Several years ago I learned about International Dot Day. Since then, I’ve incorporated it into my classroom every year. International Dot Day is celebrated on September 15th-ish each year and is brought to you by The Dot author, Peter H. Reynolds. If you’re not familiar with him, or his books, take this as your opportunity. His books, especially those that are part of the Creatrilogy series help show students important character traits through familiar, real-life
Each year I post free printable calendars and 2020 is no different. I like these calendars because of their simple design, and notes space. They have so many uses in the classroom, and I detail many of the ways I’ve used them, below These printable calendars are perfect to give to students to track individual needs in the classroom. They’re also great for sending out to families detailing special events and activities for the month.
As adults, we often set goals naturally. Whether they’re more long term and large (like saving for a few years for a trip to Disney for the family) or smaller goals (such as cleaning the bathroom, going through the mail, and taking out the trash one evening), we set goals and tasks to accomplish regularly. If you have a Type-A personality like I do, you live and breathe goals and checklists. What’s even more, I
I have been creating and posting printable calendars for the classroom over the last several years. I like these calendars because of their simple design, and notes space. They’re perfect to print to give to students to track individual needs in the classroom. They’re also perfect for printing and sending out to families. New this year, I’ve also included an editable pdf version. This allows you to customize each of the calendars digitally before printing. Just
Last year, I found the book How to Catch an Elf through Scholastic and fell in love with it immediately! If you don’t know it, the elves and Santa go through various contraptions that are set in an effort to catch them. After reading it, I was inspired to create a fun, thematic, procedural writing unit with the book as the jumping point. If you aren’t familiar with the book, you can find it on
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