It's so great that you realized you needed to make some changes and went for it! Having colleagues that help out is so important. Having a strong support system at school is a game-changer! The first few weeks definitely take so much effort. You're taking the time to teach them structure and it looks like you're off to a great start!
Our lunch is 12:05-12:45 and prep towards the end of the day too! I watched some of your old videos last year when I was student teaching (no clue what grade I was going to teach) and flash forward to now I’m a first year 2ND grade teacher too, you’re back uploading and I’ve already taken so many notes for what I can try with the students!! Thank you for helping a girl out!! ❤️
Loved seeing your week! When you make your daily slides do you make a file for each day? Or for the week? Trying to figure out the best way to organize mine!
I make a weekly slide deck so all of the days are in one! It’s really nice to be able to easily move/arrange slides if I don’t get to something and it’s nice to be able to easily copy & paste to review the next day!
Loooove your videos! I’m back in school this coming week and your ideas are inspiring me to add a few things to my schedule. Hope you have a great year with your kiddos.
Great video. Your room looks great. Amazing strategies you are using.Please continue making videos. I retired June 30, 2019 from teaching grades 1,2 & 3 for 41 years. Most of my career was in second grade. I miss certain things the kids for sure and doing bulletin boards and making Power Points for class. You are doing a great job, keep being positive. You will have good and bad days. There are more good then bad. Thanks for sharing!
Oh my gosh…our afternoon is from 11:55-3:45. It is incredibly lllooonngggg! Thank goodness we do have a 20 minute recess and a 40 minute prep at the very end of the day.
I use finished work as a ticket to free choice. and I have free choice all week. They can't participate in free choice whenever I have it if they haven't finished their work.
Love your ideas for handwriting! I definitely need to try that with my third graders this year. Where did you fit handwriting into your schedule? Thanks for sharing what you do - love hearing your ideas!
Thanks so much for being here! We’ve made it a quick little part of our day, just 15 minutes wherever we can fit it. We only do 2 letters for handwriting boot camp and then I try to reinforce it all day whenever we write!
Our afternoon starts at 12.15 - 12.45h with recess. Lunch is from 12.45 -13.00h. Then we have 1.30h untill dismissal at 14.30h. I teach a grade 1&2 combo.
Yes, the afternoon is super long. I teach kinder and we have lunch from 11-11:40. Then we go from 11:40 till 2:28 😅, almost 3 hours. It’s a pretty long afternoon.
It's so great that you realized you needed to make some changes and went for it! Having colleagues that help out is so important. Having a strong support system at school is a game-changer! The first few weeks definitely take so much effort. You're taking the time to teach them structure and it looks like you're off to a great start!
Thank you so much!! It was sooo needed! 😂
I’ve always loved how in depth you describe things! So happy to have you back 🤗
Our lunch is 12:05-12:45 and prep towards the end of the day too! I watched some of your old videos last year when I was student teaching (no clue what grade I was going to teach) and flash forward to now I’m a first year 2ND grade teacher too, you’re back uploading and I’ve already taken so many notes for what I can try with the students!! Thank you for helping a girl out!! ❤️
What a full circle moment, I love this so much!! Thank you for being here and best of luck this year- you're going to be amazing! 😍
Loved seeing your week! When you make your daily slides do you make a file for each day? Or for the week? Trying to figure out the best way to organize mine!
I make a weekly slide deck so all of the days are in one! It’s really nice to be able to easily move/arrange slides if I don’t get to something and it’s nice to be able to easily copy & paste to review the next day!
That was so cute… ‘you’re on the whiteboard now’ 😂
I love the secret stories too… the kiddos eat them up x
We've had so much fun with them so far!!
Loooove your videos! I’m back in school this coming week and your ideas are inspiring me to add a few things to my schedule. Hope you have a great year with your kiddos.
I’m obsessed with you and Mayleen! I teach 2nd, so I love seeing everything you do!!! So many great ideas 😍
Great video. Your room looks great. Amazing strategies you are using.Please continue making videos. I retired June 30, 2019 from teaching grades 1,2 & 3 for 41 years. Most of my career was in second grade. I miss certain things the kids for sure and doing bulletin boards and making Power Points for class. You are doing a great job, keep being positive. You will have good and bad days. There are more good then bad. Thanks for sharing!
Cute secret stories moment! Our lunch break is 12-1 for everyone ☺️
Great video! 👏👍⭐️loved the sky, grass, dirt approach to teaching handwriting
Thank you! It's been working really well for us so far and its a really quick reminder when whenever we're writing!
Third grade teacher in Kentucky here! My lunch is 11:45 and dismissal is 3:45.
Oh my gosh…our afternoon is from 11:55-3:45. It is incredibly lllooonngggg! Thank goodness we do have a 20 minute recess and a 40 minute prep at the very end of the day.
I use finished work as a ticket to free choice. and I have free choice all week. They can't participate in free choice whenever I have it if they haven't finished their work.
Love your ideas for handwriting! I definitely need to try that with my third graders this year. Where did you fit handwriting into your schedule?
Thanks for sharing what you do - love hearing your ideas!
Thanks so much for being here! We’ve made it a quick little part of our day, just 15 minutes wherever we can fit it. We only do 2 letters for handwriting boot camp and then I try to reinforce it all day whenever we write!
Thank you for sharing the printing books, you reminded me I need to make mine!! (We start on Wednesday). Love your explanations, new subscriber here!
I’m so happy to have you here! I hope you have an amazing start to the school year 💛
We have the longest afternoon this year. We end lunch at 11:45 and are in the rooms until dismissal at 2:50
Our afternoon starts at 12.15 - 12.45h with recess. Lunch is from 12.45 -13.00h. Then we have 1.30h untill dismissal at 14.30h. I teach a grade 1&2 combo.
Yes, the afternoon is super long. I teach kinder and we have lunch from 11-11:40. Then we go from 11:40 till 2:28 😅, almost 3 hours. It’s a pretty long afternoon.
Yesss! You understand the struggle! That is such a long afternoon for kinders, you’re so tough 🙌🏼
I reach 2nd grade as well. We eat lunch at 12:00 but our afternoon is from 12:35 to 3:35. It is sooooooo looooonnnngggg!
I teach K, so this is our schedule; arrival 7:40, recess 9:10, lunch 10:00 (30 min), dismissal 12:40
Love your classroom! Do you have a link to your smart cookie on a popsicle stick? thanks!
I have the exact afternoon! It is very long, we have a recess in that time. Still long, getting use to it. BTW, also second grade.
We might need to start sneaking in some bonus recess too because its a crawl every afternoon!
My day is long only on Wednesday (no specials )but my lunch is late 12:30 . I am departmentalize only teach Reading and Writing . But wow !!!!
I am shook seeing how others have such long lunch times! Ours is 10:15 - 10:40.
2nd grade in AL and our lunch is from 10:35-10:55
I teach first grade, we have lunch from 12:00 - 12:45, we dismiss at 2:30. 2 and half hours after lunch seems sooooo long.
We have lunch from 12:00-12:40. And our day doesn’t end until 3:45. It’s a very long day.
I teach 2nd grade and we have lunch from 11:15 -11:45 am… Our afternoon is extremely long also; 3:30 pm dismissal...😩lbvs
Long afternoon for us too. Our lunch is 10:22-10:52 😬
Wow! Thats so early!
You are finding your groove!
The beginning of the year is definitely a marathon but I'm feeling so optimistic about this year! 😍
Where did you purchase the fun tripod?
Are lunch goes from 11:55 to 12:35 and then the afternoon starts at 12:35 and that are afternoon ends at 3:00
First here😁🇯🇲
Are lunch goes from 11:55 to
do you have teachers pay teachers?