Are you a boring teacher? Do you know someone who is a boring teacher? If so, this post will help you identify the seven common habits of highly boring teachers. It also includes ideas for how to break those habits that are making you boring to improve your class culture and relationship with students!

Doesn’t it drive you crazy when kids are absent for several days and you have to gather up a list of assignments they need to complete? Even though I know it’s usually not their fault for being absent, it’s one more management task to add to my already full load. Let’s not even mention the ... Read More about Make Up Assignment Form Freebie

Love to use scarves and movement in your elementary music room? Here is a scarf routine to Bizet's Les Toreadores No. 1. Your kids will love it!

Get ready to put a chore chart system in place that will teach your kids responsibility, fight entitlement and allow them to get a taste of how the real world works!

3 fresh, contemporary All About Me Activities that your students enjoy. These all about me activities are approved by teachers and students!

Time sure does fly when you’re having fun! At The Primary Peach we’re having a blast! SO much fun, that it’s been a WHOLE YEAR since we first started! We’re so excited, that we’re celebrating! What better way to celebrate with a GIVEAWAY!!! But first…a FREEBIE! (You’re going to want to head over to The ... Read more

Love to use scarves and movement in your elementary music room? Here is a scarf routine to Bizet's Les Toreadores No. 1. Your kids will love it!

Are you ready to pull your hair out because your kids WON'T. STOP. TALKING? You are not alone. I've got 10 ideas to help you.

These creative writing practice ideas support letter formation and automaticity in written work. OT ideas for working on writing skills.

A double chin can be caused by multiple factors other than weight gain. Read to know how to get rid of a double chin through home remedies, exercises and diet.

A new school year usually means a new teacher, new expectations, and new routines, so our students sometimes don't respond as we'd hoped when we try to get

A collection of double chin exercises and makeup tips and tutorials to teach you how to get rid of a double chin without plastic surgery!

Oh my word? Have you ever spent hours at the end of the school year sorting through student work to put into memory books. Have you ever lost your mind trying to figure out who stole the binding machine to put together books while you so desperately need to begin yours. Were you that teacher who took the binding machine? Oh geez, this is stressing me out just hearing about this! If you hate putting memory books together, then I've got the solution for you! All you'll need are file folders with the prongs and a two hole punch. See the entire tutorial over at Easy Teaching Tools! Want your very own editable copy of the memory book cover? Head to Easy Teaching Tools to pick up several color options for FREE!

Handwriting practice for kids can be fun with these 21 handwriting activities that are great to add to your plans!

5 more engaging vocabuary activities that help older students retain word meanings...and have fun doing it! Ideas that work in middle and high school.

Are you looking for examples of "I do, we do, you do"? This blog post provides examples of it in action in the classroom and in lesson plans.

Learn how to find resources for students to work on when they have extra time in class and create a Fast Finisher system to keep everyone on task!

Today was one of those days where we caught up on everything. Do you ever have those days? When you see that there are just so many open projects that they need to be dealt with? We have been so busy learning and creating new responses to the learning, that I felt we needed a day to just catch up on all of the work. I thought I would share a little organizational tip I use with you. Now, this is not mind blowing. In fact, my master teacher did a handwritten variation of this when I was student teaching 15 years ago. When I have a bunch of work that has been turned in, I take a list of the students and just cross off who has turned what in. Each pile of work gets a separate list. Then, underneath the Flow Map I write on the board (see, I even use Thinking Maps for our independent work ;) ) I write the numbers of all the kids who still need to turn in their work. This helps them to see who needs what and allows the kids to be a bit more organized in their own work. As they turn the work into the inbox, they simply go up and wipe their number off the board. Easy peezy. This also lets the kids know that *I* know what has been turned in and what hasn't. Cuts back on the "she will never know" mentality. I told you, nothing mind blowing. What is one organizational tip you have to share with us?

The workshop model is a great way to differentiate your instruction for all learners in your classroom. This post focuses on workshop for gifted students.

Do you look on Pinterest for Anchor Chart ideas and give up at the thought that your Anchor Chart could never look that amazing? It actually doesn’t have to be that difficult to make an amazi…

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Everyone's marriage can be improved with time and effort not matter how good or bad your marriage is. Download a free guide to your DIY marriage retreat.

Ready to rock teaching beginning of year writing in first grade? These early days of writing instruction must be targeted and on point. Click to learn more.

Today I'm sharing my favorite classroom management tool and a freebie for you! Back to school is a little different for me this year because, for the first time in 5 years, I'm not in a

You shouldn’t have to put up with bad work situations all the time. Here are 15 signs of a toxic workplace you might want to start identifying...

Hey y’all! Jen Bradshaw here from TeacherKARMA.com Don’t you just hate it when you are putting together a resource and you don’t have enough room to fit everything on ONE PAGE? Grab these FREE Bitty Borders. They are little bitty borders that will leave your resources with plenty of room for the “good stuff”. Best wishes! Jen ... Read More about Bitty Borders: FREE Clipart for Teachers

It's that time again - the end of the school year! I've come up with a list of 37 end of the year activities that you can use in your own classroom to make those last days of school special and fun for you and your students. Click through to read all of the ideas - lots of links are included to more resources!

Schools out, summer is here, and with it all the craziness that goes with it! It's tough to keep a schedule and a plan going during the summer with travel plans and kids around. But

Here are 20 humorous and lighthearted memes that have swept across teaching social media sites that accurately depict or describe the realities of teaching.

Make the most of your writing block with these funny picture prompts! Go here:

This family drawing game is hilarious. No prep needed (only print the game template and cards). No drawing skills needed. Perfect for family game nights.

Do you look on Pinterest for Anchor Chart ideas and give up at the thought that your Anchor Chart could never look that amazing? It actually doesn’t have to be that difficult to make an amazi…

Do you have independent-minded residents who do not enjoy group activities? Use a few of these ideas to keep your independent residents engaged. Get more senior activity ideas at notjustbingo.com TODAY!

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

60+ of the best running songs ever that will make you want to run! The ultimate running playlist of good running songs that are upbeat and inspiring!

I don't know about you, but my gut reaction when I have another child to evaluate with a possible eligibility of social language disorder, is "Oh no! There are no good tests for me!" I know that there are standardized tests that look at "idioms" or "pragmatic judgement" within the context of other language tasks.

A simple way to teach your students classroom procedures and expectations at the beginning of the school year