Setting Boundaries for Teacher/Parent Communication
If you know me, you know that I love technology. I use technology every single day in my classroom: taking attendance using Google Forms, teaching calendar math on the interactive whiteboard, using a document camera to model multiplication arrays, completing a Nearpod lesson the types of rocks…the list goes on and on. I think that […]
Setting Up Routines in Your Classroom – And Never Be Late to Specials Again
Let’s walk through a typical day in an elementary classroom, shall we? 8:45 Students enter the classroom like sweet little cherubs. 8:46 Two excuses, one bus change note, four envelopes with lunch money, and seven permission slips now cover your desk. 8:49 Get students started on their morning work. 8:50 Time to quickly check to […]
How I Use Class Dojo as a Restroom Sign-Out Tool
Evvvvvery August, I, like thousands of other teachers, find myself searching Pinterest for ways to make my classroom run more efficiently. One aspect of classroom management that I never felt like I had the perfect solution for was restroom sign-out. We are required to keep a log of student name, date, and time, for anyone […]