(shÄ­ngâ²gÉl) n. 1. A thin oblong piece of material, such as wood or slate, that is laid in overlapping rows to cover the roof or sides of a house or other building. 2. Informal A small signboard, as one indicating a professional office: After passing the bar exam, she hung out her shingle. 3. A woman's close-cropped haircut.
Kindergartenersâ attention spans are short. So their homework should be short, too! Send home nightly tasks that can be completed in about 10 or 15 minutes. If you send home a weekly homework packet, make sure to educate parents about the importance of doing some each night (rather than all of it on Thursday night!).
The after school inservices and meetings and the ever-disappearing prep period mean that their work days extend much longer than that. Additionally, teachers don't get an hour at lunch--it's 30 minutes, and if you get all those 30 minutes, it's a good day--usually it ends up being 15-20 minutes. 3. They play with kids all day.Total myth! Teachers love kids--even if it doesn't always seem like it.