During my absence, I received tons of wonderful emails,
comments, and questions! I wanted to take the time to address some of those
questions in one post.
Would you be willing
to share a copy of your procedures? As a new teacher I am still learning how to
be very specific. :) –Mitchell and Lyndee McKay
I’m in the process of putting together a post on this one,
and it will include my own classroom procedures. Stay tuned!
What font are you using
(here)? I MUST add it to my collection! –sewgirly
It’s called Rolina and it is available FOR FREE from
dafont.com! (Since I use it SO frequently, I did donate to the creator.) You
can find it here.
Can I have a copy of
your template for the Absent Binder/Sanity Saver/Yellow Sheet/etc.?
All of my FREE templates are available to you! There is a
link on the right sidebar that says LOOKING FOR FREE TEMPLATES? Click that
image and it will take you to my Box.com account where you can get all that
stuff! If you are looking for something more colorful or that uses funky fonts,
you can check out my Teachers Pay Teachers store. http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Eatwriteteach. I recommend the To-Do lists! I use them EVERY SINGLE DAY.
Thanks so much for
sharing your creativity with us! I used your calendar and lesson plan templates
all year and absolutely LOVED THEM!! I thought I downloaded the calendar in a
Word format so I could make it into a 2014-2015 calendar for this year but nope…
:( Do you have a file available in a Word doc so I can rework it?? Thanks! –Lisa
My 2013-2014 calendar pack was only available as a PDF
because formatting it just right is tricky and I figured a PDF was just simpler
for those who would rather be able to just print. I will be uploading the
2014-2015 calendar pack very soon and I will include an editable Word document
as well this time. :)
Stephanie, I wondered
if you have new comments about how you taught vocabulary last year. How did it
turn out? Did it achieve what you thought? –Tammy Trusty
Oh vocabulary, thou art as loathsome as a toad! I would say
I made progress on the vocabulary
front, but I have yet to achieve my goal of vocab lessons that are not tedious,
boring, and useless. There’s a post coming soon about this!
Do students have to
make up bell ringers? –Sub Teacher
No, not exactly. My bell ringer procedure for 2013-2014
consisted of doing the daily vocab card (required work that did have to be made up), and then they
did silent reading Mondays through Wednesdays and timed free writes on Thursday
and Friday. I basically just had to keep an eye on them to make sure they were
reading on reading days (and that reading ultimately culminated in quarterly
projects anyway) and I rarely had to “babysit” on writing days because they loved doing free writes. Those free
writes weren’t worth points, so absent students didn’t have to make them up.
What part of Indiana
are you in? –Starla
I live in the very southern part of Indiana that is
basically northern Kentucky. :) I’m just a hop, skip, and a jump from
Louisville, Kentucky. It’s the part of Indiana with all of the giant hills. It's always been my home. <3