3 Things to Do the First Week of School
The first week of school is exciting but it can also be stressful and challenging. Before rushing into the curriculum, here are three things that you should do that first week of school to set…
3 End of the School Year Activities That Will Keep Kids Engaged
It can be difficult to keep kids engaged at the end of the school year. Most of the required skills have been taught for the year. So now what? Here are some ideas for keeping…
5 Classroom Management Strategies for the End of the Year
It's the end of the school year and the kids are all talking really loudly at one time and you're practically at your wit's end. All the classroom management strategies you have implemented since the…
5 Ways to Disconnect From Work After School and On the Weekends
It can be hard to separate school from home for many teachers. But it's so important that we take care of ourselves and attend to our personal lives. So in this post I'm sharing 5…
How to Make State Test Practice Engaging
It's that time of year again. Time to do some state test practice. Sound boring? Well, it can be if you just give kids test prep review packets, have them complete them and turn them…
3 Independent Reading Activities Your Kids Can Do While You Teach in Small Groups
What do the rest of the kids do while you teach reading in small groups or one-on-one? Today I'm sharing 3 activities your students can do independently. Let them choose their books. One activity for…
7 Tips for Planning So You Can Leave School On Time
You want to leave school for the day but there's still so much to do like planning your lessons. Here's a secret... there will always be so much to do. But that doesn't mean you…
5 Ways to Help Kids Understand Area and Perimeter in 3rd-Grade
Area and perimeter can be tricky skills to teach kids because they often confuse one for the other in 3rd-grade. Here are 5 ways to help kids understand area and perimeter. Definitions using Examples: Before…
7 Grading Tips That Will Give You Back Your Time
Don’t grade everything. It’s ok to give kids things to work on that we don’t grade. The point of grading is to assess how kids are doing. Although that could also be argued because sometimes…
How to Fit Multiplication Fact Practice Games into Your Curriculum
Playing multiplication fact practice games is one of the easiest ways to help kids learn their multiplication facts. When kids are having fun, they are able to retain the information they are learning. Because our…