A Primary Teaching Blog
As a teacher you know there’s nothing worse than preparing sub plans. Here are six ways to streamline your process to prepare for a sub and a smooth return and glowing notes from the sub! Easy peasy sub plan ideas! Easy Sub Notes I’m guilty of leaving pages and pages of sub plans early on in my career. Over time,… Read More
After the 2020 year, we are stuck with a TON of digital resources, but don’t hit the “trash” button just yet! There are appropriate places we can still use digital resources in the classroom to keep us organized and our students engaged. Although we won’t be using digital resources 100% of the time, there are some benefits to them-like they… Read More
Virtual learning, distance learning, asynchronous, synchronous, unprecedented times, flexibility. The words we are tired of hearing, am I right?? Let’s chat about the first day of (virtual) school! I’m going to take you through my first day of (virtual) school slides. It kept me organized to have everything I would be doing in one powerpoint (or in this case-google slide… Read More
Student notebooks are a must in every grade I’ve taught (from kinder to 6th grade). We take notes, do morning work, center work, or even journaling. There are many things our students use notebooks for. Here are a few ideas for student notebook organization. Labels Label those notebooks. How many times do we ask students to get out their Science… Read More
I recently made my small group kidney table into a whiteboard table! Thanks to WallPops! I’ve been eyeing people on the GRAM and Pinterest with their DIY classroom whiteboard tables and I just had to have one! This is a great way to create your own without spending a ton of money or time. Some people painted their tables, but… Read More
If you were to look in your files (or your TPT purchases-who am I kidding, that is my files now), do you own a set of “task cards“? I own about 7,000 sets (okay that’s extreme, but I do own quite a few) and sometimes I need to spice up how I use them. Here are some ideas on… Read More
This blog post is in partnership with Erin Condren (for the teacher lesson planner 2018-2019), but the opinions expressed in the post are my own. This post contains affiliate links. I’ve been an EC Teacher Lesson Planner user since 2014 and they have only gotten better since! I’m sure you’ve already heard the buzz around the EC TLP, so I’ll spare you… Read More
What teacher isn’t obsessed with Amazon?? It delivers all you ever could need right away (if you have Prime). Ashley from Teach Create Motivate and I are joining forces to show you our MUST HAVES for your classroom that you can find on Amazon. Wall Pops aren’t for walls anymore! Stick them to your desks for a more “permanent” whiteboard…. Read More
“Flexible Seating” is a hot topic these days. I wanted to round up some of my favorites I use and have seen, as well as discuss a little bit about what flexible seating means to me and my classroom. I recently watched a Facebook Live video from Amy Lemons at Step into Second Grade that was on ways to increase… Read More
Let’s go back to school with Erin Condren! I received some SUPER fun necessities for the upcoming school year and I had to share with all of you! These are my personal favorites from Erin’s back to school catalog. I almost DIED when I saw the flamingo design on this adorable lunch tote! The cute erasers with “oops” and “my bad”… Read More
