Don’t let another report card day catch you off guard! It’s the first of the year! School is halfway over, and now is the perfect time to save yourself MAJOR stress in the coming weeks.  Raise your hand if you are sick and tired of report card week rolling around and feeling the pressure of needing to grade 10 stacks of paper, mark 12 assignments

How can teachers and homeschool parents help to promote a love of reading in the month of November?   What are some great books to read during this time?  How can we make reading more fun and exciting for kids?  Let’s explore ways to get kids excited about reading in November! How to encourage reading in November Whether in the classroom or at home, one of

My Favorite Teacher Podcasts & Podcasts for Kids Podcasts pretty much save my sanity on the daily, because I’m in the car A LOT!  When I’m not feeling music, I trade my tunes for talking! I love listening to Podcasts!  I’m sharing some of my favs with you so that when you’re stuck in traffic and the radio station is playing that song AGAIN, you can

Parent Teacher Conferences Forms & Other Materials You need! Whether you’ve taught for 1 year or 20 years, parent teacher conferences can be super stressful! Keep reading to make the experience a little more enjoyable this year.  I’ll work through a timeline with you and provide you with the forms, notes, and other materials you’ll need to get you going! You likely have a day

Don’t start a math workshop until you have done a little organizing and planning! The better you organize your math workshop, the better your results will be! Once you know how you’re going to divide up your block of time, you can start putting routines and procedures together that will help your workshop run itself! Teach Routines and Procedures Your workshop will be broken into

Hi reader! I’m passionate about creating happy, safe environments for our students to grow and learn in! I’m Stephanie, a Master’s level teacher and lover of all things SEL. I hope these tips will help prevent or resolve any conflict you may have between students, and help you with managing classroom behavior through building relationships! It’s easier than you think to create a positive classroom