For all the science lovers out there, this is a fun student-led project they will love! Building a working magnet doesn’t require a motor or fancy equipment. Students will be wowed with the steps of the scientific method while they are creating their project in small groups or as a whole group lesson. Science Learning […]
How to Make an Electromagnet (minibook freebie included!)
Free Figurative Language eBook
Figurative language will make your students better writers. But, teaching it, especially to littles, can be a task. Learning the differences between idioms, similes, and metaphors can be tough for students who have trouble with abstract ideas. Let’s find some ways to make it fun, engaging, and memorable! I have always LOVED to use the […]
Clipping Up a Good Book!
Today, I decided to create a super easy and inexpensive bookmark made from jumbo paperclips and ribbon! Fun! You seriously won’t believe just how easy it really is to create these! Plus, they won’t break the bank if you want to do a class set (as is usually the case with most things). The video […]
5 Fall Fun Math Games
I love using fun math games in the classroom for a variety of reasons: differentiation, brain breaks, indoor recess, or even as a behavior party reward! Students are learning and having fun – that’s a win-win combo for sure! There are so many different ways to incorporate math games into your daily routine and students won’t […]
Easy Peasy Classroom Library Checkout System
How about a super easy library checkout system for your classroom bookshelves? So simple, it will blow your mind you didn’t think of it before! It’s probably easier than trying to label tons of books, have barcodes, have a checkout system, have a form to fill out to check. Really, I prefer the KISS method. […]
Fourth of July Free Printable Pack for Kids!
While many teachers and schools in the United States are not in session for the Independence Day holiday in July, lots have their own kids at home, might be helping to teach summer school, or even a few are part of year-round school schedules and could be in session. Even more perhaps will be tutoring […]
File Folder Game Organization
File folder games can be easy to put together and make learning fun your your students! Not sure where to find file folder game printables? Look online for resources that are books which have file folder games to print and go. Setting them up is even easier! Grab some basic file folders, open them up […]
Classroom Seating Chart: City Street
This section is for class sizes of 26 or more students. While all the photos show options for 26 students, feel free to place additional students on the end of groups, or add additional groups, if needed. Team competition will be possible with this seating choice. Teams can compete for neatest, quietest, and most cooperative. […]
Magnetic Letter Fun!
I figured many of you are home with the kiddos this summer and of course you need to throw in some learning fun – right? Of course, it’s in our teacher blood! What’s on your refrigerator? I bet you have a set of magnetic letters on there! Are they holding up various works of art […]
Beachy Keen Learning Ideas!
As I have been working on creating more beach themed items for the Beach Theme Category at the store, I realized that many of the items within the clip art were actual items I could go to my local Walmart and buy. Well, of course that got me to thinking as to how I would […]
DIY Pencil Pouches
Maybe you can relate to the following: “Sue” is a sweet student, albeit a little more than a little scatterbrained from time to time. She is very excited to learn, but doesn’t really have organizational skills when it’s time to clean up and move on to something else. So everything gets dumped into her desk. […]
Emergency Exits!
I don’t know about you, but there are certain times when I have taught a lesson when I could tell from the glassy looks that I was speaking a foreign language to a majority of my class (can we say double digit by double digit multiplication usually brought that on?) And there were other days, […]
An Ode to Pocket Charts: 3 Ideas
It’s time for another edition of The Organized Classroom Blog’s Terrific Teaching Tools! This week, I am going to admit something: I am a bit of a pocket chart junkie. Whew! It feels better to have just said it out loud. In all honesty, I have loads of pocket charts, with most of them still […]
Free Sports Rhyme Time Game for Kids!
Many students love sports of all types. Baseball, basketball, tennis, soccer, and football just to name a few. So what better way to celebrate that interest than by incorporating it into your lesson plans and learning? Check out this fun – and free – game I created just for you to do that! Math and […]
Kid Coders
With today’s STEM and STEAM requirements, finding fun activities that both engage students, yet don’t take a ton of prep work to pull off can be tricky. Luckily, UBTech Education contacted me to check out their UBKits for building robots that students actually code! Of course, my 11-year-old was more than eager to test it […]
Finishing Up the School Year in a Flash
It’s that time again. End of the school year and nothing sounds as great as chillin’ at home with a great book or watching your own kids play in your backyard. But, you still need to get that classroom packed up, cleaned, and plan those classroom celebrations. Organizing for the end of the school year […]
Name That Schedule Freebie!
The importance of a daily class schedule is relevant not only to the teacher in charge of daily learning, but also to the students in the classroom who are expected to be active participants in that structure. Having a classroom system that has been explained and is displayed somewhere prominent in the classroom will be […]
Storing Tablets in the Classroom in 3 Easy Steps
New technology in the classroom is always super exciting for the teachers who get the joy of adopting new materials! This is often short-lived when the educator realizes how much planning will be devoted to not only incorporating the devices into the curriculum effectively, but also topics come up such as behavior management, care of […]
DIY Washi Tape End of Year Classroom Awards!
Hey teaching friends! I know I mentioned my new love for washi tape in the Easy DIY File Folders post a few weeks ago, but I am seriously smitten with it! As I am not so much a crafty person, I have found that tape is definitely a medium in which I seem to be […]
Pretty Clipboards?
Do your old clipboards leave a little to be desired? I know mine did! They were covered in marker, crayons, and paint from student creations over several years. So, I decided to do a complete “clipboard makeover” and spiff them up a bit. Even craftier teachers can make their own personalized handmade clipboards for others teachers, […]