DIY Project #1: I was cleaning out some old kindergarten supplies and came across the purple drawer container which used to house all of ...

Last fall, I did a Gratitude Journal with my students. Every day, for 42 days in a row, they had to write down 3 things they were grateful f...

We have a program at my school where students are encouraged to set weekly goals, and long term goals. I find that after a while, kids set t...

This year, the 3rd, 4th and 5th grade classes got together to do an end of the year project which we named Biome Bonanza. We put the student...

With every unit in math, I give out a math challenge that reviews some of the major concepts from the previous unit. I had a challenge for m...

My students recently finished a biography partner project, which was designed not only as a reading and research project, but also to help s...

November is a time for Parent-Teacher conferences, which I must admit are not my favorite. I spend so much time trying to think of everythin...

One of my biggest pet peeves about classroom jobs is the kids not doing them regularly (my custodian agrees when the trash cans aren't p...

My students have a S.T.A.R. (Students Taking Active Responsibility) Binder where they keep all of their homework, goal setting sheets, readi...