You were just offered your first job as a classroom teacher. Congratulations! After you have had a few minutes to let it sink in, your mind starts racing about all that you need to do to prepare for the first day of school. You finally get to go out and
Do you find that your students often ask you for certain supplies that you have stashed in your desk? Usually, they ask right when you are in the middle of a great lesson. Or, you might be in the middle of handling several other issues as the children arrive to
If you teach virtual students who use Chromebooks, you probably hear “Why is my Chromebook so slow?” at least five times a day. With so many students using these devices to learn from home, classroom teachers have also been doing double duty as Technology Support Specialists in helping to resolve
For most elementary school students, the 100th day of the school year is a cause for celebration. Kindergarteners typically mark the occasion by creating collages of one hundred items. But did you know that the 100th day of school is also a time to celebrate the 1,000th day of school
Setting up Parent-Teacher Conference appointments was always something that we would do at Back to School Night when we would meet the families in person. But last year, I taught the 100% virtual class and had not met any of the families in person. I looked into ways to set
While schools in my region typically only start after Labor Day, many schools in other parts of the country have been in session for weeks before September rolls around. We look forward to having a three-day weekend. But many people do not really think about what the holiday is truly
Back in mid-March, the majority of schools around the world closed down to in-person learning and moved to some form of distance learning. Because it happened with little advance notice, many schools did not have systems in place to transition over to digital learning. Over the course of a few
Over the years, I had found several websites for 5th graders to use with my students when we would go to the computer lab, or when they used their Chromebooks in class. When we began remote learning from home a few months ago, I expanded the list to include many
As a 5th grade teacher, I have the benefit of knowing a little about my incoming students from hearing about them through discussions with the 4th-grade teachers. However, over the years I have found that other pieces of information are useful in understanding my new students better, and could save
