in today’s video I want to share with you the evolution of my teacher bags and the pros and cons of each. So here is a list of the bags I have used to carry my teacher supplies. 1) Teacher Box (not official name”. It is listed as “Folding Crate on Wheels.” I was required to purchase this my junior year of college. You could always spot the education majors since we all had this box. Pros: Holds a lot of stuff, don’t have to carry it-just roll it. Inexpensive. These are about $30. Can decorate it with stickers and/or customize it if you feel like it. Cons: Takes up a lot of space in the car, awkward walking through busy hallways, annoying to carry up stairs. My box, within the first week, one of the wheels started making a popping noise so people could always hear me coming. No where to put your drinks. 2) Tote-bag: I loved to this because of the cons mentioned about the teacher box. Pros: cheap and many places just give these away. I got like 4 of these at the making connections conference alone. Perfect shape for holding binders, folders, notebooks, papers, etc. They come in a variety of styles, shapes, and sizes. Easier to walk through busy hallways. Cons: Get really really heavy. With everything we have to carry, these get super heavy and it is unbalanced. When I carry these, I am constantly switching shoulders. The one I carried, did not have any pockets so the bag became an unorganized dumping ground for all my stuff which made it hard to find things easily. No where to put your drinks. 3) Vera Bradley Tote bag with multiple interior pockets. I upgraded to a Vera Bradley bad. This one held much more stuff and had pockets so I could organize my pens, pencils, highlighters, etc. easily. The pros and cons are about the same with this bag. I just eliminated it becoming a dumping ground. The fact that this bag was bigger, meant I could fit more stuff which meant it got really heavy. And like I said before, the weight was not evenly distributed. No where to put your drinks. 4) Simple Backpack: Pros: Easy to walk through busy hallways, come in all different designs and patterns, weight is distributed easily so it is easier to carry all your stuff. Weight is distributed evenly. What’s in your bag is private since it zips up. Cons: if you have a simple backpack, there is one big pocket and in little pocket so it has the potential to become a dumping ground. Felt silly carrying a backpack amongst professionals. No where to put your drinks. 5) Backpack: The two compartments allow me to divide my things better. Easy to walk down busy hallways. Holds so much stuff. There are places to put my drink. At this point in my life, I don’t feel silly carrying backpacks amongst professionals. I have noticed backpacks are really big in the teaching profession now. There aren’t any cons. This bag is perfect for me and as you can tell, well loved. My husband and I actually bought matching backpacks and they are both personalized. If you want to see what is in my teacher bag, please watch the video. Your free gift for watching this video, is the template I used to create my "data door." ![]()
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A Teacher's Morning Routine and How I will Lead my Students to Mastery...and you can too!11/10/2019 In this video, I share with you my morning routine before I report to duty as a teacher. Click the image above to see the video. Even though I show a variety of products I use when getting ready, this video is NOT sponsored. I also share a gold star tip on how I plan to get 80% of my students to master all of my 7th grade math standards. You can do the same thing!
This is how to get started. 1) Get your free edulastic account. Click the image below to go to their website. 2) Look at your pacing guide. 3) Design a "Focus Standard" quiz based on the first standard from your pacing guide. This quiz should be 5 questions. (This way students can still miss one question and obtain mastery of 80%.) 4) As a bell ringer, give this quiz the first 10 minutes of class. (This is done through the edulastic website. You can sync with Google Classroom.) 5) Once timer goes off, pause the test and submit all test that have not been submitted yet. 6) Record the class average and the average for each of the 5 questions. 7) Review the questions that have less than 80% mastery. 8) If the class average is below 80%, create another quiz based on this standard. If it is above, go to the next standard on your pacing guide. 9) Recording this data on the board is really important. Students love seeing how they measure against the other classes. They start encouraging their classmates to do better since they cannot move on until the class obtains 80%. 10) Edulastic has features to avoid cheating like shuffling the answer choices and questions. In this video, I am share with you my teacher pet peeves. (Click the image above to go to the video.) Just keep in mind, these pet peeves are not meant to offend anyone and is meant to be fun and entertainment. Just to keep this list fair, the very end of this list is pet peeves students and parents have about teachers. So, enjoy!
1) some students cannot sit in a chair with wheels properly. And it’s like they forget to walk and roll everywhere. 2) students not putting their name on their paper. 3) asking what we are doing today and the agenda is written on the board every day 4) when students do not read the directions before asking for help 5) Students that are frequently absent and do not complete makeup work. 6) When students do not show their work in math class. 7) When students ask for help on a complicated math problem and they have not even attempted to work it out on paper. 8) When students write on my desks 9) Students that do the pee pee dance when I tell them now is not a good time to go to the bathroom 10) when students are tardy and try to distract the kids that are working. 11) when parents do not show up for conferences 12) When parents blame the teacher for their child failing and or their child’s behavior. 13) When parents are 30+ minutes late picking up their child. 14) When a student never has paper and a pencil 15) Students that want a band aid for a healed wound. 16) when students race through an assignment turn it in and don’t realize there is a back side of the paper Or ask, do we have to do the back? Student Pet Peeves about teachers. 1) when teachers punish the whole class 2) when teachers assign homework on Friday 3) When teachers say you didn’t hand something in when you are 100% certain you did. 4) Monday tests 5) When teachers show favoritism 6) When teachers get into my business 7) when teachers don’t return work graded Parent Pet Peeves about teachers 1) teachers that don’t listen to both sides of the story 2) Teachers that only contact me with behavior issues not academics 3) Teachers that do not return phone calls 4) teachers that keep asking for money for supply fees 5 Teachers that call me over every rule broken |
AuthorI am not an expert yet by any means. I felt inspired to create a YouTube channel and website so new teachers will have an easier journey than I had. Archives
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