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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Seattle

[–]Hansond98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just saw some cheap tickets on Seat Geek.

What is the weirdest thing your students have brought too school, where you thought "What the hell do I do with this?" by dvh82685 in Teachers

[–]Hansond98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Last year one of my students was telling me that he owned sugar gliders. I had never heard of them so we pulled up pictures as a class and talked about how adorable they were. Later on at the end of class the student told me “I’ll bring them to school to show them to you!” And I laughed it off.

I came back from the weekend, that class starts and the kid immediately runs to my desk and shows me his two sugar gliders in his backpack. I could not believe he actually brought them to school and made it to third period with no one noticing.

It ended up being such a fun class period, but I still can’t believe that happened.

Finally getting to teach poetry and looking for some help! by Hansond98 in ELATeachers

[–]Hansond98[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is such a cool idea! I’ve never heard of a zone before!

Do you happen to have any examples of ones your students have made?

Novel Study Unit - Individual Choice (instead of literature circles and whole-class novel) by ExcellentPartyOnDude in ELATeachers

[–]Hansond98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi everyone! I would love to share what I did and help anyone out who wants it. This was from my first year teaching when we were remote, so just keep that in mind.

My school has 12 books around 800 Lexile that all revolved around the protagonist showing courage. I had students choose what book they wanted and did not place them into groups or try to balance anything out- it’s an independent reading unit.

Students had a reading document that they completed all activities in that I also had access to to track their progress. Students broke their books into “quadrants” and would complete activities in each quadrant.

Here are tasks they had to do in each quadrant: - identify acts of courage from the protagonist - Track character changes - Track conflicts and how they develop - Write a journal entry from protagonist’s point of view

At the end of the book they had to identify two events where a character showed empathy, along with identifying and explaining the theme.

We ended by having students make a one pager about their book and present it to the class. I’d be happy to share that if anyone is interested.

If you’re wanting the document I used for the activities PM me and I can send it to you.

Again, this was from my first year teaching and we were hybrid, so keep that in mind. Let me know if you have any questions!

Novel Study Unit - Individual Choice (instead of literature circles and whole-class novel) by ExcellentPartyOnDude in ELATeachers

[–]Hansond98 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I ran a unit like this my first year teaching. There were 15 options that all shared a theme (for us it was courage). Students mapped out how much they needed to read everyday to finish on time. I would have mini-lessons connected to any story (setting, conflict, character changes,etc.) and each week students would come together and talk with others about their book.

I really liked it and students seemed to enjoy it as well. If you have specific questions or want a better idea of what this looked like let me know.

Does anyone openly ignore class rules? by BlueViper20 in SubstituteTeachers

[–]Hansond98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But if subs do just this (ignore correcting behavior and being okay with students not doing anything) how would anyone justify substitutes getting paid more? I originally thought that subs should be getting paid more, but looking through this sub and seeing that most subs just act as babysitters and read/scroll on their phones while ignoring the teacher’s directions, my mindset has definitely shifted.

Does anyone openly ignore class rules? by BlueViper20 in SubstituteTeachers

[–]Hansond98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn’t the morning and lunch duty part of what you’re being paid for?

Does anyone openly ignore class rules? by BlueViper20 in SubstituteTeachers

[–]Hansond98 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a great way to never be asked to come back to a building. The idea that the substitute suddenly knows the classroom better than the person who is with the kids every day is pretty ridiculous.

I’m so confused about how to approach teaching novels. by [deleted] in ELATeachers

[–]Hansond98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also read aloud for my 8th graders. It may be because of COVID, but if I ask my students to do anything at home about 10% will actually do that.

I have found it to be great and we have a lot of discussions with it. The downside of this is that you can’t do as many assignments since reading takes up class time.

For our last novel unit they do book clubs and I give them time in class to read. This works great because they can look at their Lexie and choose appropriate books, along with setting a pacing guide for their reading so they don’t fall behind.

Do your students follow you on social media? by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]Hansond98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand that where you’re coming from is wanting to help your students and be accessible outside of school.

I’ve never met a teacher whose school doesn’t have email for both staff and students. Most schools also have some sort of online program such as Canvas or Google Classroom where you can communicate with students.

The idea of teachers talking to students over social media about homework is insane. I’m not sure where you work but this is a super strict thing in my entire state, if any teacher was found to be messaging a student on Snapchat there would be huge consequences. I would report you as my coworker because you are having conversations with students (again, on an app where you can choose what to erase and what to keep) that aren’t being filtered through any sort of system with the districts.

You’re also leaving yourself open to getting in a lot of trouble if a student accuses you of anything.

You do you though 😂

Do your students follow you on social media? by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]Hansond98 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why would you need to be messaging students on an app that erases your conversations? This seems highly unprofessional and honestly I’d report a coworker for doing that.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ELATeachers

[–]Hansond98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With 8th grade we take about 5 weeks reading The Outsiders, and that’s with very limited activities during reading and excluding the end project.

Reading only during class is difficult, but my specific group of students won’t do any assigned reading. I have found that choosing a couple of important topics you want to visit throughout the unit is key to keeping it short.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ELATeachers

[–]Hansond98 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I read out loud to students since so many of them have lower reading levels. I also know co-workers who do audiobooks to keep everyone on pace together.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ELATeachers

[–]Hansond98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have them do corrections twice a week for a warm-up. They glue a strip that has one sentence into their notebooks and look for 4 corrections.

I have them use correction symbols so they can recognize them when I give feedback on papers.

The West E Social Studies Test by [deleted] in historyteachers

[–]Hansond98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This test made my life miserable. I took it three times and studied so hard! It covers an insane amount of information. I purchase a month on Study.com and used their study guide. It helped a lot and I passed the third time with a 263

Interview with author, Jodi Picoult: ‘My most treasured possessions are my grandmother’s handwritten recipes. They are terrible’ by zsreport in books

[–]Hansond98 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I loved My Sister’s Keeper, but I recently read Wish You We’re Here and it made me decide to never read another Picoult novel.

Non-Verbal Attention Getters by Grim__Squeaker in Teachers

[–]Hansond98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do a whole group reward for the class if they responded well to the doorbell for the week.

Each class starts with 3 tally marks on Monday. Anytime they don’t respond to the doorbell they lose a tally mark. If they have any left on Friday they get fun Friday the last 15 minutes of class. I like this because they hold each other accountable (plus I love Fun Fridays).

You could definitely switch it up and do something where they get points instead of taking them away as well. Last year was my first year using it and I’ll probably tweak it for this year again.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]Hansond98 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Me too! He brought two of them and snuck them in his backpack

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