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04 Feb 2017

Entry 22 – Six of the Biggest Mistakes Teachers Make

This week's prompt: What do you think is the biggest mistake(s) teachers make? I think the best way to go about answering this would be to reflect on many of the mistakes that I've made in my own practice. 1. Feeling the need to be in control. I know in my first year of teaching, I made such a concentrated effort to make sure everyone was following the rules all the time and that they would definitely know if they fell out of line. If things got too loud, I felt I was losing control. If students starting goofing around,…

Entry 18 – 2nd Semester Start

Last week was our first week back. It was weird being back at school so close to New Years. We had staff development work on Monday the 2nd but were done by mid-day and were able to work on whatever we needed to. The wifey had to work for much of my first week off so I tried to get a lot of my second semester planning done then. My semester stays the same with exception to a new group of kids in my robotics class. GETTING STUDENTS TALKING IN MATH I did a pretty fantastic 'how do we do…

5 Innovative Ways To Create Positive Classroom Culture

**This was a guest post I had written for curriculum.org. It was my first guest post!** Teaching three years in a public primary school and the previous two years in a private middle school, I’ve gotten the chance to spend time in two very different classroom environments. I noticed that the main thing that really affected the ability for students to connect not only with the class content, but with each other and with me, was the culture that was developed in the classroom. I view culture as the the overall vibe and mood of the room; what are the…