I'm happy to be linking up with Lisa and joining her giveaway for Teacher Appreciation Week. She has gathered lots of teachers to share some of the things that work best in their classrooms! There's no way we could ever THANK YOU enough for what you do on a daily basis, but we can try! ;)
Here are a few secrets I want to share with you that have worked well in my classroom. I hope they'll work well in yours, also!
Work smarter - not harder! I used to HATE homework. Finding it, passing it out, collecting it, checking it. Then, I discovered that homework didn't have to be dreadful...for the students or ME!
If you missed my initial {detailed} post about my math homework, you can visit it here. Basically, I scrapped all math homework pages and now use playing cards as homework. You know every child would rather play a game than do a worksheet, right? My thought is that it still has the child practicing the math concept, but it also lets them squeeze in the quality family time! No more homework battles!
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Remember those families that we just involved in homework? Secret #2 - Involve families in your classroom!! We hold learning "celebrations" at the end of each of our genre studies. These are definitely the highlight of 2nd grade! They give families a glimpse into our classrooms and they give students an audience for an authentic learning experience. They are so meaningful and memorable. I challenge you to invite families into the classroom to celebrate your students' learning... you won't regret it!
We invite families to a Living Museum at the end of our biography study!
Families are invited to tour our classroom zoo at the end of our informational study.
We invite everyone to a tall tall tea where we put on plays, sing songs, read our own tall tale stories, and show our region scrapbooks!
At the end of our poetry unit, families are invited to a poetry picnic to hear us read our favorite poems and show off our fun work with literary devices!
These learning celebrations are definitely something that students and parents will always remember!
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You won't want to miss out on all the other great secrets being shared by successful teachers! Be sure to check out all the other great posts below.
I would love a blog post on each of your celebrations. I have tried to incorporate more of those into my classroom this year, but struggle with how long they should be, sharing format (whole group, individual etc...).
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I love how much you involve families in student learning!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this idea for homework!!! I wish I had seen this earlier, it would have been amazing starting this school year off knowing that my math homework was ready! Looks like I will have to try this for next year :)
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Living Museums are ALWAYS a favorite all around! Yours looks spectacular!
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