It took fifteen years of teaching and professional development before we felt confident in teaching reading to students in upper elementary. Teaching reading is one of the most important skills any teacher is responsible for, but it is often taught by stabbing at strategies until something works-only to find it doesn’t work for the next […]
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Five Things You Can Do Before the Year Starts to Get Organized
We firmly believe that teachers should enjoy the time off they have and shouldn’t be forced to work. It’s the time we all need to replenish and prepare, but if you’re a little like us, you thrive when you are well-planned and prepared. That’s why we wrote this post. These are the things we try […]
Are You Feeling Like a Failing Teacher?
This is the time of year when we question whether or not we can continue teaching. Reflection is important. It’s how we grow. It doesn’t matter that we have years of experience behind us and the school year is finished, but there’s just something about this time of year that puts us in a funk. […]
How to Reduce Paper Clutter in Your Classroom
Is your classroom drowning in paper? It can happen so easily. Between student work, office memos, plans, reminders and reports your classroom can easily become a fire hazard or at the very least a tree massacre. Here are some of our best ways to reduce the amount of paper that keeps creeping into your classroom.
