I AM a substitute teacher

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it's just a little job to get me through the end of my college career.

Oh My God! Kids! In groups!

― aimurchie (aimurchie), Friday, 26 January 2007 15:45 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.schoolofrockmovie.com/

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Friday, 26 January 2007 15:47 (eighteen years ago)

Fast Times at Ridgemont High!

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Friday, 26 January 2007 15:48 (eighteen years ago)

I wish. But no. I was the Art teacher on Tuesday!
That involved me letting six different groups (classes) use every single glitter shaker and glue stick in sight.
For me, the hard part was having kindergarten, then third grade, then first grade, then kindergarten....because I don't know so much about all these kids!

I came home with some excellent art!
"I made this for you Miss Alison!"
Also, lots of valentines.

― aimurchie (aimurchie), Friday, 26 January 2007 16:13 (eighteen years ago)

I want a videotape!

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Friday, 26 January 2007 16:19 (eighteen years ago)

I think that's illegal!

Fun substitute teaching facts:
If the room gets too noisy, the teacher raises his/her hand with five fingers. That's a count-down to everyone shushing up and being quiet. All of the kids raise their hands and the kids who AREN'T participating in the shushing countdown are asked by the other kids to participate.
5-4-3-2-1.

It's a good policy. If there is noise after the countdown, well, I don't think we have to be punitive!

The thing I've noticed the most is how much stuff kids have. I have way less stuff than the average, um first grader. They have water bottles! They have back packs! I never needed a back pack on my eighteen mile uphill both ways walk to school.

― aimurchie (aimurchie), Friday, 26 January 2007 17:13 (eighteen years ago)

Make sure the unpopular kids get a valentine, so they don't end up on some internet message board complaining about their virginity.

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Friday, 26 January 2007 17:14 (eighteen years ago)

the teacher raises his/her hand with five fingers.

haha, that's the "give me five" technique by Wong. (That book is so de riguer for new teachers that I was given two copies when I started.)

Luckily it worked for you as it was an exercise in futitily with my older kids. One year there was a brand new, overwhelmed, teacher in the room next to me and when I saw her doing the give me five while the class completely ignored her I just wanted to bust out laughing.

I'm glad your first day went well. :)

― Ms Misery (MissMiseryTX), Friday, 26 January 2007 19:04 (eighteen years ago)

It works well except when it doesn't. The kids targeted me for a sucker, and ...
let's just say I think I was the BEST for the kids, and the WORST for the teachers.
The "make a card for the troops serving in Iraq" raised some questions.
"but they don't even know how to talk! English!"
"You're not writing to Iraqis - you're writing to soldiers. I assume they speak English."

Valentines! To soldiers!
A couple of boys got into a debate about Russia and Germany and asked me to help them draw helmets. They think we (the U.S.) is
/ are at war with Russia, Germany and Iraq.
Meanwhile, the girls colored in their heart shaped valentines to the soldiers.
granted, I am a sub and they had to do something, but...
my politics almost got the best of me.
I drew hearts and helmets for eight year olds.
And then, I went to the OTHER third grade class - and we played hangman!(Their teacher's reccomendation).Until the bell rang.

Oh, the irony!

― aimurchie (aimurchie), Saturday, 27 January 2007 04:00 (eighteen years ago)

four years pass...

the comments to this yahoo arizona substitute teacher hoax story are unbelievable

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110324/ap_on_re_us/us_immigration_teacher_s_letter#mwpphu-container

― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 24 March 2011 21:14 (fourteen years ago)

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