Today I'm sharing a quick and SUPER simple way to organize your docs/files for a sub and create a special place for emergency sub plans...the SUB TUB!
We all know how one minute, teachers can be totally fine and the next, you're super sick. Too sick to even drive to work and create sub plans. ...
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End of the Year Gifts
Today I'll be sharing some of my favorite end of the year gifts for students and parents!
This year, I'll be sending home my Splash into Summer review pack and a few other goodies in each student's beach bucket.
One of the fun things I'll be adding to their summer review packs are these Target ...
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I Heart Teachers…and Erin Condren Does Too!!
Happy Tuesday teacher friends! I hope this Teacher Appreciation Week has brought you many hugs, sweet notes, and ALL the thanks and praise you deserve for being a wonderful teacher! I know sometimes our line of work can be difficult, and there are endless amounts of things to do throughout the day, ...
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QR Code Tutorial
This past week, I got to attend the CUE Conference in lovely Palm Springs, CA. If you're wondering what it is, CUE is the largest and oldest education technology conference in CA. Over the past 30 years, CUE has helped educators, technology coordinators, administrators learn how technology can ...
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March Freebie
Today I'm sharing a fun word making activity you can use this coming week for St. Patrick's Day! Yay for March freebies!
Just click on the picture above to grab your March freebie. There are 3 different templates for you to pick from! These word builders are perfect for literacy centers, word ...
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Space Unit
I am BEYOND excited to share with you my newest TPT unit! This has been a HUGE work in progress since winter break with countless amounts of hours spent researching, writing, and creating an educational & meaningful space unit. It's even more exciting since I got to use and test out all these ...
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Desktop Organizer Tutorial
If you know me, you know I LOVE organizing and cleaning...I call it the Monica Geller Syndrome.
I'm always saving downloads, pictures, files, EVERYTHING to my desktop first, thinking that eventually those files will make their way to a nicely organized folder. Key word...eventually...as ...
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Back to School Night
Sunday funday is over for me. Why do weekends fly by? A 3-day weekend should be standard in my view. Am I right, people?
This past week was my school's BTSN. I must admit...I was nervous. After all, I am the new teacher on the block. But as the evening went on, I quickly realized how silly I was ...
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Classroom Tour
Happy Friday everyone! Week 3 kicked my butt. I was exhausted everyday this week. It wasn't especially difficult or anything, I just FELT it. Summer is over for good. Sayonara. Adios. Au revoir, mes amis. Back to the real world. But before I completely retreat into my shell for the weekend, here is ...
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Seat Crate Tutorial
Today I'm sharing my seat crate tutorial! It took some time to get the plywood pieces cut and ready, but everything else was easy peasy. Here are the pictures of my new little seat crates and the step by step directions on how to create your own.
You'll need a few items to start your DIY ...
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First Day of School
The first day of school is usually an early release day and flies by quick! We start the day by learning new classroom procedures and take a classroom tour. Maybe do a few read alouds, rule flip books, and cover a few of my 1st-5th grade back to school activities found here. You can download it for ...
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Adopt A Classroom & vh1 Do Something Awards
Did any of you watch the VH1 Do Something Awards last night?? My littles and I were featured on a VH1 public service ad for Adopt-a-Classroom and JC Penny! I was so excited to see them crafting away during the commercial looking all sorts of fashionable in their JC Penny outfits! It was also pretty ...
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