Monday, October 6, 2008

A Shout Out to All Experienced Elementary School Teachers

After reading our text and trying to wrap my brain around all of the responsibilities that an elementary school teacher has, I have a few questions that I thought some experienced elementary school teachers might be able to help me with.

1. Do you actually assess students for the first time when assigning them to a reading level or does the school's reading specialist do that?

2. There is such a wealth of resources out there. Does your school designate which books/basals/textbooks you are required to use, do you select your own, or is it a combination of both?

3. How much budget money is a teacher usually given to spend on "items/activities" that they might want to use to teach or reinforce lessons?

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