Read how this homeschooling staple can be easily adapted for the regular classroom. Turn long units of study into beautiful projects with lapbooks!
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Classroom Organization Tips for Back to School
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
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The Top 5 School Supplies You Need To Complete Your List
It’s that time of year again. Back to school is both fun and stressful when you are the teachers trying to do #allthethings. Let’s me help you cross off 1 thing by sharing with you my 5 favorite school supplies for my back to school shopping list. * BONUS* I’ve
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How to Rock the End of the Year Clean Up
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
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Magic Scrap: a Fun Idea for Classroom Games
Classroom management, classroom environment, and classroom games are not something that I thought went together.Β 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
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Save Classroom Wall Space With Word Wall Books!
I must admit that I have a love-hate relationship with Word Walls. What’s not to love aboutΒ 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
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How You Can Leave Sub Plans and Actually Stay Home
Teaching may be one of the only professions where it can be more work to stay home sick, than to just suffer through and go to work. Writing good plans for a substitute teacher can feel like an impossible task when you are sick. Today I’m going to share
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