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A NEW Task Card Storage Idea and Early Finisher Activities
Sometimes, inspiration comes to us in the most unusual places. For me, my latest task card storage inspiration was at an antique mall! I was spending the afternoon perusing the booths with my favorite girls and kept seeing those beautiful…
Back to School Survival: Building Rapport with and Making the Most of your School Family
It’s Back to School time ALREADY!? Can you even believe that in a few short weeks students across the country will be heading back to class? I can already feel the excitement in the air, from the students and the…
{Peek of the Week} A Peek into Courtney’s 5th Grade Classroom
Peek of the Week is back, and I have so many beautiful classrooms to share with you! I have been on a little blogging hiatus over the summer while spending quality time with my family, and it has been so…
{Peek of the Week} A Peek Into Shannon’s 5th Grade Classroom in Australia
Welcome to another week, and another installment of Peek of the Week! This week, we are visiting Shannon’s 5th grade classroom in AUSTRALIA! Shannon has taught in Victoria, Australia for 13 years. She is currently a student data coach and…
{Peek of the Week} A Peek into Sunny’s 4th & 5th Grade Classroom
I have been receiving a lot of submissions for Peek of the Week, and I continue to be amazed at your willingness to share your classrooms (and all your hard work) and the way you have all made your classrooms…
Create Curriculum “Bright Spots” You Can’t Wait to Teach!
If you need a teaching “pick me up” after a long week at school, I implore you to keep on reading, for your own personal benefit, and for the benefit of your students… When I first met Angela Watson last…
Encouraging EXPRESSIVE Readers {A quick and easy activity with a picture book!}
It seems all young kids have a book that they adore. You know the one… it’s the book that gets read every. single. day. The one that they know all the words to. The one with tattered edges. Well, for…
{Peek of the Week} A Peek Into Charitie’s Science Classroom
Happy Thursday! It has been a few weeks, but I’m thrilled to bring you Charitie’s Science Classroom as part of my Peek of the Week feature! I have received so many amazing submissions, and I can’t wait to share them…
Titanic Lessons, Experiments, Activities, and More!
When I was young, I was never the girl who obsessed over boy bands. I was the girl who obsessed over the Titanic. Even before Titanic The Movie came out in 1997 and launched the world into a serious Titanic…
{Peek of the Week} A Peek Inside REAL Classrooms
I am beyond excited to share my new project with you! I am pleased to introduce to you Peek of the Week…a weekly peek inside REAL classrooms around the country! I came up with this idea after realizing that I…
A Quick and Easy {Differentiated} Review Activity
This will be a quick blog post, but it’s something you can use in like… 5 minutes if you need to! Last year toward the end of the year, when I was reviewing a standard strand with my students before…
The Great Big Collection of Test Prep Resources
It’s that time of year…whether you dread it or just deal with it (or do a little bit of both), state testing time will be here before you know it. Let’s face it–nobody looks forward to administering hours of tests,…
