Organizing your language arts classroom to optimize learning and minimize distractions is a delicate practice. This section contains my favorite ideas and resources that I use in my own ELA classroom.
I have graded a LOT of book reports in 26 years of teaching. Same five paragraphs, same plot summary, same “the theme of this book is…” sentence matched across every report. It’s often hard to tell if they even liked a single page of the …
One trend I just had to try this year was designing my own classroom banners like the ones you see all over TikTok. My first concern, though, was about the printing quality. Could I design something large enough in Canva, with enough resolution, that it …
Student: “Wait…I know I should know this, but what does that word mean again?” As teachers, we are constantly referring to various terms in our content areas that we want/NEED students to know. To help reinforce the concepts we discuss in our lessons, I designed …
Each day, when my students walk into the classroom, I want them to be ready to go! I want them prepared with the supplies needed for class, and I want to avoid being asked, “Are we doing anything fun today?” I use daily agenda slides …
2026 is my 26th back-to-school season! But even as an experienced teacher, I’m reinvigorated every back-to-school season when I see all the new faces, teammates, and learning tools that will shape our year together. Over the years, I have written several blog posts sharing my favorite …
As a teacher, I find coming up with new classroom ideas each year to be one of the most fun but also tricky parts of the back-to-school season. On one hand, you want to optimize student learning and maximize instructional time, but classrooms are not emotionless …
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