Comments on: First Impressions http://blogush.edublogs.org/2009/06/19/first-impressions/ Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself. --Chinese Proverb Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:23:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Delaine Zody http://blogush.edublogs.org/2009/06/19/first-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-720 Delaine Zody Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:48:06 +0000 http://blogush.edublogs.org/?p=243#comment-720 I never hand out rules, syllabus, etc, on the first day of school. I try not to talk too much rather than take roll, tell a little about the class and then let the kids tell me what they think. They have to sit and listen to so many teachers on the first day that they are exhausted, especially the after lunch classes, and I don't want to add to that. The kids just hear blah, blah, blah. I can wait a few days, when things settle down and then we go over rules, etc. This does not go for yearbook class, though. We hit the road running and actually come back to school before the first day of school. I never hand out rules, syllabus, etc, on the first day of school. I try not to talk too much rather than take roll, tell a little about the class and then let the kids tell me what they think. They have to sit and listen to so many teachers on the first day that they are exhausted, especially the after lunch classes, and I don’t want to add to that. The kids just hear blah, blah, blah. I can wait a few days, when things settle down and then we go over rules, etc.

This does not go for yearbook class, though. We hit the road running and actually come back to school before the first day of school.

]]> By: Melissa http://blogush.edublogs.org/2009/06/19/first-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-718 Melissa Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:27:30 +0000 http://blogush.edublogs.org/?p=243#comment-718 Great post...something that I have really never thought about until know. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and helping me to be a better teacher. Great post…something that I have really never thought about until know. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and helping me to be a better teacher.

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