Back to school takes a lot out of teachers. You spends weeks in your classroom getting it ready and attending meetings. Additionally, you add in shopping, fixing new notebook and folder sets, and name tags, it’s a race to the finish! What if you took a few minutes in July to add a few easy […]
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Brand new crayons, sharpened pencils and perfect name tags are all signs of back to school. Starting the school year off right is pivotal. There are reasons teachers begin with All About Me activities. Just like when building a pyramid, forming a new group must begin with individual students. Start the Year with All About
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Getting your classroom ready in August is like packing for a trip. It seems to take a long time, and there are many decisions to make. Thinking bulletin boards, supply storage and name tags, you can’t wait to get your class list. Then the real work begins. The first 20 days of school lay the
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Anchor charts have come into favor in in recent years. Their objective is to make the learning clear & visible, but I have found interactive anchor charts are not only more fun, but also they work better to hook concepts into long-term memory. Research on Anchor Charts The research on anchor charts in general is
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Breathe life into your school year by adding a classroom tree! It will serve as a 3-D bulletin board, a seasonal resource, and could make your book corner the focal point of your room. I had a tree in my room for 25 years. It became my identity. High School students would come back and
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You have been working in your classroom, You met most of your kids at Sneak Peek. All great info, but inside, you are screaming. “How will I get it all done in time?” Take a deep breath. The truth is you WON’T get done. You will never be “done”, but you need to focus on
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If you are an elementary teacher like me, you have been watching the unrest in the news with growing concern. Above all you wonder how we as a society got to this point. As teachers, our job is to help bridge that ever-widening gap. The answers to why teach Social Studies are endless. Schedule Tug
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