15 Fabulous Equivalent Fractions Teaching Tools - Teaching equivalent fractions is either something you love or you hate. I personally love teaching students how to solve and compare equivalent fractions...

Interview with Ken Rohlf, Creator of ‘Best Friends: A Tale of a Boy and His Dog’ - In this conversation, Ken Rohlf shares the inspiration behind Best Friends, A Tale of a Boy and His Dog, a heartfelt story of a child and his dog. The pos...

ON THE WAY TO THE BARN - Do you know what it means when someone says, “We’re on the way to the barn?” That means you’re almost there…almost home…almost finished with the school yea...

Letter Recognition Alphabet Matching Uppercase & Lowercase Literacy Centers - Your students will love Letter Recognition Alphabet Matching Uppercase & Lowercase Literacy Centers! You will love how easy it is to prepare this A to Z An...

Plant Science - If you are looking for a simple and engaging way to teach young learners, this plant science unit is a great choice. It blends science, reading, and hand...

Does consistency matter more than fidelity? – with John Bennetts - RAR Podcast #247: Does consistency matter more than fidelity? What happens when students hear different routines in Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3? In this e...

St. Patrick’s Day Bingo for Kids: A Fun Shamrock Bingo Game for the Classroom - St Patrick’s Day bingo for kids is a simple classroom game that makes a fun activity for March celebrations. This printable Shamrock Bingo game is perfect ...

- I’m Excited to Share Something New If you’re reading this and thinking, *“Wow, it’s been a while since there’s been a post here,”* you’re right — it has....

Free Printable Binder Covers to Preview Classroom Decor Bundle Themes! - Hey teacher friends! ✏️ Looking to refresh your classroom style without committing to a full decor bundle just yet? I’ve got the *perfect freebie* for y...

UFLI in the Classroom - This was my first full year implementing UFLI in my classroom and I loved it. Once we got into the routines, I saw so much growth in my students. They re...

End of Year Memory Quilt - Hi Guys! Just popping in here real quick so share one of my favorite end of the year activities we do. First, I read this book - it's really sweet. And t...

Review: Brianna Banana, Helper of the Day - I recommend this delightful early chapter book for your beginning reader: Brianna Banana, Helper of the Day

Happy New Year 2025 - Hi All!! I truly can't believe we are scrambling so close to 2025!! Thank you to those who have sent quick messages about my New Year's Unit!! Here ...

AnthroDesk - Hey everyone! Hope you are all having a fantastic summer. It's hard to believe we are in July already. Time is definitely flying! Today's post is al...

Four Favorite February Activities For First Grade - February is jam packed with holidays and celebrations! From Groundhog Day, Black History Month, Valentine's Day and President's Day, it's a lot. (And...

How to Help a Child Who Worries: My Monster and Me Book - *Inside: Book review and follow-up activities for My Monster and Me, a book about childhood worries. Includes links to other books and a colouring sheet...

Reading Comprehension Strategies in Social Studies - Hi Teacher Friends! Today I wanted to share about using the reading comprehension strategies during social studies. You can find my last post about Social ...

4 Ways to Develop Word Awareness - [image: Word awareness is an important skill in early literacy. For a child's awareness of words to develop, oral wordplay as well as being exposed to ...

The Easiest Ornament EVER (with free tags) - With all the things going on this year, I wanted to find a precious, but very simple ornament to make with my students. This ribbon ornament hit the spot...

Classroom Incentive: Super Student Tickets - I am always looking for new and fun ways to encourage participation and good behavior in my classroom. I usually have a bunch of different incentives goi...

Camper of the Week: A Student of the Week Classroom Management System - Hey friends! Happy Saturday! Long time no blog! I will have a new look around the blog soon with a brand new name! I felt it was time for a change for the ...

Summer Book Study for an InterACTIVE Experience - Getting together plans for an Interactive Book Study on "The Interactive Class" by Joe & Kristen Merrill to share with teachers this summer. The authors ar...

HOW TO CREATE A NUMERACY-RICH ENVIRONMENT - Creating a classroom environment that equips students with the tools and resources they need to be successful is one of the most important jobs we have as ...

Time to Open the Vault - It's that time of year, in honor of reading and fun of the Dr... Click on the vault to grab some of my favorites! ENJOY!!

10 Reading Week Ideas - Once a year we get the opportunity to dedicate a full week to all things related to reading. Reading Week, or Read Across America, is such a great way to i...

Teaching Deep Thinking and Emotions - [image: Emotional Charades] How does the character feel in this story? How do you know? These are comprehension questions that we ask our very youngest ...

Happy February! - Happy February! I can't believe we are already more than half way through the month! We've had a lot of rain here in Oregon these last few weeks, but toda...

Bathroom Decor - Hi everyone! As you may know, we moved into a new house over the summer! I am slowly still decorating and rearranging to get things the way that I like t...

100th Day of Fun - This Wednesday is our 100th Day of School. I'm thrilled for the kids but sad for myself. I love all the themed activities you can do with the kiddos and ...

Friendship and Love Storybook Stem - Well hello loves! We are recovered from a weekend of horses and a retirement party for my dad rounding out with Emmie winning her very first blue ribbon:...

DIY Sliding Closet Door - A while back we did a lot of work on our teen boy's bedroom closet which included widening the doorway to allow for a large, built-in storage unit. His roo...

Learning Centers with Accountability - Learning centers are a favorite time of the day. My kids love the hands on activities and I am thrilled they they are engaged in skills based practice. ...

New Years Color by Number (freebie) - I hope you all enjoyed your holiday! Can you believe the new year is almost here?! Have you started planning for after break? Here's a little no prep activ...

Holiday Gift Guides - 1. KitchenAide Mixer 2. Echo Show 3. AirPods 4. Leopard Sweater 5. Make-up Travel Kit w/brushes and Beauty Blender 6. Kate Spade ID Clip 7. UGG Slippers 8...

Truth or Lie Series by Erica Perl - Recommended Grades: 2-4 Touted as 75% Truth + 25% Lies = 100% FUN! This new series makes the game “2 Truths and a Lie” educational! Lesson Idea: Mentor Te...

Focus Walls - Hello Friends, Today in second grade, I introduced focus walls to my students! I find focus walls important and beneficial for students. It's a great visu...

Sneak Peek into "The Coaching Partnership: Collaboration for Systematic Change" - Coaching. It's quite a dynamic role. Being a coach might be uncomfortable and demanding at times. However, it can be pleasurable and gratifying, too. Eve...

2018-19 Recap: Classroom Reveals - It's good to finally be back to my little blog :) I've been away a long time. This past year has been quite different for us. My mother-in-law broke her ...

Syllable Division Rules - Hi everyone! I've written before about syllable division, but I've mainly focused on the first three rules with open and closed syllables. I made some new...

How to Backwards Plan and Organize Your Teaching Life - Of all the things that you can do to organize your teacher work life, *creating a year plan is absolutely at the top of the importance list*. I’m ALL AB...

Newsletter for the Week of Apr. 29th -

Long Vowel Silent E - Over the next few weeks in first grade we will be completely kicking it up and learning so many phonological patterns. The weeks before and after winter br...

Hour of Code - NOTE: A version of this blog post first appeared on the CUE-NV website. Computer Science Education Week was held December 3-7 this year. It was started sev...

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Technology Coach - I taught second grade for 20 years. I never thought I would do anything else. But when your dream job kind of lands in your lap, you jump on it. I've a...

Mom Life, Teacher Life - *Forgive me for a minute as I talk to Blogger: Wow. So we meet again. I feel that I've neglected you, and even just logging into you, I feel I forgot how t...

Our First Grade Weather Inquiry – Part Five: Green Screen Weather Reports - As a culmination for our weather inquiry, my students applied all that they had learned and became meteorologists! They LOVED this so much. (If you want t...

How long does it take to tackle classroom management? - When I was first starting teaching I would hear from older teachers to just spend the first two weeks of school working on procedures and expectations. The...

Meet the Teacher Freebies - 12 years later, and I still get butterflies on Meet the Teacher night. I love meeting a new group, but its such a busy night trying to meet all my new ...

Keeping School-Aged Kids Busy on Road Trips - This year for Spring Break, my family of 5 made the 15-hour trek to the Florida panhandle. While we have a TV in our car, I really didn't want my kids to b...

West Gate K-8 Promo - This past year, our school district was making little commercials to promote each school. I was asked to speak on the video, and have a short cameo towards...

Making Math Meaningful - This 100th Day of School writing on what they liked and didn't like so far about first grade stopped us in our tracks. We are in our second year of a new...

Sensory Chair DIY: Monday Made It - We all know that our students need more sensory experiences. That’s why we incorporate lighting, music and sensory bins into the classroom. Why not inc...

So Much More to Summarizing - Summarizing text is such an important skill. Students learn how to summarize text as early as kindergarten by being asked to retell or recount familiar ...

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A #RedforEd Open Letter to My Governor - Dear Governor Ducey, What's taking you so long? Why are you and your colleagues dragging you feet? Teachers have asked for education funding to be restored...

Grandparent's Literacy Night - Every year our school has a Grandparent's Breakfast. It is organized chaos. Every. Single. Year. We have tried different things each year. Grandparents don...

Don't Blink..YOU Just Might Miss IT - IS IT SPRING BREAK YET? DON'T BLINK.. FREEBIE.. I LOVE the Song by Kenny Chesney "Don't Blink" Don't blink Just like that you're six years old and you t...

Read Across America Door 4/Bulletin Board Idea - This week I’ve been sharing all things Read Across America and Dr. Seuss! Today, I wanted to share how the door yesterday was inspired by the adorable m...

TPT For Schools - [image: TPT FOR SCHOOLS]Are you tired of staying up late night after night getting ready for the next day? Are you tired of reinventing the wheel on p...

Christmas with STEM - So there's been quite a few days that have passed since my last post. This year has been unusually different than the past 6 that I've been in the classroo...

TpT Gift Card Give Away - *As we are SO thankful to you, myself and a team of amazing teachers have grouped together to gift an awesome teacher with a TPTgift card to show you ...

Tracking Student Data - Testing, testing, testing! We can't get away from it, but here are a few ways to track how your students are succeeding in your classroom. At my old school...

Need some quick printables to go with your lesson? - Not every lesson is planned and timed for perfection! We as teachers, are human! Sometimes you just need that perfect printable to take you to the home s...

6 Teacher Approved Back to School Read Aloud Books - [image: 6 Teacher Approved Back to School Read Aloud Books] Back to school time is exciting for both teachers and students. Choosing the perfect books t...

Classroom Setup in First Grade - Hi Folks! So, I've been thinking a little bit about classroom setup. One thing you MUST know, right out the gate, is I am no Chip or Joanna Gaines...I set...

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My Favorite Teaching Uniform...And It's On Sale! - My favorite teaching uniform is on sale! I jokingly call it a uniform because it gets me through the fall, winter, and spring and I have it in multiple ...

Alphapalooza 2 Phonemic Awareness & Phonics Fun! - “The two best predictors of early reading success are alphabet recognition and phonemic awareness.” -Marilyn Jager Adams We spend a lot of time working ...

Hey Teachers....It's OKAY. - *Yes YOU.* The one whose weary body hits snooze 5 times before hurriedly rushing out the door to get to school on time. I'm talking to you. The perm...

Will's Words: Learning to Love Language with William Shakespeare - Students are never too young to begin immersing themselves in the language of William Shakespeare. *Will's Words: How William Shakespeare Changed the Way...

Fraction Bump Freebie - Do your students BUMP? Bump is a fun and simple game that primary students can easily play. Download the game boards HERE. How to play Fraction Bump: Pla...

Stained "Glass" Trees - Here is an easy paper activity to do with your classes. I got this idea from HERE. This activity could easily be done with the trees all in white and...

Halloween in the Classroom - Let's be real. Sometimes we just need to take a break! Especially around Halloween. Right now, I have report cards, Halloween, early release days to g...

Parent Teacher Conference Prep - Let's talk Parent Teacher Conferences for a moment. Anyone else pulling some late night conference prep this time of year? As part of my conference prep...

Handwriting Sort FREEBIE - We hit the ground running with handwriting expectations at the beginning of the school year. After spending the first few weeks reviewing our letters and ...

How Teachers Feel After the First Day of School - Today was my 15th first day of teaching. I think it's a little like childbirth. We have to forget how much work it really is or we may not come back to ...

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How to Celebrate Student Birthdays - Quick and Easy - with a FREEBIE! - We are officially back to work this coming week. What in the world happened to summer! I've been running around like a crazy person trying to get some l...

CLASSROOM PEN PALS - PAIR UP UPDATE AND IDEAS FOR THE YEAR - I know. I know. It's been radio silence since all you alls signed up for my pen pal exchange. However, I promise that I have been working away on matchin...

My Free & Easy Classroom Reward Binder . . . Or "How I Replaced The Classroom Treasure Chest FOREVER!" - Happy almost-August folks! I have NO IDEA how we got here so fast, but HERE. WE. ARE. It's hard to believe that it was almost a year ago that I made a de...

New School, New Grade Level and More! - Hi All! Yep, I am moving from first grade to kindergarten and it was a bit of a surprise for me too. Our small little school that I was in is moving hun...

Extreme Makeover - Do you ever feel like you need an extreme makeover . . . you look in the mirror and your tired of seeing the same old haircut, same makeup, same go-to out...

PINTEREST APPROVED RECIPE LINK-UP: JUNE EDITION - Hi everyone! It's that fun part of summer where we're busy having BBQs with all of our friends. I don't know about you, but this is one of my favorite par...

Preparing them for a Successful Summer - Hi friends! It's my very first day of vacation, and I wanted to stop by and share some tips for sending our little ones off for a succcesful summer. Thos...

Third Grade Writing - I am so excited to be 'back in the saddle' and teaching third grade again this year! I've been busily working on learning the new standards and crafting...

Celebrate The Last Day of School and Happy Teacher Appreciation Week - Happy end of the year to you, phenomenal teacher! Hats off to you and the hard work behind all you do. Finish out the school year strong - and treat yourse...

Repeated Addition Freebie! - Spring has definitely sprung in 2nd grade....but, you know they aren't really enjoying spring when they vote to stay in for recess because they are tir...

Technical Difficulties! - I'm in the process of switching from Wordpress to Blogger and post images are not showing up. I am trying hard to have this fixed ASAP, so please hang tig...

What TIME is it? - It’s that time of year again…time to practice telling time…right down to the minute! Making the jump from only telling time to the hour and to the half hou...

Mad for Mats! - If you're like me, you're always looking for meaningful literacy centers that will engage your students; however, getting those centers prepped and ready c...

January Currently - It's January? Already? Jeesh, time sure does fly when you're stressed out, overwhelmed, going crazy, having fun! Joining in with Farley's Currently for Jan...

2Gether We are Better: 2016 Plans and Goals!!! - Happy 2016!!! I'm still a little in shock that we are already in the new year, but boy, am I excited!! I feel like I have not talked with all of you in ...

January Currently! - Happy 2016!! I am so grateful for this time to be able to join back in with Currently to start the new year! *Listening* - I'm listening to football b...

Teaching Coins, Data, and Graphing! - When it comes to teaching coins, data, and graphing, I find that student interest is HIGH! Students get excited about touching money, counting money, and ...

Our Kind Elf - Today we had an unexpected visitor appear! We have an elf! Our elf will be leaving us little messages and give us "kindness challenges" each day. This wi...

We Like to Move It, Move It with Bouncy Bands! - When you have a classroom full of 6 and 7 year olds and need to keep them engaged and motivated to learn you have to get them MOVING!! We move and groove ...

An Old Favorite: The Thanksgiving Placemat - Thanksgiving is right around the corner. So I'm here today to share my take on an old old favorite craft for this time of year: the woven Thanksgiving plac...

It's a Turkey Trot Blog Hop! - [image: Slide3] Welcome to “The Chalkies” Turkey Trot! We hope you enjoy a jog through our blogs gobbling up freebies, ideas, and recipes for some holid...

Dun, dun, DUN! It's Back..and in a BRAND NEW COLOR! - Ok, y'all. Let's have some #realtalk. Pencil sharpening is a NIGHTMARE. But guess what?? It totally doesn't have to be! Classroom Friendly Supplies is ...

Trick or Treat Blog Hop - We have been counting down the days to this amazing Blog Hop that we are so fortunate to have the chance to participate in! A huge thank you to Rachel ...

The Haunted Hop - Fall is in full swing and maybe your planning could use a little perk up! Well lucky to your, some of your favorite TpT sellers have gotten together to ma...

A+ Images Classroom T-Shirts - So, when my brother was in 4th grade, their class ordered T-shirts. Each kid drew their face, and the teacher submitted everyone's to be put on a class sh...

A Successful Week 2 - Wow! Week 2 is finished! Another crazy but successful week complete! We had staff meetings, our first fire drill (new school), high-heat days (Yes, that's...

Z is for... - 25 amazing giveaways, freebies and more and we've made it to letter Z!! The always super sweet Jessica Stanford has graciously donated her A-Z Animal Crafti...

Pete the Cat Rocks It Back to School - I have a stash of books that I use for the first week of school. I love them cause they are fail safe and of all the times in the year, this is the week ...

Making Words FREEBIE, My Birthday Frame, and a SALE! - I have a few of things to share with you today, before I leave to go work in my classroom {again}! First up is a FREEBIE for letter trays that I shared in ...

Money Saving Tips For Teachers - Do you find yourself spending loads of money on your classroom every year? I know I spend way more than I should. It's really hard not to... but I am tryi...

Making Bulletin Board Titles - Happy Sunday! I wanted to pop in quickly and share how I make my titles for bulletin boards. I got several questions about this after posting my vocabular...

It Doesn't Stay in Vegas...Video Footage of the FUN - So there's the phrase, "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas." Um, No. These fabulous folks were given fair warning. Here's what goes down in *my *SDE ses...

Freebie Friday! - Happy Friday friends! Can't believe how fast this week is going, but excited that this is the last day of "Let's take a gamble and have some fun". Hope...

How To Do An Animal Research Project in the Lower Grades - [image: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Animal-Research-Project-1909374] Each year in the spring, the teachers on my team do an animal research ...

Favorite things - Summertime! - I'm starting my July with some linkies... check out my July Currently here. I'm linking up with Teaching Trio for Favorite Thinks Linky! Since it's the f...

Rock Your First Year of Teaching - I still remember my very first day of school. Not as a student, but as a TEACHER! I was terrified of the 'not knowing.' Guess what? It went GREAT! I am so...

It's Been Too Long... - It is hard to believe that it has been six months since I last posted on this blog. There has been a lot going on since then and I can't wait to share wit...

10 Steals of Summer! - [image: image] I’m super pumped to be teaming up with some teacher-blogger friends to bring you THE 10 STEALS OF SUMMER! Each day over on my Facebook p...

Dream-Believe-Dare-Do - On the last day of school our faculty and staff say many a tearful goodbye to our cute kiddos, lock up the building, and gather at a local restaurant to ce...

Earth Day Freebie - It's a big weekend here on my blog! Over the next couple of days, I'm migrating to a redesigned WordPress format. It's exciting, and I think you'll love...

Five for Friday - This will be me this afternoon: Last week I was gone on spring break. It was glorious. I'll take another spring break next week, pretty please! Be...

April Take A Closer Look! And SALE! - Hi everyone! I am teaming up with some great teacher bloggers again to bring you another Take a Closer Look blog hop featuring one of our favorite April...

Just So Lucky! - So... we are T-minus 5 days until Spring Break and a mere 8 schools days until our state testing. I know I keep mentioning this... It's only because I am S...

Dr. Seuss Week - March is, by far, one of my favorite months in school. There are so many fun things to celebrate! We kicked off last week with a little Dr. Seuss fun. We ...

March Currently - I cannot BELIEVE it is March already. Although we have had 7 snow days in the past 4 weeks and 9-10 2 hour delays...feels like we haven't been in school at...

Teachers ARE Heroes! - Y'all...I'm SUPER EXCITED! Teachers Pay Teachers is celebrating teachers everywhere! It's a HUGE TPT SALE...and everything in my store is 28% off! Be sure ...

Perfect Paragraphs for President's Day - This week we will be reading and writing about Abraham Lincoln. Then next week, on to George Washington. I can hardly wait to see my kiddos finished prod...

Currently February - January has been a crazy month around here. I started grad school, so that's been an exciting and terrifying new step. It's been pretty manageable so far...

Happy January! - Hello! We are off to a flying start! So far this year we are learning about tens and ones in math. Your child needs to be able to start counting by 1s an...

Jeremiah 17:7- Trusting AND Hoping in the LORD - Blessed is in the man who trusts in the LORD, And who hope is the LORD. -Jeremiah 17:7 This morning I was reflecting on Jeremiah 17:7. In particular, I was...

Halloween Sale! - Hello Friends, Just popping in to tell you that I am having a Halloween Sale over at my tpt. Just click on the pic to head on over. [image: post sign...

Math Talk Part 4 of 4 - I am sorry it has been a few weeks for me to get this post written, but my goodness changing districts and job title really takes up a lot of time the last...

A New Approach to Scheduling - I'm hoping to join DeeDee's Peak at My Week Linky tomorrow so today I wanted to share my schedule with you guys. I'm don't know about you but each year I ...

Math Tool Kit Freebie - Hey my peeps! I hope your summer has been fantastic!! I have two more weeks, then it’s back to the grind for me. Hop on over to Blog Hoppin’ to grab a ...

The Many Adventures of Winter {Differentiated Writing} - I've been putting off writing this blog post because I wanted my first graders to finish this writing project but, well, I feel like we are never going bac...

Writing Support from Home - [image: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Writing-at-Home-2155264] Writing is typically one of the last academic pieces to fall into place for s...