A Primary Teaching Blog
ClassDojo has been a staple in my classroom for a few years now. It has worked wonderfully to communicate behavior with the parents. The ClassDojo team has done an outstanding job of enhancing the program to be all encompassing with individual/group/whole class points, parent messaging, class story, growth mindset videos, and (I’m most excited about) student-led portfolios (coming in late… Read More
I’m obsessed with Target Dollar Spot erasers. Aren’t we all? We walk in, get sucked in right away to the Dollar Spot, and what do we see? These sweet little baggies full of cute erasers. Do we know what do to with them? No. Do we care? No. I thought to myself, I probably have AT LEAST 3 baggies per… Read More
Pink Tiara Cookies by Maria Dismondy is a great book that teaches the social skill of kindness. “Bullying” is a huge problem in schools (see why I don’t like using the word “bully” HERE). What happens when your best friend starts hanging out with someone else? Jealousy, that’s what! Kids are very good at excluding others. Dismondy does a great… Read More
Hop on over to Education to the Core to read my guest post on my STICKY NOTE OBSESSION and how I use sticky notes/post-its all around the classroom!
It’s almost the weekend! Come hop along with me and my friends as we show you 6 was to use SitSpots in & out of the classroom! I’ve been dying for some Sit Spots in my classroom for over a year now! While in Vegas for the TpT Conference, there was a fabulous Sit Spots booth upstairs in the… Read More
Hi friends, it’s AUGUST! School is quickly approaching {maybe some of you are already back in school}! I saw an awesome post from Mary at Sharing Kindergarten about Kindergarten tips and I thought {and asked her permission} I could use it to start a “First Grade Teacher Tips” blog. So here are my 3 tips for a successful first grade… Read More
Classroom jobs. The name of it just gives me a headache. But I’ve found a sure-fire way to alleviate the stress of those classroom job charts! I wish someone had told me about this my very first year of teaching. I have made some adorable, elaborate job charts in my years. Check this one out! I was so in love with it! It had… Read More
If you follow my blog, you’ve probably seen this post 5 million times, but I love love love my birthday board! Don’t you love SEPT? Yep, had to cut and paste a little guy in there 😉 & Why no November birthdays? Strange… If you like my birthday board and want to make one of your own, click here for… Read More
I did it! I did it! What you ask? I got my classroom reveal up on the blog BEFORE October 😉 {oh & I am also officially a 1st grade teacher….that’s been crazy…} This past week we had Back to School Night! It was my first BtSN that I conducted entirely on my own {at my previous school, we did… Read More
That’s a long blog title. That’s probably against all the blogging rules. But today I do not care. I’m officially a first grade teacher. It was the most successful first week I’ve ever had. Not because I over planned and had 1,000 things ready to do and only did 3 of them. Not because we sang so many songs, danced… Read More
