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
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Teacher Must-Haves from Amazon
This post contains affiliate links. I will receive a small amount of money at no additional cost to you. I appreciate you clicking these links because they help to keep this website running. My top teacher must-haves from Amazon are coming your way! I’m so excited to share these with you because Amazon makes shopping… Read More
Classroom Team Building Activities for Everyone
Classroom team building activities are great for the first few days of school. But have you ever thought…we really need to be focused on curriculum and standards? Let me be the first to raise my hand. I thought team building was just a great way to get to know each other and that we really… Read More
Goal Setting for Students
. The beginning of the year means it’s time to think about GOALS! Goal setting for students might seem overwhelming, but it’s actually quite easy. What I love about teaching is that you actually get to focus on goal setting at the beginning of the school year and then again at the beginning of the… Read More
How to Have a Class Meeting
Having a Class meeting is officially my favorite thing! I also think class meetings are also my students’ favorite things. I’ll be honest, for the longest time I thought there wasn’t really time for a class meeting. But then I found a system that worked…now I’ll never go back. We have an official class meeting… Read More
Kid Friendly Christmas Ornaments
Christmas in the classroom is my favorite time of the year! I love to have my students create kid friendly Christmas ornaments as a gift for the grown-up in their life. Often the types of ornaments we make are kid-friendly so that students can all make them at the same time. However, if it involves… Read More
