Do do do do ... The final countdown (Sung by 3 gr. 5 boys as they left the class).
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Becoming Teachers Favourite Substitute Teacher
Do the work they left. DO THE WORK THEY LEFT!! This is so, so important. This is the comment I hear from teachers most often - that the substitute teacher did not do the work they left and it was a...
Using Puppets in Kindergarten – Gr. 2 Classes
Kindergarten to grade two students will listen to puppets when they won’t listen to you. When I can see I’m losing the students or even if I’m only losing one student (who is wandering away from the...
Really Bad Days
Maybe a student threatened to hit you, or stabbed you with scissors or a student fell off the monkey bars and broke her arm or two students had an all out fist fight in your room – these are all...
Changing the Culture around Substitute Teaching
Robin Williams as Peter Pan in the movie "Hook" uses "Chemistry Substitute Teacher" as an insult! This is funny because in part, it is true! In the past, Substitute Teachers have had a bad...
Did You Even Wash Your Hands?
Two kindergarten boys are walking from the bathroom, to their room, hand in hand. One little boy turns to the other and says, "Did you even wash your hands?".
Substitute Teaching is Worth it!
Substitute Teaching is Worth It You know, 90% of the students are really great and co-operative. Really, 80% will do the work when you ask them to. I mean it’s the 60% that really want to learn that...
Why is it Always Winter?
One of my grade two students asked me (on April 24th), "Why is it always winter?". It was snowing that day...