Teacher supplies in the classroom, whether you are a new teacher or a veteran, are important to making your space your own. You spend so much time there, having supplies that are are personalized to you makes it feel a little more like home. These are my favorite things when it comes time to getting […]
Video Tutorials
Need some video walkthroughs from Charity herself? Visit the blog posts below which all have videos in them showing you how to make your life easier in your classroom. It's like PD from home. Enjoy!
What to do With Parent Helpers in the Classroom
Parent Volunteers in the Classroom. Are they an urban legend to you? Or do you have parents begging to spend more time in your room? Field trips, having parents listen to students read, and running the annual class party are all traditional volunteer opportunities. But, if you would like to really up your parent involvement […]
Make Your Own Bulletin Board Lettering Tutorial!
Hey teaching friends! I haven’t done a video for y’all in a while, so I thought it was about time. I posted my newest Interactive Bulletin Board: Flower Power Figurative Word Play for grades 4 and 5 {picture below}, and as I was creating the bulletin board lettering, it dawned on me how much easier […]
Inferring Fun and Games!
Making inferences games that are interactive are a fun way to include all students in learning about inferring and making predictions! Additional resources, such as making inferences worksheets, anchor charts, and pictures will also help your students with logic and coming to conclusions about the reading passages they are deciphering. So, while I realize (wholeheartedly) […]
Free Hallway Tips Workshop
As you are walking through the hallway at school, do you ever see the group of students that is goofing off, being entirely too loud, and is either stretched out the length of a football field or is so bunched up they are literally pushing one another? Maybe that group of students belongs to […]
FREE Teacher Workshops!
Who loves some FREE PD in their PJs??? I would much rather sit and watch online trainings in the comfort of my home or from my mobile device on my own time, while being able to have a snack and a beverage of my choice along the way. But, maybe that’s just me. Organized Classroom […]
Organized Manipulatives in the Classroom
I have a great quick organized classroom tip for you today. I’ve received a lot of questions about packing up at the end of the year, getting organized so that you’re not crazy insane whenever it comes to next year. While this tip is going to help you organize things a little bit for this […]
Simple Lesson Assessment
Today I have a question from Jillian. Jillian writes and asks, “How do I know if students really understood the lesson after I’ve taught it? They seemed liked they know they do. I walked around and saw that they were doing the work fine. Sometimes I even have them in groups and it appears as […]
Classroom Supplies Home Organization Tips
Hey everyone! Today, I wanted to answer a question that was posted on our Facebook page wall that is from Pamela O. She says, “Hi Charity, I am looking for some creative inspiration for my home office. I was wondering if you had any tips for how to organize the plethora of teaching materials and […]
Instagram From Your Computer
Today I wanted to fill you in on kind of a fun website. If you love to follow social media and follow other teachers and look in the classrooms and get great teaching tips, I know a lot of you use Facebook. A great probably many more of you use Pinterest. I do know some […]
How To Thursday: Twitter Chats
Now – before you go running off thinking you aren’t interested in Twitter, much less chatting with anyone on there (I mean, who does that anyway?) – I highly encourage you to watch the video below and see for yourself just how easy it really is! You have an opportunity to collaborate and bounce ideas […]
Share Your Ideas for Cash!
Hey teacher friends! I hope you are saying warm wherever you are and safe from the ice storm I know many are getting slammed with this week. Since you are stuck in the house anyway – how about something fun to do with your unexpected time off? Or even this weekend for those who don’t […]
Presenting Parent Conferences with a Technology Twist
I know so many teachers are preparing for first quarter parent conferences in the current and coming weeks, and while I am a HUGE believer in conducting Student Led Parent Conferences for students in grades 2 and up (they need to be fluent readers to carry out my program below), I also thought of a […]
DIY Teaching Printables!
Have you been dying to know how to create those teaching printables that you have seen all over the place on sites such as Teachers Pay Teachers or Classroom Freebies? I receive tons of emails a week from fellow teachers who ask me about that very thing – and I decided to answer the call […]