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We all have to do at least one conference with parents throughout the school year! I am going to share with you exactly how I run my conferences and tips to make them easier! Plus...there are tons of freebies! Sign-Ups and Reminders If you have control over your sign-ups, then I highly suggest you spread your conference times out. Give yourself breathers when you can. At my school, we have two nights of conferences. I will schedule as many as I can in the mornings if parents need them. ... Read More about Parent Teacher Conference Tips and Freebies

As a reading teacher, you should have one goal in the classroom... MAKE KIDS LOVE TO READ! (If they love to read, those tests will pass themselves!) I use these simple ways to make sure that each student in my classroom finds a book or a series they LOVE before leaving my room. I want kids begging to read their stories and continue to push themselves with reading. If you implement these strategies in your classroom it will truly help kids LOVE to read! Friendly Reads Want to ... Read More about 5 Tips to Help Students LOVE to Read

Working in reading centers gives you time to do small group with your students which is ESSENTIAL! I do reading centers in my classroom every single day for 20-30 minutes. There are tons of resources in this blog post to make setting up your reading centers simple and easy! Centers/What to Prep I have four centers in my classroom and teacher time. I have done a mix of Daily 5 and other center ideas that are found online. Working with Words Writing Time Listening to Reading ... Read More about SIMPLE and IMPACTFUL Reading Centers

Teaching is TOUGH. And sometimes life can be TOUGH. So, when life gets tough how do you still teach well? Let me start by saying when hard things happen in your real life teaching can be double hard. Sometimes it can be helpful to have that routine and those smiling faces every morning, but sometimes it can just be tough. My second year of teaching I found out that my grandma, who I was really close with, died. I found this out during my teaching day. I wanted to cry, run, and just sit ... Read More about When Life is Hard, but You Still Have to Teach

Point of view is a hard concept for kids to understand. Many times it takes weeks to understand the concept. I wanted to take the first week I taught the concept and make sure it was engaging for my kiddos. I wanted to make sure that it related to their real life, so that they had a strong foundation to lean on when we continued to analyze it throughout the year. I am going to walk you through my first week of teaching point of view in upper elementary! Plus, give you a free ... Read More about Teaching Point of View in Upper Elementary