Setting up class jobs for your classroom? It can be tricky to know how you want things to be set up. Should you give everyone a job all the time? Should you only have a few jobs? Or, should you only have one class helper a day who does everything? There are so many options. Here is how class jobs…
When winter break ends and you head back to school, it’s so easy to want to jump right back into where you left off. However, if you’ve had a week or two, or maybe even three off, there’s a handful of things you’re going to want to do first. Here are 5 things to do when you get back from…
The beginning of the school year is exhausting, overwhelming, and so much work. Sometimes it can feel like your class might never find a groove. Will my students ever remember he procedures? Will I ever turn in attendance in on time? (Probably no.) Will things start to slow down at some point? Will teaching ever get easier? Here are 5…
Teachers tend to be control freaks. Not all, of course, but generally, elementary teachers in particular feel the need to control every aspect of their classroom. However, if order for students to really thrive, teachers need to relinquish their need for constant teacher control. Here are 7 things teachers need to stop trying to control in their classroom, and why…
As teachers, we want to give parents the opportunity to be invested in their child’s learning. Sometimes it’s difficult to make that happen, though. Here are some simple ways to increase parent involvement in your classroom. A Disclaimer: Don’t Assume Before we get started, I just need to say one thing. Please don’t assume that parents aren’t interested in their…