My favorite part about getting ready for back to school is getting all of the bulletin boards set up around my classroom. Here are some of my favorite ideas.
This list of classroom storage ideas and hacks for teachers could be just what you need to help you feel more organized. The Teach Starter teacher team is here to help you save you the time it takes to set up your classroom before students arrive for the first day of school with some simple, cheap and clever storage ideas for the classroom.
Classroom tips,teaching ideas, and resources for the upper elementary classroom. Teacher Giveaways
Time to get creative!
As a teacher, those same free educational websites for kids make for a fantastic addition to your classroom! They're excellent practice for early finishers
Flip Sticks are an amazing participation tool for calling on students at random! The idea of using name sticks is nothing new. In fact, this classroom management strategy has been around for a long time. Unfortunately, what I didn’t learn until a few years into teaching, was how to keep track of which students had […]
Forty ideas to inspire you!
Everything you need to thrive in grade five!
Ideas for elementary, middle, and high school classrooms.
There are few places that students don't have access to and teacher desk decor is chance to make your space feel more like your home away from home.
Description Eye-catching and fun, my latest Spotty Brights Classroom decor bundle will add a stylish & vibrant flair to your Classroom! Made with a mix of B&W spots and a trendy neon rainbow color palette, this pack is bright yet minimalistic, making it perfect for all year levels and seasons! This polka dot and rainbow decor bundle includes everything you need to set up an amazing educational space for you and your students! Most of the elements are EDITABLE which means you can easily customize them to cater for the needs of your students and the requirements of your school. Furthermore, I have ensured that this pack is BILINGUAL FRIENDLY which easily allows teachers to edit the text and type in Spanish or French – just as an example. Transform your classroom from drab to fab, with Miss Jacobs Little Learners’ modern classroom decor! This SPOTTY BRIGHTS Classroom Decor Bundle includes: DOWNLOAD SPOTTY BRIGHTS PREVIEW HERE Affirmation Station (PDF & Editable) Alphabet Posters (PDF & Editable) 3 Versions, with alphabet images and without - Fonts Include: Standard Primary Font, Cursive Font, Australian State Fonts - VIC, QLD, NSW, SA for teachers in Australia Version 1: Minimalistic Spotty Brights design with alphabet associated images Version 2: Spotty Color Strip with alphabet associated images Version 3: Minimalistic Spotty Brights design with no images - Square ASL (American Sign Language) Alphabet Posters with or without spots (PDF & Editable PPT) Auslan Alphabet Posters (Fonts include Standard Primary and Australian School Fonts: Victorian Modern Cursive, NSW Foundation, SA Beginners, QLD Beginners and Sassoon Fonts.) (PDF & Editable PPT) Alphabet Word Wall Headers (Editable) standard primary font and Aussie fonts. Binder Covers and Spines - (Editable) + Spines in 3 sizes, styled to match Birthday Display - (PDF & Editable) Bulletin Board Borders (PDF) Bulletin Board Bunting and Banners - 38 designs (Editable) Classroom Calendar and Weather Display - (PDF & Editable) 2 Versions - Pocket Chart Size and Standard Size Pocket Chart Size Standard Page Size Weather chart Classroom Jobs with Header - (PDF & Editable) Classroom Rules Posters (PDF & Editable) Clock Numbers Classroom Labels - small, medium, large tub, round, square, Magazine & Tolsby (Editable) Labels are all editable for you to organize your teaching resources but also create things like your own Classroom Affirmation Station or Library Bin Labels Classroom Posters in Portrait and Landscape - EDITABLE (Type in your own classroom rules or values, motivational quotes and signs etc) Color Posters (editable) Days and Months of the Year Flashcards (PDF & Editable) Days at School Tally (PDF & Editable) Door Display - 4 designs to choose from (Editable) Flip Calendar (editable) Hand Signal Posters - (PDF & Editable) Learning Intentions, Success Criteria, WALT, WALF (PDF & Editable Meet the Teacher Templates (Editable) Newsletters (PDF & Editable) Number Posters - 0-30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 (PDF & Editable) Shape Posters (PDF & Editable) Slides (over 50 various editable Google Slides and PowerPoint templates) Student Goal Mats (Editable) Teacher Toolbox Labels - multiple designs (Editable) Teacher Trolley / 10 Drawer Cart Labels - 2 styles (Editable) Visual Timetable with Clocks (PDF & Editable) Voice Levels Display (PDF & Editable) Welcome Posters (PDF & Editable) Add a touch of Spotty Brights flair to your classroom today!
Real-life kindergarten spaces!
If you're stuck indoors for whatever reason, try these educational activities to crack boredom from easy science experiments to fun activities.
Giving students fun brain breaks in the classroom, can actually improve their learning. Check out these quick brain breaks that you can just grab and go!
These 25 quick and easy tips for new teachers will help you create a positive, engaging, and effective learning environment for your students.
It’s a myth that blindly memorizing every letter in a sight word is the only way to learn it.
Time to inspire and motivate your students with these 4 fun bulletin board ideas that are perfect for schools, classrooms, or libraries!
This mental health chart should be in every classroom, without question.
It's not right.
This time conversions poster will look GREAT on your wall and will help your kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade students learn converting units of time!
The best classroom setup ideas to get your class ready for back to school including the best classroom layout and desk arrangements.
Do you have helpers in your classroom? Many teachers have asked over the years about how classroom helpers work in our classes. Here are the top three questions: "Why do you have classroom helpers?" "How do you organize our helpers?" "Can you help me get mine started?" Here are our answers: 1. It helps build a community. 2. The children take on a responsibility/leadership role. 3. Helps the classroom run smoothly. 4. Reduces the teacher's workload. 5. Children LOVE taking responsibility for our room! Each Monday the children look forward to their new jobs! We rotate the jobs because more that one child usually enjoys a job. We like to give every child an opportunity to try each job. Sometimes they find they really enjoy a job that they thought they wouldn't like. Every classroom has a different plan for changing helpers and you have to find what works for you! *Alison loves to change her helpers Friday before she leaves for the day. It is just part of her routine and she feels great about getting it done early! *I love to change mine with the kids on Monday morning as part of my "Monday Morning Routine." It helps us ease back into our week! *Another friend of mine changes her helpers every two weeks because one was too fast. Once the helpers are assigned and posted on our "Helpers" chart the week starts. I never forget who has a job because the chart is there to refer to and the kids know their jobs and take pride in having them. My answer is "YES!" We have several helpers to match what you might need in your room. They are also editable and you can change the job titles & add your students names. You can even add your own cards to match on the "blank" card pages. Once you choose the theme/style that matches your classroom, putting it together is easy peasy! Here is the set I used last year: I backed my cards after I printed them with yellow cardstock to match my color scheme. There are so many ways to display your helpers, here are a few of the ideas we have used: We have attached them on ribbons and used clothespins for the names. We have placed them in a pocket chart and just tucked the children name card next to the job. We have placed them on a magnetic surface, too! These are just some of the jobs in the pack! Best thing, they are EDITABLE! You decide what the names of the jobs are. Here is our selection in a variety of themes: (You can click on any picture below to see it in our store.) Don't see what you need? Contact us at [email protected] to get your request on our list of projects now! Have other ideas for jobs, we would LOVE to hear them. Please comment below or send us an email. Happy Teaching!
These Groovy & Bright, Stoney Clover Lane inspired Classroom Newsletters are a fun and easy way to spread the positive, groovy vibes in your classroom and with your families. You can also use the blank templates as stationary to send home notes about events. There are many benefits of using a classroom newsletter. It is a great way to keep strong communication with families, so they know what is going on in your classroom. You can share many events in your classroom newsletter each week. *You will download this file as a ZIP file. Please unzip the file to gain access to your resources. *You will need PowerPoint or access to Google Slides to open & edit this file. What is Included? --3 different retro classroom newsletter designs with pre-made headers for grades: --TK --PREK --Kindergarten --1st Grade --2nd Grade --3rd Grade --4th Grade --5th Grade --6th Grade --7th Grade --8th Grade --School --Monthly --Weekly --12 Blank templates that can work for any grade/teacher/counselor/etc --Powerpoint File & Google Slides link are both included. --An invitation to our exclusive Facebook community where you can share your beautiful classroom designs and organization ideas and get help from other teachers just like you. We are here for you! * Important - The varsity letters are NOT a font. It is clipart, so these letters are not editable. I did include a link to the letters though, so you can choose to purchase those and edit your newsletters using the purchased clipart. :) Custom orders I am not currently taking custom orders. Copyright© Stephanie Nash All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution is limited to single classroom use only. *****This is a digital file. You will NOT receive anything in the mail. You will download this file and print it on your own. *****
Are you struggling with shortened class periods? The biggest difference between being a classroom teacher and a specials teacher is that you can not overlap time. If you’re in the middle of a STEM challenge in a homeroom, you can always extend into the next period, and put your materials aside for the next day, ... Read more
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Description Keep your guided reading groups visible and organised for both yourself and your students by using these rainbow, Spotty Pastels themed Reading Group Posters and Book Box Labels. Completely customizable - just add in your own text to create personalized reading group names for your class. Made to match my Spotty Pastels Classroom Decor Bundle, this pack includes: 12 various spotty pastel coloured groups A4 sized colour posters - to display on your whiteboard or Bulletin Boards Square Book Box Labels - perfectly measured to fit the front of your Elizabeth Richards Book Boxes Editable posters and labels - to add in your own unique group names if you choose Editable student name tags - to fit both sets perfectly.
Amazing classroom decoration ideas including how to add a class fireplace, a beautiful teacher space, a classroom fridge and more!
Free inspirational posters and motivational quotes for teachers. Colorful posters for teachers with motivating quotes.
Amazon teacher favorites! If you are looking for some new classroom finds, gere are some to add to your wishlist.
Transform your classroom into an engaging learning space with these classroom decorating ideas! Get inspired to create a classroom theme your students will love.
As adults, we often walk into a bookstore with a certain genre we are ready to peruse the aisles for in order to find our next read. Would your students be able to do the
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Since sight words are so critical to reading success because they are used so often and can not easily be sounded out by young readers, it is important to practice them often in order for young students to be able to recognize them on sight. In this post I’m sharing some fun ideas for “revving […]
From the beginning of the year until the end, these fun activities will get your students excited about learning. You should definitely go out and get some popsicle sticks for this.
All the best teacher-proven tips and tricks.
Teaching students the power of their words is so important, especially early on in the elementary years! Giving students an opportunity to practice using their words for encouragement, kindness and to bring others joy is something that we as teachers can so easily build into our day. The Compliment Box is one of my favorite […]
Every once in a while, I create a product for my classroom or my TPT store that I get just giddily excited about. Products that are unique and that I know kids and teachers will both love. I felt this way when I released my escape rooms for early childhood, and I'm feeling it again with my latest project: STEM Safari! I've been working on it for weeks, and I am thrilled that it is finally live! STEM Safari is an organized approach to implementing STEM in your classroom, and so much fun! Each STEM session, a student picks a challenge card to complete. There are 5 different types of cards: 1. Elephant Engineering (engineering challenges) 2. Cheetah Challenge (challenges with specific parameters in place) 3. Rhino Riddles ("How can you...?" challenges) 4. Warthog Wonderings (reflection questions and challenges) 5. Buffalo Building (free choice building). I wanted to prevent students from always picking the same type of card, such as the free choice building, which is, of course, valuable, but doesn't do as well with developing problem-solving skills. To do this, and to encourage my students to try new things, they each have an Animal Checklist. Every time they complete a specific type of challenge, they check it off. When they have completed all 5 of the different challenge types, they color in one country in their STEM Safari Africa map. Then they "journey" to a new country and start again with a new animal checklist! This way, the fun just keeps going, but they have a way to track how many challenges they have completed. There is also a STEM Safari Journal included, which helps build their reflection skills. Any of the Warthog Wondering cards that say "write about it" can be completed in their STEM Safari Journals. There are also a few "design" challenges in the Elephant Engineering cards that can be completed in their journals. As they continue their STEM Safari journey, the reflections they have completed in the journal will help them polish their problem-solving and engineering skills. I love doing STEM projects with my students! It is amazing to see what they can accomplish with a few basic supplies and some open-ended directives. However, storing all of these supplies can be a challenge. Included in the STEM Safari kit are tons of supply labels with photographs, to help keep everything neat. Here's a close-up example of a supply label. I even included some editable labels so that you can customize them for any supplies you have on hand! I really hope that your students enjoy STEM Safari as much as mine do! Click here to purchase in my shop, or here to purchase in my Teachers Pay Teachers store. There's just something about open-ended, hands-on learning that gets kiddos excited. I would love to hear how you use STEM in your classroom; drop me a comment below! Happy teaching!
STEM activities are a lot of fun and educational, but the best kind of STEM activities are open-ended, allowing children to think for themselves. In this paper plate maze STEM challenge, kids are challenged to make a marble maze using household materials. They must follow all elements of a real design process, including brainstorming, blueprints,
Expand students' views of the world with these eleven ways to use technology in the classroom. Share your ed tech ideas on the forums at ReallyGoodTeachers!
Differentiation and scaffolding can help students better understand and learn. Here are teaching ideas and tips to use in class.
School Spirit - School Themes for the Year
Learning to read is such a fun and special time: it's a valuable skill, and sparking an early love of reading can make it become a lifelong passion. In order
