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Classroom Management

How to Instill a Growth Mindset in the Classroom

How to Instill a Growth Mindset in the Classroom

By Tanya Marshall Leave a Comment

Every teacher dreams of shaping a classroom full of resilient, persistent, and ever-improving learners. How can you achieve this? By fostering a growth mindset from the first day of school! 🎉 This ...

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Classroom Desk Name Tags

The Best Classroom Desk Name Tags for Elementary Teachers

By Tanya Marshall Leave a Comment

As elementary teachers, we strive to create an engaging and organized learning environment for our students. One simple yet impactful way to personalize and organize our classrooms is by using desk ...

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5th grade early finisher activities

15 Fun and Easy 5th Grade Early Finisher Activities for The Classroom

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Do you have students who struggle to stay focused in the classroom after they finish their work? Having a set of early finisher activities can help you keep each student engaged throughout the entire ...

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15 Early Finisher Activities for 4th Graders

15 Fun and Engaging Early Finisher Activities for 4th Graders

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As teachers, we want our students to be engaged in their learning, but what do you do when they finish their work early? This post has 15 fun and engaging early finisher activities that 4th graders ...

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Bringing Mindfulness In the Classroom: Exercises For Educators

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No matter how many teaching tips and resources you find, your success in the classroom depends largely on your mental health. Teachers need to prioritize taking care of themselves, which is not ...

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25 Ways to Build Classroom Community Online

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When students feel socially and emotionally connected, they are more likely to perform better academically. But how do teachers create a sense of community through virtual learning? This post shares ...

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Social-Emotional Distance Learning Ideas

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How can we keep students focused on learning in the midst of so many things that cause them anxiety and stress? Kids need to feel emotionally connected and socially included in order to be ...

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Making Character Education Real Through Distance Learning

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How do you teach students character education through a device? International Education Coach Keith Deltano is here to answer that question! Below he shares practical ideas for making character ...

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How Parents and Teachers Can Work Together to Prevent Bullying

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What an honor to welcome our guest writer Madeleine Dean for this very important topic: bullying prevention! She shares effective ways that parents and teachers can work together to prevent bullying. ...

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5 Ways to Approach a Classroom Question With Confidence

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I'm so excited to welcome our guest writer Andy Earle of Talking to Teens. Here he shares 5 ways to approach a classroom question with confidence! These tips work well for teachers across grade ...

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Getting ready for Parent-Teacher Conferences doesn't have to be stressful.

The 7 tips listed above in the post will serve you well no matter what grade you teach. Plus, The Butterfly Teacher has a blog post with several other tips and resources for successful parent-teacher conferences. 📝

 🎁 If you're interested in the free conference reminder sticky note templates, just type REMINDER in the comments for the link.

This freebie includes instructions for how to print on sticky notes. ✅

😉 Be sure to TAG a teacher friend who will be facing conference season soon. And also SAVE this post.

👉🏾 Which of these 7 tips stand out the most to you and why? And what month do you have your conferences this fall. 🗓️

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🤔 Should 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders have literac 🤔 Should 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders have literacy centers? I mean shouldn’t we call them stations or something else? 🤨 

🏷️ Calling them stations vs. centers isn’t the main point! The main point is that every upper elementary teacher should have these in their classroom. 

🙌🏾 Small group instruction with hands-on materials greatly benefits upper elementary students in math and Literacy. 

📣So, if you teach 3rd through 6th grade, and you want some engaging ideas for literacy centers, we have 25 of them for you completely FREE. 🎁 

This freebie also has planning pages to help you map out how to implement centers in your class. 📝🗓️

🗣️ Comment IDEAS 💡 below for the link. 

TAG a teacher friend who would like these ideas. 

Do you think upper elementary should have centers/stations for literacy? 🤔 

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Have you ever used answer buzzers in your class? 😮 They can make any lesson feel more energetic and exciting!! 🤩

💵 The Dollar Tree now sells them (this is not a sponsored post). You can also get a set of 4 from Amazon.

I've used both and here are ways that they make learning more fun:

➡️ For a whole class review, divide students into teams.

👯Call two students up to the front at a time. Have them stand with their hands behind their back to listen carefully to you ask a review question. (Use for any subject.)

🚨Each student will have a buzzer in front of him or her.

🥇 The student who hits the buzzer first gets to answer the question. IF they answer correctly, their team gets the point. IF the answer is incorrect, the other student gets a chance to answer it.

Each playing different rounds until a team is declared a winner. 🏆

⚠️BUUUUTTTT, just like with any energetic, fast-paced game you need to establish the rules and state your behavior expectations up front! Since these kind of games are so high-energy (plus the buzzers are LOUD), then it helps to have a signal that you use to get the students quiet.

🖐🏾 I like to use signals that don't require sound (like turning off all the lights or holding up a hand signal--GIVE ME FIVE) for students to understand that they are too loud and need to settle down.

🤗 I promise you that having these buzzers in your class is worth it. They increase the engagement factor SO much!

Raise your hand in the comments if you would use something like this in your classroom! 🙋🏽‍♀️
If you've already tried them, what are your thoughts on them?

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When my anxious thoughts seem to zip-line through When my anxious thoughts seem to zip-line through my mind, I journal.📝

Along with prayer and mediation, it's one of my favorite ways to calm my thoughts, gain clarity, and center myself.

Decorative journaling is even better! 💕✍🏾. Have you tried it? 🙋🏾‍♀️
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Are you a detailed-oriented person? 🔍 Have you Are you a detailed-oriented person? 🔍 Have you mastered the art of noticing? 🧐

Tell us in the comments what you notice. 🕵🏼‍♀️
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Trust me teacher friends, you want to establish strong procedures during the beginning of the school year so that the rest of the year goes smoothly.

If you want these editable checklists, comment PROCEDURES below and I'll send them to you. 🤗

Hey veteran teacher friends, what procedures do you think are the most important to start teaching? 🧐
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