The classroom can never have enough pencils. Every period, at least one student doesn’t have/can’t find/dog ate their pencil. I used to fuss at them but it never really helped the situation.Then one day I overheard a kid talking about…

I have a short little post for you today all about a really fun and inexpensive way that I motivate/celebrate my students and the hard work they do each day! I call them Smart Beads, and they are a hot commodity in my classroom…

Never underestimate the importance of teaching routines. In every classroom and every grade level… but ESPECIALLY in Kindergarten. And in Kindergarten, we teach them, model them, practice them, talk about them for, oh… 180 days (give or take a few)…