Being an elementary teacher requires so much more than just teaching! You are responsible for the care and safety of small children. As a first grade teacher with many years experience, I can tell you that there is nothing more stressful than dismissal on the first day of school. We've all had ...
Organization
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 ...
Teacher Week: Organization – My Top Four Tips
Organization is my forte! If you read my last post, you know that my classroom is more organized than my own home. Why? Why be organized? I like to be organized because, I spend a lot of time in my classroom. I feel stressed or frazzled when I cannot find things. ...
Teacher Plan Book and More!!!
I have gotten so many questions in my shop, on my blog, and on my fb fan page on where you can get my plan book format. I finally got around to making a packet for you! I hope you check out this post to see what is included and then head over to TpT to check out the ...
Time Savers, Helpful Hints (a little freebie, too), Activities Like, and New Ideas
I am a little late to the Blog Hoppin' party, but better late than never! Here are some of my quick Time-Savers: I don't file away my original copies for the week right away. I actually keep them in my "To Copy" file and then I grab them quick if needed. You know like when a ...
Blog Facelift and Teacher Week 2013: Now Teach! Organizing for Instruction
You might have noticed that my blog got a little facelift and I changed my blog name. I asked my facebook fans for catchy name ideas and "Erica's Ed-Ventures" is what someone came up with and then most people agreed they liked best. I am still at my old web address: ...
My First Grade Plan Book
Update on 5/2/16: I have added the following updates to this post since the links below are no longer available. I modified Ms. M.'s template and sent it back to her. She now sells the "Erica" template in her store. You can get it here. I also sell a ...
Busy Teacher’s To-Do Lists
I love To-Do Lists! I write them on post-its, on those To-Do List pads, and on my Blackberry. I also like to make To-Do Lists of ideas I have for TpT, my blog, and Scholastic. I created free "Busy Teacher's To-Do Lists" for TpT and posted about them on Blog Hoppin'. Click ...
Leveled Library Labels
I changed my classroom theme to Aqua, Hot Pink, and Lime polka dots. To go with the new theme, I created these round labels for my Leveled Library. The labels are for sale in my TpT store (click here). These plastic bins were purchased from Big Lots. My students uses these ...
