Absolutely love the “meet the kids” priority!! 🧡 building that classroom community is so important to start on the very first day, I love the idea of introducing yourself to each student and asking them their name instead of roll calling - I’ve butchered a few names before 🙈🙈🙈

Omg you are probably the teacher everyone wants !!!!

Cannot stress enough how much (as a fairly new teacher) I appreciate your transparency and honesty when it comes to teaching!! It is so inspiring. Thank you for all the content you make! :)

I love the idea that "meet the kids" is the priority. Before the first day of school, I always print out my students' pictures and make flashcards. My goal is to know everyone's name the minute they step into my class. I have about one hundred students and it helps to know their names right off the bat.

@TheCaffeinatedClassroom

4 жыл бұрын

OH MY GOSH! Flashcards are genius! How have I never thought of that?! Totally making some this afternoon!

Great stations. I am so glad your goals were so lovely and student-centered. Way to go!

You woukd be the perfect guest on our tea with teachers podcast!!! You should join us.

This is so great! Thanks for your thoughts! I love the taking roll/get to know the kids strategy. Definitely going to use that tomorrow - my first day of high school English teaching after 23 years of elementary education!

Wish I saw this before the 1st day of school but there is always next year. Thanks for sharing the station idea!

NYC teacher here. I don’t see kids until September 5th, & totally intend to do first day stations after seeing your vlog! We do a ton of station work during the school year, and I think this also sets an expectation of things to come during the year.

@TheCaffeinatedClassroom

4 жыл бұрын

Enjoy the last bits of your summer! Good luck on the beginning of school!!

I did stations and attendance like you and it was awesome! I got to make eye contact with each student and welcome them to my class. Thanks for the great idea!

I love the "meet the kids" concept! Yasss!

I. LOVE. THIS. I am the worst at calling role. Your stations are amazing!

First year teaching for me this year. MS and HS thanks for sharing meet the kids first.

your makeup is ALWAYS on point!

Such a small adjustment with taking the roll, but probably has made a huge difference to your students! I love your station ideas. And your classroom! Do all the teachers in your school decorate in the same way? What has the school provided for you versus you’ve provided?

Very great video. Love your passion and enthusiasm. I am a principal at a high school and yea I can tell that I have the least number of teachers comparing to previous years. Wish I can have some teachers like you in my school; maybe come and spend a vacation here on an island in Micronesia. I hope someone can read this and at least to think about it. I am recruiting for teachers now; Science, Math, Language Arts, Social Studies, Mechanic, Carpentry, Agriculture, Food & Nutrition, Sewing, Child Development.

Wow! I'm an engineering teacher and I wanna be in your class. Kudos for all your hard work. It is evident that you really care and wish for students to move on to further their education. LOVED your video. I will subscribe...

Our first day back is tomorrow. I have 6 stations so I’m a bit nervous. I will also be meeting my kids individually while they complete their stations. I play 2 truths and a lie about myself with my students on the first day. We have a great discussion about books and covers. Then my students do their own 2 truths and a lie. We speed date around the class and attempt to figure out each other’s lie. It all ends with class superlatives like most adventurous, had the most siblings, most likely to get hurt, etc.

Great idea of meet the kids!! Wish that would be something that I could do, but unfortunately we have to do a register on the class board so have no way of getting away with it. BUT my children are a lot younger so might humour me hahah! great video :)

New subscriber! I am a homeschool mom.

Hi! I was just wondering, how many minutes did you give students per station? Thanks! :)

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Love your videos, ideas, and YOU! :) I'm a 7th grade ELA teacher in SE Wisconsin. I'm PUMPED! We start teacher meetings tomorrow and students start after Labor Day. I'm totally using some of your ideas! Thank you! Have a great first full week this week!

@melissaf1057

4 жыл бұрын

I live in SE WI, have a fantastic school year!

@TheCaffeinatedClassroom

4 жыл бұрын

Oh I am so glad you're pumped! Makes for a much better transition back to work, doesn't it?? Good luck!

your classroom is so nice at my school we have a part that’s so hot we can pop popcorn on the floor lol

So sorry I did not watch this before prepping my station activities! LOVE your show, Marie! I am excited to meet-and-greet instead of embarrassing students (and myself) during roll call. Did you greet them at the door or visit them in their stations?

@TheCaffeinatedClassroom

4 жыл бұрын

I am so glad you enjoy!! I greeted students at the door just to say "Welcome," and then went around to their stations and sat down with everyone. It was a really great first day. :)

She looks a lot like phoebe Tonkin! So pretty

The school I go to my English teacher does D.E.A.R. time and it is a way for us to read books during class

Did you eve get around to posting the Google form you had toe the Reading Inventor you had students do? I'd like to see what sort of questions you asked your students for the first day of school.

No idea if you’ll see this question- did you ever buy the light diffusers for the fluorescent lights in your room? I know you said that you weren’t going to but I’m just curious if you did any update to the lighting for 2019-2020. I’m planning my classroom/lighting decor for the Fall (if we end up going back into the classrooms... fingers crossed!)

I’ve done stations the last two year as well. It definitely makes for a less tiring first day. I’m going to try to remember to sit with the kids and ask their names next year. It embarrasses me and the students to butcher their names. One of my stations was browsing through my class library.

@TheCaffeinatedClassroom

4 жыл бұрын

I really like the idea in the comment below of making flashcards to help learn kids' names - maybe we could combine meeting them with making the cards at the same time, so as to include nicknames!

How long do you give kids at each station? Do you have them physically move as a whole class or come and go?

Do you have links to your station materials? They look amazing and love the idea of being able to meet each kid day 1!!

@TheCaffeinatedClassroom

4 жыл бұрын

I just fixed it so the links show up in the video description - must not have saved correctly the first time! Thanks for letting me know!

@shelby2423

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!!!!!

what app do you use to take roll this year

Do You teach at RB?I live down the street but went to Mount Carmel👹

What would you do if you only had 20-25 mins on the first day?

You say “like” constantly and yet you are an English teacher!!!

Hi Marie! I'm a private school second year teacher. I'm wondering if you have a lot of behavior issues because you focus so much on student relationships? Thanks! :) you're awesome

@askiavance3281

4 жыл бұрын

Are there behavior issues in your private school? Just curious

@jennakistler7603

4 жыл бұрын

@@askiavance3281 yes! I actually changed schools because the disrespect was unbelievable. Students skip class, talk over me, refuse to stop using devices.

@askiavance3281

4 жыл бұрын

@@jennakistler7603 omg that's horrible. Is the behavior at your new school better?

I'm in the UK don't go back till the 5th

@TheCaffeinatedClassroom

4 жыл бұрын

Enjoy summer while it lasts!!

It’s interesting how different the education system is in America compared to where I live in Australia ☺️

@xoxokelsey9229

4 жыл бұрын

TerribleVlogsquad same here in the UK

I couldn't follow the video because of the "like like like". It reminded me of a 16 yr old girl from the valley in CA. You may have had good ideas but I couldn't get anything out of it because you were constantly saying "like".

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