Teacher Talk....

Teacher Friends...what great ideas have you implemented into your classroom this year?! Here are some of my new favorites...or old ideas with some changes..

1. Catch Up Area (I love the "ketchup" picture with this!) My kiddos this year will benefit from a list of what they can work on after completing current activity.

2. Having a 2nd teacher to help for 30 minutes of group time..AMAZING! So much teaching going on, in such a small amount of time.

3. ORGANIZATION and lots of documentation. I have officially made my teacher binder mega organized...Well almost mega organized. Thanks Anna White.. Park Avenue Blog...for being a great helper to get me started on this last year.

4.  Novel Studies. Different than what I am used to using, but I enjoy it so far! Lots of different options to use while reading the novel.

5. Anchor Charts! Making them with the kiddos, then displaying for review.

6. Focus Wall and Academic/Vocabulary Word Wall

7. Attempting to greet each kiddo as they enter and say goodbye as the leave in the afternoons.

8. Each morning--looking over my plans and mapping out my day with more specific times/activities than the "lesson plans" say. So far this has really helped me stay on task with time.

9. Making new co-worker friends.

10. Leaving with a smile and doing my best to maintain a positive attitude without complaining. :)

I'm sure I would have more thoughts if Ragweed wasn't blooming and changing my thought process..haha Thank you sinuses. :) With that being said...it's bedtime. Goodnight. :) Happy almost Friday!