Teaching synonyms is a fun way for building vocabulary and allowing for more concise writing skills. You can use worksheets, anchor charts, manipulatives, bingo, or read alouds to introduce the concepts to your children. Being able to identify synonyms – and their opposite partner words – antonyms – are super fun topics for any grade […]
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Classroom Label Creation
The video event today will show you how to create labels for all your classroom needs on a PC (if you are looking for the MAC Version, check THIS post link)! This version shows how to create labels using Microsoft Word – PC Version. It is basically the same as the Mac Version, just looks […]
Easy Label Creation for Teachers
The video event today will show you how to create labels for all your classroom needs! Making labels in Microsoft Word has never been easier! You can begin by creating labels for your student folders. Move on to book baskets. Then, you realize you are able to label students for field trips, desks, cubbies, supplies, […]
Free Poetry Pack for YOU!
Teaching poetry can be super tough for elementary students – or it can be really fun! It is a different format than they are used to because narrative writing the norm (and who doesn’t love a good story?). But, poetry is actually all around us. And not always in the classical sense of […]
Teaching Tip: Keeping Students Engaged
Student engagement in your classroom can sometimes feel like an uphill battle. One day the children are working and active in their learning. The next you are getting glazed looks and maybe even some drool on the desk. Educators know how important it is to differentiate lesson strategies for different levels of students, use alternate […]
Field Trip Tips for You!
I don’t know about you, but I have always enjoyed taking students on field trips (when working for districts where we actually had the funding to go). It was great watching them explore outside of the classroom. Of course, when you take a group of students and chaperones outside of the security of your school, […]
Student Hallway Behavior Tips Freebie!
Hallway behavior can be a fine line between colleagues who love to see you and your students – or colleagues who consistently need to shut their classroom doors when they hear you coming down the hall. Whether you teacher middle school or elementary, managing your class behaviors in the hallway is imperative to teacher good […]
Feeling Lucky?
St. Patrick’s Day bulletin boards are fun not only for the students, but with all the kelly green, leprechauns, and rainbows, it really brightens up your classroom for the transition month of March. As you can see in the examples (and freebie printable) below, classroom decor or theme ideas don’t have to take up a […]
Taming the Paper Monster
This video shows a quick tip for how to organize student desks and folders. Separated by colors, students will be able to tell quickly where their work is and be able to put it back into the proper folder. It also enables the teacher to be consistent and fair instead of students comparing folders with […]
Calming Classwork Paper Chaos
This video gives several suggestions for classroom teachers for how to organize collecting, grading, and returning student papers in an orderly manner. Tips for simplifying the workload so that it does not become unbearable. Would you like to know step-by-step routines that put teachers back in control in just 4 weeks? Download the FREE Classroom […]
Irish Creative Writing Kit
Teaching St. Patrick’s Day lesson plans can be fun, free, and common core aligned when you find the right printables. You can use the ideas below for literacy centers that week, place the worksheets on their desk for bell work in the morning, or use the writing prompts during whole group ELA instruction. Whatever you […]
Binder Clip Centers Signs
Hey teaching friends! How about a fun and easy way to display your classroom center signs? And I bet you might even have all the supplies you need already on hand! Score! Would you like to know step-by-step routines that put teachers back in control in just 4 weeks? Download the FREE Classroom Systems Starter […]
Organizing Absent Work
Remembering to put out and collect absent student work can certainly be an extra thing teachers don’t always remember to do when they have 1,345 other items to worry about in any given school day. So this is one of the classroom systems that is better when it has been thought about already and there’s […]
Behavior Management Ideas
Having a toolbox of behavior management tools for the classroom is a necessity for every teacher out there. Every single group of students will need different interventions. No two are alike. And that can be frustrating for sure. Having somewhere to turn to ask for help is essential to feeling like you are actually in […]
Banner Behavior
Need new strategies for classroom management? Teachers can never have too many options listed in their teacher toolbox. The best types of behavior management ideas might work wonderfully for one group of students, and not at all for the next. While it’s important to know some basic universal management tips, the top teachers all know […]