Teaching Ideas

Teaching place value in third grade can be a challenge for learners but this blog post has tips on the easiest way to build a solid understanding of place value and converting numbers for upper elementary students. Head to the blog post for these strategies and to check out how you can plan to differentiate your lessons and place value activities for students when teaching place value!

This House System Starter Kit contains everything that you need to implement a values based house system in your classroom! A House System can help your students foster a sense of community and pride by giving them a common goal to work for as they try to earn points for their house throughout the year. This House System product contains: ★A handy info guide explaining what House Systems are and how to set them up ★Large and small house shields. There is a version with the house names...

Have a chatty class? Do your talkative students get louder and louder during small groups until it feels like chaos? Do they talk when you'r...

Are you looking for a fun, hands-on way to encourage your students to consistently make good choices? So was I and then I started implementing these behavior punch cards and suddenly my students were working VERY hard to earn their daily punch.

Australian Piano Teachers' Music Hub - We love this Harry Potter Themed Studio challenge from Brisbane teacher Thembi Shears. Students earn points for great dynamics, memory, composition, extra practice, good technique work, learning general knowledge etc and the winning house gets a party! Thembi's motivation? I really just wanted to be able to sit in lessons and call out '10 points to Gryffinchord!'

This past year I decided to make some new passes for my classroom. I had them coordinate with my pink, lime, blue color scheme. I loved the way they turned out and laminated some extra so when they got all bent and curled from students manhandling them I could just throw them away and had new passes ready to go. When a student gets called to the Main Office or Guidance Office they just grab the pass out of the bucket on my desk. We use the Blue House passes during our last period of the day...

Looking for new classroom management strategies? This voice level chart can be customized to include your BITMOJI! This fun chart is a great way to monitor classroom volume. Add lights too! Voice level description text is also editable. CLICK HERE to find out more! #voicelevelchart #bitmojiintheclassroom #classroommanagement #voicelevels #bitmojiclassroomdecor #classroomtaplights

The following ideas were gathered in an effort to save your sanity in the classroom and help you find more efficient and creative ways of doing things! We’ve gathered together 50 AMAZING ideas that will give you some inspiration for organization & storage, classroom management, and tips/tricks to help you manage #allthethings. Best of all, …

Borders again! I've used this the past couple years, and love it. I put magnets on the back of border and frame my white boards.

A sight word FREEBIE! Christmas Splat is a fun Christmas game perfect for literacy centers/stations, literacy tubs, small groups or word work practice. Christmas Splat contains 4 sets that include (20) sight word cards and calling cards. The object of the game is to be the first player to flip over all their sight word cards by matching them to the words being called out. Detailed instructions included with unit.

Well, today I decided to finally get my Silhouette Cameo out of the box! I have had the sweet little gem since November, but just seriously haven't had the time to even open the thing, much less figure out how to use it. After hours of playing today, I'm pretty sure I still have no idea how to use it, but I did manage to pump out some fun vinyl lettering! If you "Like" my 2nd Grade Stuff Facebook Page, you have already seen these fun little creations! Background by Ashley Hughes, Frame by...

Looking for a cute newsletter you can hand out during open house or on the first day of school for your students and parents to get to know you? This editable Meet the Teacher Newsletter is what you need! ▶️▶️PLEASE WATCH THE PREVIEW VIDEO! :] ✨✨Buy this newsletter with a different title or theme! ✨✨ ✨✨ Sneak Peak Inside of This Product✨✨ ✨Included in this product: 13 templates to edit in Powerpoint or equivalent 13 templates to edit in Google Slides Newsletters have editable header options...

15 cute ideas for memorable & inexpensive students gifts for the first day of school, Open House, and/or Meet the Teacher Night http://lessons4littleones.com/2016/07/19/back-to-school-open-house-meet-the-teacher-student-gift-tags/

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