Teacher Funnies 14
Get ready to smile, it’s time for teacher funnies! Hey principals, want a cheap way to raise staff morale? I’ve definitely stepped on a few fingers doing this move: And a management strategy we all know and love…
Get ready to smile, it’s time for teacher funnies! Hey principals, want a cheap way to raise staff morale? I’ve definitely stepped on a few fingers doing this move: And a management strategy we all know and love…
I made this chart with my class when we were studying 3D shapes. All of the kids cut and taped together their own shapes. Then we held them up and counted the faces, edges, and vertices. The avalanche of card stock shapes went home with the kids (thank goodness) but we kept this chart to…
When you’re not serving as a social worker, cheerleader, data analyst, and preacher (you know, for those “Come to Jesus” talks) why not play some parent-teacher conference bingo?!? Some of these are meant to be funny, some are sad, and some are just realistic. Can you get a bingo at parent teacher conferences? : )…
Using story problem situations, or word problem types, to teach problem-solving in the elementary grades. The Problem with Problem-Solving I was tearing my hair out trying to get my students to solve word problems accurately! They would grab the two numbers they saw and randomly add or subtract them :::sigh::: Then I found what I affectionately…
It’s time for Monday Made It with 4th Grade Frolics! Have you heard of “The Progressions” for Common Core math? I went to a workshop a while ago and the presenter said The Progressions is like a Common Core math bible! I thought, why was I never given a copy or a link to this…
This is the second part of a mini series about songs for teaching parts of speech. If you missed the first post about nouns and verbs, you can find it here. Click on any picture to print off a copy for yourself from Google Docs! Sing The Adjective Song to the tune of The Itsy…
Let’s start February off right with some teacher humor! I usually assign partners and kids say, “Why can’t we pick our own partners?” Uh yeah, I know how that will turn out… It seems like the kid who can find every little typo and word that you said incorrectly, is also the same kid who…
Take a G and an E and O, And add a little R-G-E, To a W-A-S-H, I…N…G If you add 2,000 pounds, That makes a ton, So what have you got? You’ve got a lot! George Washington! This is part of a silly song I remember from way back in 5th grade when we were…
“Mrs. Braun, you know that mark, it’s like a curve, I can’t remember what it’s called, but do I need to use one here?” When kids get to second grade and they’re exposed to contractions, possessives, writing lists, dates, and more, they start to get really bamboozled about the difference between commas and apostrophes. They…
Here is your daily dose of teacher humor, enjoy!: This seems to be a problem at many schools: They always do this: You’ve just read a story problem, or the first sentence of your read aloud, and someone’s hand is frantically waving. You think they must have something amazing to say so you call…