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Oh, those teacher gifts! It’s the holiday season and you’ve got *almost* everyone checked off your list for gifts… But what about your child’s teacher? If you’re not sure what teachers want for the holidays, you’ve come to the right place. This Applicious Teacher has received some amazing and thoughtful teacher gifts over my ten years in the classroom. So,… Read More
Gotta love this time of year! The kiddos are settling into the routine… bats and spiders are about to be plastered all over the classroom and… we’re shoulder deep into parent teacher conferences! Parent/Teacher Conferences are a great way to keep the lines of communication open about student progress. Remember: It takes a village to educate a child… or at… Read More
Making Parent Communication EASY with Klassroom: The Parent Communication App that is so Much More! One of the most important parts of building a trusting working relationship with parents is communication. We send home flyers, ask for snacks, write in planners, and even make phone calls. But this all requires time and energy… something that is in short supply these… Read More
2nd grade is such a fun grade to teach reading! Most of your students are no longer still “learning how to read” and they are ready to make the transition to “reading to learn!”. With that comes the want and need to explore longer and more meaningful titles! Students at this age are so excited about expanding their vocabularies and… Read More
How do you celebrate birthdays in your classroom? For me, in years past, parents would send in cupcakes, we’d sing happy birthday and that would be that. Kids were happily sugared up on blue and red tinted frosting and our classroom life went on. But, then there were the kids who’s parents did send in cupcakes for birthdays because they… Read More
So there’s this notion floating around about assessment in the classroom. At some point in our educational journey, assessments became evil. A thing to pin teachers against teachers, administration against their staff, and districts against their schools. Although I can see why some assessments are placed in the same category as four letter words (Ah-Ham- Looking at you PARCC and… Read More