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Teachers...Have You Ever Thought About Once A Week Online Tutoring for Your Students?

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Here you will find 14 PowerPoint Complete Lessons from Pretest to Posttest and everything in between.  I used these lesson for tutoring on the WIMBA platform once a week for an hour with my students that chose to participate.  They are also PERFECT for your daily classroom instruction.  HAPPY TEACHING!!!  Judy

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TEACHERS...Nervous About Your Next Administrative Observation/Evaluation???

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TEACHERS...Nervous About Your Next Administrative Observation/Evaluation??? Let Me Help! Let me share some of my lessons that I used for these nerve racking observations/Evaluations.  All teachers get nervous before their administrative observation/evaluation...even veteran teachers.  We want to do our best and impress our administration, but have concerns about how to do that.  The following lessons I used for my observations/evaluations.  I received high scores for each of these lessons.  Check them out to see which one or ones fit your teaching style...HAPPY TEACHING!!! 1.  Following Written Directions Even an Alien (YOU) Could Understand...The day before this lesson students write out their...

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The Switch to Online Teaching and Learning

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I admire all teachers that have taken on the task of teaching their students electronically through this epidemic period of time.  It is not only challenging for the teachers, but also for their students (AND PARENTS).    I am hoping that some of my PowerPoint lessons will help out.  I used them when I did online tutoring two nights a week on the WIMBA platform that was provided by my Board of Education.  We were trying everything to improve test scores to help raise our school grade.  Just so you know there was NO extra pay for this service to...

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Parents…How is the Homeschooling Going So Far??? Teachers...How is the Online Teaching Going for You???

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I thought I would take some time to provide you with a little help and a few ideas on how to make your new job, parents…teaching…more manageable and fun.  And teachers…some ways to help you also.

First off, remember that your child’s emotional health is way more important than any skill you will be helping them with.  Learning should be challenging, but also fun and stress-free.  So, don’t get overwhelmed…just go with the flow…slow and easy is the best way.  Remember, the turtle won the race and you can also!

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Teachers...END OF YEAR Activities...Just for YOU!!!

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The activities I am going to share with you are not only fun and engaging, but use the skills of Critical Thinking, Inferencing, Drawing Conclusions, Analyzing, and Comprehension.  Most of these activities can be used when some of your students are pulled from your classroom for a variety of reasons.  Most have answers that are personal to the students, therefore, the grading is easy.

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