10 Last Day of School Read Alouds
A list of go to read alouds for the last week of school for any classroom!
15 Low-Prep Last Day of School Activities
Did the last day of school sneak up on you, too? Here is a list of my favorite tried and true last minute last day of school activities that even the biggest procrastinator of us can pull off!
When do I start packing up student supplies at the end of the year?
You made it to the end of the year! There are SO many things to wrap up and pack. It’s hard to even know where to start! Especially when it comes to the disaster that is: student desks…
What do I put in my bag on Field Day?
What exactly do I need to put in my backpack to carry around on Field Day? And… like… what kind of backpack? Here’s my list of all of my Field Day essentials.
How do I prepare for Field Day?
My first ever Field Day started off perfectly and ended in drenched, grumpy third graders. Here’s what I learned from that year and how I’ve made sure to not repeat the same Field Day mistakes!
What do I need to do at the end of the field trip day?
One more thing to prep - what do I do after the field trip? Here are a few quick tips to have a successful transition from the field trip to the end of the day.
What is a teacher supposed to do on the morning of a field trip?
It’s the morning of the field trip…now what? What should a teacher do on the morning of the field trip before leaving the building? What about the students and the chaperones?
What do I need to put in my teacher field trip bag?
When prepping for a field trip, there are few things more important than making sure your teacher bag is packed and ready to go. Let me help you get ready!
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?”