Adding Fun Into Learning
I was asked by someone last week what my goals in my job were. One of my goals is to make learning fun. I strive as much as I can to make…
Sight Word Practice Ideas
As a 1st grade teacher, teaching sight words was always a struggle. My first year in 1st grade, everything I was doing wasn’t working. My students came in incredibly low…
How to celebrate Johnny Appleseed Day
It’s September and Fall is coming soon which means it is time to learn about apples and Johnny Appleseed! Johnny Appleseed Day is on September 26th, so that gives us…
Classroom Mailboxes
The end of the day in an elementary class can be so chaotic without the use of specific classroom routines. When I first started teaching, part of the end of…
Top 10 Classroom Supplies
It is time to start thinking about next year already. Maybe admin has given you money to spend for next year, or you need to make a classroom supply list…
6 Reasons to Teach Character Education
Student behavior in the Spring always seems to get worse. It happens every year! I have a few theories: Winter was way too long! They have gotten really comfortable with…
Why I Quit Teaching
Should I Quit Teaching? Who quits on the kids? But this is what I went to school for? My family needs the money? Its all I know what to do?…
What is Contraction Surgery?
What is contraction surgery? I wondered the same a few years ago and then started looking into it and loved what I saw. I was determined to make it happen…
