5 Back to School Activities for the Win!
Can you believe it’s already that time? To help you get the year started off right, let’s talk about 5 back to school activities for the win! I may just have a bonus idea for you, too, and a freebie!
Category: Writing
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
How do Interactive Notebooks Keep Students Engaged?
How Interactive Notebooks Keep Students Engaged INTERACTIVE It’s in the title! They are interactive and kids are not just reading and checking things off or writing a one word answer. Let’s peek at an example. Here in this activity for types of sentences, students cut out the flap
Teaching SEL During the Pandemic
Things in our world are certainly stressful, aren’t they? And many of us are going to focus on teaching SEL during the pandemic. our students (and us teachers) need social emotional learning more than ever. I decided to use this space today to talk about some tools, resources, and ideas
St. Patrick’s Day Activities and Ideas
It’s time to bring some St. Patrick’s Day activities and ideas into your classroom since it’s right around the corner. You can even pin this blog post and save it for this time next year! Leprechaun Paper Plate Mask Grab this fun and easy to make mask from Simply Today
Tips for Teaching Writing
Isn’t teaching writing so tough? Personally, I always find it the most challenging subject to teach. I have been to professional development and found resources with online videos and books that helped me, so I wanted to share with you! Texts for Students and Teachers First, I highly recommend helping
Helping Students Learn to Edit their Writing
Let’s Help Your Students Learn to Edit their Writing So, you want your students to be able to edit their own work? Find capitalization and punctuation errors and fix them before they turn in their assignments? I have taught second grade for 21 years and every fall, when I get
Fall Writing Prompt Freebie!
I know some of you have actually started back to school ALREADY and are thinking fall. I have 5 weeks left but I am still thinking: How do I get my students engaged in writing this fall? Well, I created this writing prompt to help! You can download this writing
15 Halloween Costume Ideas for Teachers
I know some of you have already gone back to school, and you know what that means? Halloween will be approaching fast! If you’re looking for some Halloween costume ideas, I have rounded up a couple of my own ideas and many terrific Halloween costume ideas for teachers from around
Save Big with Black Friday in July
Yes, yes, I know I am late to this party what with Prime Day being a week ago and all sorts of other big sales last week but I wanted to do something fun and help you get ready for back to school with some awesome deals! First, over at