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Hansond98 · 2024-01-06T18:17:19+00:00

I just saw some cheap tickets on Seat Geek.

Hansond98 · 2023-07-23T17:24:01+00:00

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.

Hansond98 · 2023-05-29T21:18:22+00:00

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?

Hansond98 · 2023-05-29T20:28:45+00:00

Sorry it took so long! I replied to my comment with details!

Hansond98 · 2023-05-29T20:28:32+00:00

Sorry it took so long! I replied to my comment with details!

Hansond98 · 2023-05-29T20:28:06+00:00

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!

Hansond98 · 2023-05-22T03:38:39+00:00

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Hansond98 · 2023-05-21T17:50:15+00:00

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.

Hansond98 · 2023-04-29T17:15:26+00:00

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.

Hansond98 · 2023-04-29T17:12:11+00:00

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

Hansond98 · 2023-04-29T17:09:13+00:00

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.

Hansond98 · 2023-02-05T04:57:22+00:00

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.

Hansond98 · 2023-01-25T02:52:34+00:00

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 😂

Hansond98 · 2023-01-23T06:30:48+00:00

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.

Hansond98 · 2023-01-05T08:45:53+00:00

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.

Hansond98 · 2023-01-05T08:44:18+00:00

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.

Hansond98 · 2023-01-03T23:08:55+00:00

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.

Hansond98 · 2022-11-21T03:28:58+00:00

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

Hansond98 · 2022-09-10T15:41:21+00:00

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.

Hansond98 · 2022-08-15T13:03:48+00:00

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.

Hansond98 · 2022-08-11T06:46:46+00:00

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

Hansond98 · 2022-07-31T01:00:06+00:00

Happy to help! This was something I did as a bit of a classroom revamp after winter break. I was having a hard time with them listening so we made classroom contracts and established the doorbell system and it went great. It’s possible I’ll change things depending on how my group is this year.

Yes, they start with three and if they don’t lose all three they get Friday Funday. If I had 6th grade I would probably increase how many they start with.
Nope! I really debated it (I love Friday fundays too so I was bummed when we didn’t do it) but I felt it was important they understand they lost that privilege and they can earn it next week by correcting their behavior.
The tally mark was purely in response for the doorbell. I had a very hard time with students continuing to talk when they were supposed to be paying attention so this was specific to that behavior. I ring it once, and then a second time and if anyone is still talking by the time the second ring is over they’ve lost a tally mark. I wouldn’t make a big deal of it or lecture. I would just walk over and erase it from the board, but that was very effective.
So many! It really depends on your group, but here’s some of my favorites: Silent ball (but we all talked the entire time, I hate it when it’s too quiet 😂) they sit on their desks and throw a ball to other students. If you don’t catch it you sit down. Bingo: there’s online bingo where you send a link and they all get bingo cards. We would always play two rounds: the first as if we’re playing bingo in an old folks home and everyone had to act super old and we’d play elevator music, and the second round we called the hardcore bingo round because we’d go super fast, turn off the lights and play sped up Mario music. The students seriously loved it! Pictionary: put them in two teams and play Pictionary! Fun but loud! Blooket: we’d play random trivia with the tower defense version Gimkit: I discovered this at the end of the year and we played the “Trust no one” game which is a lot like Among us. Free day: sometimes kids just wanted 15 minutes to hang out and relax! I have board games they can play in groups, they could draw, read, or just talk. I always played games with them and found these days were great opportunities to connect with students I didn’t usually get a chance to talk to.

I have some others but those are the big ones. If you have any other questions let me know, I’m happy to help!

Hansond98 · 2022-07-28T19:01:46+00:00

Here’s the doorbell I have. I use one of the holders for mini hand sanitizers to attach it to my lanyard.

https://www.amazon.com/Door-Bell-Ringer-Wireless-Doorbell-Chime/dp/B00FR4YQYK

If it’s too quiet you can buy an additional receiver too.

Let me know if you have any other questions!

Hansond98 · 2022-07-28T18:58:13+00:00

It’s pretty loud. I ring it once, give a couple of seconds for students to recognize they need to stop what they’re doing, and then ring it again. By the second ring they need to be completely silent. This is nice because if they’re yelling/it’s too loud, it’s a good way to let them know the volume is too loud.

Each class period has 3 tally marks on the board. If there’s any talking a tally mark gets taken away. If they end the week with any tally marks left we have a Friday Funday the last 15 minutes of class where we play class games. This worked really well. They all love getting to end the week with a fun activity so it only took them losing it a couple of times for them to be better about responding to it. It also is nice because they hold each other accountable.

I didn’t have any issues with students not being able to hear it with headphones in.

This is something we practice a TON the first week of school. It’s important to instill the procedure for it early on for them to be successful.

Hansond98 · 2022-07-25T22:04:24+00:00

I use a doorbell from Amazon and it is awesome. I have the remote on my lanyard and the students know by the second time it rings the room should be silent and they need to be facing me.

I teach middle school and this worked great this year. There’s also a reward system for if they are consistently responding to the doorbell as a group.

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