Rules and procedures are the backbone of your classroom. In my opinion, first you have to LOVE your students. Then you have to teach them about what you expect from them and then you can teach them everything else. You can be the most knowledgeable teacher in the world and an expert in your field but if your class get… Read More

If you had a chance to read 25 Awesome Back to School Read Alouds, you’ll know my favorites out of the TONS of great back to school read alouds. In that post I shared the why for those specific books. Here I’ll be sharing some of my favorite activities to go along with those books. These are typically activities that… Read More

Picking out the first week read alouds is one of my FAVORITE back to school activities! There are so many amazing authors out there providing books that cover everything you need for the first month of school.  The many important lessons they learn from these great stories are crucial for students, especially to set the expectation from the beginning of… Read More

It’s that time of the year again! Back to School- insert frantic nightmares about school, back to school ads, and the dollar section to become full of so all the cute classroom things. This time of the year is like Christmas for teachers. Most have been dreaming, and probably planning and prepping, about how we will set up our classrooms…. Read More

Have you decided to implement flexible seating but are slightly freaking out about how exactly to do it? My intention is to help you set up flexible seating in a way that is as successful as possible and to hopefully relieve some of the fear and anxiety that happens when you make any major changes in your classroom. If you… Read More

I’m sure you’ve heard the buzz about flexible seating. Maybe you’ve even tried it. How do you feel about it? Did it turn out well or did you have a negative experience? This year I caved into the buzz and tried it and while it wasn’t all positive at first, it turned out better I than imagined. And now I have… Read More