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I wish this was a giant poster I could use in my room.
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Disrespectful Students
As a student teacher who is inconsistently in the classroom, maintaining a classroom demeanor that demands respect is very difficult (especially when I am only about 8 years apart from my students…)
I have one student who loves to backtalk only when I am in charge, which sends the class spiraling out of focus. The teachers say I will get a handle on how to handle her when I am there more often, but as for now it is not going well and I feel like 4th Period isn’t learning anything at all. I know that this is because I have not found a groove yet in maintaining control of the class, and asking for full attention and respect from my students.
Anyone have any advice?
FLOCABULARY
“Educational Hip-Hop” What a great resource for kids to get excited about ELAR. However, I can’t help but feel that some of these videos take the focus off of what students need to learn from them… OR is this the next School House Rock? See for yourself… http://www.flocabulary.com/fivethings/
Novice Teacher: Ugh Day.
My kids were so disrespectful today. There is this great saying that we learn more from out failures than our successes, and if that’s the case I must have learned a lot today -_-. I felt quite mistreated, and then I asked myself, why am I taking it so personally? Here is what I’m up against:
Positively Persistent Teach: Teacher Check-In!
What has been going well: I love my students, they love me. I love my assistant, she loves me. I am developing good relationships with families. Teaching is a joy with my class. I was Staff Member of the week last week. The Literacy coach observed me, loved what I am doing, and asked me to share…
Run-on or Run-off?
- Me: (to class) Many of your papers are filled with run-on sentences. You're not using proper punctuation, and one sentence will take up nearly an entire page. When I read through these, I don't get a chance to breathe because the sentence goes on, and on, and ON.
- Student: Wow, someone must really want you dead, Miss At.
