Classroom organization is a key component to any successful classroom. As teachers, we want to make sure our students have a place for their homework, classwork, supplies, textbooks, notebooks, and anything else they will use in our classroom. Student Binders are the perfect way to set up students for a successful school year and teach them…
Tips for New Teachers: Lessons I Learned While Teaching
As I look back over my teaching career, I realize I made a ton of mistakes and also did a few things right along the way. This reflection made me realize that I’ve learned some valuable lessons and I want to share them with teachers everywhere. If you are reading this, I hope you…
Goodbye Reading Logs! Help Students Enjoy Reading
Getting students to read nightly because they want to is a pretty difficult task. We all know you really can’t make anyone do anything they don’t want to do. Kids are NO exception…not even a little bit. As teachers, it’s our job to find ways to motivate students to read nightly and share those tips with…
Back to School Washi Tape Bookmarks
Back to school time is my favorite time to find new ideas for my students. I absolutely love making my students something special for the first day of school. I usually try to make a bookmark of some sorts because I feel like it promotes reading. Have you ever seen a student get excited about using…
Back to School Tips and Freebies
It’s Back to School time, and all of us over at Upper Elementary Snapshots thought it would be fun to have a whole week of giveaways right before the new school year! That’s right…a whole week!! To start off our week, we are going to be linking up all of our blogs just for you,…
My Not-So-Pinteresty Anchor Charts
Like many other teachers, I am addicted to collecting beautiful anchor charts on Pinterest. When I collect these, I know very well I cannot possibly recreate them. I am not an artist…I am a teacher. While I admire those teachers who have artistic abilities, that just isn’t me. Although I am not the best at…
Beginning of Year Activity: Student Selfies
I wanted to share this great activity I have been doing for years at the very beginning of each year. It is a Self-Portrait activity where students get to draw themselves, compare themselves with another student, and present to the class. I love to tell students they are drawing “Selfies” because it makes it more…
