After having success in my own classroom with the reading vocabulary word power point, I put it on our shared folder and emailed that the first four weeks have been done. Another teacher added sound to it, and changed the timing. I felt badly at first. I think I wanted it to be good enough for others to feel that they could just take and use it, and not have to improve upon. Then I realized that it was already very usable, but if a coworker wants to tweak it and make it better, then we all benefit. My first impression is that the sound is kind of annoying, but I think it might be a fun way to practice the vocabulary words by the end of the week.
I have had conversations with two coworkers and they both like the changes I made to the first math unit. Basically, I just added pages to the promethean for vocabulary review and homework pages. Why it's been on my mind is that we will soon begin the second math unit. The technology department gave me a pin so I can use the middle school's scanner. I will take the pages and get them scanned this week. Why I bring this up is that I was feeling stressed over being the teacher who now needs to update the rest of the math units, and create the rest of our reading vocabulary power points. It is not difficult work; it is very time-consuming. My plan is to ask our grade level to share these responsibilities. I know they will pitch in. That will help me out significantly with this busy time.
I totally know where you're coming from. Let me know if you have any luck with your co-workers sharing the responsibilities.
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