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4 Simple Strategies for bringing out the Best in Your Students

4 Simple Strategies for bringing out the Best in Your Students

November 15, 2018 by carrberrycreations 2 Comments

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

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Filed Under: Back to School, Classroom Management, FREEBIE Tagged With: Classroom Rewards, soft skills

10 Ways to Prevent Summer Learning Loss!

10 Ways to Prevent Summer Learning Loss!

May 30, 2017 by carrberrycreations 1 Comment

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

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Filed Under: End of the Year Activities, FREEBIE Tagged With: Summer Learning, summer learning loss

Teach Kids to be Thankful this holiday with Stone Soup

Teach Kids to be Thankful this holiday with Stone Soup

November 10, 2015 by carrberrycreations 4 Comments

  This time of year, teachers get a wistful look in their eyes as we think back to days gone by, when social skill were as much a part of our curriculum as the 3 R’s. We know that social skills are important, and that many of our students could

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Filed Under: FREEBIE, Literacy, Thanksgiving, Writing Instruction Tagged With: Classroom Community, Teach Kids to be Thankful, Thanksgiving

How to Make Your Own Alphabet Tree

How to Make Your Own Alphabet Tree

August 20, 2015 by carrberrycreations Leave a Comment

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

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Filed Under: FREEBIE, Literacy Tagged With: alphabet tree, DIY Classroom Decor

5 Ways to Help Students Reach Beyond Writer’s Block

5 Ways to Help Students Reach Beyond Writer’s Block

July 27, 2015 by carrberrycreations Leave a Comment

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

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Filed Under: FREEBIE, Writing Instruction Tagged With: Grade 1, Grade 2, writers block, Writing Instruction

How Do You Celebrate Birthdays at School?

How Do You Celebrate Birthdays at School?

April 2, 2015 by carrberrycreations 1 Comment

I have been teaching long enough to remember the days when celebrating a child’s birthday at school involved gigantic cakes, party games, treat bags for students, and huge interruptions to the day. I also remember when it swung all the way to only being allowed to give a no homework

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Filed Under: Classroom Management, FREEBIE Tagged With: birthdays at school, Classroom Celebrations, Freebie

Did Somebody Say Thematic Teaching?

Did Somebody Say Thematic Teaching?

March 4, 2015 by carrberrycreations Leave a Comment

I know I’ve seen posts on this topic up somewhere, but I wanted to add in my 2 cents on the subject. First of all, I LOVE thematic teaching.It makes planning so much easier, when you have a bit of inspiration for which lessons you may choose to do.  Also

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Filed Under: FREEBIE, Holidays and Celebrations, Literacy Tagged With: thematic teaching

Looking for a Super Sweet End of the Year Writing Activity?

Looking for a Super Sweet End of the Year Writing Activity?

February 27, 2015 by carrberrycreations Leave a Comment

My favorite end of year writing assignment was inspired by my daughter’s amazing second grade teacher. It prompts students to write heartfelt notes to you and to each other.  Every year I need to grab a box of tissues for while I read mine, and I bet you will need

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Filed Under: Featured Posts, FREEBIE, Writing Instruction Tagged With: end of year writing

The Lorax is the Whole PIE (and a Freebie)

February 5, 2013 by carrberrycreations Leave a Comment

We are currently working on identifying the authors purpose and central message of a story. It is a concept we find very hard but one of my cutie patooties wrote as her goal for the rest of the school year that she would “Learn more about what P.I.E. means and

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