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| Substitute Teaching Help |
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Charles Hill |
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If you have ever been a substitute, you know that invariably, you are going to be faced without a lesson plan, a seating chart or teaching materials for the classes you will be teaching that day. Not a good situation to be in for nobody. So, what can you do to make sure the teaching day goes without a hitch? Well, here are some steps you can take to turn a bad situation into a good situation.
1. See if another teacher knows where the absent teacher has placed their materials for the substitute. Usually, this is the case, but not always.
2. If this isn't the case, go to the department chair for that subject, and request some help on resolving the matter to your satisfaction. Maybe, they will have some teaching materials you can use that day.
3. If none of the first two aren't getting you anywhere, its time to take matters into your on hands. So, here is what you will do using the classroom textbook.
4. Find out what subject the class is studying. Now, with the textbook in hand, locate the chapter, and select the paragraphs the class hasn't covered so far. Obviously, it would be great if you knew this information before class, but nevertheless, if you have to ask the students for this information, its ok or you can just select the subject content yourself. It's up to you, but make sure you have written on the board the instructions for completing a Guided Reading Organizer (GRO) before the students enter the classroom.
5. Now, write on the board the instructions for completing a Guided Reading Organizer (GRO) activity. if the students ask you what it's for when they come into the classroom, tell them it's a learning exercise that improves student reading, writing, summarization, and retention of subject content.
Guided Reading Organizer (GRO) Instructions
Name:
Class:
Hour:
Date:
Paragraphs: 1 - 10 (select enough paragraphs to keep them busy during class)
Textbook Chapter Heading or Textbook Chapter Sub Heading (you choose)
A. Is there anything you know from previous experience about the subject? If yes, write this information down in the space below or write, I don't know anything about the subject in the space below.
B. List the words in each paragraph that you don't know the meaning for, look up their meaning and write it down in the space below. If they know the meaning of all the words, then there will not be any words for them to select. If there isn't a dictionary, you'll need to help them.
1. word - meaning of word.
2. next word - meaning of word.
C. Locate any images on the pages of the paragraphs assigned for you to read, and draw this image or draw something related to the subject in the space below if there isn't an image available.
D. What do you think you are going to learn from completing this GRO? Write down your answer in the space below.
E. For each paragraph (P1-P10), write down the main subject of the text, and the main subject's supporting text. Write down your sentences in the space below.
Example:
If all teachers made sure they had emergency teaching materials for substitutes to use in the class when they are absent, substitutes wouldn't have to use this article on helping substitutes.
P1
Main Subject Text: Substitutes aren't being provided with teaching materials sometimes when they substitute for an absent teacher.
Supporting Text: Teachers need to provide emergency teaching materials for their substitute.
F. Write a summary of the subject content using all the Main Subject Texts, and the Supporting Texts in the space below. Make sure you include the textbook information in your summary too. You summary must include a title, be a least one page in length, and skip every other line.
G. Finally, by following these GRO instructions, your day should go without a hitch, and your students will appreciate that. More importantly, you feel good about what you have accomplished. And, don't forget to leave the absent teacher a friendly note detailing the days events, and that, they should make sure there are teaching materials available for the next substitute when they are absent.
Charles Hill, Sr. is the owner of Edu Online Services ( http://www.eduonlineservices.com ), an Internet based provider that provides web based services to enable all past, present and future employees of all educational institutions the opportunity to save time, save money, improve education and to profit personally and professionally from the Internet. |
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