The story takes place in an unnamed school classroom in the United States, in the aftermath of a war between the US and an unnamed country. After just completing my first year of teaching, I have learned MANY new things to do with classroom management. I needed a specific kind of dirt. Many of these stories can be read quite quickly so they make for great discussion topics in class. Since I know snake is a delicacy in Chinese cuisine, I asked her if that was really what she meant. The material from the bottom of my shirt had somehow gotten tucked under my bra and my stomach was showing! I even had all the materials that I needed in my classroom. Then, from behind me I heard a very loud bang and I jumped several feet off the floor. My first year as a computer teacher a second grader (who I swear is Dennis the Mennace incarnate) came up to me before class and asked “Can I lick the chocolate off of my headphones?” Confused, I asked for clarification “why is there chocolate on your headphones?” He answered with a, “they were in my pocket.” As if that should solve the mystery. This particular lesson was on adjectives. It was a disaster. I hope these cautionary tales provide both education and entertainment as you gear up for the new school year! With that and a few similar situations before, I learned always always do the lab before you have students to do. The students got started and about half way through this not so clean lab, we realized it didn’t work. Needless to say all the students went crazy with Oobleck and the classroom floor was a mess. During his adjusting, the pants got caught on the chair and all the buttons unsnapped. He refused to take the paper from me, and tried to go in for recess. When introduced as the first readings in a unit on horror and suspense in literature, King's short stories can be excellent springboards to the work of classic novelists. No matter what type of question was thrown at this student, he could answer it without a problem. The bus was only slightly late due to the snowfall, but parents started picking their students up early because of it. I’ve had great success implementing this unit at the beginning of the year, and I’m sure that you will find great benefits from the short story lessons in your classroom as well! One of the most important being that if a student isn’t sitting still in their seat doesn’t mean that they aren’t learning. Oobleck is a Non-Newtonian fluid made out of cornstarch and water. Gabrielle Healy from Ireland said…I have too many to recall after ten years of teaching in a disadvantaged area of Dublin. Give them a try with your class. Student: I don’t know, but last night he said, “I’d better get to bed. Once, my student asked me to help correct his IELTS writing. For me I always felt like I was chasing my tail (and wasting so much time) trying to get organized in the classroom without really knowing HOW to do it. The reply was, “Bud Light, Bud Draft, Bud Dry and Bud Extra.”. Knowing the imminent parental frustration that was about to occur I traveled with them to the office where I quickly learned unbeknownst to the boys that a fellow colleague had found it! One day as they began arguing and fussing, I needed a moment of peace. This is especially the case when you are trying to keep a straight face with discipline. Lesson learned: Always keep a sweater in the classroom, it does more than keep you warm on a cold day! On the last day of student teaching, the students made a fuss about me going. Touche, my friend, touche. Me: What do you like to do? Even for the students who can be a big handful. I don’t know what happened (I guess I should have really made sure that ALL the parents actually were listening), but one of the cars ended up stopping to get ice cream and gas (and being 30 minutes late for the trip) AND then got lost on the way back as well (due again to getting gas and a ‘treat’ for the kids in her car). He was a very low-level English student. Student: “Well, my roommate needs one.” I realized that I wanted all of the children to be able to do all of the jobs at some point. New teaching jobs in China interviewing now, apply today! You can focus in on their language, themes, and meaning, or you can use them as springboards to inspire student writers in crafting their own stories. Definitely a hard lesson to learn about pacing yourself! I told them to put their heads on their desks for five minutes. References. I was mortified to discover that I felt skin where my shirt should have been covering my stomach. I came from Michigan to Florida and in MI the kids just followed the rule in the classroom I was in my cooperating teaching set up a card system but never really introduced or used it with the kids. Lesson 3: know your audience, I had to be on my toes with this class! Me: “Umm, I really don’t know … I’ve never heard of potato clocks.” However, I knew if I blew up it wouldn’t be productive and the other kids were enjoying the lesson, so I kind of laughed it off and ask the little boy to keep that measurement to himself and that they had to measure objects not body parts. I figured he’d go with stupid, or loser, or idiot – something not great, but at least not homophobic. One day, a dear child got very angry and in his bullying went and took two pushpins from the wall and then proceeded to chase another student around the classroom. Explain to the students that this is called a 'short story' because it is shorter than a novel or a book-length story. Maybe especially for those students. 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