Staying organized during the school year can be tricky. Especially if you work with a team who likes to order materials WELL in advance! One way I've found to keep myself organized week after week is through using weekly drawer organizer for all my lesson plan materials. So a weekly daily drawer organizer ... read more
Tips from an OT- Guest Post
A few years ago I met an amazing Occupational Therapist when her son was in my class. Although she didn't serve any students in my classroom, she did spend lots of time helping out. Along the way, Dee shared some of her OT tips and tricks with me! She changed my entire approach to handwriting and helped me understand why ... read more
Win the Graded Paper Battle for Once and For All!
New year, new organized you, right? About 4 years ago I made a New Year's resolution to not spend as much time on "school stuff" when I was at home. The biggest "school stuff" time sucker? Grading papers! Night after night I was sitting on the couch checking, marking, and grading mounds of student papers and I was D.O.N.E ... read more
10 MUST Have Materials for Your Classroom STEM Lab
STEM is such an important part of the 21st-century classroom. But creating a STEM Lab in your classroom (or even just starting STEM activities!) can be super intimidating! There are just so many STEM materials for the classroom! Which ones are best? So, today I'm sharing 10 of my MUST-HAVEs materials for your classroom ... read more
Creating a Mini Stem Lab in the Classroom
The school I worked at this past year was REALLY focused on STEM. I mean like really focused. Like so focused, the teachers worked to turn the old Media Center into a STEAM Lab complete with Lego wall, Makerspace, robots, and magnetic whiteboard wall for marble mazes. I brought my 5th-grade class down there on an almost ... read more
DIY: Student Data Binder
How many times have you've been called up to a meeting at the last minute? No time dig around for student scores, wonder where you put that intervention data, and definitely no time to wonder where those sight words and DRA cards are!! After quite a few run-ins with this scenario, I decided to start using a Student Data ... read more
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