Teach Me to Do ........ » admin http://teachmetodo.com Share your Expertise with the world Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:53:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 I need help. Are there any AP Spanish teachers who could talk with me? I started teaching AP Spanish last year as a first year ever teacher with nothing left behind by the previous teacher, pretty much figuring it out as I went. I am still struggling and not satisfied with how the class is going, and I can tell the students aren’t either. I need some expert advice! Thanks! http://teachmetodo.com/i-need-help-are-there-any-ap-spanish-teachers-who-could-talk-with-me-i-started-teaching-ap-spanish-last-year-as-a-first-year-ever-teacher-with-nothing-left-behind-by-the-previous-teacher-pretty-muc/ http://teachmetodo.com/i-need-help-are-there-any-ap-spanish-teachers-who-could-talk-with-me-i-started-teaching-ap-spanish-last-year-as-a-first-year-ever-teacher-with-nothing-left-behind-by-the-previous-teacher-pretty-muc/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:53:41 +0000 admin http://teachmetodo.com/i-need-help-are-there-any-ap-spanish-teachers-who-could-talk-with-me-i-started-teaching-ap-spanish-last-year-as-a-first-year-ever-teacher-with-nothing-left-behind-by-the-previous-teacher-pretty-muc/ Signal boost!

]]> http://teachmetodo.com/i-need-help-are-there-any-ap-spanish-teachers-who-could-talk-with-me-i-started-teaching-ap-spanish-last-year-as-a-first-year-ever-teacher-with-nothing-left-behind-by-the-previous-teacher-pretty-muc/feed/ 0 I got my first package from my buddy – totally made my day! http://teachmetodo.com/i-got-my-first-package-from-my-buddy-totally-made-my-day/ http://teachmetodo.com/i-got-my-first-package-from-my-buddy-totally-made-my-day/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:53:41 +0000 admin http://teachmetodo.com/i-got-my-first-package-from-my-buddy-totally-made-my-day/ Excellent!  We’re so glad the buddy program has been working out! Are you all going to send your buddies valentines?  :)  

—xoxo,  GWALP.

]]> http://teachmetodo.com/i-got-my-first-package-from-my-buddy-totally-made-my-day/feed/ 0 I am a 3rd grade teacher in Oklahoma. We are starting the process of switch from our current academic objects to Common Core State Standards. This is really freaking everyone in my school out!! We are feeling super overwhelmed and very frustrated with the whole thing. I know that like 47 states have now adopted Common Core. Does anyone that has gone through this process have any words of wisdom to share or any thought to comfort our fears and anxieties?? Thank you! http://teachmetodo.com/i-am-a-3rd-grade-teacher-in-oklahoma-we-are-starting-the-process-of-switch-from-our-current-academic-objects-to-common-core-state-standards-this-is-really-freaking-everyone-in-my-school-out-we-a/ http://teachmetodo.com/i-am-a-3rd-grade-teacher-in-oklahoma-we-are-starting-the-process-of-switch-from-our-current-academic-objects-to-common-core-state-standards-this-is-really-freaking-everyone-in-my-school-out-we-a/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:53:41 +0000 admin http://teachmetodo.com/i-am-a-3rd-grade-teacher-in-oklahoma-we-are-starting-the-process-of-switch-from-our-current-academic-objects-to-common-core-state-standards-this-is-really-freaking-everyone-in-my-school-out-we-a/ Florida is in the process of adapting them.  I feel like they are a little more watered down personally.  But I don’t have anything to add about the process.  Anyone else have something to share?

]]> http://teachmetodo.com/i-am-a-3rd-grade-teacher-in-oklahoma-we-are-starting-the-process-of-switch-from-our-current-academic-objects-to-common-core-state-standards-this-is-really-freaking-everyone-in-my-school-out-we-a/feed/ 0 January is almost over! Don’t forget to mail something to your buddy! http://teachmetodo.com/january-is-almost-over-dont-forget-to-mail-something-to-your-buddy/ http://teachmetodo.com/january-is-almost-over-dont-forget-to-mail-something-to-your-buddy/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:53:41 +0000 admin http://teachmetodo.com/january-is-almost-over-dont-forget-to-mail-something-to-your-buddy/ I just mailed something today.

How is that going for everyone?

]]> http://teachmetodo.com/january-is-almost-over-dont-forget-to-mail-something-to-your-buddy/feed/ 0 Teacher Dare Day http://teachmetodo.com/teacher-dare-day/ http://teachmetodo.com/teacher-dare-day/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:53:41 +0000 admin http://teachmetodo.com/teacher-dare-day/
  • Reblog the announcement!
  • Ask one question related to education on your tumblr for your followers to answer.  Post the responses in one single post later.
  • Ask at LEAST 2 of the tumblrs in the education community a question in their ask box. It does not have to be related to education.

    • Please tag your posts as “teacher dare day.”

    You do not need to be a teacher to participate.

    The purpose is to help the education community get to know each other, as well as provide opportunities to learn from each other.  

    ]]>     http://teachmetodo.com/teacher-dare-day/feed/ 0     Educators Worried About SOPA/PIPA’s Impact On Education http://teachmetodo.com/educators-worried-about-sopapipas-impact-on-education/ http://teachmetodo.com/educators-worried-about-sopapipas-impact-on-education/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:53:39 +0000 admin http://teachmetodo.com/educators-worried-about-sopapipas-impact-on-education/ Educators Worried About SOPA/PIPA’s Impact On Education:

    Another day, and another group of folks points out how SOPA/PIPA will cause problems. This time, it’s a large group of folks involved in the production of educational content and services — including folks associated with MIT’s OpenCourseware project, the Internet Archive, Creative Commons, Harvard, Stanford and many other places, pointing out that SOPA/PIPA threaten the innovation and adoption of technology in the education space.

    Click through to read more!

    ]]>     http://teachmetodo.com/educators-worried-about-sopapipas-impact-on-education/feed/ 0     Hi, I start student teaching in a kindergarten on Monday and am wondering about what to wear during this experience. I know that I should be comfortable and will be kneeling a lot and working with messy materials sometimes, I am more looking for suggestions on where to shop and specific clothing items. Any advice? http://teachmetodo.com/hi-i-start-student-teaching-in-a-kindergarten-on-monday-and-am-wondering-about-what-to-wear-during-this-experience-i-know-that-i-should-be-comfortable-and-will-be-kneeling-a-lot-and-working-with-mes/ http://teachmetodo.com/hi-i-start-student-teaching-in-a-kindergarten-on-monday-and-am-wondering-about-what-to-wear-during-this-experience-i-know-that-i-should-be-comfortable-and-will-be-kneeling-a-lot-and-working-with-mes/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:53:39 +0000 admin http://teachmetodo.com/hi-i-start-student-teaching-in-a-kindergarten-on-monday-and-am-wondering-about-what-to-wear-during-this-experience-i-know-that-i-should-be-comfortable-and-will-be-kneeling-a-lot-and-working-with-mes/ Kohls and JC Penney’s will have affordable “work wear” slacks, like Dockers, that are durable and come in a variety of colors from grey, to black, brown, and khaki.  Keep your tops simple, like fitted button ups and polos, if you know you were going to move around a lot.

    Then again, you should also be asking your host teacher this question.  :)

    —GWALP

    ]]>     http://teachmetodo.com/hi-i-start-student-teaching-in-a-kindergarten-on-monday-and-am-wondering-about-what-to-wear-during-this-experience-i-know-that-i-should-be-comfortable-and-will-be-kneeling-a-lot-and-working-with-mes/feed/ 0     To the student teacher: It seems self explanatory, but really talk to your cooperating teacher, ask questions. I asked both of mine how they thought I was doing often and got lots of valuable feedback from them. If you feel something didn’t go so well, or if you’re intimidated by a particular lesson, ask for advice. http://teachmetodo.com/to-the-student-teacher-it-seems-self-explanatory-but-really-talk-to-your-cooperating-teacher-ask-questions-i-asked-both-of-mine-how-they-thought-i-was-doing-often-and-got-lots-of-valuable-feedback/ http://teachmetodo.com/to-the-student-teacher-it-seems-self-explanatory-but-really-talk-to-your-cooperating-teacher-ask-questions-i-asked-both-of-mine-how-they-thought-i-was-doing-often-and-got-lots-of-valuable-feedback/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:53:39 +0000 admin http://teachmetodo.com/to-the-student-teacher-it-seems-self-explanatory-but-really-talk-to-your-cooperating-teacher-ask-questions-i-asked-both-of-mine-how-they-thought-i-was-doing-often-and-got-lots-of-valuable-feedback/ Yep!

    ]]>     http://teachmetodo.com/to-the-student-teacher-it-seems-self-explanatory-but-really-talk-to-your-cooperating-teacher-ask-questions-i-asked-both-of-mine-how-they-thought-i-was-doing-often-and-got-lots-of-valuable-feedback/feed/ 0     I begin student teaching in two weeks for an 11th grade English class. Any words of wisdom? http://teachmetodo.com/i-begin-student-teaching-in-two-weeks-for-an-11th-grade-english-class-any-words-of-wisdom/ http://teachmetodo.com/i-begin-student-teaching-in-two-weeks-for-an-11th-grade-english-class-any-words-of-wisdom/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:53:39 +0000 admin http://teachmetodo.com/i-begin-student-teaching-in-two-weeks-for-an-11th-grade-english-class-any-words-of-wisdom/ Be prepared; be friendly; be firm. 

    I like juniors.  They know the score, and they don’t have a senior sense of entitlement yet.  Most of them are really figuring out “what’s next,” so use that to your advantage. 

    Best of luck, 

    GWALP, keeper of juniors at her school.  

    ]]>     http://teachmetodo.com/i-begin-student-teaching-in-two-weeks-for-an-11th-grade-english-class-any-words-of-wisdom/feed/ 0     Would it be possible to do a Teacher Fashion Week? I want to see what people wear in a typical week, not just the one day they happen to feel put together. :) http://teachmetodo.com/would-it-be-possible-to-do-a-teacher-fashion-week-i-want-to-see-what-people-wear-in-a-typical-week-not-just-the-one-day-they-happen-to-feel-put-together/ http://teachmetodo.com/would-it-be-possible-to-do-a-teacher-fashion-week-i-want-to-see-what-people-wear-in-a-typical-week-not-just-the-one-day-they-happen-to-feel-put-together/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:53:39 +0000 admin http://teachmetodo.com/would-it-be-possible-to-do-a-teacher-fashion-week-i-want-to-see-what-people-wear-in-a-typical-week-not-just-the-one-day-they-happen-to-feel-put-together/ I think it’s a great idea!

    Who else would be interested in playing along? I’d be happy to contribute some suggestions as a male educator :o )

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