Hey teacher friends!  I know the school year is winding down for most of you and you will have a little a lot of extra time to do coveted pinning and blog hopping throughout the summer!  Yay!  An

Hi friends!  This week I have a super fun video review of an awesome product called a Flagbee!  It is so simple to set up and the possibilities of use are numerous!       Check out the video r

  Just stopping by to wish all the moms out there a Happy Mother's Day!  And to all the teachers who help to fill the role of mom on so many levels for many hours during the week as well!  My grand

  I know Teacher Appreciation Week 2013 is wrapping up, but I wanted one last chance to say thanks for all you do!  This was honestly a last-minute idea I am hoping to get out to you before it happ

  Hi teaching friends!  Sorry I have been a little MIA this week on the blog, but I am currently out of town attending a business conference in Santa Clara, California!  It has been fun and informa

  Hi teacher friends here at Organized Classroom!  I am SUPER excited to share this fun post today!  I know many of you will be just as excited based on the response of the picture below that I pos

  Hey friends!  Today I have a really fun review and giveaway for you!  make sure you watch the video review below so you understand what you might be getting yourself in for.  :)  The Walking Clas

  Hey teaching friends!  Not sure whether you have heard about the great upcoming event at Teacher's Notebook, but I wanted to make sure I shared it with you in case you hadn't seen it!  They are p

Hey teaching friends!  Sorry I haven't posted too much.  I have been busy this week on a few projects for you, including getting the May issue of The Organized Classroom Magazine ready for you!  For

Hey all!  Hope you are having a wonderful weekend!  Just a SUPER QUICK stop to let you know that there is a contest on the Facebook Fan Page right now where someone will win a set of the K-5 CCSS Paci

Hey OC friends!  I hope everyone is well and that your students aren't too hyped up from all that Easter candy.  :)     Today, I have a really fun video for you because I haven't done one in a wh

Hey all!  Just a quick update this month on the progress of our OCB Facebook Walking Group! If you missed the announcement post about our group, stop by THIS BLOG POST and take a look.  All are stil

Hi teaching friends!  Hope your March is ending out with a bang, and that the weather is heading out like a lamb.  Not so much here in northern Ohio where we had a bunch of white stuff flying around d

  I don't know about you, but I love books. And I think most of us can recall when a book literally changed us in one way or another.  This is part of my "book story."  There are so many, but 2 sta

Hey teaching friends!   I know how much you all LOVE those freebies, so when Brenda at Primary Inspired asked if I wanted to join in for a fun Spring themed blog hop, I knew I wanted to whip somethi

Patterns, patterns everywhere!  I love playing with patterns and pattern blocks and my students always have too!  Do you have a stack of pattern blocks in your classroom?  They are wonderful and can

  Hi Organized Classroom friends!  I don't know about you, but I have had a whirlwind of a month and am SUPER looking forward to some time off next week when I am heading out to visit some friends

  Hi all!  A fan at The Organized Classroom Blog's Facebook fan page posted the following question to us last week:   "Help. I have a male student teacher who is leaving soon. Any ideas for a goo

I don't know about you, but I know teaching elapsed time to third graders can be a nightmare!  It is such an abstract concept to teach anyway - and then practicing it later is like pulling teeth!  H

I don't know about you, but I have always enjoyed taking students on field trips (when working for districts where we actually had the funding to go).  It was great watching them explore outside of

  Hey Organized Classroom friends!  I hope this week is shaping up to end well!  I know so many of you are testing, or preparing to test now or in the near future and those weeks are hard on everyo

Hey Organized Classroom friends!  Today we have an awesome guest post all about using Pinterest for lesson planning - fabulous!  Remember you can always join 100,000+ other teachers and follow my te

I don't know about you, but living in northern Ohio in the winter creates an urgent sense of cabin fever, which sets in about March.  I would LOVE to get outside and enjoy the weather, but I am not

OK - in the title I literally meant cutting out.  As in scissors.  :)  For those of you who might be new on the blog, I did a review back in July for the Silhouette Cameo and I have been busy cuttin

  Author Kathleen Wainwright has published her first children's book, Summer in the City. Welcome to day 8 of her 10 day virtual tour! Today Kathleen will be sharing a letter writing activity