I love printing on sticky notes! It is so simple, versatile, and a major time saver! Some of the ways that I use sticky notes are…

My two Civics classes were plugging away, and after the first two weeks, I decided I had better collect the notebooks and check them, so I grabbed my grade sheets for those classes and sat down one Sunday afternoon… six hours later, I was able to leave the school. I knew something had to change…

The most frequent question I hear from newbie and veteran teachers is: “How do you stay organized?” So today I thought I’d write a post about tips I use to stay organized in the classroom while running centers. I love providing tips to other teachers but the key to any system is to make it yours. You must be comfortable with your own systems in order for them to be successful…

Remember when you were in school and your teacher made a class book with each student making a page? I remember doing this, but never knew how the teacher made that book. Today, I thought you should know about…

I love looking at all the cute pictures of elementary teachers’ classrooms. There’s something so magical and inviting with all the colors, rugs, story time areas, and tiny tables and chairs. Then, as students get older and the desks get taller, classrooms start to turn… well, a little bland. What happened to the bright colors? The rugs on the floor? The polka dot curtains? The decorated doors? Are those things reserved just for the tiny tots in the primary grades…