Whew…it happened. I got to a happy place in the room today. I hope it will be a wonderful space for my incoming first graders. Before we start with the zillions of pictures let me just say that there is very little content on the walls to start. All the blank spots are meant for […]

Teaching Hack. This is genius. Tissues upside down

Make teaching fractions fun with this pool noodle lesson! It's a great way to keep your elementary math students' interest afloat.

“College hack”

Here's a fun idea for 100th day writing plus a FREE printable 100th Day of School class book; Things We've Been Told 100 Times!

From the beginning of the year until the end, these fun activities will get your students excited about learning. You should definitely go out and get some popsicle sticks for this.

We continued our Color Day Fun theme and finished up with all the colors. It was a week filled with literature, writing, art, and color day snacks! Monday was orange day. We started our day with our color poem: “Orange is a carrot an the orange I eat. Orange are the new socks I wear upon my feet!” And color monster: Orange, Orange, squished and orange! The two stories that we read for orange day are Cat’s Colors by Jane Cabrera and Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes. After reading Chrysanthemum…

Ideas for your primary classroom

Sharpie Hospital ~ How to rescue your dried up Sharpies. Place tips in rubbling alcohol until a bit of ink comes out. Replace the cap and let sit for at least 15 minutes.

Do you look on Pinterest for Anchor Chart ideas and give up at the thought that your Anchor Chart could never look that amazing? It actually doesn’t have to be that difficult to make an amazi…

Have kids roll dice into a bucket so dice don't end up on the floor... and it's quieter too!

So I was FINALLY uploading some photos from my school camera in preparation for the end of the year and I came across some that I had every intention of sharing with the blogging world back in August. And since, I have noticed that some of you have begun thinking about next year already (I still have 5 more days), I thought I would share them now so you may find an idea to use at the beginning of the next school year. Every year, I start the year with making and publishing a large amount of…

10 Books to teach about STEM in Kindergarten!

Check out this activity for word endings -ed and -ing

Great Teaching Ideas - I would put pictures/examples of the Nouns, Verbs, Adjective...on the containers.

These alphabet printables and activities are perfect for preschool and kindergarten students. They cover letter recognition, letter sounds and more!