I started out the year trying to the CAFE workshop model with the Daily 5 but since I've never been trained, I'm finding it hard to use. With...
I cannot find places to get good quality felt board (flannel board) stories anywhere. I work with young kids and they LOVE the stories but we...
I'm in charge of researching activities (namely those math and art related) with the Zolo brand toys. Do you know these toys at all? If so, what...
I am looking for some foam blocks for my classroom. My partner teachers have some great ones that are colorful, fairly large sized, and have...
WOW! What AMAZING ideas you all had! I knew I could turn to your expert advice! I can't wait to try them out and can't wait to hear more ideas!...
I just had a TON of legos donated to my classroom but have no idea what to educationally do with them. Of course they are great for rainy day...
We need only a few more but they are good to have for the future when the current ones aren't usable anymore. If anyone knows where I can buy...
On a lighter note... I am looking for some paint brush bulletin board borders. I have some currently that I am using for color coding in my...
You definitely don't have to work in a low income school to submit a project, it just is more of an incentive for donors to give since at those...
I want to do a group read aloud using my class set of Little House on the Prairie books but I want to incorporate this with social studies,...
Yes, I am the one leaving the school. Right now we have classes of 13 at the most. My class is 13 and it is largest in the school. The...
I have a classroom blog that I post on every day (or every other if its a dull day or I am super busy! :)) and that eliminates the waste of paper...
My school is a k-8 school with one classroom for each grade. Next year we are brainstorming ways to cut one teaching position since the third...
Yes, we do have a social studies book. It is the MacMillan-McGraw Hill Textbook called Our Communities. It is incredibly dry and not very...
I am a first year teacher (and the only third grade class in my school) and I am struggling with teaching social studies (and science for that...
I agree that is is easy to forget if it is not done regularly. I have to admit that I have been slacking off with my social studies this year but...
I just got a new student this week and the vast majority of the time he is gawking at other things in the room or fidgeting around in his desk....
My school has no science curriculum (except FOSS kits) and I was wondering what your schools use and what your thoughts are on the curricula. I...
My students haven't had any exposure to multiplication except for "tricks" that parents have taught them. They can mathematically figure it out...
Clementine is amazing! I also read Frindle which the kids love (and still often say instead of pen). We also read My Father's Dragon and The...
