These 5 tips for packing up your classroom will save you so much time next fall when it’s time to unpack. You may be tempted to shove everything in a box or closet. However, your future self will thank you later. Plus you have a classroom full of students right now that can help! Tip… Read More
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First Year Teacher Must Haves
First-year teacher must-haves are the #1 things new teachers ask about. That’s kind of a loaded answer because it always brings up questions…like what grade are you teaching? What does your school give you? What will your students bring? Often times we don’t know all those answers, especially if we’re brand new or new to… Read More
Tips for Donors Choose
Wh When a Donors Choose project is funded, it’s the best feeling! Here are a few tips for your next Donors Choose project. Donors Choose is a website that allows people & companies to donate to public school projects. If you’ve never used Donors Choose before, there are several tutorials online on how to set… Read More
Teacher Sunday Routine
As a teacher, my Sunday routine used to be one of two things. I would either work on school stuff all day long or I would do absolutely nothing to prepare for the week. I was either burned out before the week began or I was stressed out because I didn’t get anything ready. I’ve… Read More
Why Fostering Student Ownership is Important
One of the goals of teaching is fostering student ownership in the classroom. This can look different from classroom to classroom. Ultimately we want to move students from being dependent on us to be able to do things independently. Class Jobs that give students ownership Allowing students to have ownership in the classroom through class… Read More
6 Picture Books for Upper Elementary
Picture books for upper elementary students are perfect to use during mini-lessons to cover a variety of standards. I personally love using picture books to teach those upper elementary literacy-based standards. I also love using picture books to motivate my students to read a variety of books. The following picture books are perfect books to… Read More
