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
Anyone Can Be a Classroom Organization Boss in 3 Easy Steps
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
Magic Scrap: a Fun Idea for Classroom Games
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 Best Kept Secret on Google: Dictation! … And How to Do It!
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
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