Day: July 21, 2011

Notebooks & Journals in the Classroom LINKY PARTY!

leslie July 21, 2011 7 Comments
For the past two years, I have used journals in my Science classroom.  Next year, I am planning on using them in math.  I wrote a short post on that here.I LOVE JOURNALS!! It keeps everything nice and organized with all their vocabulary, lab experiments, and paragraphs about their thinking.For the past two years though, we did not decorate our covers or anything, but this year, I am...

Journaling in the Past…. Moving it to the Present

leslie July 21, 2011 6 Comments
Grading Journals is the hardest thing with a million questions...How often do I grade them?   How do I grade them?  Am I looking for one thing?  Should I use a rubric??  How much should the grade count?? I have over 40 students.... I don't want to take 40 journals home over the weekend and grade them... what do I do???Then you scream AHHHHHHHHH!!!!  And your next...

CH 6. Let Her Eat Cake!

leslie July 21, 2011 0 Comments
I had 2 days to get one of two principals to take a chance on me and offer me a contract, and they both did; however, I picked an elementary school where one of my best friends was teaching fourth grade.  I too was offered a fourth grade Math/Science position. The hard part now was finishing out the year from March-May, especially when my students were starting to plan their schedule...