Teaching With Haley O'Connor

Let's build a better world together-one classroom at a time!

#6-Teaching about Staying Healthy

Good morning, parents! My name is Jessica Tobin and I'm the blogger over at Elementary Nest. Haley is one of my dearest friends, so I was so excited and eager to help out with her blog series all about helping you guys tackle this new experience. The last few days, Haley has brought you ideas for online learning, COVId discussions, and other family activities. I'm going to be bringing you some ... read more

Family Blog Series #5- Printable Resources You Can Use Today

This post contains affiliate links. Hi families! If you've made it this far I hope you've found some valuable info for helping your kids learn at home! Today I just wanted to share a few printable resources you might be interested in. I know many of you have teachers sending work but some of you don't. You may also find that the work coming home is a bit challenging and you need extra ... read more

Family Blog Series #4-Learning and Family Activities

Hello! Thanks for coming back for #4 in my blog series for families who have just started remote/virtual learning during school closures. If you're looking for support, I started a Facebook group for families just like you. Today I did a quick Facebook live and shared a bit about the writing your kids might be doing as well as 2 quick St. Patrick's Day activities. I plan to be in there a lot ... read more

Family Blog Series #3-Online Resources for Learning at Home

Good morning! Today I wanted to share some resources your kids can use during your "academic" time. Every family has different screen time expectations and I think this is something we will all work through in the coming weeks and months. I encourage you to spend time with your child online as much as possible! Screen time can be family time if we are intentional about it. I also want to give ... read more

Family Blog Series #2- Making Reading Meaningful

Hi families. Thank you so much for joining me for this blog series! Today I wanted to talk about the most important thing you can be doing to support students academically while they are at home with you. We truly don't know how long schools will be out, but the longer it goes on the more we need to consider "regression." Regression means students lose skills they previously had. While it's ... read more

Talking with Our Kids about COVID-19

Puede encontrar esto en español al final de esta publicación. Over the next few weeks, I'll be sharing tips for parents who have elementary students at home. Teachers, feel free to share these links with your families! This series is geared for parents with young elementary students but many of the tips I share can be used for older students. I'm Haley and I am a mom, wife, educator and ... read more

Creating Published Authors

This post is sponsored by Studentreasures. That means I get a small compensation for posting, BUT I truly believe in this product and would never advertise something I wouldn't use myself. I have a confession. Every single day I tell my students they are writers. I say it during our mini-lessons and during small groups. I pretty much say it all day long. But when our students look at our ... read more

2 by 10 Strategy

Have you heard of the 2x10 strategy for behavior management? The first time I heard about it was many years ago from my administrator. Many teachers on our campus were struggling daily with classroom behavior and referring students to the office on a regular basis. We knew something needed to change, so she introduced us to this strategy. Raymond Wlodkowski first wrote about it in a research ... read more

Motivational Quotes for Teachers

How many times a day do you think, "man I am WORN OUT." Teaching is HARD! It's hard emotionally, it's hard physically and even hard financially. Without a little inspiration it's easy to get worn down. I hope that your students are telling you everyday how thankful they are for you. If they can't say it in words, I hope they say it in smiles, hugs and sweet drawings. I hope your administrators ... read more

Honoring Indigenous People

Raise your hand if you grew up having a Thanksgiving feast at school. Some kids dressed up as Native Americans and some dressed up as Pilgrims. You ate "delicious" (cafeteria food isn't ever delicious) mashed potatoes and celebrated 2 cultures coming together. Just like at the First Thanksgiving. Except the "first Thanksgiving" wasn't like that at all. I'm still learning about the events that ... read more

Latest on Pinterest

  • Scholastic Readers
  • Social-Emotional Learning: Optimism Lesson Plans and Activities by Teaching With Haley. I developed these units to support teachers in teaching and a rewarding great character in the classroom! Building a classroom community is one of the most important things teachers can do and it greatly impacts our students academically! Great social-emotional learning activities, lesson plans, and printables for teaching kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students in the classroom
  • FREE printable resources for learning at home you can use today by Haley O'Connor. Listed in this blog post are free activities you can do with your kids at home. Kid's activities and resources to download include both handwriting activities and self-control resources. The handwriting activities are a great free resource for kids to practice handwriting at home and not regress. The Self-control resource is perfect if your kids are struggling with emotions, and patience. Download for free!
  • How to Find Great Classroom Library Books. By Haley O'Connor. In this blog post, I share with your great ways to get books and read-aloud for your primary classroom. Additionally, I’ll be sharing my favorite authors, series, and titles for your primary classroom library! From easy readers for littlies, Penguin Young Readers books, diverse biographies readers, diverse character books, and more! Great for reading lessons in the classroom with kindergarten, first-grade students, and up!
  • How to Teach Leadership in the Classroom. By Haley O'Connor. In this blog post, I share some ideas for teaching our students how to be leaders! Each day we hope that we teach our students how to be kind, how to have courage, and how to be a great friend. Teaching them to be LEADERS means that they show kindness and courage even when no one else will! A great social-emotional learning lesson your kindergarten and first-grade students will love. Learn more
  • Kindness lessons and activities by Teaching with Haley. Kindness is a great place to start your social-emotional curriculum and I’m excited to share some of my favorite ideas with you in this post. I cover my favorite kindness videos, kindness read alouds, and kindness activities. Including what kindness is, character education, what boundaries are, and more. Great social-emotional learning lessons for kindergarten, first grade, and second-grade students. Learn more
  • This editable binder is full of pages to send home, labels to use, and more to add to your take home binders. | student take home binder, elementary take home binder, take home binders for students, editable take home binder, take home binder for first grade, take home binder for 1st grade, student take home binder for parent communication, elementary parent communication
  • Vowel Team and Diphthong Printables and Activities
  • 12 digital activities for students to read and write words with vowel teams and diphthongs. 6 instructional videos to introduce, review and teach vowel teams and diphthongs. Free digital center to try out.
Follow Me on Pinterest