| Managing your classroom refers to: | | | | - How many brothers do you have? |
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| - Organizing students | | | | - How many sisters do you have? |
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| - Space | | | | - And so on.... |
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| - Time | | | | An example of the Question of the Day |
| | | | worksheet is on the web site. Follow the URL |
| - And materials | | | | in the resource box to find it. If you are |
| | | | interested in taking attendance in this |
| You want to organize all the above in order | | | | manner, you may copy the worksheet from the |
| to maximize effective teaching and student | | | | web site. |
| learning. | | | | |
| | | | Moose Notebooks |
| Since you are a substitute teacher, the | | | | |
| permanent teacher probably has already done | | | | Moose notebooks are organizational binders |
| quite a bit of organizing of his or her | | | | used to keep student's work and forms |
| classroom before you ever step inside the | | | | organized. MOOSE stands for Management of |
| door. However, there are times, when this is | | | | Organizational Skills Everyday. The notebook |
| just not the case. You can't make any great | | | | is to help students develop good |
| lasting changes here, but you can attempt to | | | | organizational skills that will benefit them |
| organize your assigned classrooms to help you | | | | throughout life. The Moose notebook also |
| maximize effective teaching and student | | | | ensures parents receive all homework |
| learning while you are there and in the | | | | assignments, notes, and graded papers. |
| absence of their permanent teacher. | | | | Parents are asked to check the Moose notebook |
| | | | each night with their child. On Friday, |
| If the classroom is not already neat and | | | | students turn in their weekly homework |
| tidy, you might start with making it neat and | | | | assignment sheet the parents have signed each |
| tidy for your stay. Arrive early enough to | | | | night. Moose notebooks obviously cannot be |
| scope out your plan. Remember to mess it | | | | used if you are in a classroom only once. |
| back up before you leave or return it to the | | | | These are nice to compile if you are assigned |
| state it was in when you arrived. | | | | a long term substitute position such as a |
| | | | maternity leave or some other long term |
| Tips with student organization: | | | | leave. You will find more details about |
| | | | organizing a Moose notebook on the web site. |
| Try using Question of the Day to take | | | | Follow the URL in the resource box to find |
| attendance. Create a binder with sheets of | | | | these details. |
| question for the each day of the month. As | | | | |
| your students come into class, have them sign | | | | Bear Books for First Graders |
| in by answering the question. The teacher | | | | |
| helper for that day should be assigned to be | | | | B.E.A.R. stands for "Bring Everything Always |
| sure everyone has signed in. The teacher | | | | Ready." The Bear Books are actually a |
| helper then takes attendance by seeing who | | | | hand-made 3-ring binder you can put together |
| did not sign the sheet. This task will also | | | | to hold everything students and parents need |
| take some preparation before class time in | | | | know and keep up with about their children in |
| that you will need to have the students' | | | | school. Inside you can place paper to write |
| names written on the sheet and then make a | | | | notes to you, the substitute teacher. |
| large supply of copies. | | | | Newsletters or calendars of events are also |
| | | | stored in the Bear Books. Bear Books are |
| Examples of Question of the Day are: | | | | nice to create for long term assignments. |
| | | | They help students establish good |
| - When is your birthday? | | | | organizational skills their first year of |
| | | | school. These are skills they can carry on |
| - What is your favorite color? | | | | throughout their entire life in school. |
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| - What is your favorite movie? | | | | If you leave the teaching assignment feeling |
| | | | as if you have done very little, you can at |
| - What is your favorite TV show? | | | | least leave feeling as though you left behind |
| | | | "organizational skills" that they will use |
| - Do you like reading? | | | | for a lifetime. Learn more about creating |
| | | | Bear Books when you follow the URL in the |
| - What is your favorite ice cream? | | | | resource box to my web site. |
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| - How old are you? | | | | This article is FREE to publish with the |
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