It’s always a huge sigh of relief when that last kid is gone on the last day of school. Time to breathe a little easier!
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This little ole’ blog has sure seen some tumbleweeds the couple of months. I’ve been a little busy teaching routines and wrangling six year olds and making sure no one got lost and tying shoes and OH YEAH, teaching!
I’m sure you can relate.
So now here it is, the most wonderful time of the year.
Cue the carols. And the holiday treats!
Dear Teacher: it’s OKAY
I’m headed back to school tomorrow. I’ve been thoroughly trained during this last week of PD and my classroom is mostly ready. My lesson plans are written, copies are made, and books are ready. Everyone is in full on prep mode! I’ve been seeing a lot of thoughtful, reasonable, and well written blog posts out there about all the things you should or should not do in your classroom. But what kind of blogger would I be if I didn’t add my 2 cents into the mix? So here I go! :)
13 Tools A Teacher Needs… Now!
I have talked to numerous teachers to find out what they think every teacher should have. These teachers teach all over the US, have various levels of experience, and teach in a range of SES schools. It was fun talking to all kinds of teachers and seeing the things that they all had in common as far as necessities go!
Some of the things on this list are more student geared, but a lot of them are seriously sanity-savers for us teachers!
Here are the top 13 tools of the teaching trade that you should definitely have in your classroom!