It is winter break, and it’s usually a good time for teachers to recharge, organize, and prepare for the new year. It’s also a good time to remind your students of classroom and behavior expectations. For many teachers, a main…
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Academic language is (and has been) making a big impact in elementary school classrooms. Academic language gives students the skills to communicate, engage, and participate more effectively in content areas across the curriculum. After learning about academic language through reading…
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Getting ready for back to school is a little less stressful with help from Oriental Trading. I am using some of their awesome resources to make my classroom even that much better! Brag tags are all the rage right now…
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When I was in kindergarten, my teacher (who shall remain nameless, but I still totally remember her name) had a happy face board and a sad face board. Not to toot my own horn or anything, but I was always…
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Growth Mindset. The understanding that intelligence can be developed. It’s not worrying about how smart you are or how good you are at something, but instead it’s about how you can become smarter and better. Constantly a work in progress,…
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Every year in my teaching career I have always had the most wonderful classroom volunteers. This year was no different! I was racking my brain trying to find a thoughtful and use gift for my volunteers. I have done the…
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Awhile back I posted about using the wonderful website, Student Treasures, to publish your students’ writing. It’s a great resource that’s FREE for teachers and FUN for students. Since I am back in the classroom this year, I decided it…
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I have a great project that will be a great closer of the end of the year, or a fun opener for back to school! It’s super easy and incorporates some fun math! First, take a picture of each student. …
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My mind was just blown. That’s right. I just experienced a #mindblowing app that will change the way you check for understanding during your lessons: PLICKERS Plickers is a simple tool teachers can use to gather formative assessments from their students….
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Classroom management is the key to a successful classroom. Students learn and disruptions are at a minimum. Click for your FREE copy! One tool I use for classroom management is MORNING WORK! I know a lot of teachers use morning…
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