Michelle, I want you to know that your weekly videos are part of what keeps me going. I’m in a very hard school and I’m constantly stressed and overwhelmed. I’ve even considered quitting. But you remind me of all the little joys of teaching and keep me inspired to be better, despite the hand that I’ve been dealt. Thank you for being you.
I’m sure anyone watching here and/or knows you, did not doubt your observation would go great! Your students are so blessed to have you as their teacher! You’re so organized and have so much compassion! 💛
I stumbled across your videos this weekend and I’ve been binge watching them since! You’re so amazing! I admire your passion and honesty with teaching, and it makes me so excited for my future career! (I’m currently working towards an Elementary Ed. degree) Thank you so much for your amazing videos and tips and tricks! Love it!
I could watch your vlogs all day! I try to take tips on organizing and little activities to do with my babies. So helpful, and just a joy to watch. ❤️ Send some well vibes to the teachers of Wv who are currently on strike. Monday will make day 3 of the entire state closing schools. I wish everyone appreciated teachers/public workers. (Not a teacher just a mother of littles in school 🙂)
This is coming from a non tech savvy teacher/private tutor.....would you have time to add to one of your videos exactly how you make task cards? I’m sure it’s probably a no brainer....but, like I mentioned, I am clueless when it comes to tech stuff. Thank you Michelle! You are an inspiration to me and I thoroughly enjoy your content each week. Everything you post is super helpful.
There are TPT sellers who sell (and even sometimes post for free) task card templates. That's where I get mine from. But you can always just create 2 lines down the middle vertical and middle horizontal and do it that way.
I make my own task cards all the time. I use PowerPoint with the slide resized to the size of my paper (we use A4 in Australia). I tend to use landscape and make sure I can view guidelines so I can see where the quarter of the page marker is. Then it's just a matter of inserting shapes (for the border) and text boxes where you want them. I can't tell you have many boring old worksheets I've converted to task cards. It's way more interesting for the kids because they get a movement break at the end of each question, and they're not overwhelmed with how much they're meant to get through.
So I've just recently found your videos around a week ago, and have watched the Teacher Evolution videos. I just finished this one, so now I'm on the 35th. I have always wanted to become a teacher, since I was young and it's the career for me! You have soooooo reassured me, encouraging me and advising me how I could be the best teacher. Thank you ever so much. I am hoping to make vlogs like yours when I start teaching, as there aren't many Teacher UA-camrs from England. Just wanted to say thank youuu! p.s. I am so happy I witnessed you hit 100K subscribers, can't wait to see that number grow even more!
Love the view of the whole classroom. The room is pretty packed but looks very organized and ready to go no matter the situation. I am sure it takes a lot of work to keep up with the little people.
Thank you so much for sharing your teaching experiences. This is my 12th year teaching but i'm a firm believer that there is always space to learn and become a better educator. Your videos are giving me ideas for organizing my classroom better. Also, your glimpse into your lessons/activities also gives me some cool ideas. Thank you! Look forward to seeing more videos. Congrats on your awesome observation and have a stress free week with PTC!
I literally have to watch your videos to get through grading lol I like to save your weekly video for a heavy grading night lol or watch it in parts to get my grading done throughout the week. Thank you for the inspiration!!!
Thank you so much for your transparency and advice. I just moved from middle school to 3rd grade and boy! I am challenged! I have my formal observation the middle of March and need to tighten things up!
As always, Michelle, great video!! I love all your organizational ideas and the math, etc. activities!!❤️ I have used many of your ideas in my classroom and have shared them with my coworkers. Have a great week!!❤️❤️
When we were working in my classroom before the school year started, my Mama took an empty paper towel roll and put my yard/meter sticks in it and laid it on a shelf. It has worked like a charm all year.
Yay. So glad your observation went well. Your lesson looked awesome from what you showed us. I love Anglegs- just started using them with my second grade class this week to build sides and vertices of 2D shapes.
Congrats on your observation! I love you so much! You class is also so big I love all the cabinets! Have a great afternoon! Good luck this week! Lastly we had this past week of for February Break! You do deserve a break!
I have an informal observation this Thursday. We’ve been having them every 2 weeks since we came back from Christmas break. I hate them because they give me so much anxiety. I’m still new to teaching (it’s my second year) so I’m still working on classroom management and lesson delivery. It isn’t easy but it is very rewarding. I’m glad your observation went well. Good luck with your busy week this week!
Yes!! I would LOVE to see another MAIL HAUL and how you make your PPT (especially if you use Google Slides and use your own fonts, etc.)! And congratulations on a successful observation. My last one is on Thursday! Fingers crossed!! Have a great week!
I loved the science experiment. Sometimes the salt can stick to the plastic, or the students might not be able to see it. When I was in primary 4 (3rd grade equivalent), we used rice to show this. It’s bigger and it doesn’t stick xx
Congratulations on the observation, but I don't think anyone here has any doubt that you wouldn't do great. I like the idea of storing the yard sticks in a PVC pipe but I'd make sure it's straped to something so it doesn't fall over since they're usually rounded at one end. Have a great weekend!!
Actually you can get an attachment that makes it flat and sealed off. I actually think a poster tube is better and cleaner looking. PVC pipes tend to have a "dirty" look to them with product stamping on it.
I'm in grade 9 and for a while now I've been thinking about want I want to do in the future and that's teaching (younger kids!). And ever since I found your channel a couple months ago, it make me want to be one even more!
Love the idea of doing task cards to replace a worksheet! I have done task cards before for review, but I am going to start mixing up worksheet work with them too! Thanks for the idea!
I have so many water jogs.... car water jug... gym water jug... school water jug... home water jug.... it's a problem. So I feel ya! :) Your closets are goals!
Hi I am Olivia. I am 10 years old. I am not an actual teacher but I play teacher at my house. You are such an amazing teacher and you are what inspires me to keep teaching. You are the best and I think everyone who cares about you like me knows that.
Hi Michele! I was wondering if you’ll start doing mail halls again? They don’t have to be really long, but just so we can see what you’ve gotten for mail in the week? I sent a letter to you a couple of weeks ago and I just wanted to make sure you got it! Thanks!
I feel you so hard with leaving the water bottle at work😂 pretty much everyone, including me, at my job has a work water bottle that they just leave there haha
Glad to hear your observation went well! I was thinking of using part of your math lesson about polygons and integrate it with an art lesson, also liked the warm up ( start right away) math questions, I could have signs on the table so when the students walk in they can start right away! Thank you for all your videos, they are always helpful! :-)
Am a high school principal and I highly agree with your Principal observation I hope I can have you teach in my high school you would make a good high school math teacher
Love, Love, Love your channel, attitude towards teaching and kids learning! I only wish you taught reading, so that I could use your awesome ideas, but I do get ideas from how you teach math
It's interesting how different the observation system can be from state to state - where I teach, we don't have any formal observations unless we're up for a contract change or certificate renewal. When I was going from Induction to Annual and Annual to Continuing contracts, I had two formal observations each semester (one announced, one unannounced) as well as multiple informal observations. Now that I'm on a continuing contract and I have gotten my professional teaching certificate (end of 2nd year), I only have informal observations until I get to my Renewal year (every 5th year once you receive your professional certificate - so 2021 for me). We all do SLOs every year, but all that gets reported to the state is whether we've Met or Not Met our proficiency goals. There are added observations and things if you're Not Met on an SLO, but I'm not sure what that entails as I've never been through it - this is only our 3rd year, and I've only ever had 1 student not meet their individual goal (by ONE point!!). We're only required to have 80% achieve their goals in order to be considered Met.
Congrats on the observation. I have one more this year to go. I loved your idea of the review task cards! I'm going to do something similar this week with my math lab classes. I thought the same as you -why haven't I ever thought of this before! 🤔 Great idea. I'm about to get some made up for tomorrow!
These kids are so lucky to have a good education. I’m in 8th grade and we just learned things ab sound energy and mediums and I only learned the basic math skill in 6th grade. The school system in the Detroit area is really slow compared to your area. I hope the kids realize how lucky they are. :)
Glad your observation went well. I absolutely love the handouts/worksheets you make for your students, as well as the PowerPoint presentations. Have you done a vlog on this before? Will you consider doing one for those of us who are not that handy with the computer?
WOW... I have a new found RESPECT for all TEACHERS!! I sometimes feel scared for my Grandchildren. Are they getting enough? Oh Yes.. They are😎 From my ❤️ to yours.. Thank You😎.. I’m considering volunteering at their school❤️
Your vlogs this year are giving me so much hope! The difference between schools can make a huge impact and I know that I will be able to find the right place for me, too. Where did you get your paper cutter? I have one of those scrap booking ones but it takes me forever to use it bc I'm such a perfectionist 🤦🏼♀️
I love your videos. You are always so positive. I am very interested in the task cards you did for your math lesson. Did you use google docs to create those?
I wish my school gave us any hints about when we'd be observed! I had a surprise observation once this year, in October, I'm not sure if I will be observed again for the rest of the year 😞
I can’t wait to get your labels. I absolutely love them. I use them in my classroom all over the place. Also I was wondering if you put your PowerPoint in your tpt store.
Congratulations on your observation. Do you have a video on how you prepare for an observation. I definitely could use the help if you do. Mine is coming up soon.
Hello!! I love all your videos and I am a college student working towards a degree elementary education! I was wondering if you could do a video on how you design your labels, powerpoints, and all of your graphic design tips!
Hey, I really love your GATE icons of depth & complexity. Can you tell me where you got them? I havne't seen them with the guiding questions like you have underneath.
Math Block always runs long lol. Never enough time for the Exit Ticket in ELA Block IMO. I thought your e-mail was my e-mail because I'm working and watching your vlog
you could have used the olymipcs with snowboarding or skiing when they do tricks and do a "360" or whatever they do lol...im not a snowboarder...but apparently doing a 1080 gets you major points lol
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I love how you have the spirit to get stuff done but still make time to relax
Michelle,
I want you to know that your weekly videos are part of what keeps me going. I’m in a very hard school and I’m constantly stressed and overwhelmed. I’ve even considered quitting. But you remind me of all the little joys of teaching and keep me inspired to be better, despite the hand that I’ve been dealt. Thank you for being you.
I don’t know why, but I love the sound of your front door opening 😂😂
Brooklyn S me too
Me too!
Omg same!
Brooklyn S same it's so weird why I love it
Brooklyn S same
I wish that I could go back to when I was single digits and be a student of Michelle Ferre's Classroom sometimes .
- Dwight
djthereplay same
Same even though I’m 11 I’m still going to middle school and she’s 4th grade
I've been teaching for many years, but I'm learning a lot from your videos! Thankies! You're awesome!
I’m sure anyone watching here and/or knows you, did not doubt your observation would go great! Your students are so blessed to have you as their teacher! You’re so organized and have so much compassion! 💛
I stumbled across your videos this weekend and I’ve been binge watching them since! You’re so amazing! I admire your passion and honesty with teaching, and it makes me so excited for my future career! (I’m currently working towards an Elementary Ed. degree)
Thank you so much for your amazing videos and tips and tricks! Love it!
I could watch your vlogs all day! I try to take tips on organizing and little activities to do with my babies. So helpful, and just a joy to watch. ❤️
Send some well vibes to the teachers of Wv who are currently on strike. Monday will make day 3 of the entire state closing schools. I wish everyone appreciated teachers/public workers. (Not a teacher just a mother of littles in school 🙂)
This is coming from a non tech savvy teacher/private tutor.....would you have time to add to one of your videos exactly how you make task cards? I’m sure it’s probably a no brainer....but, like I mentioned, I am clueless when it comes to tech stuff. Thank you Michelle! You are an inspiration to me and I thoroughly enjoy your content each week. Everything you post is super helpful.
There are TPT sellers who sell (and even sometimes post for free) task card templates. That's where I get mine from. But you can always just create 2 lines down the middle vertical and middle horizontal and do it that way.
I make my own task cards all the time. I use PowerPoint with the slide resized to the size of my paper (we use A4 in Australia). I tend to use landscape and make sure I can view guidelines so I can see where the quarter of the page marker is. Then it's just a matter of inserting shapes (for the border) and text boxes where you want them. I can't tell you have many boring old worksheets I've converted to task cards. It's way more interesting for the kids because they get a movement break at the end of each question, and they're not overwhelmed with how much they're meant to get through.
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So I've just recently found your videos around a week ago, and have watched the Teacher Evolution videos. I just finished this one, so now I'm on the 35th. I have always wanted to become a teacher, since I was young and it's the career for me! You have soooooo reassured me, encouraging me and advising me how I could be the best teacher. Thank you ever so much. I am hoping to make vlogs like yours when I start teaching, as there aren't many Teacher UA-camrs from England. Just wanted to say thank youuu!
p.s. I am so happy I witnessed you hit 100K subscribers, can't wait to see that number grow even more!
I know it's so minor, but I loved that you explained how to paste the labels.
Fatima Saleh double sided clear tape
So glad you had a great observation!! I had my unannounced the other day and its such a relief when it is over. Now I just need to get the feedback!
Love the view of the whole classroom. The room is pretty packed but looks very organized and ready to go no matter the situation. I am sure it takes a lot of work to keep up with the little people.
Congratulations on your successful observation. You are amazing!!!!!
Thank you so much for sharing your teaching experiences. This is my 12th year teaching but i'm a firm believer that there is always space to learn and become a better educator. Your videos are giving me ideas for organizing my classroom better. Also, your glimpse into your lessons/activities also gives me some cool ideas. Thank you! Look forward to seeing more videos. Congrats on your awesome observation and have a stress free week with PTC!
I literally have to watch your videos to get through grading lol I like to save your weekly video for a heavy grading night lol or watch it in parts to get my grading done throughout the week. Thank you for the inspiration!!!
when you said “mr. pocketful of primary” towards the beginning of the video😂😂😂
This gives me a new appreciation for my teacher
I am not even a teacher and i love your videos. I wish i could be in your class sometimes. You are amazing!
Thank you so much for your transparency and advice. I just moved from middle school to 3rd grade and boy! I am challenged! I have my formal observation the middle of March and need to tighten things up!
As always, Michelle, great video!! I love all your organizational ideas and the math, etc. activities!!❤️ I have used many of your ideas in my classroom and have shared them with my coworkers. Have a great week!!❤️❤️
Congratulations Michelle!!!! Yay
When we were working in my classroom before the school year started, my Mama took an empty paper towel roll and put my yard/meter sticks in it and laid it on a shelf. It has worked like a charm all year.
Yay. So glad your observation went well. Your lesson looked awesome from what you showed us. I love Anglegs- just started using them with my second grade class this week to build sides and vertices of 2D shapes.
Congrats on your observation! I love you so much! You class is also so big I love all the cabinets! Have a great afternoon! Good luck this week! Lastly we had this past week of for February Break! You do deserve a break!
I have an informal observation this Thursday. We’ve been having them every 2 weeks since we came back from Christmas break. I hate them because they give me so much anxiety. I’m still new to teaching (it’s my second year) so I’m still working on classroom management and lesson delivery. It isn’t easy but it is very rewarding. I’m glad your observation went well. Good luck with your busy week this week!
I love your videos! Thank you for running through your lesson for math. I'm student teaching so it was really helpful to see what you do!
Yes!! I would LOVE to see another MAIL HAUL and how you make your PPT (especially if you use Google Slides and use your own fonts, etc.)! And congratulations on a successful observation. My last one is on Thursday! Fingers crossed!! Have a great week!
I loved the science experiment. Sometimes the salt can stick to the plastic, or the students might not be able to see it. When I was in primary 4 (3rd grade equivalent), we used rice to show this. It’s bigger and it doesn’t stick xx
Congratulations on the observation, but I don't think anyone here has any doubt that you wouldn't do great. I like the idea of storing the yard sticks in a PVC pipe but I'd make sure it's straped to something so it doesn't fall over since they're usually rounded at one end. Have a great weekend!!
Actually you can get an attachment that makes it flat and sealed off. I actually think a poster tube is better and cleaner looking. PVC pipes tend to have a "dirty" look to them with product stamping on it.
New teacher here. I have a formal observation scheduled for thw beginning of Nov! Ahhhhg
I'm in grade 9 and for a while now I've been thinking about want I want to do in the future and that's teaching (younger kids!). And ever since I found your channel a couple months ago, it make me want to be one even more!
I love how POSITIVE the vlog was this week!!!!! So refreshing!!! :)
I’ve been teaching for 20 years and I still get nervous about observations and walkthroughs. Please upload to TPT your Math lessons and worksheets!
Love the idea of doing task cards to replace a worksheet! I have done task cards before for review, but I am going to start mixing up worksheet work with them too! Thanks for the idea!
I'm just starting my channel for teachers (in French) after watching so many of your videos, you're very inspirational
I love Tasks Cards around the room , I call it Scooting Around the Room when they can roam around the room and work .
I have so many water jogs.... car water jug... gym water jug... school water jug... home water jug.... it's a problem. So I feel ya! :) Your closets are goals!
Hi I am Olivia. I am 10 years old. I am not an actual teacher but I play teacher at my house. You are such an amazing teacher and you are what inspires me to keep teaching. You are the best and I think everyone who cares about you like me knows that.
Hi Michele! I was wondering if you’ll start doing mail halls again? They don’t have to be really long, but just so we can see what you’ve gotten for mail in the week? I sent a letter to you a couple of weeks ago and I just wanted to make sure you got it! Thanks!
I love the idea of turning a math worksheet into task cards. How fun! Do you have a task card template in your tpt store?
Michelle- are your PowerPoint lessons available through TPT? If not, please add them! You've put in so much work. Share it with the world! 😊
Yessssss!! Agreed!!!
I feel you so hard with leaving the water bottle at work😂 pretty much everyone, including me, at my job has a work water bottle that they just leave there haha
Glad to hear your observation went well! I was thinking of using part of your math lesson about polygons and integrate it with an art lesson, also liked the warm up ( start right away) math questions, I could have signs on the table so when the students walk in they can start right away! Thank you for all your videos, they are always helpful! :-)
Am a high school principal and I highly agree with your Principal observation I hope I can have you teach in my high school you would make a good high school math teacher
Love, Love, Love your channel, attitude towards teaching and kids learning! I only wish you taught reading, so that I could use your awesome ideas, but I do get ideas from how you teach math
What a fun math lesson for your students!! I also love your labels.
It's interesting how different the observation system can be from state to state - where I teach, we don't have any formal observations unless we're up for a contract change or certificate renewal. When I was going from Induction to Annual and Annual to Continuing contracts, I had two formal observations each semester (one announced, one unannounced) as well as multiple informal observations. Now that I'm on a continuing contract and I have gotten my professional teaching certificate (end of 2nd year), I only have informal observations until I get to my Renewal year (every 5th year once you receive your professional certificate - so 2021 for me).
We all do SLOs every year, but all that gets reported to the state is whether we've Met or Not Met our proficiency goals. There are added observations and things if you're Not Met on an SLO, but I'm not sure what that entails as I've never been through it - this is only our 3rd year, and I've only ever had 1 student not meet their individual goal (by ONE point!!). We're only required to have 80% achieve their goals in order to be considered Met.
You are awesome! Congratulations on having a great observation! 🎊
Congrats on the observation. I have one more this year to go. I loved your idea of the review task cards! I'm going to do something similar this week with my math lab classes. I thought the same as you -why haven't I ever thought of this before! 🤔 Great idea. I'm about to get some made up for tomorrow!
These kids are so lucky to have a good education. I’m in 8th grade and we just learned things ab sound energy and mediums and I only learned the basic math skill in 6th grade. The school system in the Detroit area is really slow compared to your area. I hope the kids realize how lucky they are. :)
All you guys please send West Virginia teachers some good vibes this week. We are entering our third day of strike tomorrow!
SARAH MULLINS From West Virginia as well, a parent who has been standing behind you guys 100%! So proud of all you teachers and public workers!
Why are u guys on strike?
Insurance, pay and seniority rights, in a nutshell
Sticky clips for task cards!! You are a genius! Totally stealing that
Whenever I hear you say "Oh my goodness look at the sloth" my heart grows a little bigger
So organised 😍 can't wait till I'm in my own classroom and can do this!
I have an observation coming up soon, so this video was so helpful and gave me lots of good ideas 💡.
Glad your observation went well. I absolutely love the handouts/worksheets you make for your students, as well as the PowerPoint presentations. Have you done a vlog on this before? Will you consider doing one for those of us who are not that handy with the computer?
That field trip looks like fun.
Have been having a really bad day... this cheered me right up so thank you 💕
Your district sounds a lot like mine! I’m from TX tho! Love your videos!! So inspiring and such a hard worker!
Congrats on your observation...you go girl 😊
WOW... I have a new found RESPECT for all TEACHERS!! I sometimes feel scared for my Grandchildren. Are they getting enough? Oh Yes.. They are😎 From my ❤️ to yours.. Thank You😎.. I’m considering volunteering at their school❤️
Love this! Could you make a video about tips about preparing for observations please? I love your videos! Have a wonderful week! 🤗
Your vlogs this year are giving me so much hope! The difference between schools can make a huge impact and I know that I will be able to find the right place for me, too. Where did you get your paper cutter? I have one of those scrap booking ones but it takes me forever to use it bc I'm such a perfectionist 🤦🏼♀️
Love your videos and have been binge watching them
Task cards in your tpt store would be amazing! My district uses envision too! 😬 I just love all your products!
Where you are is nicer weather than in Phoenix were I live. We have a high of mid 50s for the whole week.
I literally wish you were my teacher.them students are SO so lucky to have such a.sweet teacher
Wooo finally a new videos not a hatter yeahhhh I love you so much your so inspiring and amazing I love you so much xx
I love your videos. You are always so positive. I am very interested in the task cards you did for your math lesson. Did you use google docs to create those?
My 5th grader loves to watch you now, he wishes he had you as a teacher.
I'm not a teacher but I still love watching your videos
I wish my school gave us any hints about when we'd be observed! I had a surprise observation once this year, in October, I'm not sure if I will be observed again for the rest of the year 😞
I love your videos. They are sooooooo inspiring and you are amazing
Mrs. Ferre,
Maybe you can use those extra bins to hold your astrobrights paper! Hope you figure it out! Have a great week!
I can’t wait to get your labels. I absolutely love them. I use them in my classroom all over the place. Also I was wondering if you put your PowerPoint in your tpt store.
An awesome Ppt ! You are fantastic
Do an updated bag for field trips
when you said we were watching the amazing race i am like: im not the only one that watches it! yay!
I love your videos. You are always so real. What container do you use to put papers in that you need to grade? The plastic bin you showed
You look like such a good teacher
Yay! Love your classroom vlogs! 😌
Highlight of my weekend! 😊
One of my sorority’s philanthropys is girls on the run! My dream would be to be a coach and be a teacher like you are doing!
We had a one day week last week because Monday was Presidents’ Day and Tuesday through Thursday we’re snow days
Samantha K Lucy
You are so close to 1 million!!
I’d love to see how you make your Google slides to teach with. They’re awesome!
I agree! I love the overall look and also the worksheets you make as well.
Congratulations on your observation. Do you have a video on how you prepare for an observation. I definitely could use the help if you do. Mine is coming up soon.
Hello!! I love all your videos and I am a college student working towards a degree elementary education! I was wondering if you could do a video on how you design your labels, powerpoints, and all of your graphic design tips!
Anxiously waiting for your next training vlog!! Teehee!
Your videos have helped me so much!
Can you do a video on how to manage time as a teacher and personal life? Feeling overwhelmed
I am still a kid but I love watching you
Hey, I really love your GATE icons of depth & complexity. Can you tell me where you got them? I havne't seen them with the guiding questions like you have underneath.
Math Block always runs long lol. Never enough time for the Exit Ticket in ELA Block IMO. I thought your e-mail was my e-mail because I'm working and watching your vlog
Love your hands on ideas
Just incase you wondered, that one label's font is amy groesbeck
I used to love geoboards in elementary school
My week could be better,but some kids decided to bully me this week and i not ok with that.Love your channel,and when is your next Training Vlog ?
you could have used the olymipcs with snowboarding or skiing when they do tricks and do a "360" or whatever they do lol...im not a snowboarder...but apparently doing a 1080 gets you major points lol
Could you do a video (or include in one of your vlogs) about your favorite methods of questioning students and facilitating class discussion?