Category: Classroom Management

This image shows a picture of a teacher up at the front of the classroom with four other students. The students are writing on the whiteboard and the teacher is looking over their shoulders. The text on the bottom of the image reads "40 Classroom Reward Ideas that are TOTALLY FREE".

40 Classroom Reward Ideas (that are totally FREE!) 

Everyone enjoys being celebrated when they do something extraordinary.  Our students are no different.  Adding classroom rewards into your management system is a way to keep students engaged and excited to follow expectations.  But how many of you are tired of constantly filling up a “treasure box” with little trinkets

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Planning for Classroom Management: 3 Ways to Succeed!

Planning for classroom management and putting it into practice is tricky and is often a point of worry for new teachers.  I totally get it and understand, because I’ve been there.  While I am not a classroom management expert, I wanted to share a few tips I found really helpful

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11 Creative Ways to Increase Student Engagement

Sometimes you just need something new to increase student engagement in your classroom. Bring back the magic & excite your students with these different strategies & ideas!  Add Kagan Cooperative Learning Strategies Kagan cooperative learning strategies are awesome ways to increase student engagement and they work in ANY lesson!  Here

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Calm Colors Powerpoint and Google Slides Templates for Teachers 

Slides templates for teachers are an amazing resource in the classroom!  Improve classroom management by using templates to display your agenda, morning routine, bell work, to-dos, lesson objectives, etc. ⭐️ These Google Slides & PowerPoint templates for teachers are beautifully designed to match my Calm Color classroom decor set. Below is

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Classroom Management Tip: Using Hand Signal Posters

Do you ever excitedly call on a student to answer your question and rather than answering you, you hear “Can I go to the bathroom?” I’ve definitely been there- too many times! One quick change that minimized many disruptions was teaching my students to use hand signs to ask basic

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