Behavior Management… Classroom Organization – Computer Cards 4 Sep 20155 Oct 2015 Yesterday was my first day of school: 10th and 11th grade English students! Hooray! Going in I was a little nervous, but I had two goals for each period: Get…
Behavior Management… Name Tags! 4 Sep 201521 Oct 2015 One of the first activities I had my new students do is make name tags. Okay, sounds a little elementary, right? Wrong. Even though making name tags on the first…
Classroom Prep/Set-Up… Creating a Syllabus 4 Sep 201527 Sep 2015 The first step in getting ready for my classes was to create a syllabus.Continue reading "Creating a Syllabus"
Classroom Prep/Set-Up… New Mohawk Day 3 Sep 201527 Sep 2015 Today was my first official day of teaching! Yay! I survived! :) No, but in actuality today was New Mohawk Day, a day dedicated to freshmen (and only freshmen) to get them…
Classroom Prep/Set-Up… Introductory Letter to Parents 2 Sep 201527 Sep 2015 Being a new teacher this year, there were a few things I wanted to do from the start. Introduce myself to students as a teacher/co-teacher Introduce myself to parents/guardians Make…
Classroom Prep/Set-Up… Classroom Website 1 Sep 201525 Sep 2015 My goal today was to create a classroom website that my students could use to easily access classes, homework, projects, assignments, and announcements. I started with Google Sites, a program…
