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Deciding to homeschool your child can be both exciting and overwhelming. I’ll never forget the moment we decided to make the leap, albeit only for a year. There’s so much to consider, but you don’t have to have it all figured out on day one. With a bit of planning (and a lot of patience!), you’ll find your rhythm, adjust it, and find it again and again!  Below, you’ll find advice to new homeschool parents (or veterans) from the perspective of a veteran teacher and someone who has homeschooled.

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A FREE compilation of creative and critical thinking games for your classroom with quick and fun ways to keep students engaged in learning AND stretch their thinking.

ZERO Prep (and FREE!) Creative and Critical Thinking Games

Combining our time as homeschoolers and my 16+ years in education, I have some tips for homeschool parents to make homeschooling the best it can be!

Advice to New Homeschool Parents from a Veteran Teacher (And former Homeschool Mom!)

My best tips for how to prevent summer slide with a strategic blend of reading and math activities. It IS possible to turn the summer months into a period of growth!

How to Prevent Summer Slide in Upper Elementary

Curated book lists, practical teaching tips, and resources that will make teaching your upper elementary units of study so much easier to plan.

Units of Study Using Rich Picture Books

First Chapter Fridays is an engaging way to introduce new books, authors, and genres. These tips keep students engaged during whole-class reading.

First Chapter Fridays and Novel Read-Aloud Engagement Tips

"Giggles and Grammar" is the BEST grammar curriculum that engages students in meaningful, systematic grammar lessons and helps students LOVE learning grammar skills.

“Giggles and Grammar” Curriculum for Upper Elementary

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

Download lists with the best upper elementary books and free printable bookmarks with reading response questions to share with families throughout the year.

The Best Upper Elementary Books and Free Printable Bookmarks

Teaching a vocabulary word of the day helps upper elementary students develop a wider knowledge of words, tackle complex texts, speak confidently, and think critically.

Increase Word Power with Vocabulary Word of the Day

Daily math word problems play a pivotal role in mathematical understanding and critical thinking skills. These 3rd- 5th grade sets make implementation simple!

The Importance of Daily Math Word Problems

Make planning your next novel study easy with these 5th grade novel study books! These books will entertain and ignite a passion for reading.

5th Grade Novel Study Books

Register for 8 weeks of FREE professional development. The weekly tips will leave you better prepared to teach 8 key upper elementary reading and math skills.

8 Weeks of Free Professional Development for Teachers

Make planning your next novel study easy with these 4th grade novel study books! These books will entertain and ignite a passion for reading.

4th Grade Novel Study Books

Make planning your next novel study easy with these 3rd grade novel study books! I've also included my favorite accountability tips!

3rd Grade Novel Study Books

Critical thinking in math helps students learn to analyze and evaluate math concepts, identify patterns and relationships, and explore different strategies.

How To Encourage Critical Thinking in Math

Favorite upper elementary math manipulatives and tips for hands-on learning to meet a variety of student needs.

Must-Have Math Manipulatives For Upper Elementary

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

How I Organize My Literacy Block

teaching domain specific vocabulary upper elementary

Teaching Domain Specific Vocabulary

Math Workshop Ideas for Upper Elementary

Math Workshop Ideas for Upper Elementary

Incorporating Picture Books In Your Upper Elementary Classroom

Incorporating Picture Books In Your Upper Elementary Classroom

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Math Projects: Differentiated Hands-On Learning

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Teaching Oral Reading Fluency

Supporting Student Learning at Home

Supporting Student Learning at Home

Anchor charts serve as daily references for your lessons, empowering students to solve problems independently. Here are 8 of the best anchor chart tips!

8 Anchor Chart Tips & Tricks

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I can’t believe I created these almost 12 years I can’t believe I created these almost 12 years ago, and they just got a HUGE update. 🩷❤️ Now includes over 82 conversation prompts for Back to School, a super fun first day set of task cards, slide sets, AND a Get To Know Me template for your students to create a slideshow! 

👏 Comment below for a link and download the update if you are one of the many teachers who already own this set!
This brilliant idea from the @texaslonestarteacher This brilliant idea from the @texaslonestarteacher was one of my favorites from last year, and I’ll undoubtedly be implementing it again this year! 👏 I used this for our Battle of the Books, so each book was assigned a different colored bead, and once a week they got to update their necklaces. 

At the beginning of the year, each student put their name on beads to claim their necklace. Then, we displayed them on hooks all year and they proudly wore them at our practices, battles, and end of the year book celebration! I still have enough beads to do it again this year (and probably next)!

Comment below, and I’ll send you a link to my supplies. 💖
Grab my FREE first week plans!! Comment below, and Grab my FREE first week plans!! Comment below, and I’ll send you a link to these activities and SO much more! 🤗 🥰
My FAVORITE Growth Mindset books to start the year My FAVORITE Growth Mindset books to start the year strong, including this soon to be released gem from @dj_writes ! 👏 💪 Drop a comment below, and I’ll send you links to all my favorites and a FREE resource for teaching your students about growth mindset!
Giggles and Grammar is your complete curriculum fo Giggles and Grammar is your complete curriculum for teaching grammar. 💪 It’s easy to implement, and you’ll love all the giggles shared with your students along the way! Comment below, and I’ll send you all the details! 😆❤️

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💭 Real Talk: I’ve never had a classroom theme 💭 Real Talk: I’ve never had a classroom theme. Have you?? 

I rarely change my decor — I add a few little things each year if something strikes my fancy. I try to keep things bright and light so that anyone who walks in my room feels at home, at ease, and ready to learn and grow. 🩷 

🎥 This is a quick video I took of a small space in my classroom — left over from last year and ready to be put back together for this year! It will take me just a few minutes to set this space back up to its former glory … And if I decide to get fancy, maybe I’ll switch out my borders. Maybe not. 😉 Either way, it’s going to be a great year!
This is a total teacher MUST in my classroom! The This is a total teacher MUST in my classroom! The tongue drum is a super calming way to get your students’ attention. From day one, I set the expectation that if students hear the tap of the drum, they stop what they’re doing and find me with their eyes. Works like a charm and brings such a peaceful sense of calm to the classroom every time. 🩷🩵💚 

Drop a comment below, and I’ll send you the link to mine. 🔗 

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This is your annual reminder to add this to your b This is your annual reminder to add this to your back to school plans!! 💚 It never gets old watching kids process through how to make this challenge work! I give them each a piece of string, a rubber band, and cups and tell them they have to figure out how to stack the cups without touching them. They’re usually stumped initially, but someone always figures it out!!

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Just about every day during the first week of school, we have a STEM or teamwork challenge. 🧩 incorporating them helps build teamwork and collaboration skills and allow students to feel and overcome challenge early on. Watching students work through the productive struggle of the STEM cup challenge has always been a highlight of our first week of school and is a great time to focus on building growth mindsets, too!

🤔 They never get it right away, so watching them problem solve and strategize is just the best! 

💡 It’s super easy to set up! Each group gets 6 cups, string, and a rubber band. They have to assemble a pyramid without their hands touching the cups. That’s it. That’s all the directions they get! 

😍 I always allow plenty of time for this activity since it can take a while for them to come up with a strategy that works!

Comment below, and I’ll send you a link to my BTS plans with all my STEM ideas.
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