Author: Carolyn

  • NEW YEAR’S FREEBIE!

    NEW YEAR’S FREEBIE!

    Get ready to celebrate New Years with your students with these FUN and engaging themed activities! I begin the day with a New Year’s hat for morning work. Your Students will love this New Year Hat! There are multiple choices so you can pick the best hat hat works for your class. There is also…

  • FREEBIE Teacher To Do List

    FREEBIE Teacher To Do List

    It’s almost 2020! Are you ready to ditch those post-it notes and random pieces of paper? Now is the time to get organized! I created these AWESOME to do lists to help you get started! Choose the layout that best fits your needs. These to do lists have everything you need to plan and prioritize!…

  • Ice Fishing Game

    Ice Fishing Game

    While some of you are enjoying your “snow days” I am trying to bring “snow” into my class! Most of my kiddos have NEVER seen snow… (WELL I NEVER HAVE EITHER) HAHA! My plan was to make a fun, hands-on, and differentiated Winter themed center for January! HOW DID I MAKE IT? Listed below are…

  • Polar Express Day

    Polar Express Day

    Doesn’t celebrating holidays in your classroom make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside?!? Yes, me too! Every year I celebrate Polar Express the day before we leave for the holidays. This is a special time in my classroom and I wanted to share with you my classroom flip and all the fun activities! Read…

  • Magic Reindeer Food

    Magic Reindeer Food

    Who said you couldn’t have fun in December and hit standards?!? A tradition I have in December is making reindeer food. We spend a week learning about reindeer/caribous. So why not bring a little magic into learning?!?  The night before I prep all items into a shipping box and place it in the freezer. Our…

  • Grinch Day

    Grinch Day

    December is one of my FAVORITE months! –  Our Elf makes his debut –  Having the room decorated for the holidays –  Pajama day for Polar Express –  AND Grinch Day!  Every morning the excitement my students exhibited when entering the classroom looking for our elf was exhilarating. You can see pictured above the elf was…

  • DIY Christmas Chimney

    DIY Christmas Chimney

    Every year, I (our Elf) will give presents to my students for Christmas. Two years ago, I decided to make a chimney for the stockings. I had leftover cardboard from a failed Pinterest idea on making a Gingerbread house! HAHA     I cut construction paper (orange, red, and brown) into rectangles and glued them down on the…

  • Classroom Management – 10 Keys to starting the year off right!

    Classroom Management – 10 Keys to starting the year off right!

    Although there’s not one single method, procedure or strategy that will ensure success; there are a few things you can do that will help dictate how the remainder of the year will go. Without some of these key practices below in place you can count on some sort of disruptive behavior interfering with your teaching.