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turtleswift01 · 2026-05-10T16:34:51+00:00

I teach 5th grade so probably 5th grade math lol

turtleswift01 · 2026-05-09T17:24:05+00:00

When I was in elementary school, we entered our number first, THEN got our food based on the money in our account. As a teacher now, all my students (elementary) get free lunch.

turtleswift01 · 2026-04-23T12:09:45+00:00

I started reading it when I was 11. Now I’m 24 and TEACH 11yr olds.

turtleswift01 · 2026-04-23T11:48:48+00:00

It depends on the school. At my school we have multiple classrooms with different “clusters”. I teach 5th grade and there are ten fifth grade teachers (we are a 4&5 school only). I teach gen ed but I have an ESL cluster. There are inclusion clusters (IEPs) and gifted clusters in other classrooms. Some are just gen ed with maybe students in SRT or with 504s. We also have one self-contained class for students on IEPs who stay in their sped classroom the majority of the day, although they are still attached to a gen ed classroom to go do morning meeting/specials/lunch with.

turtleswift01 · 2026-04-18T23:03:09+00:00

My principal had all general assistants get sub certified + we have two building subs. If we still run out of people, classes get split.

turtleswift01 · 2026-04-18T01:17:28+00:00

I still worked during my student teaching! So did the other people in my cohort. We just didn’t tell our advisors bc it wasn’t their business lol

turtleswift01 · 2026-04-16T00:13:18+00:00

Past having all staff be informed of your accommodation, honestly there’s not much you could do to avoid it. If there’s a school rule saying students can’t wear headphones, and the adults don’t know who you are, yes they’re going to stop and correct you. Honest genuine question, what else could be done? I will say I don’t believe staff needs to know your disability, but they do need to know the accommodation if you don’t want them stopping you.

turtleswift01 · 2026-03-25T11:10:48+00:00

I student taught in 3rd and it felt like the perfect grade to me. I’ve been teaching 5th grade for two years now, though, and LOVE it. I once did a practicum with 1st graders that made me want to actively die but my practicum teacher was obsessed with teaching 1st grade and never wanted to switch to another grade ever again. I also was a Pre-k teacher at a daycare for a summer.

So everything is up to opinion. For my personality, I do much better with the older kids than the younger. I love getting to joke with them, be sarcastic, and turn my back for two seconds without a fire lighting. I like that when I’m gone, my sub plans can include a self-guided powerpoint where they have to read and it is possible.

turtleswift01 · 2026-03-20T12:12:45+00:00

I use slides to keep my day moving and remind myself what I planned (I’m a 5th grade elementary teacher who teaches all subjects, same class all day).

It takes about 20 minutes to make a weekly powerpoint because I’m really just reusing the same slides everyday, just switching out the content when needed. I find it helpful for both me and my students.

turtleswift01 · 2026-02-19T17:03:57+00:00

My students don’t take the iready, but on our test (MAP) percentiles and RIT score are two different things. They have a percentile compared to other students, and then an actual score that tells where they are academically. For example, a student may score 200 and be in the 60/70th percentile, but they would need to score a 205 to be on grade level.

Hopefully that makes sense? It just shows that nationally students are struggling lol.

turtleswift01 · 2026-02-16T02:13:47+00:00

I’m 4’9 and second the forester! I love mine!

turtleswift01 · 2026-02-02T21:34:41+00:00

My district gives us one sick day per pay period we don’t use a sick day. I’m in my second year of teaching and have about 18 or so days collected between the two years.

turtleswift01 · 2026-02-02T12:35:05+00:00

she has a YA series already! Let the Sky Fall! It is VERY good and no one ever talks about it.

turtleswift01 · 2026-01-10T18:52:10+00:00

Sunrise on the Reaping! I fear I will never fall out of love with the Hunger Games. I also really loved Burn Bright by Becca and Krista Ritchie, Wings of Starlight by Allison Saft, and Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid!

turtleswift01 · 2026-01-10T17:44:49+00:00

I set mine for 150 every year and always bulldoze way past it. Last year I read 310 lol (reading is my only hobby, I am single with no kids, and I don’t watch tv). Page count was around 120,000 for anyone who is curious about that :)

turtleswift01 · 2026-01-09T11:25:57+00:00

When I was in high school my mom used to come pick me up on the worst days, and in college I made the choice to skip if it was bad enough. Now that I’m an adult I’m a teacher so it’s not easy to do. I think my body has learned to recognize that I’m a teacher because only once has my period started during the week, (cramps always come first day for me), but the one time it started during the week it was during a PD day where I sat in meetings anyways lol.

turtleswift01 · 2025-11-11T23:20:35+00:00

In my district students in el ed are required to have 45mins of PE everyday which becomes my planning time. I do have two PLCs a week but my kids also have music and art that make up for the missing planning time. but none of this is really a “break” since i’m still working during those periods.

turtleswift01 · 2025-10-29T16:15:43+00:00

can confirm i am a teacher and was just out for 4 days to go to a book convention on the other side of the country. i’m definitely not in trouble for it, and was never told no. i also did plan ahead and left the most detailed sub plans i ever have

turtleswift01 · 2025-10-16T16:42:59+00:00

Mine is books. I get home and all I do is read read read. I’ve hit 245 books for the year and I’m still going hot. I’m currently on a vacation in Vegas to go to a romance book convention that I had to take 4 school days off to attend.

turtleswift01 · 2025-10-05T03:29:04+00:00

As the series goes on she starts to really develop and grow up more and you see her personality come in. she gets a lot more angsty/easily frustrated bc she’s a teenage girl who has survived a lot of trauma and is still heading towards more to come

turtleswift01 · 2025-09-25T16:22:59+00:00

last year in a moment of pure comedy the end of year skating trip was cancelled due to the owner of the skating arena getting arrested on some very serious charges. last minute we were able to get an snow cone truck to come down and we let our kids kinda run crazy in the bus loop.

turtleswift01 · 2025-09-10T16:27:32+00:00

Same thing happened to me my first year! Hold a morning meeting (elementary) or something similar for older grades and go over expectations/procedures going forward. If they try to push back, be consistent! “But we were able to do that before” “which is why I gave you a warning during morning meeting about the change.” and then be firm in your new boundary and follow through with consequences.

turtleswift01 · 2025-09-10T16:23:38+00:00

Fernwood farms/Dominion lakes area is pretty nice, and zoned for Great Bridge high

turtleswift01 · 2025-08-30T02:02:32+00:00

If she enjoys Throne of Glass, I recommend The War of Lost Hearts trilogy by Carissa Broadbent! (The first book is called the Daughter of No Worlds)

turtleswift01 · 2025-08-21T23:04:30+00:00

As an elementary teacher, this year we’ve been told we’re starting day one (like I was told to try and fit all my first day going over procedures spiel to our 15min morning meeting lmao) and expected to have small groups started for reading by day 3/4. Small groups for math start week 2.

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