Have you just begun your student teaching experience and need outfit ideas? While student teaching, it’s essential to find a balance between feeling comfortable while dressed somewhat professionally. Often, student teachers are offered a position at their placement school after their field experience. That’s why it is so important to look presentable and feel confident in what you are wearing. The outfits can be worn at any stage of your teaching journey, but this post focuses on student teachers! You are new to the education field and might need more assistance on what to wear. It’s a great time to find a capsule wardrobe where you can grab different pieces from different outfits and reuse … [Read more...]
Guided Meditation Exercises in the Classroom
Teaching during a never-ending pandemic has been exhausting both mentally and physically. Whether you are a new teacher or a veteran, the last two years have probably been the most challenging of your career. Unfortunately, it does not appear to be coming to an end anytime soon. Therefore, it is critical, now more than ever, to focus on mental health by incorporating mindfulness and guided meditation exercises into your daily classroom routines. Benefits of Guided Meditation Exercises for Mindfulness Whether you’re teaching in person, virtually, or in a hybrid model of some kind, I know you are feeling the stress and so are your students! Incorporating guided meditation … [Read more...]
Student Teaching Survival Tips
Congratulations, you’ve made it; you’re finally a student-teacher. It’s that last step in the teacher training process where the student finally becomes the teacher! Unfortunately, it isn’t always as beneficial as it could or should be, and it isn’t something a textbook or lecture can truly prepare you for. If you’re feeling anxious and uncertain about what to expect from student teaching, you’ve landed in the right place! I want to help you make the most of your student teaching experience with these tried and true survival tips. You’ve certainly proven that you care and are committed to being as prepared as possible just by being here, reading this blog! The Ultimate Student … [Read more...]
Classroom Decor Tips to Calm the Chaos
Take a few minutes to think about your classroom decor. What would your dream classroom look and feel like? In addition, how do you want your students to feel when they walk through the door? Of course, we tend to gravitate toward the bright colors and prints that kids love but that may actually be overstimulating. Instead of overstimulating, wouldn’t it be amazing to create a cool and calm environment that promotes mindfulness and serenity? Calming Classroom Decor Tips Pinterest has a campaign called "Pinterest Predicts for 2022." That campaign predicts that Calming Classroom Decor will be the trend of 2022. Considering the chaos of the last two years, we are all looking for ways to calm … [Read more...]
New Teacher Tips: Using a Lesson Plan Template
Whether you’re a new teacher or a veteran and no matter the content you teach, you NEED a lesson plan! Having and using a lesson plan template keeps you focused and gives you a clear, organized outline for your day. Don’t worry! I’m not referring to the elaborate lesson plan templates from college or your days of student teaching. (Collective sighs of relief resound!) Lesson Plan Templates don’t have to be complicated to be an effective teaching strategy! As a new teacher (or even a well-seasoned veteran), creating an effective lesson plan can be overwhelming if you don’t know what to include or if you don’t have the right TEMPLATE. That’s why I’m outlining the essential elements of an … [Read more...]
4 Classroom Decor Tips for Optimal Learning
The beginning of 2021 threw educators, parents, and health officials into confusion, especially with the prevalence of the Delta variant at the time. Now, with a few months into the reopening of classes and the roll-out of vaccinations for children ages five to 11, it seems that things are slowly settling into the new normal.However, this doesn’t mean that all the in-person schooling challenges have been resolved. Aside from the learning loss due to the pandemic, young students are likely struggling with mental pressures, fear, and discomfort. It’s important that teachers take additional time to help students (and themselves) readjust to this unprecedented scenario.One way teachers … [Read more...]
Stone Age Activities for Middle School Lesson Plan Ideas
4 Awesome Stone Age Activities for History Teachers!Today I’m sharing some fun ideas and resources for 6th grade teachers planning their Ancient Civilizations Unit.With these resources for history teachers, you’ll instantly have a complete plan for a fun, engaging, and rigorous Stone Age unit! Stem Activities Use these cross-curricular activities to help your students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills while they learn about early hunter-gatherer societies.Here’s what other teachers are saying about these activities:“My students found this activity to be very engaging and had fun testing out their baskets. I loved the critical thinking aspect and the after … [Read more...]
Using Digital Daily Agendas to Create Better Classroom Routines
Teachers, today I want to share a game-changing classroom management tool with you:Digital Daily Agendas! Using this strategy is so simple, but has such a huge impact on helping your class run smoothly. If you’re not sure whether these agendas are right for you, here are 4 ways that they can help you build better classroom routines! 1. Convenient, easy-to-reference, and engaging for students Establishing consistent classroom routines is arguably the most important classroom management tool available to you! If students know what to expect every day, they will have an easier time transitioning between activities. Young students especially will feel safer and more at ease if they know … [Read more...]
ELA Teaching Resources & Super Bundle!
Are you constantly spending time searching for updated ELA materials? Or, are you always trying to find ways for students to have FUN while learning the content? Is there an anxious feeling while trying to differentiate for each student? Don’t worry, you are not alone! It can be so hard to find engaging content that will work for all students. Thankfully, there are ELA Super Bundles ready for purchase. However, these bundles are so amazing that they won’t be available forever. The ELA Super Bundles are only available from Aug. 15-22nd. The bundles are so amazing that you are going to want to set your calendar reminder now! Benefits of Available Bundles Sometimes, people are hesitant to … [Read more...]
3 Essential Topics in Any Middle School Health Curriculum
Health is, arguably, the most important subject that we teach in school. That’s why it’s vital that our health curriculum is always up-to-date. Over the last few decades, the world has been changing rapidly in many ways. And as the world changes, so do the health challenges that students face. So, in 2021, what should a middle school health curriculum look like? How can we teach health in a way that’s relevant, up-to-date, AND engaging for students? Start with these 3 essential topics: Topic #1: Growth Mindset Carol Dweck coined the term “Growth Mindset” in 2007, and her theory has since become a popular part of teaching mental health in schools. Growth mindset, in … [Read more...]
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