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$400 Gift Card Pot of Gold for Teachers

Spring Break is just around the corner! We can make it! To celebrate, I have teamed with a group of 20 TPT authors to give away 7 Gift Cards! Are you feeling Lucky? Prizes include… u2 -$50 Amazon Gift Cards u4-$50 TPT Gift Cards u1-$100 TPT Gift Card There are only 20 entries to complete. By completing them all, you… Read More

Valentine’s Day in Upper Grades

Valentine’s Day Giveaway We love teachers! Thank you Kelie Hall, for inviting us and organizing our blog hop! I can’t wait to see what everyone does for Valentine’s Day! Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite school holidays! Yes, it can be a little challenging with all the excitement, but the key is to channel their… Read More

Fun & Engaging STEM Winter Activities

Getting students engaged after a long break sometimes can be a little tricky! But January Winter STEM Activities includes five different STEM challenges that your students will love! Students plan, design, engineer, solve problems, and collect data as they are having fun during the winter season. Students are also learning many important math and science concepts! My students are… Read More

STEM Christmas Activities in the Classroom

STEM Christmas Activities can get students engaged and having fun the last few weeks before the holidays, while learning important STEM concepts. Creating a Newspaper Christmas Tree is an easy and inexpensive way to get students thinking critical and problem solving as they plan, design, and create the tallest Christmas tree! Students measure their trees as they work to create… Read More

Water Bottle Flipping in the Classroom

Water Bottle Flipping in the Classroom: How this unit started I know you must think Flipping Water Bottles in Class is crazy! “Why in the world would a teacher purposely let her students flip water bottles in the class?” Well, I didn’t start out thinking water bottle flipping would be a cool activity for the… Read More

Book Character Day: Great Ideas for Teacher Costumes

Wow! Book Character Day was such a success! It’s always a challenge to find the perfect costume to fit a favorite book. Time! Juggling Schedules, & Red Ribbon Week~What to Wear on Book Character Day? These teachers and students always meet the challenge. I love the bright crayon costumes. The Day the Crayons Quit is a favorite book in the younger… Read More

Teaching the Civil War with Common Core

Labor Day Link Up and Sale

*I hope you all have had a great start to your school year! I can’t believe I just finished my third week! Wow, time flies when your having fun. *As excited as I was for a three-day weekend, I’m even more excited to tell you about a linking up party that is going on! A few AMAZING Teachers Pay Teachers… Read More

Back to School~ Creating a Classroom Environment

Wow! Even though I have been so tired, it has been a great start to school! Creating an engaging classroom environment is so important for your students! Great Classrooms! These are some Awesome Classrooms in my building. I love visiting their rooms just to see what wonderful learning environments they have created for their students! It’s a “home” for their… Read More