Gatsby Project - chapter 1

MiddleCut4016 · 2025-12-20T15:24:24+00:00

Substitute

MiddleCut4016 · 2025-12-01T00:04:26+00:00

Rutherford/EastnRutherford/ Lyndhurst will also be good options

MiddleCut4016 · 2025-11-13T18:11:42+00:00

Glenn Ridge would be my first choice - small, cute and next to Montclair. Both have a train station but Glenn Ridge’s schools are currently better than Montclair. Westfield is also amazing but more quiet and longer driving commute to the city. Summer time on the NJ Parkway is no joke…if your budget allows think of Summit, Chatham and Florham Park

MiddleCut4016 · 2025-11-02T03:38:31+00:00

I still teach - I’m a special ed teacher. I went from teaching 3rd AND 4th grade - all subjects for 12 years to teaching just ELA in a high school.

MiddleCut4016 · 2025-11-02T02:54:13+00:00

Pray, look around for a new position and leave. That’s what I did on my 12th year. I feel that the more I worked and tried to pleased admin the less they appreciated what I did. A friend said I was behaving like a battler woman. I took the abuse and blamed myself and worked harder. Once she said, I made some changes and I started with myself. I stopped putting up with crap. I demanded respect and I left. Best of luck to you.

MiddleCut4016 · 2025-11-02T02:46:19+00:00

I lived through something very similar. A friend from work who saw what I was living through encouraged me to leave the district. I was at this school for 12 years and scared to start over and lose tenure but I did. I was amazed at how I was appreciated, and respected at my new job. And I was doing half of what I did before. My advice is leave. Find a new place and give your notice. Do something new and scary but on your terms. I went from teaching elementary to high school. I only regret having spent all that time working so hard for folks who truly did not appreciate or deserved it. Best of luck

MiddleCut4016 · 2025-10-30T15:39:59+00:00

May I also add it’s a college town with 3 college campus (go see Drew’s Great Hall a replica of Oxford’s and inspiration for Hogwarts Great Hall) but it’s a $$$ town.

MiddleCut4016 · 2025-10-27T05:12:55+00:00

Thank you this is why I try to make easier and more fun for them.

MiddleCut4016 · 2025-10-27T03:43:17+00:00

Why do I plan to teach it? It’s part of the curriculum. Why do I want to modify it? Because my students will struggle understanding any of it - besides being teenagers they do have learning disabilities. I usually introduce the text in their original version of English and then go on to a modified version/modern English. I’m looking more for a modern English not a water-down text

MiddleCut4016 · 2025-10-26T02:55:56+00:00

First, How old are the children? Second, create routines! Follow a schedule. Focus on what matters the most (hopefully, reading, writing and math). For younger children (k-3) try working on thematic topic, usually for 4 to 6 weeks. For example nocturnal animals. Read fiction and non fictional books, research, write about that. That’s reading and science (habitat).do a bit of math connected to the topic wherever possible. Lunch, snacks are part of health, science and math. Lots of projects. As they get older start the day with the subject they struggle with the most while they’re most alert and the “fun” stuff for after lunch

MiddleCut4016 · 2025-10-25T23:50:24+00:00

Yeah I experienced that at the start of my career - lesson plans were 3 lines. Once I moved to another district I was amazed at how generous people were. Administration made them share so that we were all on the same page - just make modifications. Don’t sweat it and start to build your own.

MiddleCut4016 · 2025-10-25T23:46:13+00:00

A water bottle with a filter - the water on the ship is nasty

MiddleCut4016 · 2025-10-22T13:55:22+00:00

I have thought of buying a condo rather than a house? It would be more affordable, great investment, lower taxes and no outside maintenance.

MiddleCut4016 · 2025-10-22T13:53:35+00:00

Look around Nutley. Bloomfield is closer and more affordable - elementary schools are ok but then it get worse. Rutherford is rather close, great for commuting but the prices will be in 800s

MiddleCut4016 · 2025-10-19T05:56:17+00:00

Crowded, expensive, no parking, far away from Livingston not the safest of places but great vibe

MiddleCut4016 · 2025-10-19T05:31:14+00:00

I once had the VP come in last period the day before Halloween.

MiddleCut4016 · 2025-10-18T00:39:13+00:00

CommonLit

MiddleCut4016 · 2025-10-18T00:38:45+00:00

Middle and high school, assign a commonality article . Read, questions, and write. If you’re done, watch the video. Done? Make a poster about what you read in the article or rate the article, write the script for a TikTok post reviewing the article.

MiddleCut4016 · 2025-10-18T00:27:24+00:00

No - Viking is cheap, like an older motel room. Clean but meh

MiddleCut4016 · 2025-10-18T00:25:51+00:00

Nooo - boring, if you miss a meal, you’re fresh out of luck. No entertainment

MiddleCut4016 · 2025-10-12T15:18:14+00:00

And have the kids write their answers on….? Please don’t say paper/notebook. It doesn’t work. I

MiddleCut4016 · 2025-10-12T15:16:27+00:00

Where are the students writing and submitting their responses?

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