by | | Classroom Management, Uncategorized
If you don’t have a plan then you are not prepared. And usually when you are not prepared it is hard to succeed. One of the hardest parts of teaching is classroom management. If you can get that right then your life is so much easier. That’s why today I’m sharing a...
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Starting out the school year on the right foot is so important. We want our new students to feel welcomed and loved. We don’t want them to feel nervous or worried about the upcoming school year. As teachers, we want them to feel safe and excited. A simple way to...
by | | Classroom Management, Uncategorized
We want students to use their time wisely in the classroom. Students need to work hard and keep their brains busy. How we set up our classrooms with different classroom time management strategies can help students finish their work and help us use our classroom time...
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As part of my classroom management plan, I reward students for good behavior. I don’t like every reward being food related. Students have allergies, it costs me money, and children get a lot of sugar as is. So today I thought I would share about the non food rewards...
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My favorite part of teaching is seeing student growth. I love to see where they have come academically. At the beginning of the year, my 2nd graders can’t write a sentence, but at the end they are writing paragraphs with no problems. They make new friends and grow...
by | | ELA, Uncategorized
When I first began teaching, I had no clue what to teach my students for vocabulary lessons for 2nd grade. Our reading curriculum did have some specific vocabulary words to teach that went with the stories we read. But I noticed those words were not on the tests. The...
by | | ELA, Uncategorized
One way to easily encourage a love for reading for your young students is to read to them everyday. In my classroom, I read a chapter book to my 2nd grade students right after recess. It is a good transition to help them calm down from recess. This time is always mine...
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So you’re finishing up your school year. You have a little more flexibility with your classroom time. And you want to make things fun and memorable for your students. But it’s the end of the school year, you are exhausted and coming up with ideas and plans seems...
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Students love to celebrate holidays and have decorations. So I like to bring in a little joy in my classroom by decorating our classroom door every month. Students look forward to the monthly theme. And for the month of April, I love using easter bunny classroom door...
