Creative Tips & Resources for Busy Teachers
In your well managed classroom you won’t hear: Because, you have a plan for classroom supplies, and students know how to get them because you have cute labels on everything. In my classroom we have bins in the center of their tables with community supplies, and every morning it is part of their morning
Sometimes teaching inspiration comes from the simplest of places. There are many ways to get to my home from my son’s preschool. The most direct way home is to drive down a handful of state roads, and take the highway to the base of our street. Then it is smooth sailing to our home. Another
My favorite alphabet book of all time hands down is, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. I love to include in my classroom library a magnetic version of the alphabet tree. This is a seriously easy DIY you can complete in an afternoon. My students love building words on the sides of this tree. I have even
Classroom organization is one of those things that can really make you or break you this year, and yet we often neglect to organize the most important aspect of our students’ experience in our classroom this year, our teaching. Every year it is so easy to become a Pinterest and Facebook stalker of other people’s
Today I am guest blogging over at Rachel Lynette’s Blog Minds in Bloom. I had the great privilege of hearing her speak at the TPT conference in Las Vegas this summer. She was electric. We laughed. We cried. She was AH-MAZING! Minutes after she finished speaking… minutes I tell you… I received an email saying
Writers Block: It’s a problem for adults, and children alike. Ever had a student tell you they don’t know what to write about? Actually it’s not usually that they tell you. They start acting fidgety, whine at you, or even misbehave during writing time. Worst of all sometimes they simply choose to give up entirely
What I learned at the TPT Vegas 2015 Conference totally blew me away. The Teachers Pay Teachers Premium Seller Conference in Las Vegas this week was Ahh-Mazing! My heads is still spinning from all the things that I learned, from little tips about how a Facebook business page works, ways to be more organized in
Math warm-ups are my favorite part of the math lesson. Since we follow a district mandated curriculum, it is the only part of the math lesson I am really allowed to plan completely by myself, which I love doing. In case you are unsure, math warm-up time is 5-10 minutes set aside at the start
I’m always looking for a craft to do with the kiddos on the 4th. It helps give them something to do, while we cook, or if it rains it helps smooth over the lack of fireworks. This year we will be making small note books. I have tested this project with my children and they loved
“I hate reading.” Those are the most dreaded words for any educator to hear. Today I read a post about what one teacher did when her high school sophomores used that dreaded phrase. It is easy to believe that this is a phenomenon only associated with older or struggling readers. Unfortunately it is not. My
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