classroom management and behavior

In my internet wanderings, I found another interesting blog. It’s called Smart Classroom Management , and the author, Michael Linsin, wrote a book called Dream Class that I think sounds really intriguing. He’s got one post called 8 Things Teachers do Read More...

snapshots of the next day

This morning I put on my lovely new red coat and went out to meet the buses as they arrived. When bus 3 came, I caught Cherry and Chutney as they got off and had them wait with me. When all the kids were gone, the driver got off, and I told her that I Read More...

I love this class

We walked to the library today for preschool storytime. When I had the kids on the carpet in our room to remind them about walking safely, holding hands, crossing the street, and all that, Cherry raised her hand. “We can listen to the cars say ‘RRR!’” Read More...

Grumpy Bird

I dare you to read this book to your students (or your own children) when you are having a bad day. There is no way it will not cheer you up. Read More...

light at the end of the tunnel

The worst is behind me. I’m pretty sure about that. This week is a short week, to fit in parent conferences. That always helps. I will finally have an assistant teacher — hooray! She starts Tuesday, and I can’t wait. She was so awesome in the interview Read More...

Wahhhh!

Alas, it was another difficult morning. Most of the hour I had before school started I was at a tech meeting in the computer lab, where we learned how to do a behavior screener on each child. I got all mine done — which was good — but only with lots of Read More...

when things don’t go well, i blame myself

Actually, things went okay today, on this, our eighth day of school. On Friday I passed out the Friday folders to the children as I was lining them up to go out in the hall to get their jackets for recess. They started opening their folders, dropping Read More...