The First Days of School

If you blow the first few moments of class, you jeopardize the success of the entire class.  Student on-task wor is the major activity during academic prime time.  The students must immediately get to work when they enter the room.  An assignment must be available, and the students must know the procedure for getting to [...]

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I thought this was hysterical!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How to enter the classroom

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Check out this website on how to start a class effectively. 

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Have you heard this one yet?  This has to be my all time biggest pet peeve!  This one question would send me into profane language frenzy!  The ineffective teacher keeps the assignment a mystery until it is announced, and it may be announced in different ways and posted in different places each day.  In fact, [...]

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I know that this will step on some toes, but I have to say it or explode.  Teachers who have no curriculum follow the textbook.  whew.. I feel better.  Now for clarification.  The textbook should not be your bible (for lack of a better word).  It should be a guide.  If you can’t teach without [...]

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