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Share photos and videos on Twitter. Share photos and videos on Twitter. Share photos and videos on Twitter. HGE-FORMS - 3RD GRADE DATA NOTEBOOK. CRCSD - Action Research. PDSA - Overview Learn more about quality and continuous improvement... read the blog!

CRCSD - Action Research

Another component of the continuous improvement classroom is the utilization of the Plan Do Study Act (PDSA) cycle (also called Action Research). PDSA is a systematic, data driven 7 step process. There are several questions to answer when working through each of the 7 steps: April 2010. A hectic week in the heat, an early morning flight, and the tail end of a tummy bug (and OK, I admit it, a dose of Infant Tylenol) resulted in the best case scenerio for us (and the bazillion and one other passengers on Southwest Flight 174)...sleeping babies.

April 2010

Introducing the WOW Binder! It's WOW. I can't take credit for it, I didn't invent it, but whoever did is a genius.

Introducing the WOW Binder! It's WOW.

There are many variations of a take home folder/binder out there, but this is by far my favorite. Let me introduce you to...THE WOW BINDER! WOW= We Organize Work. The kids take home this binder every night, and they leave it on my small group table as soon as they walk in the door in the morning. I check through the binder for lunch money, notes from home, homework, and to see if they have completed their reading log.

Getting Organized. Organization Tips from Mrs.

Getting Organized

McDavid I have had many teachers stop by my room to ask how I keep things so well organized. I have had other teachers to ask if I would consider teaching a staff development course at our school to help teachers become better organized. Truly it's the small details that make the biggest impact. Organizing the classroom takes time, dedication, and determination but once things are put together the classroom will run smoothly. Materials You Will Need.

Community Building

Behavior. Classroom Organization. Twenty Tidbits for New Teachers. In no way, do I want to add to the burden of the already-filled-to-the-brim, new teacher stress bucket.

Twenty Tidbits for New Teachers

I do however, want to share just 20 tidbits which I hope will help ease new teachers into a fun, successful school year. Some of these will be in the form of social media tools, which I think are awesome, and wish I had had as a newbie. And each little tidbit is linked to a resource which I hope you will find supportive. 1. Seek Your Passion! As a new teacher this may be the farthest thing from your mind. 2. We all hear this term so often around the web... but what does it mean? 3. As you begin your first year, building relationships with grade-level buddies and others at your school site is critical to your success. 4.

How you begin to communicate with your student's and families, is truly a reflection of your commitment to them as their teacher. Want Online Professional Development Credit?? Watch WBT TV! Substitute Teaching: Tips, Tricks, Ideas, Suggestions, and Methods for Substitute Teachers. Have a collection of tests/quizzes in your packet.

Substitute Teaching: Tips, Tricks, Ideas, Suggestions, and Methods for Substitute Teachers

Here are Internet addresses of some tests/quizzes, found by doing a search in the Internet for "test of knowledge" or "quiz": Challenge the class with a puzzler. Here are some examples, taken from Lateral Thinking Puzzlers by Paul Sloane, New York: Sterling Publishing Company, 1991. Don't give away the answer until the end of the day! Brain stretchers and mind benders can be found in books published by Critical Thinking Press and Software (800-458-4849 or ct@criticalthinking.com or and NL Associates (Stories With Holes - NL Associates, PO Box 1199, Hightstown, NJ 08520), as well. Prepare word search puzzles for use with one or more students.

Another suggestion: "Something I do as a substitute teacher in the last few minutes of a class period when the class is getting restless is play "Do What I Say, Not What I Do. " Still another suggestion: "A game that I use if we run out of work is called ABC. Read a one or two-page story (short). Teaching Sixth Grade - A Good Year (much is applicable also to fifth grade and to fourth grade) Send me email - robert15115@gmail.com.

Teaching Sixth Grade - A Good Year (much is applicable also to fifth grade and to fourth grade)

Robert Jackson Information about Robert Jackson Contents: 1. Mastery Mastery is the goal of all teaching. Since, as students grow older, the gap in knowledge and abilities among them widens, getting all students in sixth grade to learn the basic materials for the grade becomes even more difficult than it was in the early grades. Should teachers throw up their hands and give up on the slower learners? Slower learners respond to conscientious instruction. The teacher teaches a single student or a small group during class time or after school.A faster student is assigned to help a slower student.The teacher finds special instructional materials for slower students to work on independently either during school time or at home.The teacher enlists the parents to teach the child at home using instructional materials supplied by the teacher.