Adventures From The Classroom

Everyday in the classroom is a new adventure. Hi! I'm Elizabeth! I teach fourth grade dual immersion (just the English) in California. Welcome to the blog and enjoy.

[adventuresfromtheclassroom]

Student Research FDN on Twitter

“Teachers: Are influences on student career paths what you expected? https://t.co/gvBR44oFif #edchat”

[scaredpotter]

tbh the most unrealistic thing in harry potter is when mrs weasley in the first book asks “now what’s the platform number?”

like this woman has been going to that school for seven years and then dropped kids off on the same place for nearly ten like why on earth would she forget the platform number

[marauders4evr]

I still have the headcanon that Molly BAMF Weasley saw a scrawny underfed child with an owl who had no idea where he was going and looked lost and confused and was like, “Ah, yep, new son.” but didn’t want to scare him by outright approaching and asking if he needed help so she was just like, “MUGGLES, MUGGLES EVERYWHERE! DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THE PLATFORM NUMBER TO WIZARD SCHOOL IS? WHAT’S THAT? NINE AND THREE QUARTERS? OH, YES, THAT’S RIGHT. THE PLATFORM NUMBER IS   N I N E   A N D   T H R E E    Q U A R T E R S!”

Of course seeing as how Harry isn’t the most observant bloke, she probably ushered her kids past him fifty times as different ones screamed the platform number until they finally got his attention.

[harrypotterdailly]

I didn’t shoot it like a scene where you [say] action [and] cut. I kind of let the camera roll for four or five minutes and I let Helena and Emma improvise to a certain extent those moments, so they could build an intensity together. […] There were one or two moments that were really powerful, where Emma was able to just let go a little bit and forget for a moment that she was acting. And the screams were quite horrible to listen to. It was a very odd energy in the room. I felt in that moment, and in that day and in that room, she kind of crossed the line as an actress. She discovered something within herself that will make her a great actor. (x)

[illinicoise]

“But if you forget to reblog Madame Zeroni, you and your family will be cursed for always and eternity.”

[spn-fandom-breathing-heavily]

not even risking that shit

[codyslipring-deactivated2015060]

scrolled past this, re-evaluated my life, then SCROOOLLLED back up and hit the damn reblog button. 

[tumblgang]

She ain’t no games in real life so I take her serious all the time

Anyone with a name that starts with a “Z”, ends with an “i”, and isn’t some kind of Italian pasta, IS SERIOUS

I’m not climbing no mountain with a pig on my back, 🙅🏽🙅🏾🙅🏿 Negative.

[skuubasally]

Nope. I know better, have your reblog Madame Zeroni.

[luckytaters]

who the fuck is Madame Zeroni

[saudadesinfinitas-deactivated20]

Look at these stupid children who don’t know who Madame Zeroni is

[fuckyeahpeakyblinders]

It’s time!

[rus-califi]

Welcome to the space age, ladies and gentlemen

[shunkawarakin]

This is really quite a big deal. A tremendous amount of modern research ends up being sold to journals which require unreasonable payments to access it and only pay the original authors a pittance. It’s nice to see an agency like NASA deliberately widebanding its findings.

[vabla]

Not sure if people fully realize just how big of a deal this is. THIS is how science is advanced. Not through biased corporate research, business secrets, marketing, paywalls and patent wars. But through open, uncensored and unrestricted public access to knowledge.

[question-the-status-quo-deactiv]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/?term=%22nasa+funded%22[Filter]

^ There’s the direct link to all the studies.

[supaslim]

NASA IS GOOD, NASA IS GREAT

[aripuppyistired]

@osunism

[nyokoko]

NASA is the hero we don’t deserve.

[nightpiercer]

This deserves every reblog.

[blackwoolncrown]

DOWNLOAD AS MUCH AS YOU CAN bc there’s good reason to believe this isn’t going to stay available.

[advanced-procrastination]

*waits for students to quiet down*

*starts to speak*

*student A starts talking to neighbor*

*waits for student to stop talking*

*student A stops*

*says one syllable*

*Student B yells at Student C for something I didn’t even see happen*

*Gives students the stink eye*

*Students quit bickering*

*waits 10 more seconds*

*absolute silence, all students watching me*

*open mouth*

*Student D begins singing a Russian pop song while student E pulls out tambourines and Student F starts screaming that they saw a clown looking in our second-story window*

[theycallme-mssunshine]

A teacher’s life

[mrskaaay]

Stop narrating my 7th period my gawd

[elviajedelaesperanza]

this was my 3rd hour today. UGH.

[beckieteaches]

My 6th period. Bruh.

[coffee-teach-wine]

7th. Every single day.

[adventuresfromtheclassroom]

Educators on Bullet Journaling

“Let us pick up our books and our pens. They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.” – Malala Yousafzai In August 2016, a survey was field...

I absolutely love my BuJo and I am finding more and more ways to use it to help me in the classroom. Hopefully this inspires one of you to pick up a journal and organize your life. 

(A good place to start after reading this blog post is the beginners video on bulletjournal.com)

Happy Journaling!

[ohsnix]

What’s your best tip for cultivating love and respect with students?

We’re talking really, really practical things. Ready, set, go!

[artedish]

Classroom environment. I put up pictures of my kids everywhere. They love it. I never realized how much it mattered to them. I used to think it was all just about me and my own thinking, but it really has impacted them. We were doing a lesson on critique today and for the bell ringer I had them critique me/my class using our Glow and Grow protocol. It melted my heart when one of your boys raised his hand and said that his favorite part of my class was all the pictures I put up and how beautiful the room is.

[coffee-teach-wine]

I go to a ton of after school events. I ask about their lives.

My computer wallpaper is a slideshow of things we do in class, me and students at games, and general celebrations. They love seeing what comes up!

[adventuresfromtheclassroom]

I ask about their lives. We speak as a community often, with a trust circle every morning. Sometimes it is a topic that is very serious, like, “What is the kindest thing someone has done for you?” Sometimes it is something silly, like, “What is your favorite ice cream?” It creates community between them but also with me. 

Another easy one is taking out “temperatures” in the morning. The kids share how they are feeling from one to ten. It lets everyone know who needs a little extra love and I can follow up with the really low ones later. We love this so much at my school that we use it at staff meetings as well.

[artedish]

Thinking some more

Also a 100% supporter/fanatic about greeting your students at the door.

Every. Single. Day.

I know so many teachers who don’t do this and it’s killing the vibes in their room. You can lose that extra minute of shuffling around papers and changing your power points to welcome in your kids.

It is the most important minute of my lessons. I look in the face of every kid as they enter the room and tell them good morning/good afternoon. I get to hug the ones who are clearly having a bad day and smile at my pranksters so they know the buck stops right here at the doorway. It comes up in my evaluations every year.

Best way to get the temperature of the room before we start.

[ohsnix]

I don’t do this, but this post makes me consider it. 

[inthemiddleofclass]

I’m thankful our school requires this. It helps me gauge the atmosphere of the room before class even begins. It helps me address issues one on one with students without the whole “stay after class” thing. Plus it allows students to see us outside of the classroom.

[coffee-teach-wine]

I do this too. It’s a good way to set the tone. Greet them by name. “Hey Al! How was your weekend?!” “Hey Sam - great game last night!”

Little things like that go a long way.

And I also do high fives / fist bumps when they leave. It’s a chance to celebrate student work and end on a positive note - regardless of any incident in class.

There was one day where I was in such a terrible mood and the bell rang and I stayed at my desk.

Every. Single. Student. Came to my desk to get the fist bump before leaving.

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

Be the one who nurtures and builds. Be the one who has an understanding and forgiving heart. Be the one who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them.

Marvin J.Ashton (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

[bootsnblossoms]

Tweets from Parents that Perfectly Summed up Parenting

[chonkychickenlady]

This is parenting.

[autistic-goblin666]

I lost it at the haunted toothbrush xD

[bakerssmurf]

Omg-some of these are so true it’s like I’m living them!

[southernsideofme-deactivated201]

Wait for it…

[association-of-free-people]

Witchcraft

[unlimited-shitpost-works-deacti]

[perspectivemax-deactivated20181]

Oh

[secondhand-sheep-shack]

The math geek in me is giddy. 

[brosefvondudehomie-deactivated2]

WITCHCRAFT!!! BURN THE WITCH!!!

[theheartbrokenlibertarian]

I don’t buy that “graph” even a little. It’s clear that what I just witnessed is impossible without some kind of magic spell.

[dontneedfeminism2]

Bruh.

[ahshmeeeee-in-wonderland]

“I’m as professionally developed as I’m gonna get” 😂😂

[general-anxiety]

“ESL….deaf…bipolar schizophrenia…hey, wait! I ain’t Jesus!” My liiiife.

[see-mary-teach-deactivated20210]

😂😂😂

[teachertotodile-deactivated2017]

When that kid does that thing after you just told them not to.

[adventuresfromtheclassroom]

When my students use the class phone

Student: *picks up phone* Room 1101. Student speaking. *pause* One moment. *Hangs up phone* ------- is on the phone for you, teacher.

Me: *face palm*

[rabioheab-deactivated20200416]

i hate americans and their stupid fahrenheit temperatures

[rabioheab-deactivated20200416]

i only made this post in the hopes that someone would reblog it with the caption “don’t fahrenhate” and you’ve all disappointed me greatly

[danglingthpider]

don’t be a celsiass

[the-winter-stoner-blog]

its too fahrenlate