Put this Back To School Donation Tree out at Meet The Teacher Night so parents can donate additional items to the classroom if they'd like to help.

Hi Everyone, One more week until Spring Break, I can’t wait!!!! It’s difficult when Spring Break is this late, I am super tired and feel like I’m crawling to the finish line. My husband of course thinks I’m crazy, because he doesn’t get the (in his opinion) massive amount of breaks that teachers do, but ... Read more

Can you lend a hand? Grab these free 'helping hands' to use at your Meet the Teacher Night to let parents know what they can donate to their child's classroom. Add your donation requests to each hand and attach them to a bulletin board, your classroom door or an anchor chart where the parents can then pick a helping hand.

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Also could be called our "Begging Board"...donation requests all set for parent conference week.

I absolutely love this time of year! The excitement in the air of the school, everyone putting up their new bulletin boards and tidying up their classrooms. The anxious but excited feeling of meeting all the new students and hoping that I can successfully meet all their needs. The craziness of the bus schedule and figuring out all the children's individual schedules from full day to half day to part time, etc. The eager and a bit anxious look on the children's faces on the first day reminds…

I know there have been some vocal attacks on 'cute' in the online education community lately. I think some of the opponents of 'cute' assume that cute and quality cannot coexist - that if teachers spend time and money creating a "cute" classroom- decorating, arranging, and organizing, then they must not spend any time or effort on creating quality planning and instruction. Well, of course, this isn't true, and there are thousands of classrooms all over the world that prove quality…

Open House this year was a big success! Here are some of the things I do during Open House... I have baskets set out for all the supplies to be placed in. I have my mom, husband, and Nana help with supplies on Open House. As my students bring in their bag full of supplies my helpers unpack and place the supplies where they go. My helpers also assemble folders, put labels on items, etc. It is so nice having extra hands during this night. If it wasn't for them I would be putting up supplies…