8th Grade Reading… Pre-Planning House on Mango Street 27 Oct 20151 Dec 2015 Next week I will completely take over the eighth grade classes and teach House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. Since I will become, in my cooperating teacher's place, one of the…
Classroom Prep/Set-Up… Pre-Planning the Tuesdays with Morrie Unit 7 Sep 201518 Oct 2015 In the days and weeks leading up to my unit on Tuesdays with Morrie, I did a lot of instructional planning. One of my favorite ways to organize myself and get prepared…
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…