It's no secret that dry erase markers are a must have classroom tool. From whole group lessons, guided reading and math groups, partner work, and independent recording, our students use dry erase markers all day long. As teachers, we are constantly begging asking families to send in dry erase markers or stocking up during back to school sales. But, one of our biggest challenges is teaching our students how to determine when they need a new dry erase marker. We've learned over the years that the ... VIEW POST
EXPO Dry Erase Markers with Ink Indicator: A Teacher Win!
That’s a Wrap! End of School Activities
We're going with the Field of Dreams, "If you build blog it, they it will come." mentality at the moment. 29 days and counting left in the school year for us, which we are sure may seem like a lot to some of you who are ending this school year much, much sooner, but we will get our payback time come July. ;) We really don't know what it is about the end of the school year, but we absolutely love it! Perhaps it's because the pressure is off. The learning is learned. The books are read. Homework ... VIEW POST
Teaching Tolerance to Young Children…
There are very few textbooks that we actually kept from college, but this book, "Starting Small: Teaching Tolerance in Preschool and the Early Grades" was one that we've hung onto tightly from our teaching credential class days. It's stayed on our nightstands for bedtime reading. It's journeyed to soccer practices while we watch our kids and from home to school and back again. It moved us before we became teachers and has stuck with us over the years. It's not a ... VIEW POST
First Day Jitters & Classroom Quick View
What a week... We don't know about you guys, but we are T-Minus 9 hours and 8 minutes from the first school bell of the year, and we can hardly wait. We're so excited to meet our new batch of fantastic first graders, but we're totally nervous too. It doesn't seem to matter how long we've been teaching, we always get the first day jitters. Do you get nervous for the first day? Typically, Christy's brain is so full of ideas tonight, she crashes. Tammy on the other hand, sits with a brain so ... VIEW POST
Prom for Teachers
We wait ALL year for this night! We can't believe it's finally here! We're excited. We're nervous. We're exhausted. We're anxious. But most of all... We are so very, very grateful to have a Date! We've got our new dresses. Our badly neglected toes get a much needed pedicure pick me up for the BIG night. We're primped and ready. Still a little nervous. Definitely still exhausted... Our limo arrives... {Weird. It's disguised as ... VIEW POST
Message Center Class Letter Writing
Around this time of the school year, we find that friendships can be tested from time to time. It seems, one minute we’re the best of friends, and the next we "Don’t ever want to be your friend ever, EVER again!”. It’s hard to keep up sometimes...Can't we all just get along?! To help our students remember that friends make the world go 'round, we’ve introduced beginning letter writing with our “Message Center” routine. We keep a permanent Message Center station set up in our class. It has ... VIEW POST
