April Fools Day…

Is tomorrow!!!! Looking for some last minute April Fools Day pranks for your students?? You still have some time to throw together a quick idea! We hope we can give you an easy idea! Here is what we did in the past couple years: In what other profession can you come to school with a […]

Why I am a Teacher

There are some days when you experience those “THIS is why I am a teacher moment.”  I had one of those moments on Friday.Remember when I donated supplies for our local animal shelter? Well, I shared those pictures with my students because I was hoping to inspire them to donate their time/money to a cause […]

SMARTIE Poem for Testing

It was finally our last day of testing today! And I placed this little SMARTIE poem with a little treat on their desks. Hint: If you do not want to print this is color for every student (we don’t have that luxury either!), then make sure you either print out the poem in gray scale […]

Teaching about Nutrition

March is National Nutrition Month and I have started to celebrate with my third graders! I am one of those people who really do enjoy working out (can’t run a marathon if you don’t!) and eating chia seeds with my plain Greek yogurt and wild organic blueberries mixed in. I don’t even give my pup […]

Teaching Symmetry with SpongeBob!

Who doesn’t love SpongeBob???? When I walked by the second grade classrooms and saw this bulletin board….I LOVED SpongeBob! The second graders did such a good job by drawing the “mirror image” or symmetrical half of SpongeBob! I asked the nice teacher (thank you, Krista!) if I could use the template for my big third […]

Test Prep Ideas for the Classroom

It’s that time of the year- state testing! On Friday, as we were moving our desks into rows to prepare for our first test on Tuesday, we had a second grade class visit us with a cute little message: My third graders loved this sweet gesture!!!!! We posted it on our door and it will […]