M401 Fall 2014

The No David! books are very popular among the younger students, so this is a character that they are already familiar with. By looking at a character that they all love, they can talk about what he does and does not do to become a good student. There are many activities to do with these books, so you could do them throughout your first week of school - the very first focused study of the year!

This is a collection of activities that can be done on the first day of school - its like it's own pinterest board strictly for first day of school activities. The one that got my attention was the m&m game, because I have played this in class before. It is really fun and takes away some of the pressure of having to find an interesting fact about yourself.

This was another great resource! This article talks about questions that would be asked at an interview. This is great because these questions come from head teachers of elementary schools. They also talk about appropriate responses that they would look for.

Awesome resource, something we can all definitely use. I remember hearing some of these questions at the mock interview if I am not mistaken.

This is an article about the top 10 questions asked during interviews for teaching jobs.

This article provides a great base of information for those who are not familiar or have very little experience with the interview process. It talks about answers to simple questions, as well as answers to scenario questions. This is a great resource!

This website is 15 common asked questions in an interview and how to best go about answering them! Very helpful to look over before an interview

This is a list of 15 common questions asked during interviews and explains how to answer them.

Students love being read to! This link provides you with different books that you could read to your students if they act up. The author provides you with a caption of when you should read the book.

Starting a kindergarten classroom can be hard, especially with the need to teach them basic skills. This link provides you with some helpful tips, the first five being helpful management tips, such as reward coupons.

Students love knowing that they have the possibility of getting a prize. This is an easy way to combine behavior management and economics in the classroom.

Lining up a class can sometimes be loud and unorganized. This link provides you with a fun and organized way to help line up your students.

This link provides you with a behavior management chart. The chart helps students with distinguishing how big their problem really is.

A classroom library can get messy and cluttered with students exchanging books constantly. This blog helps with keeping your classroom library organized.

Teaching Tales Along the Yellow Brick Road provides teachers with help and an idea of how to organize all of your common core handouts and standards. It also shows a way to help students with test taking strategies!

One of my concerns is having a unorganized classroom, where the set up seems clustered rather than welcoming and homey. This blog helps with just that and gives 9 different tips to keep in mind. The comments as well provide helpful tips.

I love the idea of having students use whiteboards in class, whether it be for reading or math. This blog shows a way to get rid of the mess of tissues as erasers!

This contains different ideas of finger plays and songs that teachers can use to get the attention of their students.

This website explores the benefits of using random reward in the classroom to improve classroom management.

This is a collection of resources that can be used for behavior management in the classroom. There are different activities and printables to use.

This link provides you with fun activities to do on the first day of school! It helps students understand what they should be doing, what the teacher needs to know, and how to have a great year!

This link provides you with a powerpoint to create a wonderful flip book to give to parents during the first week of school! It can include anything from specials, daily schedule, homework, and classroom management. This is great for parents to understand your expectations!

This activity was used for a literary activity, however I feel that this would be great for beginning of the year as well! Its a great way to get to know your students and to learn your students names quicker.

This is not so much an article, but a link that provides resources based on issues that teachers will face. This page addresses the problem of text changing as technology becomes more prevalent, and how we should teach our students for this. There are many different links to books and articles that we can use to address this question.