Popsicle sticks are an inexpensive classroom tool that can be used so many ways, from pulling student names to art projects, and beyond! Pinterest is FULL of ideas, but I’m excited to share 4 NEW ways to use popsicle sticks in your classroom. Watch my Facebook Live on this topic right here! Materials You’ll Need: This post contains affiliate links.…
Reading centers that are engaging for your students and cheap and easy for you? What if I told you that you also don’t have to change them all year and you can still differentiate at the same time? No, this isn’t the beginning of a really terrible joke, it is the reality in my classroom! And I’m excited to share…
Today we’re continuing our Make & Take Series: Turning Classroom Trash Into Instructional Treasure! So far we’ve made Fruit Cup Dice Holders and Marker Cap Finger Pointers. This week I’m going to share a way to reuse glue stick or bottle caps to make a fun game for students. If you’ve been stock piling them because you knew they would be useful…
Sometimes an idea hits in the most unlikely way. This one came during breakfast time. We had used up the last of the oatmeal, and I was left with the empty container. Like a true teacher, I thought, “I can use this for something!” And then Freddy the fr blend Frog was born! He was super easy to make. Simply,…
Behavior Management, Classroom Management, Classroom Organization, Common Core, Math, Phonics, Reading
Morning Work- A Sanity Saver in the Mornings
November 4, 2016
Ah, morning work. When I was in school, that wasn’t a thing. At least not in my school. We came in and the teacher collected lunch money while we unpacked, sharpened pencils, talked about the Rugrats episode we watched last night etc, etc and then eventually the Pledge of Allegiance would come over the loud speaker, we’d all stand, and…