What paperwork do I need for field trips (and when?!)?
Field Trips seem to be synonymous with Permission Slips, and while those are important (and I’ll give you my pointers), there are a lot of other papers to consider when prepping for a field trip.
What information do I need to schedule a field trip?
When trying to schedule field trips, there are a lot of things to juggle: dates, weather, destination requirements, and more. I’ll walk you through how to organize your thoughts during this crucial step of field trip planning.
Where do I find ideas for field trips?
Not sure where to start with planning field trips? I’ll walk you through prepping for field trips starting with step one: how to find some field trip ideas!
What am I supposed to do with all of these anchor charts?
What do you do with all of the anchor charts that you aren’t using at the moment? How do you decide what to keep and what to toss? How do you store them so that they are accessible and not damaged? Let’s chat!
Do I really need to keep every anchor chart displayed?
So many anchor charts, so little time. How to choose what anchor charts to hang, where to display them, and how to keep your room from becoming an anchor chart explosion.
How do you make anchor charts that look like they belong on Pinterest?
Ever wonder how teachers create those Pinterest worthy anchor charts? I did, too! Learn how a fellow teacher taught me how to level up my anchor chart game and take them from unreadable to beautiful.
How do I avoid April Fools Day classroom disaster?
“To prank or not to prank?” That is the question! How to prevent an April Fools Day disaster and some classroom tested-and-approved fun for everyone!
What is the secret to students enjoying themselves?
Have you ever wondered what teaching was like on the other side of the world?
How to make my day “suck less”?
My top tips to squeeze a little fun into your day in the classroom and make the not-so-enjoyable aspects well… suck a little less.
How do I keep from misplacing a kindergartener?
One time I asked a normally very well behaved student to sit at my back table because he couldn’t stop talking at his table group. I told him he needed to not talk to anyone while he was at that table so that the rest of the class could finish up their projects before…
Why didn’t anybody tell me the dog dies?
I STILL remember the moment clear as day even though it has been over ten years. My class was at the end of an endearing, quick chapter book about the friendship between a boy and his dog - classic.
What the heck is Backwards Design?
This week, I sat in on a district training session with my new teachers about the Backwards Design model for lesson planning and one leaned over and whispered, “What if I don’t even know how to Forward Design yet?”
How do I spot a fake allergy?
“I was handing out snacks at our Winter Party when a student told me he didn’t want any of the cheese because he wasn’t allowed to eat it because he was allergic. How am I only hearing about this now? In DECEMBER? And isn’t cheese dairy, so does that mean all dairy??
Projectile Vomit? Cool. Now what?
The twisting of the face… the look of panic in the eyes… the stomach grab… the “I don’t feel so good”… it all happens in slow motion.