Writing Workshop Blog Posts

April 2017 – My principal came to my room to evaluate me for the Ohio Teacher Evaluation System (OTES). During the time she was in my room, she observed me working one on one with a student on my caseload. When she walked out of my room, she was impressed with me. She saw me […]

Primary Spelling Inventory

Thirteen or so years ago, I took a class about phonics. The professor introduced me to Words Their Way which is a systematic way to teach phonics and spelling. The program Instead of the students having a set spelling list for the week, this program is a word study. Each student is assessed using an […]

Parent Contact Sheets

It is important to keep data on your students. One way to keep data is to have a parent contact sheet. Every time you contact or attempt to contact your parent, you should keep a record of it. Am I good at keeping record of my contacts? To be honest, not always. I created a […]

Positive Messages

In the blog post State Testing Necessities for Students, I mentioned leaving positive messages to the students. What are they? and How are they beneficial? I had seen something about leaving positive messages on the desks using dry erase markers. So I decided to do that for my students. The students loved the messages. Well, […]

State Testing Necessities – For the Students

During my last blog post, I discussed state testing necessities for me as the teacher. Today I’m going to discuss what the students need in order for the testing to be successful. Structure – Each student was assigned a desk for the testing period. (I’m an inclusion teacher who only pulls out a few times in […]

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