Classroom Management
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Parent Volunteers
Posted by Diane Badden on 31 Aug 2010 | Posted in: Classroom Management
It took me a few years of teaching to realize that parent volunteers are worth their weight in gold! After all, a parent volunteer can be...
Names, Names, Names
Posted by Diane Badden on 11 Aug 2010 | Posted in: Classroom Management
Student names put me in a mild panic at the start of every school year. I worried that I’d be slow to learn my students’ names. I worried that...
A New “R”
Posted by Diane Badden on 05 Aug 2010 | Posted in: Classroom Management
You know the three Rs, right? Reading, writing, and ‘rithmatic. Well, I’m proposing a new R that I believe is key to successful classroom management. Drumroll, please...
Classroom Layout
Posted by Diane Badden on 04 Aug 2010 | Posted in: Classroom Management, The Mailbox Books
Laying out a classroom isn’t for wimps, is it? :) Every teacher wants his or her classroom to be set up for optimal learning and classroom management. Perhaps the biggest challenge...
The Unexpected
Posted by Diane Badden on 01 Jul 2010 | Posted in: Classroom Management
Teaching is full of the unexpected, wouldn’t you agree? No matter how carefully a teacher plans her day (I’m going to sound like a weather forecaster now), there’s a 90% chance that the unexpected will happen.
Fire Drill!
Posted by Diane Badden on 25 Jun 2010 | Posted in: Classroom Management, Teachers and Teaching
Yep, we just had one---a fire drill, that is! Took me right back to my teaching days. I grabbed my checklist and bolted downstairs. As a teacher, I took fire drills seriously and so did my students.
Wow!
Posted by Diane Badden on 15 Jun 2010 | Posted in: Classroom Management, The Mailbox Books
It’s June 15, and you know what that means: the 15 new books I told you about last week are now on TheMailbox.com! And, of course...
Whoosh!
Posted by Diane Badden on 11 May 2010 | Posted in: Classroom Management
Wow! Do you feel as though May is flying by at warp speed? I sure do. And I’m not the one who’s looking at wrapping up a school year and closing out a classroom in the next few weeks.
Need a Sub?
Posted by Diane Badden on 26 Apr 2010 | Posted in: Classroom Management, Meet the Mailbox®
Have I mentioned that I have two furry children, Lexie and Theo? When I head out of town as I did this past weekend, my sweet friend Lynn stays with them.
Library Lovers’ Month
Posted by Sherry McGregor on 26 Feb 2010 | Posted in: Classroom Management, Inspiration and Motivation, Teachers and Teaching
I’m not sure how I missed it, but did you know that February is Library Lovers’ Month? The library---any library---is my favorite place to be! I love the feeling that settles over me the minute I walk in. The rows of bookshelves lined with books are filled with opportunity.
