Well it's official...I'm losing my mind over Common Core and Learning Targets a.k.a I Can . . . Statements. There is not enough Starbucks and hours in the Tri-State Area to keep my head above water. I need to create an I Can . . Statement-inator. (We may watch a little too much Phineas and Ferb in my household.) So to begin my adventure back to sanity, I created a little Check-O ff Class List. In the top corner you can list the domain, and across the top the corresponding clusters or I Can . . .Statements. Of course, since I am the differentiating to meet the needs of my Firsties my checklist is broken into 2 groups. This checklist allows me to see if my students are mastering the I Can Statements, which in turn means they have mastered the domain. We shall see how this attempt at formative assessment works. You can grab my checklist on my Teacher's Notebook Shop. Let me know if it's working for you, I would love feedback!
I have recently had an "a-ha moment" that even though I have been teaching for 14 years now, I will never reach the ideal I held for myself of being a master teacher. There is always something new to learn-new teaching styles, new technology, new curriculum, etc. There are days where I feel stressed and overworked and burned out just trying to keep up with it all, and I know that many of my fellow teachers feel the same way. How do we as teachers stay well balanced in regards to all the roles we play and responsibilities we have. I am fortunate to have a boss that values taking care of yourself and family before your job, but I realize that I lose sight of these priorities at times and put my classroom first. This led me to taking a professional development class about refocusing and recharging and learning strategies for becoming a well balanced teacher. Here are a few of the things that I have set as goals for myself, in order to better balance my home and work ...
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