Using a Compliment Jar
Are you looking for a way to improve or change up your classroom management strategy? Here is one strategy I love using: a class compliment jar! The great news? It doesn’t have to be a real jar! I…
Pumpkin Day in the Classroom
Ideas and actvities for celebrating pumpkin day with your students in the classroom.
Motivational Ways to Prep for Standardized Testing!
Hello friends! It’s that time of year again– cue the scary music– time for end-of-the-year testing! This year I’ve been trying some new strategies to keep my kids engaged in our review! Check them out below: This first…
Valentine’s Day & Adjectives (Plus a Freebie)
I decided it was finally time to take down my snowman bulletin board in the hallway, and since Valentine’s Day is looming around the corner– I knew it would make a great bulletin board! This week we studied…
Brownie Points (A Cheap Behavior Management Strategy)
Last year I noticed something about my 3rd graders– when they were in my room, they were behaved wonderfully. But then they would go to PE, Art, or Music– and return with a report that we “weren’t listening”…
Reward Tags: How to Use, Store, and Manage Your Tags
This is the first year I’m going to try “Reward Tags”. I’m going to discuss with my students that it’s alright to feel proud of yourself– just as long as you’re not doing it at someone else’s…
Managing Student Papers
Some days after school I just sit at my desk and look around at the stacks of papers. I have some to grade– some to send home– some to keep and file– and then some! So my question…
DIY Student Supply Caddies
I must be on some kind of school crafting roll– because today I completed another project! Celebration with a cup of coffee! Our grade (actually our entire elementary school) is doing this thing where we charge supply fees–…
Classroom Setup
Today I went up to my classroom to work on more setup. Our schoolwide theme this year is “camping”– so that is also my classroom theme. I made one bulletin board called “Birthday Bugs”. I found a printout…
Whole Class Journals
Are you looking for ideas to incorporate more writing in your classroom? I know that writing can be one of the hardest subjects to instruct– especially when you have students who are less than enthusiastic about it. Here…