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Trust is important in any interaction and no less so between teacher and student.  As a teacher, you will have students confide in you about all sorts of things.  Never betray their confidence, unless of course the ''secret'' is potentially dangerous or harmful.  Make sure your students know that what they tell you will be held ...

Creating a love for reading is one of the most important things we can instill in our students.  However, age-old book reports often encourage quite the opposite. Fortunately, there are other ways we can test our students’ reading comprehension without making them write the dreaded book report. Try oral reports. Have students express ...

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Administrators in today’s educational environment put a great emphasis on scores of standardized test. This puts a lot of pressure on the classroom teacher, sometimes unreasonable pressure. Resist the pressure to just teach to the test.  Your students deserve better. Instead,develop a partnership with the students to achieve goals ...

While my preschool kids were playing, they came to me and said there are spiders under the air conditioner. I looked under it and said to my assistant. ''There are no spiders, but there is quite a draft coming in.'' The boys ran over and said ''let us see the giraffe.'' Today, one ...

Set parameters for both behavior and achievement in your classroom, let your students know what they are and then relax within that structure. Have fun with your students, goals are much easier reached with students' cooperation. And, by teaching students to have fun while learning, you create a valuable educational tool.

Don’t approach teaching like a Pollyanna, thinking everything will always be light and sweet...because it won’t.  Teaching is a tough job, but oh-so worth it. Nothing can compare to the feeling of seeing a child, under your tutelage, improving their achievement and/or attitude. To borrow a phase from Peace Corp: Teaching, “it’s the ...

Middle school students are very intense in their evaluation of right or wrong. So, always be fair in your treatment of them. Never have favorites, and don’t have a different set of expectations for different students. Remember, kids, especially those in middle school, see right through phony.For more of Mrs.Chuckles' Daily Lessons, visit our ...