The end of the year is always busy and stressful. Whether your school requires you to pack everything every year or not, there's ONE box every teacher should absolutely pack at the end of the school year to make sure you get off to a smooth start when you go back to sch…

As a teacher, I am always on the lookout for cool new tools to make my classroom run more smoothly. I've found that some of the best tools come, not from a teacher store, but from your local home improvement store. Here are three of  my favorites this year: 1. Mechanic&#…

I have a teacher confession to make: I've never made my own curriculum map before this year. (Gasp! I know!) I've always either worked at a school that provided one for us or on a team that didn't think it was necessary. My experience making a curriculum map thi…

It's hard to believe I have already been back in school over two weeks! In case you missed it, I wanted to share some of the Back to School must-haves that help keep me organized during the first week of school. This is a re-post from one of the collaborative blogs I am…

At the start of a new year, lesson planning is always a big topic of conversation among teachers. Today, I wanted to share with you what I have found to be the best lesson planner EVER! (They are not paying me to say any of this, I’m just passionate about the site!)

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Just popping in to let you know that I blogged at Teaching Trio today... I'm sharing some ways I am committing to finding more hours in the day so that I can get it all done this upcoming school year!


This is definitely a "do as I say, not as I do" post, becaus…

I can't tell you how many times a fabulous TPT product has totally saved my day! I am excited to link up with Jivey to share one of my own "heroic" products that will be on sale this week. I recently received some great feedback on my Substitute Info Flipbook.…

Happy Sunday! I am planning on having a relaxing day today with the family after having spent most of yesterday cleaning & working on school stuff. (Well, and a crafty project that I'll share later!) I'm linking up with Teaching Trio for the Sunday Scoop and als…

A little over a year ago, I tried something new...online lesson planning. Like most of you, I was used to writing down plans in a spiral bound lesson plan book. While that method is obviously time-tested, I've found that online planning offers some pretty impressive ben…