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Put the Tension Back Into Your Classroom?

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Kind of a funny title for a blog post, right?  Actually I am talking about tension rods.  In case you haven't realized it before, tension rods can be … [Read more...]

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How to Create Your Own Custom Teacher Planner

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Teacher planners just might be the highlight of any planner junkie + teacher out there.  Choosing just the right cover, layout, to do list, and extra … [Read more...]

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Setting Up Your Student CCSS Data Binders

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I know data binders are really in right now, and I have always found them to be a great student motivator.  Since they are personalized for the child, … [Read more...]

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Turning Noneducational Games into Learning Fun

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Educational board games and file folder games are great learning resources for every student from Kindergarten to Middle and High School! Reusing … [Read more...]

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3 Favorite Things

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Holy moly it's May and time is flying! It's Jaime from The First Grade Bloom. I've been so fortunate to guest blog for Charity at the start of each … [Read more...]

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Serving Up Place Value with Straws

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Teaching place value is certainly a building block of math instruction and using items such as place value charts, simple manipulatives, and … [Read more...]

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What Are the Best Teacher Shoes?

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What are the best teacher shoes?  Although it seems like an unusual topic for a blog post, I noticed that when a fan at the Facebook Fan Page posed … [Read more...]

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Attendance Tracker Motivation

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Motivating students to come to school using an attendance tracker could be the solution you need.  Attendance trackers for students are easy, visual, … [Read more...]

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Disappearing Pencil Woes?

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Procedures in the classroom are super important, but I am not sure any can drive you more batty than disappearing pencils.  When students complain … [Read more...]

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Organize Your Weekly Lesson Plans!

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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, … [Read more...]

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Proactive Teachers vs Reactive Teachers

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Being proactive vs reactive can be the difference between being miserable in the classroom on a daily basis, or looking at the big picture and taking … [Read more...]

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10 Classroom Systems You Need to Be Using Right Now

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When you think about classroom systems, you might easily think about writing lesson plans or your classroom management method.  Those are both very … [Read more...]

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Feel Good in School February

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Character building in students is important work done by educators each day that typically goes unnoticed by most.  Good character traits are often … [Read more...]

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Need A Lift?

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Staff morale boosters for teachers are important for retention of staff members and keeping the overall vibe in the school building high.  By boosting … [Read more...]

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15 Fabulous Equivalent Fractions Teaching Tools

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Teaching equivalent fractions is either something you love or you hate.  I find very few teachers who are meh about it.  Me?  I personally love … [Read more...]

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