Today we have a guest post from Debbie Clement, a national award winning author!  Enjoy!   It’s such an honor to have a moment in the spot-light of the Organized Classroom Blog. I have become acqu

That is the question that was posed on The OC Blog Facebook Fan Page yesterday, and there were lots of great answers from fellow educators!  Balancing the two is tough because once you finish at sch

Yesterday I posted that I love the book Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes, and when over 40 people also agreed, I knew that it was a pretty popular book!  Many noted on the Facebook Fan Page what they u

Do you go insane when the desks in your room are all out of place and sitting like crazy all over your room?  Well, if so, I have a couple of suggestions.  First, if you haven't checked out my other

WOW!  What a day!  Sorry so late tonight everyone, but I had my hands full today with a potty training toddler.  We are making some progress, so you can't just stop to create files and blog about it. 

  I am bringing back the weekly feature:  Classroom Tech in 3 Minutes or Less!  Whoo hoo!  Today's topic is how to create a classroom website using Shutterfly.  I have heard of Shutterfly, but had

For those of you who may be new to The OC Blog, I want to personally welcome you!  Every Wednesday evening on The OC Blog Facebook Fan Page, we do a "Collaboration Wednesday" question.  I will list

  Keeping with the video theme this week, today's entry is an oldie but a goodie.  (Though I did find a cool and easy way to decorate a clipboard too, so you might want to hand out to see that for

  Hi there fans and followers of The Organized Classroom Blog!  Today, I created another video!  Whoo hoo!     This one is from a tip from Janice that left a comment on the blog post "It's Getti

So, as a fellow Pinterest junkie (though my addiction is not so bad right now), I found a great picture of some homemade dry erase board options, but could not find a blog post with directions to

I had the pure pleasure of receiving a personalized, autographed copy of Laura Candler's newest book:  Laura Candler's Power Reading Workshop:  A Step-By-Step Guide and all I can say is Wow!  Seriousl

  Wow!  That is all I have to say about the two products I am reviewing today!   First up - Educational Insight's Math Slam     This handy little machine is awesome!  It is set up like one o

Hope everyone is well today!   OK - at the bottom of the page is the link for your free eBook from yesterday's Collaboration Wednesday question about Open House.  But, more importantly, I have had a

  I was so lucky to be sent not one, but FOUR titles from Barefoot Books!  I have to be honest, I had never seen their line of books before they agreed to take part in The OC Blog Back To School 20

  Happy Tuesday OC Blog fans and followers!  I am sure you already know via my last newsletter, from the doing the scavenger hunt, or from your mom telling you about it (well, maybe not that last o

There is just something about dice that gets kids excited.  I don't know whether it's the association of anything to do with dice is a game, therefore fun?  Or whether it's the sound of the dice hit

Welcome!  Welcome! Welcome!   I am so excited for you to see the big news I have been hiding for weeks!  I hope you love the new site as much as I do!  I hope you will take some time to look aroun

Many of you may or may not know that I am partial to third graders, as that was my first grade level and I had such great experiences with that age range and the curriculum.  Then, I changed gear

Collaboration Wednesday on The OC Blog’s Facebook Fan Page never fails to bring out the best ideas!   I not only have 1 free eBook, but 2 this week!  The first is from yesterday’s question abou

The theme of today on The Organized Classroom Blog’s Facebook Fan Page is spelling!  And it just so happens that I was given an opportunity to review VocabularySpellingCity via their Premium Members

Today on The Organized Classroom Blog’s Facebook Fan Page, we are discussing everything cooperative learning related!  I am sort of biased because I worked at a school which is now a Kagan Coopera

 

 

I think we all can agree that parental communication between school and home is so important!  But, sometimes, with everything we have to get done during the day, we might forget to make that

  I know there are a lot of you out there that are blogging and wondering why people aren’t flocking to your site to see all your great ideas!  And, trust me, I have looked at a lot of fantastic

If you are someone who is seeing all these super cute labels  and stickers floating all over the internet, yet just aren’t that crafty yourself and would prefer them printed and sent to you, make