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It's neurotypical awareness month
October is neurotypical awareness month. In light, I thought I would educate teachers about Neurotypical Spectrum Disorder (NSD). Here are the signs and symptoms. - Emoting and peculiar noises when confronted with adults who make ridiculous faces and sounds at them by 6 months - Excessive self-involvement by 9 months - Excessive “babbling” seemingly to […]
Missing a day and feel horrible
So, this is my ninth week in my student-teaching experience. Things have been going great. I love what I’m doing. Today started off great. I was positive, the kids were positive, and I felt that this week was going to be great. Until after lunch today. My mentor and I teach all morning and then […]
Getting students to READ questions in math... advice appreciated!
I'm teaching third grade this year, and I notice a lot of students are often asking me "what do I have to do?" or "I don't get this" when they are doing independent math work. I'm not talking about actual word problems, but simply instructions. For example "Complete the following patterns and write the pattern […]
SmartBoard Pointer
I teach first grade and my students have a hard time reaching the SmartBoard! I'd like to MAKE pointers for them to use, as I'm on a budget. Any ideas of what I could attach to the end of dowel rod or PVC pipe that would be safe for the SmartBoard? Thanks so much!
Classroom Management HELP
So today was my first day of teaching and it was...interesting. I realized that my school is really bad at telling new teachers ANYTHING. They emailed out a first day homeroom powerpoint at 11pm last night (after I had already been to bed.) The lunch schedules are confusing because you have to go to each […]
Principals that threaten to put you back in the classroom
We have a principal that threatens to put support teachers back in the classroom if we bring up concerns. How would you feel about this? I personally think it's very telling- there is little respect for support (EIP, ESOL) teachers, little regard for their need in schools. Also, why would going back in the classroom […]
"Interesting" conversation with a teacher
Actual conversation with another teacher (OT here)... Me: Today is going to be good! OT: You know why it's going to be a good day, right? Me: Um, because I decided it is? OT: No, because God is good, so He makes it a good day. Me: ... Once I gathered myself together and realized […]