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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.

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  • Here are my favorite smart classroom purchases that maximize the impact of every cent you have to spend as a teacher.

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  • 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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  • 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!

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

    How I Organize My Literacy Block

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    Math Workshop Ideas for Upper Elementary

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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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My favorite way to end the year. 🥹 Comment below, My favorite way to end the year. 🥹 Comment below, and I’ll send you the link to this FREE End of the Year Find Someone Who. Perfect for any day during your last week of school!
Comment below with something your students have be Comment below with something your students have been OBSESSED with this year, and I’ll choose one random commenter to win a set of accomplishment animals to end the year! Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! 🩷🩷 

💡How accomplishment animals work:

Every week, my students take a moment to share a specific success or accomplishment with me and we have a quick conversation about it. They get a little animal (or sticker) and build the cutest little collections over the year — it’s such a fun visual representation of all they’ve accomplished over the year AND such an amazing way for me to learn more about them and connect!
I always seem to pull out the Topple Blocks games I always seem to pull out the Topple Blocks games this time of year, and I’m sending one lucky teacher FOUR sets of blocks to use in their classroom! 🍎 Comment below with the number of days of school you have left. I’ll select one random commenter on Thursday and send the blocks your way! 

Not endorsed by IG. I will never ask you to click links to verify you won and will contact winner directly via comment AND DM from this account only. 🩷😍
These are my SIX favorite books to read at the end These are my SIX favorite books to read at the end of the year — I always read What the Road Said on the very last day of school before I hand out awards. 🩷 I’m giving away a set of all six to one teacher! Just comment below with your favorite kids book of all time, and I’ll select one commenter on Wednesday. 

💡 Not endorsed by Instagram! Winner will be contacted Wednesday evening via DM.
These little guys are my absolute favorite (and ea These little guys are my absolute favorite (and easiest) class pets ever! 🤩 Comment below, and I’ll choose one commenter and send a cute little jellyfish your way! 

Not endorsed by IG! Winner will be contacted Tuesday evening via DM.🩷🩷
This may be my FAVORITE resource I’ve made in year This may be my FAVORITE resource I’ve made in years! 😍 I’ve been working on it since January and testing and tweaking it with my students, and I’m so excited to share it with you. My students LOVED it (we used it with an I Survived book), and I had so much fun teaching it. They were just SO into it and noticed so many aspects of graphic novels that they never had before. 

😀 Comment below, and I’ll send you the link!
If you’re a teacher, you probably recognize these If you’re a teacher, you probably recognize these two questions I ALWAYS get from parents (especially this time of year): 

1️⃣”What should I work on with them over the summer?” and 

2️⃣ “What books do you recommend for my child?” 

💥 So, I put together a FREE resource for you to send home to help parents support their kids over the summer! 

🏠 I created this easy to use guide full of book lists, skill lists, and even quick, authentic activity suggestions to help guide parents over the summer (no packets or workbooks needed)! 

Comment below, and I’ll send you the free link to download it! 💕❤️

(Also very very proud of this song choice because they will, indeed, forget about it if they don’t keep doing a little something over the summer!) 😜
✨ I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, so l ✨ I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, so let’s talk pendulum swings… What have you witnessed so far? What is happening now? And what do you hope to see swing a different direction soon? 🧐
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