Teaching With Haley O'Connor

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Lunar New Year in the Classroom
Resources for studying Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
5 Ways to Connect with Students
Indoor Recess Favorites
Lunar New Year Read-Alouds

Lunar New Year Read-Alouds

Will you be teaching your students about Lunar New Year? It’s such a fun and interesting holiday to spend time discussing and celebrating! Today I just wanted to share a few activities you can use in your classroom, as well as some great read-alouds to add to your day. If you’d like more ideas on celebrating Lunar New Year with… Read More

5 Ways to Re-Establish a Strong Classroom Community

5 Ways to Re-Establish a Strong Classroom Community

Starting the Spring semester is always exciting, but a bit overwhelming. Often, we realize how much content we still need to teach…where did half of the school year go?! But we’re also met with students who have matured over the break and started to really blossom and show new strengths and abilities. At the beginning of the year, it’s easy… Read More

Favorite Products for Indoor Recess

Favorite Products for Indoor Recess

There’s nothing quite like the feeling of looking outside and realizing it’s going to be indoor recess today. EXCEPT for looking at the forecast and realizing you don’t know when you’re going to have outdoor recess again. I’ll never forget when we had two weeks of indoor recess. I don’t know how any of us survived. I wanted to share… Read More

Favorite Books for Christmas

Favorite Books for Christmas

Today I wanted to share a few of my favorite books to talk about Christmas in the classroom! You probably know that I’m a HUGE proponent for balancing the holidays so that Christmas isn’t your main focus. But, I also understand Christmas can and should be a part of your unit. Here’s a list of my favorite books for the… Read More

8 Things to Consider for Your Holiday Unit

8 Things to Consider for Your Holiday Unit

Happy December! I wanted to stop by and share some of my learning over the past few years about your Holiday unit. It’s such a fun unit and topic and I know kids look forward to it everywhere. There are a few things we can do to tweak our language/resources to make sure we’re respecting each culture, religion and family…. Read More

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  • This is a bundle of 4 different versions of full page color posters. :) You can decide which one works best for you and your kiddos! Each color has a fun little pattern, including chevron, polka dot, stripes, and crosshatch!
  • Today Haley shares ways to help students identify their emotions and process them. You'll hear about favorite books to use as well as favorite conversation starters to use in your classroom. Listen today! | Social Emotional Learning | Character Education | Early Elementary Resources | Elementary Counseling |
  • Ideas for teaching self control in the classroom. Materials for a calm down area, steps to show self-control, big emotions, and more. #charactereducation #morningmeeting #classroomcommunity #classroommanagement
  • Episode Notes: Today we'll talk about introducing boundaries to our students and helping them set and keep healthy boundaries and my Kindness Curriculum. First Grade Resources | Character Education | Early Elementary | Teachers Toolbox |
  • The End of the Year can be incredibly stressful...but having the right tools can make it so much easier! This bundle is truly a survival kit! It's everything you'll need to wrap up your year and send your students home to have a successful summer!
  • **** ACTUALIZADO para incluir una versión de Google Slides ™, así como también una versión de Microsoft para OneDrive ™.El aprendizaje socioemocional es más significativo ahora que nunca y tener planes de estudio y actividades de buena calidad hace que sea mucho más fácil incorporarlos a tu currículo. Estas unidades fueron desarrolladas para AYUDARTE a enseñar, modelar y reforzar un gran carácter.
  • Read now on the blog...I would love if we occasionally set time aside to publicly praise EVERY student…in front of their class and class parents. I created a list of awards with my teacher friends. I wanted to make sure there were enough and that you could find something for every student. As I created this list, I thought about what we want to encourage in our students. What skills and traits will help them be successful in their future? | Resources for Teachers | Year End Awards |
  • I created this product to use at the beginning of the year to see where my students are. It is a collection of 27 1-page assessments to gather information and drive your instruction. | first grade assessment checklist, reading assessment first grade, first grade assessment test, 1st grade assessment, first grade assessment, assessment tools, beginning of the year assessment, phonics assessment first grade, sight words assessment
  • This pack is perfect for your little ones to practice addition and subtraction word problems. This story problem uses numbers 1-20, but mostly focuses on working with numbers between 10-20.
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