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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Middle school teacher here. I don't have time for that in a 45 minute class. There's just not.

I have my students sit down right away and start work. I do not let them come up to me in the beginning because they want to tell me a million things and ask questions. I have reminders posted on the board, and go over a few things verbally, which usually addresses most questions.

It may seem harsh but it is overwhelming when many students have different wants / needs / questions / concerns and your time is very limited. I understand where she is coming from. If they're not Learning about rocks right now; it just doesn't make sense. It brings the kids on a big tangent which is very hard to bring them back from and have them re focus.

Also, I don't want other students to think any day and be show and tell. Not when my class periods are 45 minutes long. [/quote]

This is Kindergarten. Not middle school that OP is talking about.

And aren't most counties block scheduling these days to eliminate the jammed packed 45 min periods?[/quote]

But with block scheduling you have to jam twice as much into a class that somehow doesn't seem to end up being twice as long.  It's a solution to some problems, and I prefer it, but it certainly doesn't eliminate the idea of having to jam pack stuff into a period.

OP, I'm a HS teacher but have taught K, and so much of it depends on how it comes up.  There are days when I could find time for a kid to share, and days that were really tight.  (e.g. we have 20 minutes for morning meeting, but today we lost 5 because a kid came in crying, and another kid threw up, but we have specials after morning meeting so we can't stretch).   It also depends on when your daughter remembered to ask, and how she asked.  Was it before morning meeting?  During morning meeting?  During math class?  Did she say "Can I show my fossil?" or "Can I show my rock?" Also, sometimes as a Kindergarten teacher you have to work really hard on "leave things you find outside, outside", so she might have been focused on that.

I would never be annoyed by a kid asking to share a rock, but I can imagine telling the kid to wait and share it outside.[/quote]

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