If you teach 2nd through 5th grades, this blog is for you. You’ll find teaching strategies, organizational tips, classroom management ideas, engaging resources, teacher self-care, and more!
As teachers in North America wrap up the current school year, I’d like to share a great end-of-year tip that I go back to time
Telling time can be a difficult skill to teach in isolation. In my experience, it can easily be made part of your regular daily routines
We completed our Mother’s Day projects today in preparation for wrapping tomorrow, and they are ADORABLE!! If you haven’t yet discovered Art For Kids Hub,
I don’t know about you, but I thrive on routine just as much as my students do. Having a predictable classroom schedule and procedure for
There are so many fun ways to celebrate Mom on Mother’s Day, and hand-made by kids is far better than anything store-bought. With a week
One of the most important systems you need to set up in your classroom is one that manages the communication that flows back and forth
Math manipulatives need to be accessible to students, but how can you store them effectively? When I moved into my primary classroom from fifth grade
It is no secret that independent paper-and-pencil tasks are NOT the way to engage students in the classroom. While there is a place for these,
Do you have a set of iPads in your classroom and can’t afford the fancy storage containers? I think this is the reality for most
My students work in table groups and have a community bin with all the supplies they require throughout the day—colored pencils, crayons, glue sticks, scissors,
Teaching primary students, pencils have been a HUGE headache for me in the past. Every day, someone would find their pencil missing or needed it
Students arrive in our classrooms with various abilities, needs, histories, health issues, and attitudes, and sometimes, parents don’t keep us completely in the loop. That’s