Erin Beers
End of the School Year Made Easy
The end of the school year is a wild and busy time for both teachers and students. I always compare it to a tornado swooping me up, swirling me around with a million things on my plate, and spitting me out as I say goodbye to …
End of Year Slideshow Songs and Video Tips
One of my favorite things to do is take pictures of my students throughout the course of the school year and create an end of year slideshow video of all of those images showing the students in action. It is amazing to see the growth and …
State Testing is OVER…Now what? Try these ELA ideas!
I originally published these after-testing ideas for ELA teachers a few years ago, but the lessons and examples are still applicable today. This post features lesson ideas I used as a 4th grade teacher. Many of them can be modified for middle school use as …
ELA End of the Year Activities for Middle School
It’s not easy to balance work and fun near the end of the school year. Our students have summer and swimming pool dreams on their minds, and ELA teachers don’t have enough instruction time to get through a new novel unit. This makes May a …
4 Rules for Treats in the Classroom
During my first few years of teaching, my sister worked for Hershey’s Chocolate, and my students were able to greatly benefit from her kind donations to our classroom. Needless to say, they were less than thrilled when she decided to take a position working for …