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August 15, 2020 by: Kara

How to Organize Assignments with Digital Schedules

Organizing assignments for students can be a challenge when we’re in the physical classroom. Now, it’s even harder during distance learning. Let’s talk about how to organize assignments with a digital schedule for any age student whether you use Google Classroom or not. I do use GC, so many things I discuss will revolve around GC, but you can adjust this to fit your needs! 

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July 16, 2020 by: Kara

Oh Yeah, That Back to School Flipbook Can Be Digital!

As the summer moves along and some of us get closer and closer to the start of school, I always start thinking about “Back to School Night”, “Meet the Teacher” or whatever it is your school calls it. And this year, in particular, I’m realizing… “Oh yeah! That can be digital!” In this post, I am going to give you some ideas for using a

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July 4, 2020 by: Kara

Video Preview of Place Value Math Project- Travel Booklet

See video below for information on Place Value project.  

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June 11, 2020 by: Kara

Save Yourself Hours of Work in the Classroom OR During Distance Learning with Google Forms

laptop with digital assignment, reads "Save Hours of Time with Assignments on Google Forms"

If I could go back to my first-year teacher self, I would try to stop myself from printing the hundreds of pages of color task cards I used to print, laminate, and organize like a madwoman. I guess while I’m at it I should tell my second, third, and fourth-year teacher self that too. DROP. THE. SCISSORS. Am I right? Google Form assignments save me

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August 4, 2019 by: Kara

Share Your Digital Classroom Newsletter in 5 Easy Steps

With a million little things to do in the daily life of a teacher, I used to worry about keeping up communication with my students’ parents. I wanted to send a digital classroom newsletter that is easy, quick, and eye-catching! Hopefully, you are familiar with Google Drive and even have one through your school. I can’t imagine my life without it! I’m going to give

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April 6, 2019 by: Kara

Strengthening Student Relationships with Letters

Student letter examples

Building strong student relationships is one of the most important parts of our jobs. I’ve had a lot of influencers in that belief, including my admin and coworkers whom I look up to. One teacher specifically got me going right from the get-go! The summer before I got my first teaching job, my district hosted a new teacher orientation as many districts do. Teachers from

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January 22, 2019 by: Kara

5 Helpful Tips for Flexible Seating in a Departmentalized Class

If you’ve decided to start flexible seating, I applaud you! My partner teacher and I decided to try it last year. We had read a lot of great things from blogs and articles, as well as the flip side of that coin.. the not-so-good things. We are departmentalized, so that added another aspect to our decision to start flexible seating. Last year we found our

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January 9, 2019 by: Kara

Welcome to the Winter Express: Multiplication Activities!

Roughly a month and a half ago I sat at my parent’s kitchen table, home for Thanksgiving, searching for fun and engaging multiplication activities for our upcoming unit. I told myself I wasn’t getting up until I had thought of some way to change up the way my class learns and practices multiplication facts. My school uses Go Math!, and in the past, we used

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April 15, 2018 by: Kara

Incorporating Art into Your Geometry Unit

Teaching math can be challenging, but this year I have made it my goal to do more hands-on math projects rather than all pencil paper worksheets and tasks. As great as that idea sounds, it can be time-consuming, and the demands on teachers certainly aren’t going away which makes this seem more difficult! However, I truly love seeing my student’s faces as they work away

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February 25, 2018 by: Kara

Collecting Papers While Maintaining Your Sanity

After changing my procedures for collecting papers at least 5 times within two years, I finally found what has been a game changer! I took this idea from two of my brilliant coworkers who were using this last year (and I kick myself for not changing my ways back then)! The idea is very simple, and can be adapted to meet your needs very easily.

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