This school year has started off on a fabulous note! I am excited for many things this year at school. I am planning my P.D. at school titled Tech Cafe'. If you have any new hot topics to share, please let me know. This week I will be addressing blogging. I plan to discuss blogging for students and blogging in a professional sense.
One idea I want to share is gems (my 5th grade teams idea, not my own). It's so simple but yet students love it! My team has adapted the traditional color card system (green, yellow, red, black) and incorporated gems. Students can earn gems for various reasons (positive) and gems can be taken away (negative). Students can then spend gems in our class store and earn a prize, a turn in the reading corner, a choice seat, extra computer time, etc. Students are already going above and beyond to assist their classmates to earn gems and wanting to know more ways they can earn gems.
I know this year is going to be a fantastic year! I am excited for the year and for the growth of my students. I am also excited to be team teaching. My team members and myself decided to team teach and I would like to welcome any advice that you have to offer so that it can run as smooth as possible. I will be teaching math and reading, and my team teacher is teaching science and social studies. Please share any advice! Thank you in advance.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
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