Yesterday was my first day back and I was shadowing my awesome long term sub. It really just made me miss my little man more, but next week I will be teaching and that should help.
With that said, I thought I would share a super teacher moment blast from the past.... This one was from when I was teaching 5th grade. It was my first year teaching, and I don't think I did a whole lot well at that point, but I did create this intensive social studies activity that the current 5th grade team still uses today!
We learned about different Indian tribes and as a culminating activity, each class took on one tribe to study in depth. Students were asked to choose an area that they were interested in learning more about to create a center to share with the other classes during our pow-wow. Students could create a dance, housing, food, children's games, or clothing for their tribe. They then created a display or activity for other classes to see/do. It was wonderful to see how excited the students became when they were able to choose a topic that interested them and were able to decide how they wanted to present the information. (yes, from the start I LOVED differentiation!) I love that this now "old" fifth grade tradition started with me (the now kindergarten teacher) when I was a first year teacher:)
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