7 Powerful Classroom Management Tips for Surviving Winter Holidays as a Teacher
The few weeks between Thanksgiving and Winter break are always CrAzY in elementary classrooms. Am I right?!? And as soon as the calendar flips to December, teachers know it’s next to impossible to get your students to focus in class! How can I keep my students learning during the winter holidays? What keeps students engaged […]
How to Help Your Students Solve Two Step Story Problems In Elementary Math
Two step story problems can be so tricky to master, but they are so important. In fact, they are honestly they are probably the most real world math problems your students will encounter in school. Now add in multiple steps and you’ve just created a kids worst nightmare! Many students just look for the numbers […]
How To Teach Dialogue Punctuation in Writing
How to teach punctuating dialogue to students with examples and anchor charts! Simply explain the rules of dialogue and quotation marks to your students with a little help from this blog post!
How To Teach Descriptive Writing Sensory Language In Elementary
Teaching students how to write descriptively or to write with imagery is SO important, and can be SO overwhelming! Descriptive writing isn’t just for narrative writing. Using descriptive writing can empower students with new strategies and help them to enjoy writing by letting their creativity flow and capturing their audience’s attention. If your students are […]
The 5 Best Tips & Tricks For Printable Classroom Decor
Printable classroom decor is so popular for many reasons. Its editable so you can customize it to meet your needs for your classroom from year to year. You can create exactly what you need. And you can find some pretty amazing designs and classroom themes to bring your dream classroom to life! However sometimes teachers […]
Setting Good Classroom Rules and Expectations- How To Make Meaningful Classroom Rules
Setting good classroom rules and expectations is one of the most important objectives in elementary school. Rules are different from classroom routines and procedures. Classroom rules define what will and will not be taking place in your learning space. Coming up with the perfect set of rules can be a challenge! This blog post will […]
The Best Boho Classroom Decor Ideas for Back To School
Are you doing neutral boho classroom decor this year? This beautiful classroom theme is so popular for back to school classroom decor 2022! I have fallen hard for these soft neutral colors and this modern boho theme with geometrical shapes, earthy colors, and natural textures. Boho classroom decorations are not distracting and gender neutral. The […]
How to Choose the Best Classroom Theme
Your classroom decor theme creates a welcoming and inviting atmosphere for your students. Teachers and students alike love walking into a beautifully decorated classroom that feels like home. But there is SO MUCH to think about that choosing a classroom theme or color scheme. Your classroom decor is so much more than just door decorations […]
6 Essential Tips for How to Setup Math Rotations
How to Setup Math Rotations for Success What does your school call them? Math workshop, math stations, math centers, math rotations? And how do centers work in math anyway? Whatever you call them math centers can be powerful teaching tools in your classroom. I can hear the dreaded sighs now! As elementary teachers, we know […]
17 Ways To Use Math Task Cards in The Classroom
How do you use task cards in the classroom for differentiated instruction? 17 Ideas for using math task cards in your math classroom!
How to Teach Bar Graphs in 3rd, 4th & 5th Grade & Free Graphing Activities
Teaching Bar Graphs in 3rd 4th & 5th Grade – Graphing In Math Lesson Plan Ideas Teaching graphing in math can be fun because the lessons are so interactive and engaging! Students love to share about themselves and listen to their classmates and collect data to create colorful bar graphs. I love watching their minds […]
Tie Dye Classroom Theme Retro Classroom Decor for Teachers
Tie Dye Classroom Theme Retro Classroom Decor for Teachers Are you searching for the best classroom theme or classroom decoration ideas? This tie dye classroom theme has to be the most bright and colorful way to decorate a classroom I’ve ever seen! I am in love with all of the groovy back to school classroom […]