Leah is blogging about being a first-year middle school teacher!!!

decomposingclassroom:

1. Tell them to stand on their chair and “get high” so they can see the demo going on.

2. Over enunciate “quantitative” when we’re talking about quantitative and qualitative observations.

3. In bringing in trash to make conclusions and deductions, bring in an empty cardboard container from a women’s multivitamin that promises, in big letters, “Increased bone and breast health.”

This reminds me of the time I tried to get fourth graders’ attention - “If you can hear me, put your hands on your knees. If you can hear me, put your hands on your heart.” When I got to “If you can hear me, put your hands on your head,” I got a rousing chorus of yells about the po-po.

I learned to stick to, “If you can hear me, put your hands over your mouth.”