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What Do Experts Say About Clip Charts

What Do Experts Say About Clip Charts

In the last post, we talked about WHY teachers use clip charts. Today I want to talk about what experts say about using clip charts and other types of public classroom management in the classroom. I’m mostly referencing clip charts, because they are so popular. However, using Class Dojo in the same way has the safe effect. It is not… Read More

Why Do Teachers Use Clip Charts?

Why Do Teachers Use Clip Charts?

Today is part 1 in a series about something I am very passionate about…clip charts and other types of public behavior management. Before I start this blog post, I want to share that I had a clip chart in my classroom for several years. My second year of teaching I added squares to “clip up” and thought I was REALLY… Read More

Why I Love Creepy Carrots

Why I Love Creepy Carrots

Hey teacher! Today I wanted to talk about one of my favorite read-alouds EVER. It’s perfect for Halloween, but you truly could use this book anytime! Clear Story Elements When we are helping students retell stories, it’s important that they have obvious story elements. After students have built this skill we can bring in more challenging texts. Until then, though,… Read More

5 Questions to Ask Families

5 Questions to Ask Families

Hello!!! 😊 Today I wanted to share a few questions you can ask to connect with your students’ families. You can use these questions at Meet the Teacher, for conferences or just to get to know students and their families through email. As teachers, we play a huge role in student success. We help students feel safe at school, enjoy… Read More

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

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  • Creepy Carrots is one of my favorite read-alouds for Halloween or anytime of the year for that matter. In this post, I am sharing why I love Creepy Carrots as a Halloween book. This book is great for teaching story elements and retelling. This book helps students to understand characters, setting, solution, and problem. It is great for working on comprehension skills and vocabulary words. You will find Creepy Carrots activities and a craft that is hands-on and fun for your elementary students.
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  • 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
  • Have you read All Are Welcome? I absolutely love this book! It is perfect for back to school, but you could use it anytime! This is the perfect social emotional learning book to read during your classroom meeting time or morning meeting to discuss diversity. In this post, I share All Are Welcome book activities as well as a free discussion questions download. This freebie is great for working on comprehension skills before, during, and after reading the book.
  • Are you still using clip charts for your behavior management system? If this is your go-to classroom management system, it is important to identify why you are using this to manage student behavior. In this post, I am sharing why teachers chose to use clip charts over other classroom management tools. There are tons of other classroom management strategies out there but clip charts for managing behavior still are high on the list, especially for new teachers.
  • Are you using clip charts as part of your classroom management system? In this post, I am sharing 4 reasons why you should stop using clip charts in your elementary classroom today. Using a clip chart for behavior problems damages teacher student relationships and student relationships with their peers. Clip charts for behavior also don’t work long term. It is time to ditch this behavior management system and try something new.
  • Creepy Carrots is one of my favorite read-alouds for Halloween or anytime of the year for that matter. In this post, I am sharing why I love Creepy Carrots as a Halloween book. This book is great for teaching story elements and retelling. This book helps students to understand characters, setting, solution, and problem. It is great for working on comprehension skills and vocabulary words. You will find Creepy Carrots activities and a craft that is hands-on and fun for your elementary students.
  • 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
  • Are you still using clip charts for your behavior management system? If this is your go-to classroom management system, it is important to identify why you are using this to manage student behavior. In this post, I am sharing why teachers chose to use clip charts over other classroom management tools. There are tons of other classroom management strategies out there but clip charts for managing behavior still are high on the list, especially for new teachers.
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