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I am going to give you a quick look around my new room! Throughout the room there will be many freebies, products, and affiliate links for things I use in my classroom! Feel free to recreate any of the ideas! I put my desk up against the wall in my teaching area! I always add…
I love celebrating Earth Day in my upper elementary classroom. This always seems to be a favorite holiday or theme for my students. They are at the age where they are really getting into learning about the earth and how to protect it! This is also the time of the year where we are preparing…
In upper elementary you need to focus on reading skills and reading strategies often, but you also want to do fun themed and engaging activities! In October my favorite activity is the Bat Cave Challenge! I’ve loved watching my kiddos face light up when I come running in to the classroom as a bat! Plus,…
Preparing for parent-teacher conferences can be challenging and nerve-wracking for many teachers, but it doesn’t have to be! If you are prepared for each parent-teacher conference and you follow these parent-teacher conference tips, you will do great! Today, I am going to answer 5 commonly asked questions about conferences! What do you prepare before the…
December is a great time to find some really engaging and rigorous read alouds for your students! Some of the read alouds can just be for fun and some can have some high-value teaching content in them. Today, I am going to share my top 10 read alouds for the month of December. Click on…

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