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Integrating SEL and character education into your classroom routines can transform your classroom community and have a lasting impact on your students. With a Master’s in Social Emotional Learning and over 17 years of experience in education, I’m passionate about helping teachers seamlessly weave these essential life skills into their daily instruction without feeling like they’ve just added one more thing to their plates.


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hey, I’m Mary

I’m so glad you are here. I’m a current gifted and talented teacher in a small town in Colorado, and I’ve been in education since 2009. My passion (other than my family and cookies) is for making teachers’ lives easier and classrooms more engaging.

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You won’t ever catch me in an ELA teaching positio You won’t ever catch me in an ELA teaching position where I’m not teaching word parts. 🩷💚 I believe wholeheartedly in the value of teaching morphology, especially in the upper grades! 

Comment below, and I’ll send you info on ALL my resources, including an entire FREE starter kit for teaching your students the basics of prefixes and suffixes!
🎉We start every math class the same: I read just a 🎉We start every math class the same: I read just a few of these mental math cards orally, step by step, and when I’m done, I count down from three silently using my fingers. When my students see a closed fist, they share their answers in unison. It’s so quick, simple, and low stakes for kids. They increase in complexity throughout the year, and I’ve seen massive gains in my students’ mental math abilities.

Comment below, and I’ll send you the info! ❤️❤️
Podcasts in the classroom are SO fun while still b Podcasts in the classroom are SO fun while still being academically worthwhile! 👏 🎙️ I designed them to address listening and reading comprehension skills in an engaging, relevant format. Each one comes with show notes and assignments and covers topics ranging from sports and science and tales and more! 🥰 Comment below, and I’ll send you all the info.
It was a SOLID first full week, and here are some It was a SOLID first full week, and here are some of the highlights! 🥰 I’m absolutely loving this group of students and can’t wait for a great year together. 🩷 Let me know what questions you have or drop a comment and I’ll send you a few links to get started with each!
Honestly, their ideas had me 🤯 and I learned so mu Honestly, their ideas had me 🤯 and I learned so much about how my students think, process, and work in a large group!! Here’s how I did it:

Hand them a huge stack of letters (there were tons of duplicates). They had to silently make a large circle of letters A-Z. No talking. I LOVED watching them work together. (If you don’t want to do this step, just make a circle of the letters before they arrive.)

Then, I gave them a topic. We went around the circle, and each student had a QUICK chance to state something that started with each letter (in any order) and collected letters as they went. If they didn’t have one ready to go, we’d go to the next person and continue around the circle until all letters were gone. The person with the most letters at the end “wins” but we actually ALL won with this one! 

Shoutout to TopDogTeaching for inspiring me to start this last year!!
Let’s stop asking kids to share their favorite foo Let’s stop asking kids to share their favorite food and start asking questions that make them REALLY think about their answers. 🥰 Want even more? Comment below, and I’ll send you the info about my Purposeful Pondering cards! 🩷
🚨 One of my favorite activities for the first week 🚨 One of my favorite activities for the first week of school and beyond!! I use patches, but you can use stickers or pictures or anything you dream up! Comment below, and I’ll send you the link to the patches I got. 🩷
They’re ✨ essentials ✨ for a reason! Truly love ea They’re ✨ essentials ✨ for a reason! Truly love each and every one of these anchor charts, so I create and teach them at different points throughout the year EVERY year. 🩷🩷
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