Back to School for Teachers and Donor's choose

   It was good to finally get back to school and see my colleagues. I have been busy working in my room over the last week. I will have pictures soon. On the first day back, our new principal shared this powerful video with us - Ted talks: Rita Pierson. It is a wonderful reminder to teachers that we do make a difference in the lives of our students.

   I am also excited to share that even as I am learning about and implementing WBT, another teacher came to ask me a question about posting the rules. I shared with her that there was no right way to post rules and that she could find many examples  of the rules on Teacher Pay Teachers, as well as checking out the website: Whole Brain teaching website. There are webcasts there that explain the rules in more detail. 
   
    I received my class list yesterday and after talking to their last year's teachers, I know that I will have a wide variety of learners from very low in math (thinking that math time was writing time - all year long!) to very high level learners (one student completed the entire screening which apparently NO  other child had done previously). It could be a very interesting year! So, I went to the WBT website to see if I could find anything for my low math learner - I am not sure whether or not he recognizes numbers or if he can count by ones or exactly where he is but I have downloaded the Super Speed numbers and I will have it ready to go, just in case. My plan is to quickly get some idea where he is so that I can start interventions by the end of the first week.  I used Super Speed addition and subtraction last year and the students and I loved it. Both the Super Speed numbers and addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are available as a FREE download from the WBT website. :)

      Finally, I am a huge fan of donors choose. For the next two days, Bill and Melinda Gates are funding half of some projects including mine, please consider donating or sharing my link:{here}. 

   I would love to know how you differentiate your instruction for your low learners. 
      


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