Complete and utter blank stares. I asked my students to solve 4 times 7. And every one of them looked like a deer standing in front of headlights. Helping students master their multiplication facts is tricky. It can feel like a never-ending battle. But, as their teacher, you KNOW how
Your classroom is a special place. ❤️ It’s the home base that holds you and your students for the entire school day. 🥰 This also means it needs to be home base for all of the supplies, papers, resources, and manipulatives EVERYONE needs each and every day. So, you’re probably looking
The perfect way to help give students access to resources is to put them in their hands. But giving students printouts for math facts 1-12 means lots of paper. And they will probably never be able to find what they actually need 🫠 Create handouts by printing multiple pages on
You’ve probably heard it over and over…. “Build relationships with students to make classroom management easier”. But have you ever wondered just how to do that? Here are 7 SIMPLE actions you can start taking today in your classroom to build those connections with ALL of your students. 1. Greet
Every good bulletin board needs a border. This helps the bulletin board feel complete. But should you use printable bulletin board borders or stick with the ones you can find in a craft store? That is the question I’ll help you answer. And if you choose to go the printable
Are you getting ready for Meet the Teacher Night and feeling a bit swamped with all the planning? Don’t worry, we’ve all been there! Whether you’re running short on ideas or have so many that you don’t know where to start, there’s no need to stress. My Meet the Teacher
If you found an editable resource you LOVE, but don’t have PowerPoint, you’re in the right spot! Eight easy steps are all it takes to convert a PowerPoint to Google Slides. 🤯 I do want to give one disclaimer: Google Slides does NOT allow you to add any font of your
You have the PERFECT plan for a beautiful bulletin board display with only one problem. You don’t have enough bulletin boards in your classroom. 🫠 Don’t worry! All you need is some extra wall space to create your own DIY classroom bulletin board. 🤩 Follow these six steps to transform
I don’t know about you, but I LOVE a good deal. Especially when the good deal means adding something cute and functional to my classroom for a STEAL of a price. 🤩 So, I recently headed to Dollar Tree to see what classroom decor gems I could find for a
The last few weeks of school are filled with excitement, energy, and the potential for chaos. Here are 10 great classroom activities to foster your students’ excitement and keep things a little more on track! Fun End-of-Year Classroom Activities 1. Teach the Teacher Day ✏️ Swap roles with your students!
Often, the hardest part of creating a bulletin board is coming up with the bulletin board letters for the heading. Do you handwrite them? Print them out? Avoid it altogether? And once you pick your method, you are still left with a million questions of “But how?”. Follow this simple
We’ve all been there. You are frantically searching for end-of-the-year activities. Tests have been taken, curriculum has been taught, and everyone can feel the buzz in the air that is summer, but there are still school days left. Let me share my FAVORITE end-of-the-year activity: Teach the Teacher Day Some
