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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 with it!… Read More
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 weekly basis as STEM and… Read More
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 Binder… Read More
I know just the mention of field trips can bring on the pings of migraines, so I thought I’d share a few EASY ways that I have found to help reduce stress surrounding a field trip! I’ve been on plenty of field trips where I actually enjoyed my time. I know what you’re thinking… “Leigh, seriously? Field trips are NEVER… Read More
Happy New Year! Maybe it’s the coolness in the air down here (it’ll be like 50 degrees here in Central Fl) or the 2 cups of coffee I’ve already had, but I’m so pumped for 2018! One of my (teacher) goals for the new year is to be more intentional with routines in my classroom. Teaching kinder is basically herding kittens… Read More
STOP! Put that paper away! Sometimes it feels like I’m cutting down a National Park just to fuel printing my classroom assessments for 44 students, let alone any practice activities. Some things can’t NOT be printed out… but today’s post focuses on how you can help save paper in your classroom while still having engaging lessons. All you really need… Read More
You guys! Check out how Keeping Up with Mrs. Harris plans on using my voice level posters in her classroom this year! (Also let's take a moment to ooo and aahhhh over how fun and colorful her new room is!
Classroom Management Tips - Keeping Up with Mrs. Harris
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Classroom management and thinking through how my classroom will run is more important than the decorations and arrangement! Do you agree? My classroom has several different strategies set up; and as n...
