FREE Back to School All About Me Survey to get to know your students' reading interests, strenghts and weaknesses. It comes in 2 slightly different versions in both a printable or digital Google Slides format. Fun and easy no prep back to school for elementary students, upper elementary classroom, third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade, and sixth grade. Back to school teachers pay teachers freebie | All About Me Worksheet | Reading Interest Survey | First Day of School Teaching Ideas

The first days of school are extremely important. This is when you take the time to explicitly explain and practice classroom rules and procedures. It is also a time to get to know your students. Duri

Have you tried using Collaborative Posters in the Classroom? Collaborative posters are a fantastic way to build a culture of teamwork and unity in your

I am feeling really lucky this year. I have the kind of class that tries everything you throw at them, and does it with gusto. Like when one of my students who visits our ESL teacher came back to class with a little notebook and explained that he was trying to find awesome and interesting […]

An Upper Elementary Collaborative blog written by 13 teachers. Includes teaching ideas and resources for grades 3, 4, and 5.

The other week, Owen learned how to fold these paper ninja stars from a friend at church, and he has been making tons of them! Great project for a rainy day. All you need is some paper, and you’re ready to go. We added Sharpies too for decorating the ninja stars with fun designs. We […]

Use this kit to create a beautiful and engaging parts of speech bulletin board! This resource will make it easy to review important grammar skills throughout the entire year! Assembling is super easy! Use the ready to print posters and word cards and you're set! You can also use the editable components included to create your own definitions and word cards.Please note that this resource was originally created with clip art. I have received requests over the years to offer it without clip art…