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 6 Dos and Don’ts To Make Report Cards Easy

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6 Dos And Don’ts For Report Card Time It’s report card time. Report cards are a great way to show student growth BUT you can spend a lot of time doing report cards, and if you don’t handle report cards just right, your best intentions can backfire and make your teacher life pretty miserable. 6 […]

7 December Math Games Using Dice

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Independent Math Practice With Dice Games 7 Math Games Using Dice For Kindergarten and First Grade Print, Add Dice, Play Over and Over Summary of 7 Math Games Using Dice For Kindergarten and First Grade Math games using dice are a great way for students to practice hands-on math. There’s just something about using dice […]

Get Sub Tub and Distance Learning Resource Ready

Get Your Sub Tub Equipped

Get Sub Tub and Distance Learning Resource Ready In Episode 20, of Rockin’ This Teacher Thing… Let’s get some free resources into your sub tub. Or maybe you will use them for distance learning. Today you will get 3 sub tub friendly resources. If you haven’t heard of the book The Blueberry Pancake Problem today […]

How To Use Transition Songs In The Classroom

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Use Music To Transition Students When music is coupled with routine your transition times are going to be filled with fun and efficiency. No more telling students what to do. “Put your papers away and go back to your seat,- PuT YOUr PAPERs Away and go Back To YOUR SEAT (x50) PUT YOUR PAPERS AWAY […]

3 Lists to Stop Holiday Teacher Stress

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3 Lists to Stop Holiday Teacher Stress December. Full of fun and excitement, gift giving, poor nutrition, late nights, and extra classroom projects (with glitter).  It’s great. It’s horrible (glitter in your belly button that is…) The exhaustion is real. The excitement is real. The kids are crazy (for real.) The teachers are tired (for […]

10 Tips To Ensure Stress Free Parent Teacher Conferences

For Stress Free and FABULOUS Parent Teacher Conferences

10 Tips To Ensure Stress Free Parent Teacher Conferences Parent teacher conference are one of those events that are good and bad.  Good that teachers and parents get to sit face to face and talk about the one thing they have in common.  A child. Bad because as a teacher it’s an extra heaping of […]