I know you all have been DYING to see my classroom reveal! HAHA Well, we had Meet the Teacher tonight so I had to have it ready! Meet the Teacher went well, BTW. =) And after the reveal I will be showcasing my Classroom MUST HAVES and giving you a FREEBIE for back to school!Every teacher has things they can't live without in their classrooms! Here ...

(Updated blog post)   I wanted to spice up my lesson on fact and opinion, but I wanted to make sure I was in the upper echelon of Bloom’s Taxonomy. At this point in their schooliverse, my students are well versed in writing F and O on a worksheet. Not because of me, because you know [...]

You all remember my themed binder sets I recently created and posted in my shops?? Theme Set 1 Theme Set 2 I received an email from a purchaser about adding a parent letter to go along with binder sets. I thought this was a super idea so I decided to make an overview sheet and parent letter to accompany the units. It is an editable powerpoint ...

Educational Site ''A'' Utilizing fun, interactive, and educational web sites in the classroom and at home is necessary! Why you ask? Well, besides the fact that it is indeed 2012, our students were born and immediately exposed to ''boocoodles'' of technology gadgets and gizmos that most of us probably couldn't fathom being invented when ...

After reading Angela Maier’s 12 Things Kids Want from Their Teachers, I thought about the things in my classroom that really make my kids happy. I mean, besides the normal stuff, like getting an education, becoming global learners, using technology, etc… I mean the simple things that help you remember that they are just kids [...]

So, I hate that I haven't been able to blog much this past week. I have had some pretty serious things going on with my family and I just haven't had the time or the energy to post. I have tons of stuff I plan on posting but I'm going to start with the most important first! Valentine's Day stuff!  A while back, I was inspired by What the Teachers ...

I created a poster to print out and hang in the room to go along with the Class Dojo point system I have been using since Friday and that I posted about here! Seriously...if you haven't checked this out yet...DO IT! It will change your life!!  Just click the poster to download!

So, I am sure many of you have seen these on Pinterest or The Teacher Wife's page.  And maybe you have seen this from Oh Boy, 4th Grade.  Well, I have taken these two lovely ideas and made a perfect marriage! After seeing these two wonderful ideas, I thought it would be a great thing to have glued inside my students math journals!  Let me know ...

Babbling Abby's Teacher Week topic today is Creative Ideas. (How about that use of alliteration!?) I am going to share some ideas of things I do in my classroom that make life a bit easier for me and hopefully will for you too! Some of these ideas are actually activities that you can use when teaching content areas. 1) Gem Jar - This is a ...

Walking into a classroom at the beginning of a new year can make a teacher frazzled. “What should I teach?” “What kind of students will I have?” “Where am I going to get my supplies on such a small budget?” “How am I going to get this classroom in shape in just a week?” [...]