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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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    The Best Teacher Advice for New AND Veteran Teachers!

  • 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

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    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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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. 🩷🩷
These curriculum resources are YEARS in the making These curriculum resources are YEARS in the making, and I couldn’t love them more! 😍 Whether you want to implement Morphology Minutes (in just a few minutes a day) or explicitly teach students each set of morphemes with a slide deck, practice with partner plays, use Morphology Skill of the day, complete comprehension activities and more, I’ve got you covered! Comment below, and I’ll send you the details. 🩷
I’m obsessed with these reading review cards! Simp I’m obsessed with these reading review cards! Simple and quick, but still requires students to really ✨ think ✨ about what they read! Comment below, and I’ll send a link your way! 🩷
Accomplishment Animals are still going strong in m Accomplishment Animals are still going strong in my classroom! I’m answering some of your most asked questions here! Comment below, and I’ll send you ALL the info and my favorite tiny critters. 🩷❤️
Comment below, and I’ll send you ALL the info abou Comment below, and I’ll send you ALL the info about how we use book beads, including these cute Book Review Cards for meaningful (but fun) accountability. 🤗
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