Thu, Nov 09, 2017 6:14 PM in Seating Charts
Ruth--
I love your seating arrangement ideas! I think the best arrangements are when the students think they random, but they are very much intentional. I like that you mentioned changing your seeing arrangement often. Like you said, it is a great way for everyone to get to work together and for no one to get too comfortable. The classroom management ideas that you added are also very helpful a...
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Mon, Oct 30, 2017 3:06 PM in Classroom Management
Hilary,
This is good question. Often times, I think teachers are nervous to try new and fun things in their classroom because they think that their students will get out of hand and off-task. I, however, believe that if the the lesson is planned well, the expectations are made known, and the lesson is fun and engaging, the students will participate and be more engaged than many other times. Stu...
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Sat, Oct 14, 2017 11:33 PM in English Language Learners in the elementary Science classroom
Juanny-
I really like your ideas for better assisting ELL students. It is very important for English-language learners to get plenty of practice just saying the words aloud. Because of this, I like how you mentioned the idea of playing a simple game to practice scientific words. You mentioned that the teacher can participate if they would like, but I think it is very important that the teacher ...
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