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The importance of quality daily morning work is often overlooked in the upper elementary classroom. Your morning routine is the perfect time to set the stage for the day and sneak in some valuable learning time. If done right, your morning routine can be one of the most significant parts
It’s that time of year when back to school night ideas are probably swirling through your head. This event can be different depending on how your school structures it for parents. In some schools, Back to School Night is more of a hop from one classroom to another at your
When we are thinking about effective classroom setup for a new school year, there are a few different things that we want to consider. We want to make sure that our classroom is welcoming for our new students, but we also want to make sure that we make some practical
As teachers, we deserve our summer break, but we often don’t know what things for teachers to do in the summer. Read to find out my top 10 things to add to your teacher summer checklist. 1. Re-energize Let’s start this teacher summer checklist with your personal needs in mind.
If you’re gearing up for summer, like most of us are, but will be teaching still, check out my tips for teaching summer school. There could be a variety of reasons why a student might be attending summer school, but no matter why we still need to give them our
As the school year is ending, you may be wondering, “What are some ideas for end of the school year celebrations?” Even though state testing may be over, the school year isn’t quite done yet. In this post, I’m going to be sharing with you some of the ways to
As the school year is ending, you may be wondering “How do I Celebrate the End of the School Year?” Even though state testing may be over, the school year isn’t quite done yet. In this post, I’m going to be sharing with you some of the ways to keep
Are you looking for the best geometry books for elementary students? I love using picture books in math to introduce a topic, or during math centers to reinforce real-life math applications. Below I am highlighting my top 12 geometry books for elementary students that you can use in your classroom.
When it comes to third grade standards, there are a lot of them we have to teach. I often get questions about how to introduce perimeter and area. It is a challenging concept, but I love how hands-on we can make it. I wanted to share some of my favorite
At some point in every school year, we all have to teach opinion writing. Many teachers come to me wondering, well how in the world do I do that? My students struggle with just writing a paragraph! In this blog post I have listed out 5 of the best ways
Test prep can be such a dreaded time of year. But, I have found a lot of ways to make it a little more fun and that’s by using task cards for test prep! I sure don’t love testing, who does? I printed up a big stack of math and ELA
When I approach how to teach rounding every year we create anchor charts, practice, and play games until they finally start to get it because rounding numbers always seems to be a challenge for many of my students each year. I know from years of struggling with it that figuring
