Confessions of a Middle School Teacher

classroomcollective:

Editing Checklists: (These are small 2×3 sized cards that can be laminated then hole punched. Store them on a keyring for quick access to help students edit and proof their writing! (See above photo)

• Editing Checklist
• Proofing Marks
• Capitalization Checklist
• Grammar Review
• Punctuation Listing

mixedupdays:

“Someone else’s behavior is never an excuse for your own” stays up in my classroom all year. I use it in a lesson in early September on the concept of personal responsibility. Thereafter, at any cry of “he told me to do it” or “she did it first”, I will bring the entire class to a halt so we can reread this phrase and I can reinforce the concept of “YOU are in charge of YOU”. I think it’s been very successful, and at the very least my students learn very quickly that blaming others for their actions doesn’t fly with me, and they quit trying it!

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teamteachers:

ambedu:

ndrummond:

This is such a simple idea I found online, but it is helping me SO MUCH with keeping organized this school year! I’m constantly making lists of what to do, this helps me.

Papers have been piling up on my desk at school, I need to reorganize that this week.

I may create another one of things to do at home….. Because it is SO HELPFUL.

This is smart and doesn’t waste tons of paper!

Reposting this.  Because it is just that good.

My  ELA/Reading Digital Anchor Charts Freebie made the Teacher Pay Teachers’ Weekly Newsletter. This is a BIG accomplishment and a personal goal that I have strived to achieve for the past few months. All the success I have had is absolutely amazing!

Here is the link to the freebie: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ELAReading-Digital-Anchor-Charts-Freebie

Here is the link to the full product that contains over 20 digital anchor charts: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ELAReading-Strategy-Digital-Anchor-Charts

Pretty excited about the new logo I created for my TPT store, http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/The-Creative-Classroom

classroomcollective:

Organize your classroom materials by which curriculum strand they are in. If you follow the Common Core, check out this link for free printables 

YES it is…

oscarlearnoscarteach:

100 Ways to use Twitter in the classroom

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