Creating a Positive Classroom Environment: Nurturing Respect and Value for All Students
Welcome to the Back to School series for new teachers! Each week through September, I will be sharing my top tips for new elementary teachers, and this week I am talking about building a positive and inclusive environment in our classrooms, which is one of the most...
Why Should Teachers Collaborate With Other Teachers?
Welcome to the Back to School series for new teachers! Each week, I will be sharing my top tips for new elementary teachers, and we start things off talking about collaboration. There are two reasons why I chose this first. Number one, it is actually my biggest...
Finding the Joy Of Teaching
One of the biggest things I hear is that there is no joy left in teaching for many. School shootings and violence against teachers seem to dominate the headlines. Social media is flooded with posts about a record number of teachers leaving their jobs. It would seem...
Valentine’s Party
It’s finally here–what is likely to be your last classroom holiday party of the school year. Whenever you're planning any classroom party, there are three main things that you need to take into consideration. You need to know your students, you need to know yourself,...
How to Teach Classroom Procedures – Part 3
Today we pick up at Step 6. If you need to review the previous steps please click here. If you or your friends are parents, this idea would work at home too. So feel free to share this blog with anybody you know that has children at home that may benefit from this as...
How to Teach Classroom Procedures – Part 2
Today we pick up at Step 4. If you need to review the previous steps please click here. If you or your friends are parents, this idea would work at home too. So feel free to share this blog with anybody you know that has children at home that may benefit from this as...
How to Teach Classroom Procedures – Part 1
Today’s blog post is going to focus on one of the most important things we have to do once the kids arrive for the start of the school year - teaching procedures. This is crucial at the beginning of the year to set the tone of the classroom, but it is also important...
Top 3 Best Free Apps For Self-Care
Summer is here and flying by. I don’t know about you, but almost as soon as school gets out, my mind starts turning to self-care. We need to do this year-round of course, but the end of the year is especially hectic, so I know for myself I need to get in some R &...
National Day in June Summersgiving — A Fun Summer Celebration.
I think one of the best parts of The Teacher Success Club is the digital download for using National Days in the classroom. Since the Club is currently closed until next month, I wanted to share with you a fun National Day that is coming up quickly! This day was meant...
The number one thing to avoid to get kids to love reading!
Last fall, when we still had teacher candidates out in schools, there was a classroom I visited that had a sign on the front door that said, “Everyone is a reader, but some just haven’t found the right book yet.” It immediately caught my attention and put a smile on...