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Building Classroom Community and Relationships through Positive Talk, Vocabulary and Compliments
The beginning of the year is the BEST time to build classroom community through relationships. Do not let that discourage you as it can happen any time of the year! Here are my top ideas for establishing classroom community at any time in your school year! 1. Genuine Compliments build community Teach kids…..heck show it…
Read MoreNot just your average “Red Pen”: Discovering the BEST pens for teachers
Have you seen all the teacher pens around and are envious but wonder what (if any!) great benefit these hold for teachers?! Well I’m here to help! If you’re ever wondering which are on sale – RIGHT NOW. Head over to Teacher Flair Pens Page to see deals you can snag ASAP! I was the…
Read MoreThe 3 Missing Items you Need for your Classroom This Year (Not What You Think!)
You might think you have all the classroom supplies you need for next year. You have new and shiny books, pencils, pens, paper for the new students that will be joining you shortly – only you are forgetting one major important person – YOU! What classroom supplies are you missing to have your BEST YEAR…
Read More#Hashtag Book Awards
Who wants to INCREASE engagement in BOOK TALKS?! I love talking about books and take a status of the class daily on my checklist – just quickly jotting down the page number the student read to (goodbye reading logs!!) and we discuss brief events and summaries if they are finished so they can share with…
Read MoreClassroom Reveal 15 – 16
Well it’s that time of year again! I’ve been putting my room together slowly and surely over the past few months. Yes that slowly! I did have time to work since they cleaned before summer school and I got a chance to put my room back together then! I get literally no budget in my…
Read MoreDouble the Experiments, Double the Fun
So we’ve been really busy and working away all week. What you ask have we been doing? Well here is a couple project we’ve been working on:Rubber Cement Resists– so easy (!) and super hands-on. You could do so many things with them! Art projects GALORE! Now they are not the most fancy pieces of…
Read MoreFireworks cards!
Today I have an awesome activity I randomly stumbled upon last summer! We had supplies and just experimented to see what would happen! This would be great for any age and they are so fun to do- easy as well 🙂 Without further ado, I present to you……FIREWORKS CARDS!!!!! Ok so the pics aren’t the…
Read MorePin-spiration!
So I have a slight obsession with Pinterest (and I’m sure I’m not the only one)! Check out my button on the side or click here to follow my boards! One of the first awesome ideas I pinned for teaching was the hardware organizer turned supply “keeper.” I loved it from the start. First it…
Read MoreShaving Cream Paintings
Whew…Spring Break is coming to an end….why do I feel like I have so much left to do?! So Friday, I only had a few kids at camp which was great because I got up so early. We flew through the activities that were lined up for us with still a few hours left. What…
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