Ok, so after visiting scholastic's site, and discovering you, Mrs. J, I will be honest, I have spent hours and hours on end today digging into your website, which is amazing by the way. I have taught fourth grade and love it, but I was needed in 8th grade Reading this year, and decided to make the leap. You have given me so many great ideas so far, and I am sure will be responsible for many more.
My question is about time management. It seems to me that to be able to do what you do, comes with a price of donating a lot of time to the cause. How can I do that, with two young kids and a Cross Country team to coach? I need to learn how you divide your time out so to be the best you can be in all areas of life.
Dear Nichole,
I have to be honest up-front with my wonderful viewers at Scholastic- I need a life at times. (I want to focus on hobbies this year more than ever, and I will dedicate a few entries to improving life in this area, as well as lowering stress in the classroom.) This summer, I have read Fred Jones' Tools for Teaching, and I think that will be able to make a significant difference. He discusses time management quite a bit as well as classroom management, of course. How one spends time in the classroom makes a connection to home. Checking journal entries, for example, will be a better process this year because at least I'll have peers making sure they have the amount of entries they should for the week.
I believe you will enjoy this coming Wednesday's post about Reading Workshop. The post going to discuss all kinds of useful ideas and encourage viewers to submit ideas as well.
Ok, so after visiting scholastic's site, and discovering you, Mrs. J, I will be honest, I have spent hours and hours on end today digging into your website, which is amazing by the way. I have taught fourth grade and love it, but I was needed in 8th grade Reading this year, and decided to make the leap. You have given me so many great ideas so far, and I am sure will be responsible for many more.
My question is about time management. It seems to me that to be able to do what you do, comes with a price of donating a lot of time to the cause. How can I do that, with two young kids and a Cross Country team to coach? I need to learn how you divide your time out so to be the best you can be in all areas of life.
Dear Nichole,
I have to be honest up-front with my wonderful viewers at Scholastic- I need a life at times. (I want to focus on hobbies this year more than ever, and I will dedicate a few entries to improving life in this area, as well as lowering stress in the classroom.) This summer, I have read Fred Jones' Tools for Teaching, and I think that will be able to make a significant difference. He discusses time management quite a bit as well as classroom management, of course. How one spends time in the classroom makes a connection to home. Checking journal entries, for example, will be a better process this year because at least I'll have peers making sure they have the amount of entries they should for the week.
I believe you will enjoy this coming Wednesday's post about Reading Workshop. The post going to discuss all kinds of useful ideas and encourage viewers to submit ideas as well.
Thank You,
Victoria