Quick & Easy Paper Pumpkin Craft
With Halloween around the corner, why not get a bit festive? However, there are many children who do not participate in Halloween or anything related.
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Parent-Teacher Conferences: Tips for Success
Parent-teacher conferences are so insightful, aren’t they? It seems this is always when I learn the most about my students. Even after 10 years of
Multiplication Facts Tricks: Achieve Fact Fluency!
It’s October, that time of the year when the air starts to smell crisp, the leaves change colors, and the stores fill up with every
DIY Easel for Your Classroom: Simple & Effective!
I inherited a wooden easel long ago when I first began teaching. It was fabulous and worked well, but after many years of use, it
You Need ANOTHER Copy?! Dealing with Extra Copies
“Mrs. D, I need another copy of Monday night’s homework,” Johnny said. As soon as the little kiddos head off to recess, I dash to
DIY Lunch Tags: Fun and Easy to Make!
Being The Owl Teacher, it is only natural that I would desire to have everything in my room decorated with an owl. My lunch tags
Moving Grades: Chaos! Lemons! Lemonade?
When life gives you lemons, what do you do? Look for the lemonade! This is what I did when I was approached about moving grades.
Collecting Student Information: A Helpful FREEBIE!
I like to make sure I collect information on my students and have it all within an arm’s length! That’s why I created this student
Motivating the Unmotivated: How to Motivate Students
Our first reaction with students who are unmotivated is frustration and annoyance. It’s easy to think about just throwing that student out of our room
Organizing Posters: Five Steps to End Poster Chaos
Wait, posters? Does anyone use those anymore? I remember once cruising the teacher store catalog looking at posters, posters, and more posters. Oh, the variety
Speaking & Listening Conversation Cards
We have several Common Core Standards that require students to practice their speaking and listening skills. If your students are like mine, they tend to
Reporting Behavior in the Classroom
Let’s face it! Every teacher has at least one student in his or her class that is a bit, shall we say, challenging. That challenging
Review Games: DIY Human Bingo
Looking for great review games? How about some B-I-N-G-O? It’s a tried-and-true student favorite in every classroom, and it surely will be in yours too!
DIY Teacher Hacks: 4 Hacks to Make Your Life Easier
We all know teachers aren’t exactly made of money, time, and, well… energy. Thankfully, these DIY (Do-It-Yourself) teacher hacks don’t require a whole lot of
HOT Button Kids: Managing Difficult Students
There he goes again. Tap! Tap! Tap! He’s tapping his pencil. Now he’s slowly meandering around the room (much like Billy from Family Circus). And…
Read Alouds For Back to School
It’s back to school time! Time to start thinking about those first week activities and planning for the new year! So, what should I share?
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5 Effortless Tips for Teaching Divisibility
November 14, 2022
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Divisibility. It’s an intimidating word, isn’t it? And I don’t just mean because you have to check several times to make sure you spelled it
5 Captivating Ideas for Teaching Factors & Multiples
November 14, 2022
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If DNA is the building blocks of life, then factors and multiples are the building blocks of math. Everything from algebra to trigonometry to geometry
Math Quests: Choose Your Own Thrilling Math Adventure!
October 31, 2022
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If you looking for a way to engage your students, practice technology skills, review important math concepts, and increase their reading fluency and comprehension, then this resource is the one for you! It is a mix of “create your own adventure” and “math quest” in one!
Teaching Force and Motion in the Upper Elementary Classroom
October 24, 2022
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Many elementary classrooms have to teach about force and motion, whether you teach the Next Generation Science Standards or a different set of standards that
One Way to Help Struggling Readers
August 11, 2022
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This last school year my daughter was a struggling reader. As I asked what I could do to help her, the teacher repeatedly told me
Getting Ready for Back to School
July 17, 2022
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As you start to get ready for back to school, you may feel overwhelmed, stressed and rushed. How can you complete everything on time without taking up too much unpaid work time or feeling all those emotions? Check out this post where I give you tips to help you prepare for back to school season!
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