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Some Ways To Show My Students They Matter
This year we start the first day of school with a first day of school. And while there will be no orientation day, no meet and greet, I still want them to feel that excitement of a new year, a new...
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It Is Time To Renew, Reorganize, and Reevalute
image from icanread Something magical beckons us on the cusp of a new year; one full of promise to change, a clean slate as if for once we can get it all right, or at the very least figure out what we...
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Back to School – January Edition
image from icanread January comes at us like a lion it seems bringing students who were just getting used to being on break, miserably cold winter days where no sledding is allowed at school, and more...
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Your Classroom Does Not Have to Be Pinterest Worthy to Be Effective
image from icanread The night before I met my first group of students, I was at school in a panic. Not because I was about to actually be a teacher. Not because I felt like I had no idea what I was...
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Modified Readers/Writers Workshop in the 7th Grade Classroom
image from icanread All summer my mind has been in high gear trying to wrap itself around what my classroom experience will be like next year. I know I will be teaching an incredible age group of...
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Classroom Tour 2014
I have never posted pictures intentionally to show off my classroom before, but since I am in a new room at a new school in a new district, I thought I would. You see, my classroom isn’t highly...
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12 Tips for An Organized Book Loving Classroom
Anyone who enters our classroom immediately notices all of the books we have. It’s hard not to, they seem to be everywhere. While I have always believed in having as many books as possible in the...
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How I Organize My Books
A question I often get asked is how my books are organized in our classroom. The system is really simple and one that many people use, so I thought I would share here to help others. I have used...
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My Classroom Without Students
I always feel funny posting pictures of my classroom because it is not cute, nor lively, nor exciting. It is utilitarian, empty without students, and we have space to roam. Perhaps, though, in its...
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Why My Classroom Has No Theme
My first year of teaching I remember trying to create a theme for my room. What would our classroom look like? What teacher would I be known as? Would I be the ocean teacher? The movie teacher?...
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If My Classroom Library Was For Me
image from icanread If my classroom library was for me there would be no dog books. Well, almost no dog books because Rain Reign deserves to be there. There would be no sports books, except for maybe...
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On the Need for Classroom Libraries for All Ages
It took me 3 seconds to decide that I was going to move my entire classroom library into my 7th grade classroom. Coming from 5th grade I wasn’t quite sure what the use of a classroom library would be...
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On Flexible Seating
Our classroom, room 235D, is an open door classroom. Anyone is allowed in to see us learn together at any time. Our classroom is nothing fancy. We have tables covered in whiteboard paper, that has...
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Welcome to Our Classroom – A Tour Before the Kids Show Up
I moved to a new space this year. Still teaching 7th grade on the “O” team at Oregon Middle School, go Sharks! However, with the departure of one of my closests friends, her room opened up and I was...
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