Solutions

This week has been a very meaningful week for many people. It has made people fear that school is no longer a safe place for their children. People want our systems to change in order to better protect their children. It has been a scary time for those who will never be the same person due to this awful event. I believe that in order to have a a safer school or just a safer community one must

Here are some great blogs for third grade teachers!

  Adventures of a Third Grade Teacher
  Thoughts of a Third Grade Teacher
  Third Grade Thoughts

All of these blogs are by third grade teachers and they not only share their thoughts but some of their best ideas and if they worked out well or not.

Here are some great ideas for Pinterest!
    

The first one is a way to keep a good planner, the second one is a good way to have you class make snowflakes and the third is an interactive way to have your students participate in the creation of the classroom rules.

Why Do Students Procrastinate?

Sometimes procrastination is caused by the procrastinator blaming their environment. This relates to me because I procrastinate because I can never find the perfect time or place to do my work. I am constantly getting the materials ready or trying to make my environment just right. Then when I don't understand a problem or question or something doesn't go according to plan I blame the environment around me and try to fix it. Although I always get it done sometimes I just need to start working rather than fix the things around me that make no difference to my work.


A good way to fix my procrastination would be to have a place that is already set up everyday. This place could be my desk in my room. If I clean it about 10 minutes a day then by the time November break is over it will all be set up for success. This would help me to not scramble every night for a place to do homework. And even when I am using the desk I will make sure to keep things neat while I work. Also I will keep a better planner because that helps me to see and make a timeline for when and how I can complete projects and homework successfully without procrastination.

If you are having trouble with procrastination, visit this web site that helped me out too.

Field Trip

Prezi Virtual Field Trip

Field Trip! on Prezi

Field Trip

     The best field trip I ever went on was the Band's field trip to Pasadena, California to participate in the Rose Bowl Parade. It was a 5 day trip and it was some of the best fun I have had. The parts that made it fun were the friends, activities and rarity.

     At the time of the field trip my best friends hadn't graduated yet. And another girl roomed with us who I was just getting to know. This was a great setting for me because I could be with my best friends while also meeting a new person. Me and my friends even set up a great secret Santa gift exchange for the people inside our room for the duration of the trip. This was really fun and it was great to help us learn more about each other. I got my best friend named Leslie and even though I thought I knew everything she liked I learned even more and was able to get her a couple small gifts I knew that she would really enjoy. These friendships are really what made the field trip fun.

    One of the things that the field trip planners excelled at was planning. There were all sorts of fun things to do once we got there including going to Walt Disney World and other attractions like Knotts Berry Farm. It was extremely fun and kept the trip exciting. However, never once did I feel overwhelmed. This was because of the impeccable planning. The planners made it so there was plenty of time to rest but also enough time to have lots of fun. This was very successful and meant that the students could have lots of fun without feeling exhausted or out of energy.

     The other thing that made this trip special was simply what we went to California to do. We were there to be one of the few bands to march in the Rose Bowl Parade. It was extremely hard to get into the parade and the fact that a high school band was in there was amazing all by itself. Click here for a link showing all it takes to become a marching band for the Rose Bowl Parade.

     All together it was a great trip and it was the most successful and fun field trip I have ever been on!

Why I Want to be a Teacher

In my life I have had many good teachers. I have had teachers that are very patient, kind, and caring. However, I always wanted to not only help kids but teach them. I love volunteering at places where I can help kids but my favorite experiences have been in VBS where I get to teach kids about the Bible.

I feel that I would also really enjoy being able to teach kids math or science or history. English has never been my favorite subject and it is my worst subject. I would much rather teach science which I find not only brings myself joy but also it brings kids much joy.

One reason I love kids is because they are full of joy. Here is a little video of happy kids.

Ethical Delima

Many times posts like these end up facebook and other networking sites. These kind of posts are hurtful  to people and having them up creates hurt feelings and bullies. At first Mark saw that post and knew it was wrong. After thinking for a while he realized that it may hurt his relationships if he turned it into the school administrators so that they could take it down.

What I think Mark should do is turn in an anonymous letter to his teacher giving the link to the picture and tell her who posted it so that she can talk to the students and ask him to take it down explaining the situation. The teacher might ask the student to apologize to Christa if Christa's feelings are hurt at all about it.

These are just a few ideas on how to fix the problem as a teacher or what a teacher would expect from a student who is in a ethically questionable situation

Here is a link on How to be a Good Teacher

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Hi, this is Elizabeth Crow creating an awesome little blog! I am writing for anyone who would like to learn how to become a better teacher. I am still learning myself, but sometimes the student is the better teacher. :)