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Resources for New Teachers

Everyone on the Teaching With a Mountain View team is a current or former elementary teacher. Combined, we have almost 50 years of experience in the classroom! But we were all first year teachers at some point and still vividly remember the struggles (and celebrations!) of those years. There are so many new teachers entering our field right now, so we’re on a mission to share the BEST resources for new teachers. Find them below!

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

    Practical Advice for New Teachers, Straight From Our Community

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    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!

    Classroom Observation Tips

  • 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

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

    The Ultimate List of Teacher Hacks

  • Learn how to organize student supplies on the first day of school and keep them organized all year long too.

    How To Organize Student Supplies

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

    Classroom Management Tips: Essential Daily Routines

  • If you are scratching your head wondering how you can best utilize your classroom parent volunteers, here is your guide!

    How to BEST Utilize Your Classroom Parent Volunteers

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

    How I Organize My Literacy Block

  • Math Workshop Ideas for Upper Elementary

    Math Workshop Ideas for Upper Elementary

  • practical classroom decor tips upper elementary

    Practical Classroom Decor Tips

  • free first week of school lesson plans, back to school lesson plans

    Free First Week of School Plans

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professional Development For Teachers

Engaging in professional development opportunities can provide fresh perspectives, new strategies, and valuable skills that will benefit both you and your students. Browse my FREE professional development opportunities. I hope these resources help you reflect, set goals, and invest in your continuous growth as educators!

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🚨 This FREE fractions and decimals math project is 🚨 This FREE fractions and decimals math project is one I’ve used for THREE different observations over the years, and it incorporates math, reading, and social studies in the very best way. We’ve had so many eye-opening moments completing it this week, and my students have a solid understanding of converting fractions and decimals with denominators of 10 and 100. 👏 💖 Comment below, and I’ll send it to you.
First day of our Picture Book Showdown is in the b First day of our Picture Book Showdown is in the books (so much pun intended)!! Teachers all over my school are participating, and I can’t wait to narrow it down to the top 8! My brackets are totally free if you’d like to join in the fun! 🩷🤩 Comment below for all the info, including a template to make your own bracket!
This morphology routine has quickly skyrocketed to This morphology routine has quickly skyrocketed to a top priority in my classroom! I usually print students their own pages, but we’re saving copies so this works just as well. Comment below, and I’ll send you info for implementing it into your classroom! 🩷
📣 Let’s hear it! As a classroom teacher, what acad 📣 Let’s hear it! As a classroom teacher, what academic skill do you wish more students had when they entered your grade level? 🧐
It’s definitely true that educational trends come It’s definitely true that educational trends come and go…. And I’ve seen some GREAT ones and done away with some meh ones. I was introduced to Hands on Equations to teach algebraic concepts over 17 years ago, and it’s one of the resources I still use every single year! Kids love it, I love it, parents love it. 👏 

🗯️ So, tell me… What’s the one thing from the beginning of your career that you still use with great success? 

P.S. Everyone say “hello” to my rogue sticky note! 🗒️ 

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It’s time for a Picture Book March Madness Showdow It’s time for a Picture Book March Madness Showdown, and I can’t wait to see the winner this year! 📕 Swipe to see the 8 pairs I have chosen to go head to head this year, and comment below for a free copy of my brackets and to learn more about how I implement this on a classroom and school wide level! 

There are many other creators out there who have done this for years and inspired me to implement this in my classroom a few years ago. 🩷
A lot on one anchor chart, but once students know A lot on one anchor chart, but once students know how to use it, it’s golden! ✨ 💖
True story. 🤷‍♀️ If you want both of my picture bo True story. 🤷‍♀️ If you want both of my picture book show down bracket lists (plus the lists from the last two years), I’m sending them out Friday morning! 📕 Comment below, and I’ll get you all set to receive them. There are SO MANY amazing books, and I can’t wait to see which one wins it all!!

Shoutout to those who have been creating brackets for YEARS for inspiring me to start these a few years ago!
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