| Teaching Tips |
| Classrooms That Run on Their Own Power Continued |
| If you plan realistic units which can be taught within ten days, you will never fall behind. In fact, you will find that on those days you threw away–days before holidays or the big game, snow days that never came, etc., you are able to supplement your lessons in fun ways. For example, after a snow day-free winter, you can spend the two days before Spring Break watching an illuminating film or documentary on some historically important event or period. |
| Realistic planning may initially seem stressful, but it will prove to be a stress reliever as the year progresses. You will know that you are on track. You will not hear complaints from other teachers that your students never got past World War II. You will appreciate those "unused snow days" when they allow you to take a breather and show an educational film rather than play catch-up. |
| A "self-starting" classroom pays off. Students stay on task. You spend time teaching content, not giving orders. A fellow educator had this story to share: "I always knew my procedures were good, but I never knew how good until the day I got a flat tire on a country road. This was before cell phones, and I spent over an hour walking to find a payphone. When I called the school office, no one was aware I wasn't there. The lunch count and daily attendance had been completed, my mail was picked up from my mailbox, and the students were busy quietly reading their books as they do every morning. The students hadn't even noticed that I wasn't there! The principal was really impressed." |
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