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Back-to-School Resources

Get ready to start the school year with confidence! This page is packed with everything you need for a smooth and successful first week, including a free first-week lesson plans, must-read blog posts, and our best back-to-school resources. Whether you’re looking for inspiration, planning tools, or ready-to-use materials, we’ve got you covered! Explore now and set the stage for your best year yet.

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Classroom Prep

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

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

These Amazon classroom favorites for teachers and students will make your teacher life easier and more organized!

Amazon Classroom Favorites

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Low Prep Resources: Simple solutions that save time all year!

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Practical Classroom Decor Tips

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

Smooth Sailing Back to School Tips: Preparing for the New School Year

Prepping for the Academic Year

Simple upper elementary activities, lesson ideas, and book suggestions you can use to increase student engagement mid-year.

4 Easy Activities to Increase Student Engagement

Learn how to integrate daily grammar practice into your routines to save valuable time and strengthen grammar skills too.

6 Ways To Integrate Daily Grammar Practice Into Your Routines

Math tips and activities to start the year strong in upper elementary. Includes ideas for morning work, centers, and review.

Math Tips To Start The Year Strong

Literacy tips and activities to start the year strong in upper elementary. Includes ideas for morning work, centers, and review.

Literacy Tips To Start The Year Strong

Building Community

These practical strategies and resources help you build a classroom that values connection, self-awareness, and emotional growth by naturally integrating SEL.

Naturally Integrating SEL Into Your Classroom Routines

Learn how to build connections and student relationships with success stickers. These have quickly become one of my favorite traditions!

How To Build Connections and Student Relationships with Success Stickers

Incorporating Classroom Traditions to Build Classroom Community

Incorporating Classroom Traditions to Build Classroom Community

Weekly Letter Writing to Build Community

Weekly Letter Writing to Build Community

The First Few Weeks of School

These practical strategies and resources help you build a classroom that values connection, self-awareness, and emotional growth by naturally integrating SEL.

Naturally Integrating SEL Into Your Classroom Routines

FREE first day of school lesson plans: After many first days of school over the years, here are my tried and true tips for a successful first day of school.

What To Teach On The First Day of School: FREE First Day of School Lesson Plans

5 back-to-school activities that have a BIG impact on student learning throughout the year. Learn to cultivate a growth mindset, community, and more.

5 Simple Back-To-School Activities That Make A BIG Impact

These sweet school-themed books are the perfect tools for this back to school reading lesson that introduces comparing texts and characters.

Back to School Reading Lesson

Best Back to School Picture Books

Best Back to School Picture Books

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Free First Week of School Plans

Building Routines

If you’ve ever found yourself looking around your classroom in the morning and thinking things are a little chaotic, then this post of morning work activities is for you!

The Best Morning Work Activities

Working together is an important life skill that doesn’t always come naturally to our students. Here are my best tips for supporting group work.

Tips For Supporting Group Work and Collaboration

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

Classroom Management Tips: Essential Daily Routines

My Three Must-Dos for Setting High Expectations in the Classroom

My Three Must-Dos for Setting High Expectations in the Classroom

The Best Back-to-School Resources

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