Ideas and resources to help you teach with BLISS!
Hey Friend! Today I have to speak from my teacher heart. It might be controversial. You might disagree.聽 I might be wrong.聽聽 Word walls. You know, the big bulletin boards that contain a collection of high-frequency sight words. Words that students encounter frequently in their reading and writing, as well as words they frequently misspell. If you are a K-2聽teacher,… Read More
Hey Friend! It’s the weekend, time to recharge those batteries and get ready for the next week of craziness in the classroom. So today I want to share some ideas to help make the classroom less CrAzY! Non verbal signs and hand signals…do you use them? If you don’t, you should read on to see why they help make me… Read More
Hey There! Tomorrow is FriYay!!! A weekend of luxury awaits us my friends!!! Today I wanted to share a printing tip that made me so happy when I discovered it about a year ago. 馃檪 聽If you are like me you wish a part of a digital file could be put in a Shrinky Dink oven to better use the… Read More
Hey There! The back to school season is upon us! I have actually been “back to school” now for 5 weeks. I teach at a year round school and we “track in” for 9 weeks and “track out” for 3 weeks! If you ever have the opportunity to teach in a year round school, go for it!! You will LOVE… Read More
Happy Monday! (That isn’t so bad when we are on summer vacation, right?!) I actually am getting ready to go back to school, meet a new bunch of first graders, and start a new school. Wait, WHAT?? You see, I teach in a year round school. I posted this on Instagram the other day and a few teachers were confused… Read More
Hello There! It has been a few weeks…life has gotten busy for a bit as we have entered the 2014 holiday season!! I have a treat and a trick to share with you tonight! How many Elsas did you see on Halloween??…if you were playing the “Elsa drinking game” you took one for my sweet girl! She is my sweet… Read More
The number one goal in responding to misbehavior is to stop it and get the student back on track to ensure learning and teaching to continues! This post is filled with useful tips for responding to misbehavior! #behaviormanagment #teachingselfdiscipline
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These are adorable! Wouldn't you love to see how your students' turkeys turned out?! 馃馃馃
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Turkey Drawing Step-by-Step for Primary Classroom Students
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Looking for the perfect arts and craft activity for Thanksgiving? This turkey directed drawing provides teachers with a step-by-step lesson that kids will love! THESE turkeys turn out FANTASTIC!Fine Motor and Sight Word Practice ALL IN ONE!! 馃憤馃憤馃憤
This bundle of 6 resources has over 1200 pages of sight word activities that are a hands on way to practice fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination as they are learning to read, write, and spell sight words! Grab it here--> bit.ly/2ocupkW
馃挏We likely all have students in our classrooms who experience toxic stress. Their world is not logical and they may react to things in ways that seem illogical to us. In this post I discuss strategies to best help these students. 馃挏 bit.ly/2pqfjc2
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Imagine a LOW PREP, ENGAGING activity that is literacy based鈥our friends will love CREATING their own 3D gingerbread house and sharing their CREATIVITY through their writing!馃槈馃槏
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Math Talk discussions are an effective way for students to develop strong communication skills and deepen their understanding of mathematical content.
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