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Absent Students II
One of the things I hate dealing with is parents and little brothers and sisters coming in at the end of the day wanting the missed homework for an ill student. The way I deal with this is to have a s...
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Absolute Deadlines
We started a new grading policy this year. We give 80% for academic grades and 20% for productivity. Academic grades include those assignments that are tests, quizzes, and projects. Productivity grade...
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Adjustable Seating Chart
I trim post-it notes to fit my seating chart board. By using these stickers, I can quickly relocate students to a new seat without messing up my whole chart. I also photocopy the chart weekly and use ...
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Alarming Time Management
When I was a classroom teacher, my class and I would often get involved in lessons and the time for lunch and specials would creep up on us...
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Answers on Overhead
After math quizzes or tests, I put the answers up on the overhead projector. Each student is to write a brief explanation of any problem missed. This is well worth the time involved for several reason...
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Ask Three Before Me
This "oldie but goodie" still has legs. Teaching in a K-6 computer lab with 20+ students at a time can be quite taxing when the questions come fast and furious...
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Assigned Weekly Monitors
I find that having assigned weekly monitors cuts down on the kids begging to be a helper. Every week I choose a clerk, a librarian, a folder monitor and a custodian. The clerk passes out papers, the l...
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Band-Aid Bag
After years of being interrupted for band-aides, I tacked a plastic bag to the wall at student eye level. Now all I have to do is glance at the wound, give a nod, and the child gets her own band-aid. ...
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Beat That Time
When teaching multiplication tables, I print out flashcards from http://www.multiplication.com and give each child a copy to put in a Ziploc bag. The students take daily timed tests, starting with 30 ...
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Books into Bags
We have our students put their books into bags so that the next school year we merely pass out the bags to the new students. This saves us a lot of time because we already have the book numbers record...
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