Close reading helps students gain skills that will help them grow as complete learners. In this blog post, I’m sharing more about why close reading is so important for our students and practical ways teachers can incorporate close reading into our classrooms.

This growing collection of posts will teach you how to lesson plan quickly, how to create an effective lesson planning system, important factors to consider when planning your lessons, and strategies for daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly lesson planning.

Have you been looking for ways to keep your students on task and increase their independence? My Editable Daily Agenda Slides are the answer! They’ll keep students on task, help them develop independence and autonomy, and reduce the amount of writing you do each day.

Are you searching for a way to keep your students on task and increase their independence? What if you could accomplish both and save yourself HOURS of time each week? You can achieve all of the above by using one simple resource.

An organized classroom doesn’t have to be a dream. Yes, organization comes more naturally to some teachers. Just like classroom management or highly interactive lessons come more naturally to some teachers. If organization isn’t your superpower - yet - that just means you need to get intentional about what’s in your classroom. And where it is in your classroom. It’s time to create digital files.

It’s simply not possible to truly affect change without being consistent. Consistency is just as important when it comes to planning. If you want to lessen your stress, improve the effectiveness of your lessons, and help your students meet standards and goals, consistent planning is a must.

Proactively stop negative behaviors before they begin by incorporating positive behavior management strategies in the classroom.  It’s a sure-fire way to increase positivity and reduce negative behaviors in your classroom. Let me tell you how.

Bring rigor to your Valentine’s Day lessons with a mini-unit on the history of chocolate. Incorporate meaningful and engaging teaching resources during school holidays through thematic nonfiction units that teach important reading skills while students learn about the history of a holiday.

Here are 24 self care resources that include tips for getting started with self care, self care strategies for the classroom, and mindfulness books for teachers.

With the start of the school year, it’s difficult to let go of the carefree days of summer for the busyness that going back to school brings. While finding a balance between work and life is difficult for many, it’s particularly difficult for teachers, whose work is not over when the final bell rings. Here are just a few tips to begin mastering home and school life balance.

Taking time to protect your own well-being benefits not only you, but everyone around you. That includes your students. This year, make it a goal to prioritize self care. Here are seven simple ways to get started.

Task cards are incredibly versatile. In fact, they are so versatile that there are probably ways to use task cards you’re not familiar with. Let me share 10 ways to use task cards in your upper elementary classroom.

If you’re not already sold on using task cards in your classroom or if you would like to use them even more effectively, keep reading! Today I’m going to dive into what task cards are and how they benefit you and your students.

This free tool is the perfect resource for boosting positivity and is one of the easiest classroom management strategies I’ve used. It’s easy to implement and super effective in turning students’ attention to others during the holidays.

Let me help take some of the overwhelm out of the holiday season in your classroom. I have organization tips, writing activities, and holiday activities perfect for your upper elementary students.

Read on as I take you through five teaching resources that will help save your sanity and keep your students engaged this holiday season.