These are not your average end-of-year certificates. I designed these to go beyond just grades—because let’s be honest, our students bring SO much more to the classroom than test scores. Whether they’re team players, always curious, hilariously funny, or kind to every single person they meet, there’s a candy-themed certificate to match! With 30 differentContinue reading “🍬 What are CANDY Awards?”
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Lucky Learning!
St. Patrick’s Day Math Fun with a Magical Twist! St. Patrick’s Day is the perfect time to bring a little magic into your classroom, and what better way than with a fun, hands-on math activity featuring everyone’s favorite lucky cereal? 🌈✨ If you’ve ever struggled to get students excited about addition practice, this resource isContinue reading “Lucky Learning!”
The Best 100th Day of School Ever! 🎉
Growing up, I loved the special days we got to celebrate in school. When I became a teacher, I made it my mission to create those same magical moments for my students. I wanted them to feel safe, challenged, and loved—but I also wanted them to leave my classroom with one-of-a-kind memories that they’d treasureContinue reading “The Best 100th Day of School Ever! 🎉”
Simplify Your Math Instruction
Simplify Your Math Instruction with Interactive Eureka Math Squared Slides! Are you ready to transform your math instruction? My latest resource, Eureka Math Squared – 2nd Grade, Module 4, Topic B, Lessons 5-11, is here to help! Designed with both teachers and students in mind, this Google Slide deck simplifies math lessons while keeping themContinue reading “Simplify Your Math Instruction”
Add a Little Love to Math
Add a Little Love to Math: Valentine’s Day Puzzle & Game for 2- & 3-Digit Addition ❤️ Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to sprinkle some fun into your math lessons! With our Valentine’s Day Puzzle & Game, students can practice 2- and 3-digit addition in a hands-on, engaging way. This festive activity is designedContinue reading “Add a Little Love to Math”
New Year
Everything is coming up NEW this year… New school year at a New school, teaching a New grade level, departmentalized STEM (which for me is New) and I am BEYOND excited! I’ll be honest, this past year was difficult for me (as it was for everyone), but in January, I called my brothers and toldContinue reading “New Year”
Letters with ACTIONS
I am a tactile learner and realized that my kiddos might be that way too! So when I was planning on teaching my kiddos letters/sounds, I created ACTIONS for each letter to help us remind our brains what SOUND that letter makes. A – Take a big bite out of an Apple (REALLY making aContinue reading “Letters with ACTIONS”
Online “Incentives”
In my classroom I use ClassDojo as a point system for behavior BUT ALSO for academics!! Every time students turn in an assignment I also give away points. Students answer a question, they get a point! I tell them their points show us how hard they had been working for that day! Especially at theContinue reading “Online “Incentives””
Teaching Tech Tools to Kinders
Sooo I started teaching completely online last week and spent the majority of last week meeting with parents & doing an hour with my kiddos in the morning & then joining them for their hour with Specials Teachers (Computer, PE & Intervention). I used that 2nd hour to be more of an IT support forContinue reading “Teaching Tech Tools to Kinders”
Kindergarten “To Go” Kits
I really thought through what “E-Learning” would look like (or should look like) for this upcoming school year and I decided that the most age appropriate thing to do is really to use the Online-ness as a vessel to do my teaching from, but that the majority of the materials/activities we would do would beContinue reading “Kindergarten “To Go” Kits”
Kinder Kid at Heart 