Have you ever looked at a name and thought "whoa, how do they pronounce their name?" The good folks at @namedropio can help. Here's mine: https://t.co/HmXampZZzs
@JazzdeMex Jorge, what was the name of the artist who did God Bless the Child in the second hour of your show tonight? (I thought you had a blog where I could look it up, but I can't find it now.) It was such a great rendition!
Grading is communication.
When we average grades over time, valuing early attempts evenly with later attempts, we communicate that where you start will control how successful you can be later.
I can't think of a worse message for education to give to students.
@sage_stage One thing that they taught us in the "kids deserve it" training was to ask the four questions: what are you doing, what are you /supposed/ to be doing, do answers one and two match, what (if anything) needs to change? It def helps with self awareness. Ask whole class before one.
@MattRKay @tracyrenee70 @DeeSTEM_Teach Definitely more inclusive language! With the older kids, I've made the point of telling them that I'm calling THEM friends (of each other), not trying to make them my friends by calling them that. Language IS important, but actions/respect (or lack thereof) is what blurs lines.
@tracyrenee70 @T_F_Berger @DeeSTEM_Teach They understand that the teacher makes plans and the kids follow them, and that the teacher wants to keep kids safe and the kids make safe choices too - and none of that interferes with their working definition of friendship. It's around 3rd grade when they start redefining that.
@tracyrenee70 @T_F_Berger @DeeSTEM_Teach It's def a 'thing' in ECE. I am the teacher; you are the students; we are friends here. Friends help and encourage each other, look out for best interests, treat each other kindly, and have fun together. In early childhood, the definition of friend and teacher is very similar.
@NicholasFerroni One year, in my smallish elementary, we had THREE kiddos with the same (first middle last) name, and two of them were brothers. (Juniorโ & Juniorโ ก?) If we didn't look carefully, we'd get the wrong one for sure!
Music theory is the shared language we use to describe music, and NOT a set of rules.
It will only help you to communicate with others and to better organize your own thoughts on music.
Instead of admin doing walkthroughs, they could do "tag outs."
They take over your class so that you can walkthrough another teacher's class.
Admin learns about your class, how they learn, classroom behavior & relationships.
Teachers learn new ideas for lessons & management.
If a parent asks how they can help their child succeed in school, please start with the BASICS:
โข๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉโฆ8-10 hours
โข๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโฆmust limit sugar
โข๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฆโฆlet them fail without quickly trying to save them
โข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ 30 ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง/๐๐๐ฒโฆpreferably something they want to read! ๐
โข๐๐ฑ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐/๐๐ฅ๐๐ฒโฆhelps kids with several life skills including problem solving & sharing
My first year, the AP came in and yelled at my whole class (in front of me), telling them that the USA might be democratic, but I was dictator in my class and they needed to shape up and show me my "due" respect. I prefer your AP's approach.
@SustainTeaching I imagine that most cases come when the teacher feels most defensive, rather than supported. If the coaches come in with a "wow, what a great idea - I wonder how we can make it even better" point of view, reticent learners will be much happier to be coached.
Crossing guard = music teacher (at least, in my case). I sent this home on @Seesaw after multiple parents were surprised to learn that I was the music teacher - they thought I was just the crossing guard volunteer. Nope! I rush outside after classes each day to smile and wave! โบ๏ธ
@teachergoals Transparencies, VCR, CD players - on demand, of course, never just assigned to the rooms/teachers. We had computers in the lib that usually had internet. That first year, they introduced electronic grade books, but they were just for final reports so we still used a notebookโฆ
What a treat! One of the kiddos asked me to invite the "boss of the school" to play with them. Here she was pretending to scare them while we sang a calavera ๐ song.
Principal Mrs. Riley came to play with some three year old friends during music class today.
Directora Sra. Riley vino a jugar con unos niรฑos de tres aรฑos hoy durante la clase de mรบsica.
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