The Sub Tub: Be prepared for a substitute teacher
As part of my MCC certification course I was assigned the task of making an organized resource for a substitute. I am a pinterest junkie and I had seen the idea of a sub tub. This is a hanging file folder tub with assignment choices, seating charts, procedures, pictures of where work should be turned in for each class and important locations of supplies etc, classroom rules, a map of the school, important phone numbers and even student pictures (if you feel really creative). I know that I will have 2 classes this year, 7th grade life science and 8th grade earth science so I needed resources for both preps. So this is how I went about conquering this task... I began by choosing activities that any sub could handle with little or no science experience--22 for each subject. Yeah, I know that is allot but there is a method to my madness. Every activity in my tub should take about 30 min of class time. Since kids are a bit rambunctious anytime there is ...