It’s Back to School Season… Dun, dun, DUNNNN! The combination of Reward Tags and this Star Tag bulletin board with unlockable achievements have seriously transformed my classroom management! That being said, I have been in my classroom for a total of 3 days – 36+ hours already (and they say teachers spend regular work week […]
Tag: Classroom Management
Classroom Management Game
So, I invented a new game today. It was completely necessary at the moment. It requires zero prep and zero materials (other than a class list). It. Works. Like. Magic! The name of the game is ‘Last Kid Standing’. How to play… 1.) Give your students specific instructions to literally ANY classroom task. – […]
Flexible Seating in the Classroom Part 2
WELCOME BACK TO FLEXIBLE SEATING IN THE CLASSROOM – PART 2! If you haven’t read part 1, you can find it HERE! Welcome to part 2 of Flexible Seating in the Classroom! This part will focus more on how to manage your students, their belongings and classroom organization. I originally started flexible seating on the […]
Flexible Seating in the classroom – Part 1
Flexible Seating in the classroom – Assisting Student Success Part 1 Flexible seating and assisting students success in the classroom is something that I wanted to do, but it was something that I kept going back and forth on. Did I want to get rid of the safety net of my simple chairs and tables […]
How to Keep Track of Completed Student Work
As a Third Grade teacher, I am caught in a place between overflowing paperwork and the struggle to keep track of it all. I don’t love to give worksheets to my students all the time, but to be honest there are just some things that work better with a piece of paper in front of […]
Teaching the Difference between Toys and Tools
We all have those days. Picture this… So, here I go again. I give students a mini whiteboard and a marker and then I turn around to draw something on my whiteboard only to turn back around and see that ½ of my students are drawing pictures of cats wearing funny hats and actually not […]
Guided Math – Increase Student Accountability
Guided math is one of my favourite times of the day. It gives me the opportunity to work with my students in a small group setting and allows the other students to build their independent work skills, work with friends and sharpen their math skills through technology. In Guided Math, my students are grouped by […]
Traffic Light Behaviour Management (WITH A FREEBIE!)
Well, we are well into the school year. That being said, have your behaviour problems dissolved? Mine haven’t. That brings me to my post – The Behaviour Management Traffic Light! #thestruggleisreal If you are a genius at making that happen, please tell me all your secrets! I’ll pay you a dollar (what can I say, […]
Confessions Of A Tattle Monster
I don’t know about you, but one of the problems I had in my classroom this year was TATTLING! “So and so did this and that and the other thing.” Oy. This was beginning to become a problem! ENTER THE TATTLE MONSTER! Now, I know what you are thinking. ‘How did you afford to hire […]
iPad and Computer Wallpaper Freebie!
Inspiration struck today. I wanted to brighten up my classroom computers, so I created these bright chevron wallpapers for my computers! Since I know many people like bright chevrons, I decided to post these to TpT for FREE! I also used this colour scheme to make iPad wallpapers too! You can download 20 computer wallpapers […]