Category: classroom management

Class Rewards that Don’t Involve Food

Class Rewards that Don’t Involve Food Positive reinforcement is always a great way to support your students so today I have suggestions for class rewards that don’t involve food! My second graders would always want to have Pizza Day or candy but 1) I am not buying pizza for 22

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Management Tips for Interactive Notebooks

Hey teachers!! Are you using Interactive Notebooks or planning to? I used them for years with my second graders so I definitely developed some management tricks for interactive notebooks over time. Here are some tips for you! (and if you’re wondering why you should try INBs check out my blog post here

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Ten Tips for Teaching Reading Online

Well, the pandemic is still in full force! Most of us are teaching online, at least to some students or on some days. Let me help by sharing ten tips for teaching reading online with you! GENERAL TIPS 1. Go Old School Yes, there are tons of technology that you

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Managing Bathroom Trips

Are you always pulling your hair managing bathroom trips in your classroom? Students seem to ask a lot to go, and how do you track it as a busy teacher? If you are only sending one kid each time but swamped, you might end up forgetting who went when. I rounded

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Conversation Starters for Building Social Emotional Skills

Hey teachers! Are you looking for ways to start building social emotional skills into your daily classroom life? I have a few ideas for you today – conversation starters you can use during morning meeting, class, meeting, or at other times!  Please also make sure to comment and let me know other

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10 Attention Getting Signals for Quieting a Noisy Class

Are you looking for new ideas for attention getting signals? Sometimes it can be tough to get (and keep)  your students’ attention! Every so often I need a new idea and scour the internet, Pinterest, blogs, and my friends’ classrooms for inspiration. Let’s talk attention getting signals for even the

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How to Introduce Flexible Seating

All At Once Maybe it’s the start of a school year, or maybe you just really stocked up, or that Donor’s Choose project got funded, and you have everything and want the students to try it out! Last year, this is how I did it. I went over (briefly) the

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How to Manage Incomplete Work

  Let’s talk incomplete work! No matter what grade or class you teach, or the age of your students, there will always be incomplete work to manage. Over the course of many years of teaching, I gathered and tried quite a few different things. I will share them with you

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Classroom Management Tips and Tricks

I don’t know about you but classroom management is always an area I am adjusting and trying to improve. I always feel I can do better! In the last year, I came up with several ideas that helped my class so I wanted to share with you! Most of these

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Flexible Seating Round Up

Hey teachers! Are you looking for flexible seating ideas?! I have compiled all of my flexible seating posts here to make it convenient for you so you can choose what the best one is for you right now! Enjoy and let me know which one your favorite is! Would you

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