What could YOU do with $400?  Would you by something for your classroom?  Maybe host a killer end of the year party.  Or buy a carload of new books at garage sales thins summer?   Perhaps you just

Management in the classroom is a big deal.  It can literally make or break your entire school year, so any helpful tip is always a welcome one.  Today, I had the opportunity to review a pretty cool

Hi Everyone! I'm a little late with my post but you know how things can get so crazy towards the end of the school year. Seems to have started a little early for me. :-) Well onto my post! Today

O, my stars... Is it May? Do most of us only have a few weeks left of school? I believe that is right. The End of The Year is in clear sight. I hope you had a wonderful school year and

Small battery-operated buzzers are super fun for lots of classroom activities.  I had the opportunity to review Barnyard Buzzers from Learning Resources this week and they are so cute!  Basically, t

As the year winds down to an end, spring fever sets it, and I find I need to step my game up with interesting activities that will keep students learning and on task. One way I have done that this yea

How do you work on reading and comprehension skills, such as sequencing, cause and effect, and drawing conclusions?  Well, I know many use a guided reading level program or even just work on the skill

Of course as many of you know, Teacher Appreciation Week is coming up for us here next week and I love that week!  In a past school, we would get carnations from the PTO, and at another, we would ge

Do your old clipboards leave a little to be desired?  I know mine did!  They were covered in marker, crayons, and paint from student creations over several years.  So, I decided to do a complete "cl

I don't know about your classroom supply budget, but mine never seemed to take me far after I bought necessities like copy paper, pencils, and chart paper.  I LOVE the usefulness of student mailboxe

Do you use dry erase boards in the classroom - or even cut up shower wall board?  What do you use for wipers - old socks?  I have used them all too and dry erase boards are a welcome addition into e

Hope everyone is well today! I know so many are already counting down the days until this school year ends, as well as already planning for next year! If you are one of those people, here is a f

Hi Friends, Denise here from Sunny Days! I don't think I'm alone when I tell you that I sometimes struggle with center storage. Today I'm going to share two ideas that have been working pretty well f

I seriously heart the Jeopardy game show - don't you?  I always feel so smart when I can actually guess one of the questions correctly before the genius contestants do.  :)  Well, today I have an aw

Today, we have a guest post for all those secondary teachers out there, which is all about teaching how to write essays!   If you’re a high school teacher, there’s a good chance that you tea

Hi Everyone, I just can't believe how fast this school year is moving along. I hope everyone had a wonderful spring break! I was asked by a colleague of mine to create a Mother's Day newspaper f

I know so many teachers were scrambling earlier in the year to find resources to use when teaching nutrition with the new "My Plate" system.  The food pyramid has been retired and replaced by a new

Happy Spring OCB Peeps! Hope Spring is treating you well. I cannot believe April is here!!! Only a few more weeks and some of us will be doing the End of Year dance!!! I thought I would throw some

Although it seems like an unusual topic for a blog post, I noticed that when a fan at the Facebook Fan Page posed the question to other fans, the response was overwhelming and I realized that obviou

Do you feel like you spend all your nights and weekends grading?  If so, I have been there.  And I found a little tip that worked has worked for me in the past.  Take a look at my tip in the video b

Hi all!  I wanted to start a new series this week, which I will try to post every Thursday, called Blogging Tip Thursday.  While it is pretty obvious from the title, my intent is to create some fun

Super short post today!  EI has contacted me and has offered to give a $50 EI gift card away to one of my readers who also "likes" their Facebook Fan Page!  That's it!  So, head on over to their pag

Do you always get a few parents who ask you "What can we work on this summer"?  Well, today I was SUPER lucky to be contacted by ETA/Cuisenaire and have the opportunity to review their Home Team Adv

So, I have literally 15 things going on today and I am not sure I am doing any of them justice, but I just waned to stop by and mention three of them so you know what I have been up to.  :)   Firs

Hi all!  So, feeling a bit under the weather today, but I was still able to pull a little something together and I was please with how it turned out!  I created an owl-themed seating chart set for a