Creative Tips & Resources for Busy Teachers
Your teacher desk is your mini-sanctuary. You should treat yourself to an organized and efficient workspace to add calm and focus to your workday. These Amazon items are a must-have to transform your teacher desk into an orderly oasis of calm in your otherwise busy day. First up a cute desk organizer in a refreshing
When schools closed in March and we quickly switched to digital learning, many teachers reported struggling to keep students engaged during digital instruction. Students were often absent, or did not complete or turn in assignments. Some students even devised crafty ways of pretending to have connection issues during a live lesson so they could check
Many schools around the world will be going back to school with distance learning. This was a huge learning curve for many teachers. This summer I was fortunate to have the opportunity to teach summer school for incoming 4th graders. During summer school, I built connections with students, taught whole group lessons live, recorded instruction,
Due to the spread of Coronavirus, we are facing an unprecedented time in the history of our planet, and many of us have found ourselves suddenly in charge of our children’s education. Fortunately, I have some experience with this, and today I will pass on some of this advice to you. Set a schedule for
Read how this homeschooling staple can be easily adapted for the regular classroom. Turn long units of study into beautiful projects with lapbooks!
hy spend time teaching “Soft Skills” to my students? If you haven’t heard the phrase “soft skills” basically it means, how to teach that stuff students aren’t assessed in standardized assessments. We used to call them social skills, manners, etc… Now it includes a bit more like how to handle a bully, and what to
Classroom organization is one of those things that can really make you or break you this year. Too often teachers neglect to organize the most important aspect of our students’ experience in our classroom, our teaching. Every back to school season it is so easy to become a Pinterest and Facebook stalker of other people’s
Preventing the summer learning loss known as “The Summer Slide”, is a tremendous issue for teachers and schools. Personally, I hate sitting down with parents at beginning of the year conferences and informing them that their child has a lower reading level at the start of the year than they had at the end of the previous
Whether you are moving classrooms, or just packing up for the summer, end of the year clean up can be a stress-filled experience. The year always starts out so organized, but before you know it stuff just piles up. There are all those centers materials the kids didn’t quite put away correctly the first time.
A few years ago for Mother’s Day it seemed like every student brought home a marigold for their mom. In fact each of my 3 children brought home one too. While I love the marigolds, it seems a wasted learning opportunity if they plant the same things every year. That is why in my classroom we plant our
