Small Groups- “Read To Someone” (Part 2)

Small Groups- “Read To Someone” (Part 2)

So you’ve finally managed to get your small groups running and students are working independently from you, but what do you do now? What do students work on and how do I chose? What resources do you use for each rotation? Here are some ideas to help you simplify your planning for your small group rotations. We’ll start this week on the “Read to Someone” rotation: read more

Pencils, Pencils, Pencils!

Pencils, Pencils, Pencils!

How do we solve the pencil problem?

Pencils, pencils, pencils. We still use them you know.  Computers, smartphones, devices are all the rage but the good old pencil is still a valuable tool for students. I would never have imagined that keeping sharped pencils in the hands of second graders could be so complicated! Having entered a second grade classroom after teaching fifth and sixth grades for so long was a transition, but I found out that of all the adjustments that were needed to be made, managing pencils proved to be the biggest “challenge” at the beginning of the year. Upper grade students managed this beautifully, but I quickly found I needed to reach out to veteran primary teachers for solutions as to how to keep sharpened pencils in the hands of students with minimal disruption. Here were some great ideas provided by these talented and seasoned teachers.  Maybe one of them will work for you! read more

Sale Time!!

Banner created by Tammy Morehouse, TPT Seller

Who doesn’t love a sale? As teachers, we all anxiously await the announcement of the next TPT sale, because let’s face it, we all need to save our hard earned money.  Here’s a preview of  some of our resources that will be on sale in our store on February 7th, 8th, and (for an extra day!) the 9th! read more

Technology License

 Technology License for your Classroom – FREE!!

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Years ago, my partner teacher and I had heard about “issuing a technology license” from a fellow teacher, so we decided to use this concept in our classroom. It ended up being a very effective classroom management too to support the proper use of technology in our classrooms. We wanted to share them with you for free!  Click here for your free set of technology licenses! read more