pete's dragon school teacher bell ringers

I had no copy limits at my first school (THE WORST).If we needed to change something I could because it just affected us. One of the biggest adjustments for me (going from elementary to middle) had been the switching of classes… and switching classes in my previous situation was SUPER tough. This worked in self-contained for a couple of reasons: WHY I DECIDED TO USE BELL RINGERS IN MY CLASSROOMīell Ringers were one of those things I had always heard about when I taught elementary, but never really needed at that time. You know the drill… My instinct was morning work, but hello middle school. They need structure, routine, expectations, etc.

Harry Wong talks about kids needing to have something to do right when they get into class. Also, I really had mostly wonderful kids, so I knew it really wasn’t their fault. This is not always easy, but I have become very reflective and flexible in my short teaching career *survival of the fittest friends. I knew that I had to change though and had to try and control the things I could control. My homeroom came back to me at the end of the day as well… and that was also a super tough transition. CONTROLLING WHAT I COULD CONTROL WITH ELA BELL RINGERS I’m talking literal wrestling, yelling, not getting ANY supplies… Just shear chaos. In general, my homeroom was okay, but the second class (who had a different teacher almost every week), was making me lose my EVER LOVING MIND. I had always loved Harry Wong’s First Days of School, but again, my classroom management had been “manageable” until I was into this new position.

I was the only consistency our 6th graders had, but I was struggling when they were coming into my room after whoever was their math and science teacher that day. To keep it brief, when I was hired for my 6th grade position, not only was I told I would be only teaching ELA, but I was also told there was an issue with my teaching partner situation.īy December, I was on my 7th (YES 7TH) teaching partner. Turns out not so much… SIXTH GRADE ELA DEPARTMENTALIZED POSITION Long story short, I moved across the state and took a 6th grade position that I *thought* was 6th grade self-contained. I knew nothing else, and honestly, at the time, I didn’t really want to.

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I taught self-contained 5th grade for three years (that included my student teaching). In the last couple of years I have gone through some teaching position changes that I never thought would happen to me.

Pete's dragon school teacher bell ringers