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Cheat Sheet for the First Days of School
After summer break teachers must learn to get back into the swing of things.These are three great ways to help teachers get back on track.1) Develop an easy slogan for expectations in your classroom.This is a great way to have children remember the classroom rules. When the children learn the slogan they associate it with the rules that they are suppose to follow. Most of the children will not forget or break the rules because they know how you expect them to act from the first day of school.2) Be very transparent about the way you grade your classes.Students should be graded by there effort and proficiency.Set expectation for the class in the beginning and try to keep grading fair for all students.3) Schedule a time to reflect on your practice and stick to it. Take time to review the way that you grade. Twitter or Facebook are good sites for teachers to join.These sites are good ways to help each other troubleshoot issues or provide sympathetic ears for stories of their own classrooms.
MY COMMENT
I think that it is a good ideal for teachers to have some type of game plan in place before the first day of school. Teachers should be aware of the rules that they would like for the class to follow and inform them of the rule the first day of school. This should help students know what is expected of them and what will happen if they don't follow the rules. Slogans are good ways to remember things.Slogans should something fun and easy to remember. Other good point that were make in this blog was to keep grading fair and to reflect on the way that you grade.
Is Every Single Subject Taught in High School a Mistake?
I really enjoyed reading this blog post.I can truly understand why many students hate school because they don't like that they are learning.Back when I was in high school was boring I hated science class.All we ever did was memorize fact on stuff that I haven't had to apply to the real world yet.I agree with Mr. Schank say that schools should teach topic that relate to real life. Kids will enjoy talking about things that are or will some be affect them.He pointed out a few good topic that schools should cover such as, financial literacy,learning about their bodies and sex education.
MY COMMENT
I posted this comment on the blog
That was a great link that you added to you page. I'm glad to see that someone thinks just like me. Kids should be learning about things that relate to them instead of memorizing boring fact that they will need use.Children relate to things that are current in today's world.