DearAnxiousTeacher

  What to teach? I remember starting out and wondering what exactly to teach. This overwhelming feeling will leave you lost in a sea of thought bubbles. My best advice, especially with starting out, is to find and print your state standards. Build your lessons by trying to achieve the standards set forth by your state. For example, I teach English. Many of my standards deal with citing textual evidence, analyzing central ideas, writing claims, etc. When I design lessons, I still read and target the standard. These standards most likely have great importance to student and teacher evaluations as governed by your state. However, teachers will complain about being told what to teach. You decide how to teach the lesson and what materials to use. Don’t let negativity bring you down when preparing a lesson. After printing out the standards, check out if your class has a physical or digital textbook. Follow along with the textbook. Most of these educational textbooks will have activities ...

First Day of School Be inviting (smile) Seating Chart Introduce yourself Teach rules and procedures Ask for participation Review Class Syllabus Welcome to the first day of school! You have anxiety, which is a normal feeling for all of us. You’re not alone! This is a great day to welcome students with a smile. Moments of awkwardness will present itself, but this is to be expected because we are meeting all new people. After all the students are in your class, direct students to assigned seats. I don’t advocate for allowing them to sit where they want, because many of them will seek their friends or sit in the back of the room. I alphabetize names to make life easier; however, if you have students with IEPs, place them in the best seat. Following student seating, introduce yourself and your interests. I like to create a presentation because it’s easier to show images of important items (homework/classwork bins) in the classroom. Also, explain your subject or class. Explain to students ab...