By Rachel Lynette
Welcome, fellow educator! My name is Caroline Koehler. I’m a special education teacher guest blogging for Minds in Bloom. Let’s dive into my 7 strategies to ensure that all classrooms are inclusion classrooms catering to the needs of our diverse learners. As educators, we strive to create an inclusion classroom that is equitable and inclusive of all students. However, it can be challenging to ensure that every student
Find, Share, Use, and Manage Your Classroom Technology When you share a classroom with 25 people, it’s almost impossible to have enough of anything for everyone to share. It was always a great day when every student even had just their pencil. But with technology becoming a more important tool in our lives, how do we make sure that students get the opportunity to use
Your students are soooo lucky! I mean, you’re their teacher! If anyone knows that it is better to give than receive, it’s teachers! So, I thought I would take this week and elaborate on ways you can use fun scratch offs in your classroom! Plus, I’ll show you how to make the paint that you can use on all of the free templates! It’s not
FREE, customizable presentation I’ve been in the curriculum creation business for quite a while now! I LOVE IT! I look at it as my creative outlet. I get to write a little, do a little graphic design, and package it all up pretty. Did you know my very first product I sold on Teachers Pay Teachers was a back-to-school presentation? I made it because I
Whether you are teaching in person this year or online (or both!) Brain Breaks are more important than ever! Many of the natural opportunities to move, like going to a specialist, working in groups, or even going to recess are not a part of the distance learning classroom. Further, you may not be able to use many of your favorite Brain Breaks because they involve
We’re so excited to shared that Samantha, from Samantha in Secondary, is our guest blogger today. Samantha has written an excellent blog post all about helping your students with the transition from primary to secondary grades, so keep reading to learn more — and what a timely post this is, as the end of the school year is a light at the end of the
Hello, teachers! I’m Jeanne Sovet, and this is my first blog post ever! I’m new to social media but not new to teaching, having taught elementary school for the past 19 years. What I really want to share with my colleagues is how much I believe in, support, and want to spread the word about positive classroom management. The program we use in my school
Remote Learning: How You Can Use Regular Resources to Teach Students Even When They’re Not in the Classroom It’s official. Hundreds of districts have shut their school doors, and students will be remote learning in the coming weeks. If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the thought of teaching your students in a remote learning setting, then this free workshop might be the perfect way to help
As a teacher, you probably know how difficult it can be to fit all of your responsibilities, ideas, and daily to-do list items into one school day! But, even with your busy schedule, you may have small pockets of free time when you don’t have anything planned with your students. It’s during these times, like the last five minutes before dismissal, that you can make
I am so thrilled to welcome award-winning teacher, Cassi Noack! Cassi is at expert at creating math activities that are both fun and effective. Today, she will share her tips for making Math Workshop work in your classroom. How to Have a Successful Math Workshop Long before I ever heard the words “Math Workshop,” I was doing it in my class. I was lucky enough
I live in Washington State, just a few short miles from the US location with the most Coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths. Events are being canceled left and right and Northshore, the school district my own kids attended, has closed for up to 2 weeks with only a day’s notice. Other districts are sure to follow. If yours is one of them, then this post from Cassi
Do you want to use Reward Tags (similar to Brag Tags) with your upper elementary students, but worry that they won’t be excited about collecting the tags or that the clip art is a little too young? I ♥ Coloring Reward Tags solves both those issues! Instead of cutesy clip art, each tag features a unique background for your students to color! NOTE: As Amazon
It was 2008, my first year teaching kindergarten, and building rapport with students was not at the top of my to do list. I was excited, nervous, and mostly just lost! It wasn’t my first year of teaching. I had been in the classroom for four years; however, I taught Pre-Kindergarten and at a private preschool. This was public school. To top it off, I
Self-regulation is the ability to calm yourself down when you are upset and cheer yourself up when you are down. In the classroom, students may need help with self-regulating their emotions and managing their behaviors. The ability for students to learn how to manage their own emotions and behaviors can be vital for them to be able to learn in a school environment. Teaching students
Minds in Bloom is excited to welcome Michelle from The IgnitED Teacher to our blog today! Michelle has written a really helpful post about classroom management tips for high-poverty students. Classrooms where the population of students is at-risk tend to be common places for struggles with behavior management, which is often understandable when you consider that students frequently choose to misbehave to distract from the
We are so excited to have Tanya from The Butterfly Teacher guest blogging for us today! Tanya has written an excellent post about an important topic: getting your students to listen without yelling. Give her post a read, and we’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments! NOTE: As Amazon Associates, we earn from qualifying purchases. Let’s begin with a little visualization exercise: Imagine
