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Presidents Day Units for the Elementary Classroom
February might be the shortest month of the year, but there are so many holidays packed into it! We love taking the time to celebrate each one in our class, but Presidents Day has a special place in our hearts. There is something special about watching our students as...
Valentine’s Day Crafts for Math and ELA
Valentine’s Day in the classroom is SO MUCH FUN! After the post-New Year slump, we love to go all out for Valentine’s Day! We start doing Valentine’s Day crafts as soon as February starts so we can decorate the class and build up the Valentine’s Day spirit. But, with...
Our Top 10 Favorite Teacher Products
As teachers, everyone has an opinion on what teacher products you need to get for your classroom. Throughout the years we’ve bought some truly amazing products and wasted money on some truly useless ones! When we sat down to make this list we focused on 2 criteria. ...
Teaching the Winter Olympics
The Winter Olympics are coming up this year and will take place in Beijing, China. Teach your students about this exciting worldwide event with hands-on, engaging activities that incorporate ELA Common Core standards in all student work. Why teach the Winter Olympics?...
Our New Year’s Resolutions for Teaching
The New Year is here and we cannot believe it! The past year has been a crazy one and we think it is fair to say that we are all ready for this Winter Break. Besides staying in pajamas as long as possible and playing with our kids, we are also using this Winter...
Martin Luther King Jr. Unit
Martin Luther King Jr. day is the perfect time to teach kindness and love for one another. Help students to connect the life of Dr. King, the civil rights movement, and its significance in our country's history with this unit. We have made it easy for all of the...
12 Books to Read Aloud this Christmas
The holidays are here! As teachers, we understand how exciting and magical this time can be, but also how crazy things get in December! Our favorite trick to survive December is to embrace the holiday spirit and keep a consistent routine. An easy way to do that is...
Winter Math Crafts for First Grade
This winter, make it easy on yourself by incorporating easy-to-prep, fun math crafts to reinforce first grade math skills in the classroom. Each of these math crafts can be easily differentiated to meet the needs of your students. These fun math craftivities are the...
Winter Holidays Around the World Math Crafts
As teachers, we love to incorporate the holidays into our lessons. Our students have always loved learning about different holiday traditions around the world but we found ourselves having to create our own resources year after year. As teachers, it is important to...
Christmas Crafts for the Classroom
We love Christmas in the classroom! It is easily our favorite time of year but it definitely comes with its challenges. December brings a lot of hyper students who are out of their normal routines. In our experience, our students are more engaged with our lessons...
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