Helping you plan for classroom parties or special events.
Standardized testing can feel like a cloud looming in the distance for many elementary teachers. Here are 12 ways to brighten up your teaching world during testing! You’ll love this collection of encouragement notes, treat ideas, testing book suggestions and encouraging fun video {if not just encouraging to you, the teacher!} Have you seen? The Teach Junkie …
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Bring on the end of the school year fun with these simple student gifts and writing activities. Many of these end of the school year gifts can be created inexpensively and there are free tags to go with many of them. You’ll be sure to find something that will work for you or be inspired …
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An elf visiting a classroom brings mischeif, learning and fun. How to do the Elf on the Shelf in the classroom is easy with these elf photos, elf name ideas, elf printables and what to do if someone touches the elf {{gasp}}. Elves are known to have magic and you can use that to your advantage …
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Managing 20-30 birthday celebrations in a year can sometimes be tricky for a classroom teacher. Here are 9 ways to celebrate birthday wishes within your classroom and simple birthday celebration ideas. These are relatively inexpensive or free to do and will make students feel special on their birthday. Birthday Celebrations You don’t have to use bulletin board …
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Students want to enjoy their summer, but we want them to continue practicing their skills so that they don’t lose progress… Seems impossible, but this end of year gift gives them the best of both worlds! Here is my end of year gift idea… fun, yet academic! Fill a beach bucket with toys and books and …
Standardized testing is part of what happens during the school year. Here are 3 ways to make test prep a little more fun with the trending mustache props. Students can work in groups, answer questions with props or can be encouraged by a free download printable bookmark. Printable Mustache Test Prep Bookmarks Grab some fun ideas to …
Spend a day with Earthworms and make it a “worm kind of day.” Here is an overview of how to investigate and observe Earthworms for a life science investigation. Students can read about worms prior to the investigation so that their observations can have deeper connections. Use a brace map or another form of idea mapping to help …
St. Patrick’s Day is the perfect time to bring the themed learning into the classroom. These ideas to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day include free downloads for ELA (English Language Arts), math, crafts and snacks. This collection is a goodie bag for any teacher looking for St. Patrick’s Day ideas and lesson plans. When is St. Patrick’s …
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Help your students play an April Fools joke on their parents. Here is a “worst” report card ever that will be quickly recognized as a joke – but is fun for the chance to play a prank. This ancient report card can be printed out for your entire class and you can coach them on how …
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Celebrate Dr. Seuss and his famous books with these fun Read Across America Party free downloads. You can feel set to create a party in an instant with a fun activity and these decorations. A banner, food topper bag labels and a scavenger hunt are all you need to get started! Dr. Seuss Themed Party …
Back to school time is filled with parent nights and parent open houses! Here are three great parent night at school resources to get you started on preparing for the parents. You’ll find free presentation resources, ideas on materials to send home and cute student displays. Parents appreciate the effort and work we put into our classrooms for these …
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Last week I wrote about our Mathapalooza (math all day themed day) that our class had. It was incredible, but I was more excited about this week’s Read-a-thon! We held ours all day during school. I broke up the day with some reading-related activities. Here’s a list of possible activities you could do to have …
Next week, I am planning on having a Read-a-thon with my students. We have been talking about it all week. My students have been getting excited but have asked if we will have a day where we could do math all day. Today was that day – Mathapalooza! We had an amazing day together where …
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