The Importance of Morning Meeting
Do you have a morning meeting routine in your classroom? When I started implementing morning meetings, I started off slow and added small pieces here and…
Back to School
Back to School for First Grade
It’s that time again! Summer is winding down and your students are preparing to come back to see you. While that may be in person or…
Tips for New Teachers
Being a new teacher is hard. When, I think back to my first couple years of teaching, I know that it was a huge mix of…
Back to School Teacher Must-Haves
This coming school year is full of unknowns right now. Will we start on time? Will we have full class sizes? Will we move to distance…
Tips for Sending Kids Back to School
In the next month or so, parents will be thinking about and prepping kids to start heading back to school. While we may not know exactly…
Top Picks for the Most Stylish and Comfortable Shoes for Teachers
Who doesn’t love shoes? Well, let me tell you…people with feet that hurt after being on them all day. That’s who doesn’t love shoes. Now, that…
Back to School Challenge
The beginning of the school year is always exciting. New supplies, new students, new opportunities to try something new. However, it’s also stressful. The first couple…
Back to School Must Haves
Every year, a couple of weeks before school starts, I start purchasing things that I need for the school year. I always seem to find myself…
Reading Warm Ups
Time spent in small reading groups is so important, and we have to make the most of our time while I have them at my reading…
Comprehension Notebooks
Comprehension can be such a difficult task to teach, but these Comprehension Notebooks have been a life-saver over the past couple of years. They allow me…
Interactive Task Folder
“I’m done. What do I do now?” I know you’ve heard this. My go-to answer is almost always “Go read a book.” This is always a…
Design Your Perfect Classroom – A Project Based Learning Activity
As teachers, we constantly think about how our classroom is set up. We may move furniture every year or even mid-year to change things around and…
