HoJo's Teaching Adventures, LLC
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I like to keep my classroom rules VERY easy! Typically it’s just one rule – be nice or show respect. The K-2 folks get the “be nice” rule, while the older kids get the “show respect” rule. (Keep reading for a FREE download you can display in your classroom!) This rules is then broken up into three main parts. to…
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Please welcome guest blogger David Reeves, marketing manager of Playland Inc. He has some great points about students having recess – even at the middle school level! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Study after study has shown the importance of recess on the physical and mental health and well being of kids. Yet it seems that schools continue cutting recess for the upper grades…
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Last week I showed you what the upper elementary kiddos and I did last year during summer school. Now I’m going to show you what the younger elementary students and I worked on quite a bit! This blog post contains affiliate links. This means I get a small payment – at no additional cost to you – when you click…
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Last year I taught summer school, and boy – we had a blast! There are so many fun games and activities we can do to help learning be totally awesome. This is especially true when kids are unmotivated to be in school and we have no choice but to keep them 100% engaged! This blog is geared more toward upper…
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During my first two years of teaching, I taught multiple grades. No matter how good I was at planning, there were always an extra five minutes of time here or there that I couldn’t seem to fill academically. Rather than simply let the kiddos mess around, I started a “teacher bag”. In this bag I would put 4-8 items about…
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