Hey teaching friends! Just stopping by today to share a couple of December themed winter freebies! I have mentioned them on the Facebook fan page and via Pinterest, but in case the cyber gremlins failed to show you the good stuff, feel free to click on the images below and grab them right now! Click here […]
Charity Preston
Organize Your Weekly Lesson Plans!
When I did the post about Curriculum Mapping, Betsy K. asked in the comments about what my lesson planning crate was and how to organize lesson plans, so I thought maybe I would throw together a quick post to explain! Knowing how to organize your lesson plans and lesson plan book in your elementary classroom makes […]
Regrouping Poster Freebie
Welcome to the weekend! Today’s blog post is a quickie: Facebook fan page fan Jessica requested a simple poster for a poem she had heard, but couldn’t seem to find a printable to match. She told me what to type and I spruced it up a little. 🙂 Here you go Jessica – enjoy! Click […]
Turkey Tom Reading Over Break
Hey teaching friends! I know for my US friends, Thanksgiving Break is coming up pretty quickly! Isn’t it funny how it seems to take forever to get here, and then once it is upon us, it seems to have jumped out of nowhere? Maybe that’s just me – haha! So let’s talk about Thanksgiving Break […]
Pocket Chart DIY
Back in November I posted here about using a garment rack for a chart stand. If you’re struggling with your chart stand being too small for the actual pocket chart, be sure to check out my easy and inexpensive solution here. Today, I have something even cooler to share: a double-decker DIY pocket chart stand! Two […]
12 Days of Gratitude Jar!
Hey teaching friends! I know most of us tend to think about the 12 Days of Christmas when December hits, but I was reflecting on being thankful in November, so I decided to throw a little Organized Classroom twist on the normal tradition. Introducing the 12 Days of Gratitude Jar! November is a tough month […]
Minimizing Classroom Migraine
It’s Monday morning and Janelle walks into her classroom after having a lovely weekend off where she relaxed, cooked a fabulous Sunday brunch, and did some quiet grading (she IS a teacher after all and rarely do teachers not have to do some weekend work, right?). She was feeling pretty great actually. Lesson […]
Falling Into Classroom Management
I know you have probably seen those “you’ve been booed” signs around in different neighborhoods around town. They are fun and definitely festive! I actually don’t live in a neighborhood, but rather set way far back off a busy road. We have neighbors, but not really close by. And their kids are all grown […]
Colored Glue – Who Knew?
Howdy! So, I ran across this super cute idea for creating colored glue for painting glue pictures from Almost Unschoolers, so I HAD to try it for myself! It turns out it was as easy as it looked – for real! I can see it being used in so many ways in the classroom from […]
Teaching Making Predictions/Inferences eBook!
Ask the fans at The Organized Classroom Blog Facebook Fan Page a question, and they always come through with an answer! This week’s Collaboration Wednesday question had to do with ideas for how to teach making predictions and inferences. This one was always hard for me as a teacher, especially with 2nd and 3rd graders […]
Character Day Ideas
Teacher Halloween costumes are usually either allowed per school policy or not. From asking my audience, I have found that the majority of schools still do allow costumes every fall. I looooooove fall. Even when it’s rainy like today and I’m under the blanket. And don’t even get me started on the candy. But – […]
Monster Caps Craft and Graphing Freebie
First of all, I just want to give a big thanks to Charity for allowing me the opportunity to be a guest blogger and to have the chance to share my ideas with a larger audience. ¡Muchas gracias, OC Blog! Now, let’s get to those cute, little guys! Although I’m a fourth grade teacher, I […]
The Great Candy Comparison
Hey teaching friends! I was thinking about how quickly the fall seems to be going – for me anyway. And how the holidays seem to be rushing past! I just realized that Halloween is coming in less than a week – ahhhh! In our local area, it seems as though EVERYONE is now having trick […]
Standing up to Your Teacher Desk
One of the biggest issues for teachers in the classroom is lack of space. Not enough room for the large class sizes, not to mention the ability to move around freely for learning centers or cooperative learning activities. Because of this, many teachers have given up a private desk space. Mind you, they still need […]
Sideways Storage in the Classroom
Classrooms can get cluttered without a doubt. Smart teachers save everything. You never know when you might need that stack of newspaper sale ads for a budgeting lesson. Or a class set of mini magnifying glasses when you find a cool bug in the room. Or even all those millions of google eyes when you […]
Hanging Around for Chart Organization
Do you have a bunch of charts you always forget to hang up or change out throughout the school year? Here is a handy idea for making sure you are able to remember where they are, and when to change them out! First, you will need to gather all your large posters and charts and […]
Math Problem Solving Anyone?
Thanks so much to the fans at the Facebook Fan Page for all their help in creating the free eBook below! I know problem solving in math (especially with the standardized testing season upon us) is a skill that continually needs honed. With trick questions, answers that are super close to one another, and vocabulary […]
Kindergarten Classroom Library Success!
Today I want to share my tips for organizing your classroom library. After years of trying to keep the library organized and manageable, I finally found a system that worked for me and my students! I tried organizing my books by genre and letters and themes. That worked great for me, but did not […]
Celebrating Student Birthdays!
Hi teaching friends! Since today was my beautiful daughter’s birthday, and my….I can do this…really I can….39+++ birthday is next week on the 17th of September (told you I could and that barely hurt – lol), it got me to thinking about what I normally do in my classroom for student birthdays. Traditionally, I have […]
DIY Reading Strategy Fans!
Today, we have a guest blog post from Stephanie at Teaching in Room 6 where she explains a handy little tool she uses for comprehension reading strategies and even provides a freebie for you as well! Make sure to stop by her blog to say hello! Reading comprehension is such an important skill for our […]