of my favorite ways to engage students in critical thinking and error analysis is by doing an activity called "Agree or Disagree with Mrs. T." In these activity, I will give students a word problem and then I will solve it (usually wrong with the most common mistakes students make when solving that type of problem). Students have to read the problem, think about how they would solve it, and then look at how I solved it to decide whether they agree or disagree and why. Usually I'm wrong, BUT I have to be right sometimes or they'll just assume I'm wrong and disregard what I did. I have attached a sample so you can see their reflection piece. What are ways you help students catch mistakes?
How would you rate your self-efficacy skills as a teacher?
Teachers who believe in their abilities ( handling tasks, obligations and challenges) increase their level of self-efficacy.
Do you value the importance of continuous professional development?
Do you use reflection to improve your teaching practice?
Do you set attainable goals?
Do you maintain a strong academic focus throughout your lessons and provide
constructive feedback to students?
Do you demonstrate resilience and view knockbacks as temporary stumbling
blocks?
Answering yes to these questions, shows powerful predictors of a teacher’s effectiveness. Self-efficacy means believing in your ability to succeed in any situation.
How do you decide what dramatic play areas to set up in your classroom and how do you choose what goes in them?
How do you teach telling time to students using an analog clock? I like to use this video: https://youtu.be/jGtBYUQKF4M?si=Zh3Uwufj1A1qbykK It has a catchy tune that helps the students with skip counting by 5's and also teaches the students multiplication as she is counting by 5's. This video has helped my students to remember what each number on the clock stands for.
How do you ensure that your lesson plans are aligned with both state standards and student needs?
We had a late Reading Month celebration due to snow and ice storms followed by spring break. Last night we met with families and shared all kinds of fun reading and math alternatives to common board games. Here is the Google file with a few of the FILE FOLDER games we shared! Feel free to share them, print them etc!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vw2EFbC-XW6n4pbOkDU5WyU0Uvu4SCWC?usp=sharing
How did you celebrate reading month with families this year?
How do you get 2nd graders interested in writing? I like to use pictures and have students write down what they see. I also like to use story starters.
How do you teach your students how to differentiate between main idea and summaries? I am a fourth grade teacher. We are struggling with the differences other than summaries are longer. The kids are struggling with writing their own main ideas in fiction.
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