Today we're going to cover the next installment in my organization series by talking about how to keep your community supplies neat. This is one of the most common areas within your classroom that needs a system! Sharing supplies can be messy, but it doesn't have to be. Keep reading to check out some tips and ideas for organizing your community supplies. Tap here to learn about the ...
Organization Tips for Teaching: Teacher Desk
As teachers, we know that keeping our space neat is important for helping things run smoothly, but sometimes it can feel daunting to create systems in order to get ourselves there. That’s why I’m writing this series: Organization Tips for Teaching. In this series, I’ll share all of my best tips to keep your room tidy and in tip-top shape. The first topic in this series focuses on keeping your ...
Activities that prevent summer slide
If you've never heard of the summer slide, it's all too real and is something that happens to students nationwide as the school year ends and summer sets in. With kids being home from school all summer, it often becomes a time where they spend excessive time watching TV or in front of a tablet. Because students go through unstructured periods during the summer, this contributes to their content ...
How to Turn Simply STEAM Game Cards Into Task Cards
Whether it’s Simply STEAM Math Games or Simply STEAM Grammar Games, teachers love that these game cards are self-checking! But wouldn’t it be nice if you could turn these game cards into task cards? That way, you could use them as a formative assessment. Before I show you how to do that, I think it’s important to understand what task cards are and why they are beneficial. What ...
Summer Self Care for Teachers
As our end of the school year countdown dwindles and summer days are on the horizon, we must discuss ways to decompress after the stressful school year we've all had. Focusing on summer self-care in some of the areas we've neglected over this school year is imperative. That's why I created my Summer Bucket List for Teachers. This freebie addresses the four areas that often get neglected ...
Fun Ways to Celebrate Student Birthdays
Need some fun ways to celebrate student birthdays? We all know that kids love celebrating their birthdays during the school year. It’s their one special day to be recognized by their teacher and classmates. But what happens to students who have a summer birthday? As someone with a summer birthday and a whole family who also has summer birthdays, I can tell you that we often weren’t ...