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Magic Scrap: a Fun Idea for Classroom Games

March 10, 2017 by Bart Carr Leave a Comment

Classroom management, classroom environment, and classroom games are not something that I thought went together.  I had once thought that only Mary Poppins could get children excited about cleaning. Then I met my mentor teacher, Lynn Price. She taught me the most amazing way to get children excited to clean the classroom at the end

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Filed Under: Classroom Management, Classroom Organization, Featured Posts Tagged With: classroom games, Classroom Management, Classroom Organization

How to Battle Standardized Testing Stress

February 23, 2017 by carrberrycreations Leave a Comment

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The impact of standardized testing stress on students is enormous! The time of year is quickly approaching where students will be taking their dreaded standardized tests. Over the years I have witnessed students breaking down crying during their testing sessions. Some children have even become physically sick with worry over the results of their tests.

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Filed Under: Classroom Management Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Standardized Testing, standardized testing stress, student stress

How to Create Powerful Parent-Teacher Communication

January 27, 2017 by carrberrycreations Leave a Comment

Successful teaching begins at home. Parents are a child’s first teachers, they know their children better than anyone else does, and they are every teacher’s strongest ally in educating their children. Parents want to be included in their child’s education, but are often unsure of what they should to do best help their children succeed.

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Filed Under: Classroom Management Tagged With: parent teacher communication, parent teacher relationships

Do You Love Coffee? Then this Valentine’s Day DIY is for you!

January 19, 2017 by carrberrycreations Leave a Comment

I really love coffee. Coffee is my favorite gift and my students know it. Every year I get tons of coffee mugs and boxes of K-Cups from my students for Christmas. As I finish off the K-Cups I have a hard time tossing the boxes. I mean, they are such great boxes that I am

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Filed Under: Education Crafts, Holidays and Celebrations, Valentine's Day Tagged With: valentines day diy

Save Classroom Wall Space With Word Wall Books!

September 25, 2016 by carrberrycreations 1 Comment

Word Wall Books

I must admit that I have a love-hate relationship with Word Walls. What’s not to love about how students can use the word walls to assist in writing, and practice reading high frequency words? Nothing! Except how much room they take up. I have one large bulletin board in my classroom for hanging my word wall

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Filed Under: Classroom Organization, Common Core, Featured Posts, Literacy, Writing Instruction Tagged With: word wall book

The Best Kept Secret on Google: Dictation! … And How to Do It!

September 20, 2016 by carrberrycreations Leave a Comment

This may be the best kept secret on Google! Yesterday I was talking to 2 special education teacher friends of mine after a long day.  Each of us has students who are great story tellers, but reluctant writers. We were discussing strategies for encouraging them to participate in Writers Workshop. I told them that I let students use the voice-to-text feature

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Filed Under: Classroom Management, Literacy Tagged With: Classroom Organization, google dictation, Tutorial, Writing Instruction

You can Do It! Strategies for Surviving Your First Year Teaching

July 5, 2016 by carrberrycreations 3 Comments

Surviving your first year teaching can be tough. Today I thought I would share with you a few things I wish I’d known when I was in my first year teaching. Teaching is a rewarding profession, but at times it can be extremely challenging. Over the years I have enjoyed the opportunity to mentor a few new teachers

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Filed Under: Classroom Management, Encouragement Tagged With: Back to School, Beginning Teacher, first year teaching

Carrberry Creations Principles of Education Blogs for Teachers

June 25, 2016 by carrberrycreations

Trial by fire, that seems to be a large part of our experience as teachers.  We learn by our struggle to succeed with new challenges in the classroom. Education blogs for teachers should help us to overcome our struggles, but they should help us to do so much more. Encouragement in our teaching endeavors is

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Filed Under: About us, Encouragement Tagged With: Classroom Management, Education Blogs for Teachers, Freebie

5 Easy Ways I Increase Student Success With Puzzles

June 4, 2016 by carrberrycreations Leave a Comment

It seems I am always battling my classroom schedule and trying to fit it all in. No matter how many minutes they add to our day each year (30 minutes more over the next 3 years) it just never seems to be enough. That is why I am always on the hunt for ways to

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Filed Under: Lesson Planning, Literacy Tagged With: Hands On Instruction, increase student success, Literacy, Math

5 Quick & Easy Ways to Inspire College Readiness

January 30, 2016 by carrberrycreations 1 Comment

Inspiring college readiness isn’t always as easy as teaching the standards. It’s no secret that the Common Core Standards are designed to help students become “college ready” by the time the graduate high school. It is a beautiful ideal. A few years ago in my school we designated a couple days a month to be

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Filed Under: College Awareness, Encouragement Tagged With: Classroom Community, College Readiness, Goal Setting

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