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Thinking games for the classroom can be a powerful tool for learning and community building for both academic concepts and indoor recess days.

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Teacher-Approved Thinking Games for the Classroom

Must-read professional development books for teachers recommended by current classroom teachers, links to free resources to help you grow as an educator, and practical classroom tips.

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Brush Up on Your Teacher Skills: Must-Read Professional Development Books for Teachers (and More!)

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

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Practical Advice for New Teachers, Straight From Our Community

These five simple end-of-the-year teacher tips and resources will help you end this school year with a clear plan for a smooth start next August.

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5 End-of-the-Year Teacher Tips for August Success

Learn how to use student assessment data to improve student growth and achievement. Interpret scores, group students based, and plan differentiated lessons.

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How To Use Student Assessment Data: Practical Tips for Differentiation and Growth

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

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How To Build Connections and Student Relationships with Success Stickers

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.

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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!

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Classroom Observation Tips

Here are my best tips to prevent teacher burnout, from a seasoned teacher who has really been (and is still!) there in the trenches with you!

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How to Prevent Teacher Burnout

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

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The Ultimate List of Teacher Hacks

This ultimate list of professional development books for teachers has something for every need, from management to curriculum!

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Professional Development Books for Teachers

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School-Wide Events: Fun and Educational Ideas to Build School Spirit

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True story: I had a current student’s sibling fo True story: I had a current student’s sibling four years ago, and my student came in today asking if we were doing that “really fun travel the world math project my sister told me about.” 🥹 

Yes, yes we were, and I just love that his sister still remembers this little blip in her third grade year! 

So it’s true, my kids were GIDDY about starting this one today, and it’s a favorite for me every year, too. 

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Comment below, and I’ll send you links to everyt Comment below, and I’ll send you links to everything, including my new Holidays Around the World PODCASTS! 💕🩷

It’s my favorite two weeks of the year! Between readers theatre plays, festive math projects, beautiful picture books, and TONS of informational text, it’s just the best!
If you give your students gifts in December, this If you give your students gifts in December, this is the perfect practical and adorable option that they will LOVE! 💕

This year, I added FREE labels for you to print to make your life super easy. 💕🩷 Comment below, and I’ll send you all the links, including the labels to add your name to, print, and go! 👏 

This is the third year I’ve given my students something similar, and the pens and notebooks are always a HUGE hit. 

P.S. I don’t always give out student gifts, and you should never feel like you have to …. but when I do, this is it!
I LOVE teaching about the Rockefeller Center Chris I LOVE teaching about the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, and you can get my plans and resources for FREE! 🌲 🎄 

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This week, we started with reading the informational text passage and will continue synthesizing sources and exploring perspectives by using four books about the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. The books all have similar themes and similar characters, so they lend themselves well to exploring point of view and perspective. 

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🎶 It’s tiiiiime!! 🎶 I absolutely LOVE teac 🎶 It’s tiiiiime!! 🎶 I absolutely LOVE teaching and learning about holidays around the world, and the next three weeks will be filled with synthesizing information from these beautiful books, listening comprehension podcasts, and pen pal letters as we take a deep dive into these celebrations! 👏 

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FREE! Comment below, and I’ll send you the link. FREE! Comment below, and I’ll send you the link. Just print and go, and you’re ready for Monday morning. 🧡
I’ve never loved a set of acrylic critters more I’ve never loved a set of acrylic critters more than I do this one (and my kids agree). 🥰😍 I originally got them to use as accomplishment animals, but they are so big and adorable that I’m planning to use them for a creative writing assignment! I’ll share more details once I iron out my plans, but for now… you need them too. 😂🤩

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🤫 Dots on the tips of all of her letters to be 🤫 Dots on the tips of all of her letters to be ✨ decorative ✨ and can’t write with anything other than Mr. Sketch Markers. 🤷‍♀️ 

So tell me… if I walked in your room, what subtle hints might I find that told me how long YOU’VE been teaching? 😂
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