12 Classroom Jobs That Students Can Do The last few weeks of school can feel like a whirlwind. Between wrapping up curriculum, finishing assessments, and managing end-of-year excitement, the thought of packing up your classroom can feel overwhelming. Here’s the good news: you don’t have to do it alone. Your students are more than capable…
Finding ideas for Halloween in and upper elementary classroom can be tricky. They are still young enough to get excited about Halloween but are too mature for a lot of the cutesy Halloween activities out there. No worries! I am here to help with many ideas that I use in my grade 4/5 classroom. Here…
How I use Boom Learning with my students I use technology in both my guided reading and guided math rotations and I wanted to share with you one of the sites I use … Boom Learning. It is my students favourite site to go to because there are many options for them! They choose the…
Using a student planner has many benefits. Do you want to help your students work on their organization skills and at the same time open up communication with families? I have the answer for you… a STUDENT PLANNER Over the years I have always had my students use a planner, daily, and I have notice…
Making Student partner groups Putting students into groups or partners can be a tricky thing. We all know that who a student works with makes all the difference in how successful an activity will be. Many times teachers (and I was/am guilty of this too) put students together based on abilities. The students know who is…
Growth Mindset Lessons As soon as I read After the Fall by Dan Santat I knew that I wanted to use it in my classroom. Besides the amazing illustrations, it has an incredible growth mindset message. I have tried many different behaviour management and self-regulation methods in my classroom over the years. I have seen…
Do you search for a teacher planner every year? I don’t. Well let me start by saying I use to but then I stopped. Year after year, I would hunt for the perfect planner to use as my day book and year after year I would spend way too much time filling it out. I…
Are you looking for FREE ways to engage your students at the beginning of the school year? Some much is going on at the beginning of a new school year. Setting up routines, going over expectations, gathering information, and so much more. All of these bring moments where you need to have your students working…
