Social Distancing Greetings


Classroom Setup, Daily Life, Fifth Grade, Fourth Grade, Kindergarten, Printables, Second Grade, Third Grade, TpT Store

I still don’t know what our school has planned as far as in-person, virtual, or hybrid learning. But I know that at some point we will be back in the building. So, in preparation, I created a set of social distance greeting signs. Hopefully, they will help students connect with one another, even while being far apart. In past years, I’ve tried doing the individual greetings with each child, but I was never great at remembering what steps there were for each child. I’m thinking I may try it again this year, and with a visual reminder of the choices, […]

Peanut Free/Nut Free Posters


Classroom Setup, Fourth Grade, Kindergarten, Second Grade, Third Grade, TpT Store

As I was walking down the hallway at school yesterday, I noticed that everyone has their peanut free posters hanging up, and it’s the same posters, year after year.  So, I put together some new peanut free signs, and this time added actual peanut pictures to them instead of just making them classroom themed.  I also made table labels, and a list of peanut free snacks to send home to parents.  You can get a copy through my TpT store or my Teachers Notebook store.

Phonics Cards – Vowels and Digraphs


Daily 5, Kindergarten, Reading, Second Grade, TpT Store, Writing

A second grade teacher at my school found a set of phonics cards that she thought would be great to hang on the wall behind the table where she pulls small groups, but the cards were only sold in the UK.  She scoured TpT for something similar and found nothing, so she told me about it, knowing that I’m always looking for new stuff to create. So, after days of searching for graphics that would fit each vowel and digraph, it’s finally complete! And, now that TpT is allowing you to correlate your items to the Common Core standards, it’s

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CAFE Board


Classroom Setup, Daily 5, Kindergarten, Third Grade, TpT Store

I put together a set of CAFE headers, with all of the strategies for my new classroom, which I have available on TpT. I’ve included the CAFE letters, the headers with their descriptions, and all of the strategies, some of which can be seen in the image below. Also included in the file, but not shown in the picture, are blank sheets where students can put their sticky notes to show which strategy they’re working on. I was planning to use them, but I am doing daily five with the other third-grade teacher, and we are having all the students

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Daily 5 – Center Management


Classroom Setup, Daily 5, Kindergarten, Third Grade, TpT Store

I needed a matching sign for my Daily 5 centers for a 6th choice – Work With Teacher, and of course I couldn’t find anything… so, what was left to do but create my own new set!  So, here it is… my Daily 5 Center Management packet.  6 posters, small cards for students to keep track of their centers (see photo below), teacher check in sheets, and a sheet for conference an observation notes.  You can download the Daily 5 Center Management packet on my Teachers Notebook store.

Kindergarten Freebies


Daily 5, Kindergarten, TpT Store

Here are a few little freebies from Kindergarten that I put up on my TpT store.  One is a Roll a Sight Word game, which makes a great word work center.  The other is my 100th Day Celebration Tickets, including instructions for how I used them, pictures of some of the activities, and printables, when applicable.  Enjoy!       

Nut Free Sign – Take 2!


Kindergarten, Third Grade, TpT Store
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My friend who teaches Second Grade has an ocean themed room, and it didn’t make much sense for her to have a nut-free owl sign hanging outside of her room.  So, since she has been putting up with all of my stress over the move to Third Grade, the least I could do was to make her a nut-free sign with an ocean theme!  I’m sure I owe her much more than a little sign, but it’s a start! The sign is available for download on my TpT store.

Activity Bags


Homework, Kindergarten, TpT Store

Even though I’ve turned this into a 3rd grade blog, I have a bunch of Kindergarten resources that I want to put up on my TpT site.  Over the last 5 years or so, I’ve been using Activity Bags in my Kindergarten classroom, and they have been well-liked by both students and parents.  There are 20 themed bags, which include instructions, books, hands-on materials, and resources from the classroom.  Children would take each bag home for up to a week, the most popular bags being the stuffed animal bags (Mirabelle’s Bag and the Fuzzy Bear Bag).  The parents seemed to

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