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Everyone on the Teaching With a Mountain View team is a current or former elementary teacher. Combined, we have almost 50 years of experience in the classroom! But we were all first year teachers at some point and still vividly remember the struggles (and celebrations!) of those years. There are so many new teachers entering our field right now, so we’re on a mission to share the BEST resources for new teachers. Find them below!

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This blog post is PACKED with practical advice for new teachers, straight from experienced upper elementary teachers who have been exactly where you are.

Practical Advice for New Teachers, Straight From Our Community

Here are my favorite smart classroom purchases that maximize the impact of every cent you have to spend as a teacher.

8 Types of Smart Classroom Purchases

This Teaching With a Mountain View Resource guide is your shortcut to finding exactly what you need for your students separated by topic and season for easy navigation.

Teaching With a Mountain VieW Resource Guide

Read our first year teacher tips and learn everything we WISH we had known! We'll cover classroom management, lesson planning, parent communication, and more.

The Best First Year Teacher Tips

Whether you’re preparing for a scheduled observation or want to ace an unannounced walkthrough, this list of classroom observation tips will help!

Classroom Observation Tips

These tips will help you minimize missing assignments and develop a time-saving system for organizing student work in upper elementary.

Tips for Organizing Student Work

Use this bundle to prepare upper elementary emergency sub plans. Also includes practical tips to help you prepare for a guest teacher.

Emergency Sub Plans and Guest Teacher Tips

The best teacher hacks, classroom organization tips, classroom systems, and classroom management strategies from upper elementary teachers.

The Ultimate List of Teacher Hacks

Learn how to organize student supplies on the first day of school and keep them organized all year long too.

How To Organize Student Supplies

Upper elementary classroom management tips. Put these essential routines in place NOW for success all year.

Classroom Management Tips: Essential Daily Routines

If you are scratching your head wondering how you can best utilize your classroom parent volunteers, here is your guide!

How to BEST Utilize Your Classroom Parent Volunteers

Tips for organizing your upper elementary literacy block. Includes daily routines, whole group lessons, and literacy rotations.

How I Organize My Literacy Block

Math Workshop Ideas for Upper Elementary

Math Workshop Ideas for Upper Elementary

practical classroom decor tips upper elementary

Practical Classroom Decor Tips

free first week of school lesson plans, back to school lesson plans

Free First Week of School Plans

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professional Development For Teachers

Engaging in professional development opportunities can provide fresh perspectives, new strategies, and valuable skills that will benefit both you and your students. Browse my FREE professional development opportunities. I hope these resources help you reflect, set goals, and invest in your continuous growth as educators!

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What do allll of these things have in common? They What do allll of these things have in common? They’re all part of Prime Day, and they are all actually worth it. 😜 Drop a comment below, and I’ll send you my carefully curated list of books and supplies. ❤️❤️
Year FOUR of implementing this series of lessons, Year FOUR of implementing this series of lessons, and I am still so excited about it. ✏️ Drop a comment, and I’ll send you a link to allllll the details and books! 

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Over the course of sever days, we read all four of these sweet books (which all feature pencil and eraser as the main characters), analyze and compare the characters, and write themes and lessons learned from the books. You can pick and choose to read any combination of the four!

‼️ All of the books focus on similar themes… 

⭐️ We can be different and still be wonderful. 

⭐️ Working together can have the most unexpectedly beautiful results. 

⭐️ It’s so important to value the skills and knowledge everyone brings to the table. 

⭐️ Mistakes are fixable and make us great!

⭐️ There really is no such thing as perfect  because “perfect” looks different for everyone.

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There are two questions I always get from parents: There are two questions I always get from parents: 1️⃣”What should I work on with them over the summer?” and 2️⃣ “What books do you recommend for my child?” 💥 So, I put together a FREE resource for you to send home to help parents support their kids over the summer! 

🛑 It’s not a big printable packet or workbook full of worksheets — instead, it has book lists, skill lists, and even quick activity suggestions to help guide parents over the summer! 

Comment below, and I’ll send you the link to download it! 💕❤️
Comment below, and I’ll send you a link to the F Comment below, and I’ll send you a link to the FREE assignment sheet and more info! 🌟 🌟 

Just say noooo to those end of book tests and packets of endless comprehension questions. Say “YES” to super fun cumulative novel projects. 🤗 I’ve been doing this one — where kids create an Amazon listing for their book — for YEARS, and it never gets old!
We end our school year the same way we started it, We end our school year the same way we started it, and it always warms my heart to see how far we’ve come. 💕❤️🥰 I’ve adapted Find Someone Who to have an end of the year twist, and it’s a really special, sweet way to see kids come together for a few minutes at the end of the year! 

It’s FREE and no prep! Just drop a comment below, and I’ll send it to you. 💕❤️
I LOVE planning for the end of the year. Comment “Last Week!” below, and I’ll send you all the links! 💕

I’m a big believer in keeping our schedule as consistent as possible and continuing to have high expectations while also embracing the fun and celebration that comes with the end of the school year! Each of these activities accomplishes just that — total engagement but consistency right until the very end! ☀️
It’s time! ☀️ Over the last 16 years, I’ve It’s time! ☀️ Over the last 16 years, I’ve perfected my lesson plans for the last two weeks of school. Comment PLANS below, and I’ll send them to you and help simplify your end of the year planning!
🚨 It is Teacher Care Week here at Teaching With 🚨 It is Teacher Care Week here at Teaching With a Mountain View! Baking cookies is one of my favorite ways to calm the chaos after a busy day in the classroom. 🥰 Since I can’t bake any for you, I’d love to send five of you a gift card to your favorite treat location! 

💕💕 Comment below with your favorite treat to see in the teacher’s lounge, and I’ll automatically enter you AND send you an exclusive FREE resource to use with your students!
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