Anonymous
09/01/2024 11:15
Subject: Re:If you taught before the internet
I would go to Barnes and Noble in their school section to buy workbooks, Mailbox magazines, and the teacher store! Now I think everyone uses TPT!
Anonymous
08/31/2024 19:27
Subject: If you taught before the internet
I wrote them myself. Very occasionally I'd use something another teacher shared, but materials created by somebody else never really matched what I was emphasizing in my classes, even if multiple sections used the same textbook.
Anonymous
08/31/2024 18:19
Subject: If you taught before the internet
Anonymous wrote:Went to a teacher store and looked for books of blackline masters (worksheets, etc.) that could be xeroxed, and/or ordered such things from mail order catalogs.
This. Home schooling supply companies usually have many curricula for sale, and often this includes the same ones a public or private school is using.
Anonymous
08/31/2024 16:19
Subject: If you taught before the internet
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We actually had a curriculum that had textbooks and workbooks. I also subscribed to the monthly mailbox workbook that had worksheets I could photocopy.
+1
I loved Mailbox.
We still have cabinets full of them! I still use them from time to time.
Anonymous
08/31/2024 14:29
Subject: If you taught before the internet
Anonymous wrote:We actually had a curriculum that had textbooks and workbooks. I also subscribed to the monthly mailbox workbook that had worksheets I could photocopy.
+1
I loved Mailbox.
Anonymous
08/31/2024 14:29
Subject: If you taught before the internet
Started teaching in 2005. So, internet existed but I didn't use it for resources.
My county provided it all: math curriculum and reading: (textbooks, manuals, materials).
Everything else was copied worksheets from other teachers who had been there for years. Either from purchased workbooks or made themselves.
I did make some worksheets simply on word documents.
My county provided it all: math curriculum and reading: (textbooks, manuals, materials).
Everything else was copied worksheets from other teachers who had been there for years. Either from purchased workbooks or made themselves.
I did make some worksheets simply on word documents.
Anonymous
08/31/2024 14:26
Subject: Re:If you taught before the internet
Textbooks, teacher store resources, and created our own. The amount of time I put into creating my own resources now is unreal. But on the other hand, in some ways my teaching is much the better for it; I mostly teach literacy to English learners. I used to have to work pretty hard to find objects or magazine photos to help me build their background knowledge, but I can now do it with high quality photos and videos. So I put more time into those lessons, but the return I get (students able to visualize and understand new vocabulary and concepts) is definitely worth it.
Of course, I wish my district would pay some curriculum developers to do some of this work for me.
Of course, I wish my district would pay some curriculum developers to do some of this work for me.
Anonymous
08/31/2024 07:38
Subject: If you taught before the internet
We actually had a curriculum that had textbooks and workbooks. I also subscribed to the monthly mailbox workbook that had worksheets I could photocopy.
Anonymous
08/31/2024 07:35
Subject: If you taught before the internet
We went to the teacher supply store for resource books and passed the resource books around. We had cabinets full of resources that grade levels shared. And we made our own.
Anonymous
08/31/2024 07:13
Subject: If you taught before the internet
Resources others have listed and also made our own things.
Anonymous
08/31/2024 06:57
Subject: If you taught before the internet
Anonymous wrote:We used textbooks and the worksheets and other resources that came with them.
Yes, district provided resources
Anonymous
08/31/2024 00:59
Subject: If you taught before the internet
Went to a teacher store and looked for books of blackline masters (worksheets, etc.) that could be xeroxed, and/or ordered such things from mail order catalogs.
Anonymous
08/31/2024 00:13
Subject: If you taught before the internet
We used textbooks and the worksheets and other resources that came with them.
Anonymous
08/30/2024 23:23
Subject: If you taught before the internet
I taught before the internet and still do now. I'd never use a quiz or test from the internet.
I got my worksheets from published curriculum.
I got my worksheets from published curriculum.
Anonymous
08/30/2024 23:22
Subject: If you taught before the internet
Where did you get your resources from, such as worksheets, quizzes, and tests?