Calling all teachers!!?
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Please, please, please, please, a SPELLING BEE.
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Hi! \nHere are some Internet resources that would help you out:\n\nhttp://tep.uoregon.edu/workshops/teachertraining/largeclasses/faq/faquo/classroom/classroom.html\n\nLarge Classes: Limiting the Chaos:\nhttp://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infotrac/tips/largeclasses_limitingthechaos.pdf\n\nClassroom Management Techniques and Tips: Workshop Handout from GMU Faculty Development Center:\nhttp://www.gmu.edu/cte/classroomanagement.doc\n\nClass Size and Writing:\nhttp://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4116/is_200504/ai_n13502917\n\nMeeting the Challenges of Larger Classes:\nhttp://www.utoronto.ca/ota/LargerClasses.pdf\n\nThere have also been a couple of books put out on this topic recently. Go to amazon.com and do a book search with "teaching large classes."\n\nHope this is helpful to you!! Happy New Year!!\n\nHope this helps.
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Hi Sarah, try this site.\nHope it helps!\nhttp://www.awea.org/pubs/documents/TeachersGuide.pdf
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My mother has been a teacher for 30+ years; she uses www.edhelper.com. As a college student my professors recommend www.infoplease.com/homework. A good friend of mine uses www.reference.AOL.com. Hope one of these works for you!
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HAVE YOUR DAUGHTER MAKE SOMETHING CRAFTY FOR HER TEACHERS !!!\n\nSHE'LL BE SO PROUD !!!\n\nAND \n\nTHE TEACHERS WILL BE SO HAPPY BECAUSE IT WAS PERSONALLY MADE FOR THEM !!!
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Hopefully you'll find something in there it's over 55,000 teacher reviews on lessons plans and planning.Best Wishes.  \nhttp://www.lessonplanet.com/login.html?doc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lessonplanet.com%2F%3Fgclid%3DCMb7rbeRlYQCFSkMGgodz2ATpQ
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You just answered my question (What is the most important thing you ever learned?) in the way that makes a teacher trainer believe in what she is doing!\nLook, I can't speak for the UK these days. Got qulaified -Got out! I'm on International Eductaion now and it's been my passport to the world...and a vocation I still believe in after...well too many years at the chalk face! The profession doesn't need people to make up numbers, as much as it needs dedicated professionals who seek a reward far richer than gold. I have funny feeling you are just the sort of teacher the kids are so desperately needing (and frankly deserve!)...so hang in there, cos it really is worth the slog. You can contact me for info about a curriculum based on learning to learn for life ...not for tests or govt. figures, if you're interested. jacquelinewebb@isoz.ch.
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www.edhelper.com my teachers use this web site all the time and it is really cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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get involved with the students and know them beyond the teacher/student relationship.  is there anything that they're dealing with at school?  perhaps a school event?  talk with them about things other than books and problems.  i don't know what grade level you're talking about and i'm not a teacher, just a student.  perhaps have activities that can show the students that it's not all about homework and tests.  how to do this?  not so sure.  but these are my suggestions.
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Can you talk with your teacher?  I don't know what level of school you're in, but most teachers everywhere really do want to be there for their students and will bend over backwards to help if the student is truly willing to *try*.\n\nYou might be able to reach an agreement, or work out getting some extra help, a tutor, or do some extra project homeworks for additional points. \n\nI come from a family of teachers--my dad, my mom, my aunt, my mother-in-law, and my brother are all teachers.  The one thing I've heard them all say, is that when the student is doing their best, they're going to give them the breaks they need.  The caveat in there, of course, is, are you doing what you have to, to earn the grade?
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for real?\n\nthere have to be about a thousand teachers named Mrs. Fitzgerald in the US and England alone!\n\ndid you try calling one of your classmates?
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Try being a little bit more strict, not to the point of being harsh though. Just let them know that you are their teacher, and they need to stay on task. Also be consistent with your punishings. For instance, if one week you punish a lot of children for talking, and the next week you slack off a little bit, then they may get the idea that its okay to talk whenever they want to. Hope this helps. =)
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OK, I'm a mean teacher.  Let me tell you what we're looking for (unless you mean a real mean teacher who is just mean for the sake of being mean - if you mean that, stay off the radar).\n\nFirst, do what you're supposed to.  You've got to be there and we've got to be there.  If it's time to listen and take notes, do that.  If it's time to read, do that.  If it's time to do work whether it's by yourself or in a group, do that.\n\nSecond, don't lie.  Always better to tell the truth and get in trouble. \n\nThird, be respectful.  Of everyone.  Teachers, students, lunch ladies, custodians.  A well placed "sir" "ma'am" "thank you" and "please" can do wonders to improve a teacher's mood.\n\nFinally, take responsibility for yourself.  If you make a mistake, own up to it then try your best to fix it.  \n\nThat's all we want.  Usually, if we're being mean it's to (are you ready) teach you something.  Maybe prepare you for the future.\n\nGood luck.
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a little, because you have to change classes, and keep your books in a locker, and have 6 or 7 teachers.  Be brave, have a friend who knows where some of your classes are and make friend with your teachers.  They ARE there to help you.  don't forget that 400 or so other people are feeling the same way you are.  If I were you, I'd go before school starts and find all your classes and make a map.  That way you're not fighting crowd, and you can get familiar with the layout of the building.  Talk to the staff at the office, and just be friendly!  It will be hard at the begining, but it will get easier! good luck!
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As a former teacher trainer in Asia,\n\nGotta set up a routine for you lesson. Let's say you have young ones, start with a song/chant, and then into your "grammar/language" lesson (the crappy books they give you to follow). Seatwork (appropriate for the level). Then end it off with a story. You can ask simple questions for the story, "Find something red. What page was the boy eating the ice cream?" Always good to add a few language games into your lesson. One simple game is for two students with swatters to hit the correct vocab card. Plain, but better than repeating the words. You can make up a whole bunch of language games. Try bingo, but with pics of vocab. Play Simon Says.\n\nI find when I was teachign ESL, my greatest problem and my teachers' greatest problem was the lack of resources. Here is a site: http://www.readinga-z.com/\n\nBuy a $50 yearly member ship and download the books. Get your school to pay for you. This will provide you with 100s of reading activities for ALL levels!
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As a classroom teacher, the best thing you can do to create a community is a program called Morning Meeting.  You can order the book through the website below or at Amazon.com.  It will detail how to run morning meetings and activities to use.  The students love it and it really gives each student a chance to share and feel important.  Plus it gives you, as the teacher, a chance to let them know things you are excited about and things you need to work on as a class.  I used this format last year and the kids loved it!
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teaching is the building block.. and with each goal they want to achieve, support them. but allow them to do it. \n the web below is a freebie thats how i started them off.