You volunteered to have a student teacher in your classroom this year or maybe you were assigned one without warning. Regardless, having a student teacher is a great responsibility and opportunity to help out a new generation of educators. Here are some tips to get you started! 1. Space One of ... Read More
Save Paper! Save Ink!
Oftentimes, I have teachers ask me how to print multiple slides of a resource on just one page. It's easy! Here are 4 simple steps: Open the resource you want to print in Adobe. Click on the print icon (looks like a printer) or choose Print from the File drop-down menu. Then the print box will ... Read More
The First Week of School in Grade 2
I remember back to my first year of teaching. I had completed my student teaching and had a few years of subbing under my belt. I felt fairly confident about teaching in general. The first of school, though? I was petrified! I had never even witnessed the first day of school from a teacher's point ... Read More
The Morning Routine
Chaotic. Frenzied. Loud. Yep, my mornings used to start out like that too. As it turns out, that's not a great way to start the day in elementary school classroom! I was frantically trying to get attendance and lunch count done (please don't call my room again - I'm sorry I forgot to send it!). ... Read More
Building a Community of Readers
As a child, my friends and I would talk about the books that we were reading while we ate our PB&J at the lunch table and on the bumpy bus rides home. Something tells me I wasn't your typical kid though. So, how do we get our students to discuss books? To share their favorites? To reveal why ... Read More
A Teacher’s Summer
What does a teacher's summer look like? Many use this time to become better teachers! Crazy, right? Here are some of my plans for these warm months. 1. Read! Kids Books Summer is a great time for me to get a jump start on chapter books that my 5th graders might be interested in during the ... Read More