Throughout my teaching career, I’ve had parents and guardians approach me to ask what their child can do when they have to miss a day (or more) of school. Here is the second part of a two part series on how I handle students missing school. You can read the first post here. Writing Journal I often assign the students a…
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Students Missing School – Part 1 {Talking to the Student’s Family}
Throughout my teaching career, I’ve had parents and guardians approach me to ask what their child can do when they have to miss a day (or more) of school. Here is the first part of a two part series on how I handle students missing school. (You can catch post #2 – giving alternate assignments – here!) First, I ask…
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Appreciating Others with a Tree of Thanks {Classroom, Staff, or School-Wide Activity!}
Yea, yea – I know…Halloween isn’t even here yet, but I’ve got a Thanksgiving activity for you. Actually, this is a great activity to do the entire month of November! That’s why I’m sharing it a little early. 🙂 I don’t know about you, but I always love a good “thank you!” When I randomly receive a sincere word of…
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Halloween Ideas I’ve Collected Through the Years
Not being in the classroom this year has definitely been different. Knowing there is a “bigger” holiday coming up that many teachers and students across the country will be celebrating has me feeling a bit out-of-sorts. While I love my new position, I miss these fun activities in the classroom! {Although I’m not sure I’m going to miss the headache…
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“BOO” Your Colleagues This Halloween!
This October I decided to share a little holiday cheer around our school. I started this fun little “boo”ing activity! We only started it on October 1st, and I would guess that it has already reached at least 15 people in our building. I’m guessing that means people are enjoying it enough to pass it on to others pretty quickly!…
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