JAMs For Teachers Only Blogs

TEACHERS...What Are YOU Doing the Last Few Weeks of School? I did some research trying to find fun activities to keep students engaged and out of trouble during the last couple of weeks of school. Teachers, you can TWEAK the activities to meet YOU and YOUR students' needs.   Here is what I found... http://www.teachhub.com/top-12-effective-end-year-activities By: Kim Haynes Let the kids teach the class. Split the class into groups and assign each a specific topic you studied this year. Give them time to go over their topic and invent a good review activity, which they have to grade. You assess them on...

How Do YOU Handle Classroom Behavioral Disruptions? I don’t know about YOU, but I never enjoyed making that phone call home or even talking with the Dean about the misbehavior in my classroom.  Being a Libra I want no waves in my classroom or life.  I found if I gave my misbehaving students the choice of a call home, visit the Dean, or copying an essay most would choose to copy the essay…something like writing ‘I will not talk’ on the chalkboard in the good ole’ days.   The essay I have them copy is not just any old essay. ...

For Teachers Only Blog Post #1   As YOU finish off the school year, YOU are going to have many days where YOUR classes are shortened or many of YOUR students are in a different location.  It is hard to teach a complete lesson when this happens.   I thought back to the times this happened to me.  I want to give YOU some activities that will keep YOUR students motivated, engaged, thinking, and learning even though YOU are not teaching a lesson for a full-time period or with all students present.   Partner Activity - Over a 3-4 Day...