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You could be a middle school teacher if...
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Each blog post has a secret code word or phrase and a number. The code words/phrases fit together in numerical order to make a secret sentence.
My code phrase is: is not
Those two words fill positions #3 and #4 in the secret sentence.
Collect the words from each blog by clicking on the blog pictures below. Write the collected words in numerical order, and copy the finished secret sentence into the joint Rafflecopter giveaway.
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you have ever been looked at with great pity when someone asks you what you teach and have to explain you actually really love it!
ReplyDeleteOh my word, yes! The look on their face is just priceless. A combination of pity and wonder (about your sanity probably). :D The world's best kept secret is that NOBODY has as much fun at work as middle school teachers! Shhhh. Don't tell!
DeleteAnd you have to have both!
ReplyDeleteyou can handle spinner, water bottle tossing, and the "dab" without blinking and possibly use it to show a science concept to keep their interest!
ReplyDeleteWithout breaking stride!
DeleteYou might be a middle school teacher if... how students will twist around everything you say is always at the front of your brain!
ReplyDeleteI think we all have - or quickly develop that automatic filtering capability!
DeleteYou could be a middle school teacher if... you want to actually TEACH CONTENT to students - not just how to fill out worksheets and complete busywork.
ReplyDeletewhen you tell someone you are a middle school teacher...and they immediately apologize to you.
ReplyDeleteThis made me laugh so hard!
Delete...people cringe when you tell them what grade level you teach and then immediately say, "Oooooh, bless you!"
ReplyDeleteOr, "Are you nuts?" :)
DeleteYou could be a middle school teacher....if you can make hundreds of split second decisions in a single class period.
ReplyDeleteYou might be a middle school teacher if you are also a game show host, counselor, coach, accountant, cheerleader, film maker, artist, negotiator, salesperson, surrogate parent and innovator.
ReplyDelete!! So true!!
DeleteYou have mastered the bottle flip and then dab when done
ReplyDeleteI might need to work on dabbing.... :)
Delete...if you love seeing that spark when kids grasp an abstract concept for the first time, making connections and generalizations, and yet you also recognize that some of the younger kids in the class are still very, very literal and concrete. And that's okay, because your lessons include activities to nurture that too.
ReplyDeleteOh boy, I agree with this. I think middle school teachers have to understand things at a college level and explain things like a story book.
DeleteIf you are always looking for the best non-hazardous way the make your room smell better.
ReplyDeleteWhen you figure that out, please let us know how you accomplished it!
DeleteYou could be a middle school teacher if...you are quirky and upbeat! Middle school students are one in their own! You need to beat to your own drum and connect with the students and stay on top of the "coolest" trends to be a true middle schooler at heart
ReplyDeleteYou don't mind it when the day you planned for gets pushed back by a day or 2 not just once but a couple of times.
ReplyDeleteIf you love the energy and enthusiasm of middle schoolers and have a heart for the hornonally challenged.
ReplyDeleteI"m seriously laughing out loud alone in my house like a crazy woman over "have a heart for the hormonally challenged" :D Too funny!
ReplyDeleteYou could be a middle school teacher if you find middle school students funny.
ReplyDeleteYou could be a middle school teacher if you cringe as you hear the word "balls" come out of your mouth during a demonstration of momentum while teaching forces and motion.
ReplyDeleteI was wait for someone to list this absolute requirement for being a middle school teacher! We all know "the list" of words one must not say in a middle school classroom. :D
Deleteyou first love all students and accept what they bring to your classroom and have the energy and support of your fellow team colleagues and access to such great resources such as yourself on TPT!
ReplyDeleteAwww - Thank you!
DeleteYou could be a middle school teacher if...
ReplyDeleteYou love teaching about sexual and asexual reproduction, just because of the reaction of the kids when you say those words.
Oh, yes! Not to mention sperm and eggs!
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