Do you teach primary-level students or those learning English as an additional language? Are your students currently focused on enhancing their literacy skills? Do you want to foster independence in your students? If any of these scenarios resonate with you, then the idea of immersing your students ...
Classroom Management
Tips to Help Fidgety Students
We all have fidgety students and it is natural and normal. Kids need to move! Unfortunately, there are times where movement can be distracting or not appropriate. This post has ideas to help you and your fidgety students. First, let me say that my classroom allows for lots of ...
Setting Up a Classroom Photo Sharing Site
Every school year I set up a secure classroom photo share website. I have always used Shutterfly. They have this super easy to set up template for classroom share sites. It is really so fast to set up and it is a closed, secure way to share photos and more. Right now you are probably asking ...
Thoughts on Whole Body Listening
I asked Susanne Poulette if she would write a blog post for me on Whole Body Listening. She is the original author of Whole Body Listening and many years ago, she gave me permission to use the term "Whole Body Listening" on my Teachers Pay Teachers freebie. I hope you enjoy reading this ...
Get Organized with Binders
Binders are an easy way to manage papers. There are so many different style dividers out that you can organize materials by month, number, the letter of the alphabet and more! Here are a few binders I have and how I use them. I keep my plan book in a binder and I create my weekly ...
Classroom Management and Organization
I would not describe myself as a type A teacher, I would say I am somewhere in the middle and that I work hard to be organized. I teach first grade and I have found that when I cannot find something, which in turn makes me frazzled, I lose control over the class. To prevent chaos, I ...
Classroom Dojo
This year, I changed my behavior systems over from a warning board to Classroom Dojo. I heard about Classroom Dojo from my amazing friend, Deedee Wills in this blog post. The kids love it, my principal loves it, the parents love it, and I love it! It is just this amazing, free, ...
Teacher Week 2013: Taming the Wild
Classroom management is sort of a catch 22, the better you are at the harder class you get. The result - "you're the strict teacher." Umm, thanks parents but I prefer to be called "structured" and be acknowledged for creating an effective learning environment. Students are kids ...
Classroom Behavior System
I have had so many questions and seen so many pins of my behavior system, that I decided it was about time I did a blog post on it. *Feel free to pin these, too :) These rules are included in my Classroom Decor Packets. My behavior system is based on Lee Canter's Assertive ...
Getting Students to Listen
Teaching students to listen is no easy task. Sometimes, I feel like I am trying to herd a bunch of cats! I use a “Whole Body Listening” poster in my classroom. The speech pathologists and ABA teachers at my school introduced me to “Whole Body Listening.” They use a Whole Body ...
