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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 is as simple as it sounds. It’s… Read More
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
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
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