One Teacher's Adventures

I realized that I have zero "Back to School" products in my TpT store , so I decided to make some! The first product I've made is a foldable mini book to introduce yourself to the class.  It would be easy to make with students from grade 2-6! To make this "Me Book," I created a template. The template looks like this: It will turn into a mini book, by following these steps: Feel free to create a template of you own to fit with your class, using any of the page ideas that I have included.  If you'd like to use my template, you can download it here ! To see more great "Back to School" ideas, click on the picture below!

I'm linking up with The Teaching Tribune for their Teacher Tip Thursday linky party!   My tip is:  I still consider myself to be a new teacher, and it's weird for me to give advice when I am still learning so much every day, but the one thing that I do tell teachers is to make sure to stay flexible!   You never know when a fire drill or an assembly will pop up and you'll have to scrap what you've planned for something that will take less time. You might have technological issues, and you can't share that really great video you found yesterday that completely fits your learning goals for today .  Your principal, another teacher, or a parent might pop into your room and need to talk to you right away. Your usually-still-asleep-for-first-block students might suddenly be engaged and the lesson you planned to take the full 70 minute class might actually be finished in 25! A student might ask a fantastic question in the middle of a math lesson that...

Friday was a strange day.  It may have been the last day of the school year, but we may be back next week.  It's all very frustrating.  I wanted to say goodbye to my kids - especially my Grade 9's who will be moving up to high school next year, but I also want to keep hope alive that we will be back in school next week after reaching a fair deal at the bargaining table this weekend.  I've been so stressed about going into the summer without being paid for the last two weeks while on strike, about finishing up the end of the year routines and units, about report card procedures (we are not supposed to write them due to the job action, yet if we come back after reaching a deal, they will need to be ready to go), and so many other factors. However, I received some special letters yesterday that make it all worth it! This is why I can put up with all the other stuff.  The end of the year is so hard.  I will miss my kids  :(