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Many teachers get a chance to catch their breath on Columbus Day. Younger teachers might be chasing children around the football and soccer fields. Some might be attending a parents’ weekend at college. No matter what stage of a teaching, making it to Columbus Day Weekend is an accomplishment.
It is the completion of a 24 day stretch.
As always few things to consider during this stretch:
- Midterm progress reports & the end of a term:
- Parent conferences:
- High School Fall Sports: Regular seasons ending and playoffs start. There will be a lot of excitement for schools with successful fall teams.
- Attendance & Behavior Issues: Students would be behavior problems may have improved or gotten worse.
- Election Day: In recent years, some districts have used Election Day as a professional day for teachers.
- Halloween: Halloween is also an exciting time for students of all leaves. Elementary teachers often create lesson plans involving Halloween themes. In high school, administrators have to be on the lookout for some challenging costumes that might conceal faces, be offensive, or expose too much skin. Halloween Jokes for Teachers
- Ballot Questions: In Massachusetts, there is a record number of ballot questions. A teacher could take a day or two to discuss in class or assign for homework. The state always sends out a description of the ballot question along with One side arguing for the ballot questions and it provides an opportunity for an opposing group to share why they oppose the question. This is an opportunity to stress reading skills. Be able to identify main points of an argument and also to. Students also can work on writing skills
Although it is a fairly short stretch, it certainly does not lack excitement. For social studies teachers it is a good time to teach about state, local, and federal government positions.