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end of the school year ideas and activities

Fun End-of-the-School-Year Theme Day Ideas

Find fun end of the school ideas and activities that your students will love. Create a fun theme day to celebrate the end of the school year.

Earth Day Ideas, Activities, and Freebies

April is the perfect time for celebrating nature and the beauty of our planet. Also, it is the perfect time to remind our students of our responsibilities to keep our planet healthy and incorporate some Earth Day themed activities into your lessons. My family and I live on a small

5 Fun Valentine’s Day Ideas for Upper Elementary

Find 5 fun Valentine’s Day ideas for upper elementary that your students will enjoy.

Great Informational Writing Leads Anchor Chart and Tips

Informational Writing Leads Anchor Chart and Tips Are you looking for ways to help your students with their informational/expository writing? This informational writing leads anchor chart is a great addition to your writing lessons! I’ll admit, I’ve had a love/hate relationship with teaching writing over my teaching career. Teaching students

7 Fun Ways to Use Index Cards in the Classroom

I think it may be possible that all teachers love post-it-notes. Do you know that I love index cards almost just as much? There are so many ways to use index cards in the classroom. These inexpensive little cards can quickly change up a lesson. Index cards are not very

Teaching Nonfiction Reading Strategies: One Pager

My students have had a fabulous time learning about the Statue of Liberty. In fact, my friend who cuts my hair told me that some of my students came into her beauty shop telling her all about the information they had learned about the Statue of Liberty! Now that makes me want

Doggie Haiku Poems

I can’t believe it is already November! October simply flew by. I wanted to stop by and show you something we have been up to in our classroom. This week we worked on poetry in our reading classes. For fun, I read the class Dogku by Andrew Clements. By the

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Hello Teacher Friends! I’m Kelly, & I’m so glad that you are here. It is truly my joy to support elementary teachers like you.

My goal is simple. I want to help teachers like you find the resources and ideas that you need for reading, grammar, and writing. I also add in a dash of fresh ideas for classroom management and decor, all so you can focus on what’s important-teaching!