As I've previously shared, we have a classroom elf.  It's not tied to any holiday and I have not mentioned it's a scout elf for ...

One of our back to school surprises from our administration was new electronic pencil sharpeners. Secretly, I was thrilled.  My one last y...

As previously mentioned , I'm committed to small, simple tweaks this year to make my classroom a more organized and positive place.  Tod...

As part of our first week of school, I always make my students some variation of these: (2 years ago) (last year...no ac...

At 2:30 today, I let go a big sigh of relief. I did it, I survived my first day with students. I tried to explain my anxiety to oth...

A few days ago, I posted about my intention to make a pencil vase to hold flower pens.   Today I bought my supplies: I fi...

Naturally, a few weeks into summer, I'm starting to think about the start of the school year.  Last year I created some cute welcome not...