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!

I have my fourth Erin Condren Life Planner in my hands, ready for 2019 to arrive in a few short weeks! Get your life back on

Explicitly connecting our teaching to the achievement categories in the Ontario Mathematics Curriculum in a way that allows students to understand it is critical for

Teaching in a Grade 5/6 classroom, the curriculum moves quickly, and when students are absent, the work starts to pile up on desks and, more

Being back in the junior grades, I remember just how wide the gap can be between my strongest and most struggling students. Even with solid

Establishing routines and expectations at the beginning of a new school year is critical to the success of the rest of the year. If you

I receive emails and messages all the time about how I organize my math morning work routine and what it looks like at the beginning

Throughout the summer, I was flooded with emails from teachers wondering what to do to get started for the new school year, so I decided

It’s that time of the year again! Time to start thinking ahead to a new school year. Time to get organized for new students and

Changing grades is a HUGE job. Whether you’ve been through it in the past and are about to head down that road again, or it

The end of a school year can be a bittersweet time for many students, who may not look forward to a long summer away from

Morning work tubs have been part of my classroom for a few years now, and this teacher is completely sold! Now that my morning work

This post details some of the things that we’ve done in my classroom in recent weeks to help my students better understand what it means
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