• One of my favorite (and simplest) flexible seating option are yoga mats! You can pick up a few at TJ Maxx for super cheap. They last pretty well, and you can easily teach your kids to roll them up. I always have a few kids that are especially good at rolling - and I love watching them help their peers when struggling! 🥰
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    One of my favorite (and simplest) flexible seating option are yoga mats! You can pick up a few at TJ Maxx for super cheap. They last pretty well, and you can easily teach your kids to roll them up. I always have a few kids that are especially good at rolling - and I love watching them help their peers when struggling! 🥰
  • 🎤Anything is popsicle! 😂 I’m loving my new back to school bulletin board so much, that I can’t stop singing it in my head! I love choices, so I included fourteen different design variations. I also included editable popsicles for your students names. I wish this was my actual class… why do you think I have a son named Dean? 😉💗 #gilmoregirlsaddict If you want to check it out - just click the link in @mrsbfirstgrade 👆🏻 (And yes, I posted this earlier this week with the “h” missing in my picture. I must have thrown it out with my scraps. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I’m a real life teacher mom - so I had to do the board quickly during nap time!) (https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Back-to-School-Bulletin-Board-Popsicle-Style-Editable-4709322)
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    🎤Anything is popsicle! 😂 I’m loving my new back to school bulletin board so much, that I can’t stop singing it in my head! I love choices, so I included fourteen different design variations. I also included editable popsicles for your students names. I wish this was my actual class… why do you think I have a son named Dean? 😉💗 #gilmoregirlsaddict If you want to check it out - just click the link in @mrsbfirstgrade 👆🏻 (And yes, I posted this earlier this week with the “h” missing in my picture. I must have thrown it out with my scraps. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I’m a real life teacher mom - so I had to do the board quickly during nap time!) (https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Back-to-School-Bulletin-Board-Popsicle-Style-Editable-4709322)
  • 😂😂😂 Have some fun with your staff this year! Click the link in @mrsbfirstgrade 👆🏻 to download this. You can print it and just wait for the copier to jam - because you know it will. #always #whenyouhavetwominutes #neverfails (http://bit.ly/2Y9YX6U)
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    😂😂😂 Have some fun with your staff this year! Click the link in @mrsbfirstgrade 👆🏻 to download this. You can print it and just wait for the copier to jam - because you know it will. #always #whenyouhavetwominutes #neverfails (http://bit.ly/2Y9YX6U)
  • I wonder if people who aren’t teachers walk by these displays and get pitter-patters in their hearts too? 🤔❤️🌈 #ihaveplenty #butiwantmore #notmore #allofit @lakeshorelearning
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    I wonder if people who aren’t teachers walk by these displays and get pitter-patters in their hearts too? 🤔❤️🌈 #ihaveplenty #butiwantmore #notmore #allofit @lakeshorelearning
  • Teacher hack - Add a cable clip to the back of your chairs to hold pencils! When I figured this one out…🤯 You can also add them to the tables, but if you are crazy like me, you can keep them super straight on a chair. Do they come off? If your kids pick and pick, yes. You can easily put them back down with hot glue though. I have plenty that stay on all year! I found a great deal for 36 under ten dollars. I added the affiliate link that you can click in @mrsbfirstgrade 👆🏻💗 (https://amzn.to/2lARHPL)
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    Teacher hack - Add a cable clip to the back of your chairs to hold pencils! When I figured this one out…🤯 You can also add them to the tables, but if you are crazy like me, you can keep them super straight on a chair. Do they come off? If your kids pick and pick, yes. You can easily put them back down with hot glue though. I have plenty that stay on all year! I found a great deal for 36 under ten dollars. I added the affiliate link that you can click in @mrsbfirstgrade 👆🏻💗 (https://amzn.to/2lARHPL)
  • Can summer last forever? We are having too much fun! 💙 Today we rode Thomas the train and did so many other fun train activities during Day Out with Thomas. You could say that Leo had some fun...😂💙 #thisis3 #threenager 👈🏻 #bigtime 🤪
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    Can summer last forever? We are having too much fun! 💙 Today we rode Thomas the train and did so many other fun train activities during Day Out with Thomas. You could say that Leo had some fun...😂💙 #thisis3 #threenager 👈🏻 #bigtime 🤪
  • Introducing accountable talk to young students is hard. We both need constant visual reminders. This posters help a lot! Swipe to see where I put them in my room (right under the SMART board and by the carpet.) You can check them out more through the link in @mrsbfirstgrade! 👆🏻💗 (https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Accountable-Talk-for-Primary-Grades-Posters-Bookmarks-3249702)
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    Introducing accountable talk to young students is hard. We both need constant visual reminders. This posters help a lot! Swipe to see where I put them in my room (right under the SMART board and by the carpet.) You can check them out more through the link in @mrsbfirstgrade! 👆🏻💗 (https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Accountable-Talk-for-Primary-Grades-Posters-Bookmarks-3249702)
  • The simplest and easiest way I’ve ever done my class jobs. I have the template free for you on my blog! Just check out the link in @mrsbfirstgrade 👆🏻💗💻 #classroomjobs #backtoschool #easypeasy #lemonsqueezy (https://www.mrsbarnettfirstgrade.com/2017/07/first-grade-classroom-jobs.html?m=1)
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    The simplest and easiest way I’ve ever done my class jobs. I have the template free for you on my blog! Just check out the link in @mrsbfirstgrade 👆🏻💗💻 #classroomjobs #backtoschool #easypeasy #lemonsqueezy (https://www.mrsbarnettfirstgrade.com/2017/07/first-grade-classroom-jobs.html?m=1)
  • When you know exactly what you want from Bullseye and it’s actually at the first Target you go to...🤩🤩🤩 #dreamscometrue #attarget
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    When you know exactly what you want from Bullseye and it’s actually at the first Target you go to...🤩🤩🤩 #dreamscometrue #attarget
  • During my first years of teaching, I was so stinking lost when it came to guided reading / conferring. I had zero clue what I was doing 🤷🏻‍♀️ I knew how to make groupings and figure out levels - but where to go from there? No clue. It took years for me to refine my practice. I even earned both my masters in reading and my National Board certification in reading to help move my teaching forward. I finally feel like I am at a point where I have it together. I know what to look for, what to say, how to move a kiddo forward, and what to do when they aren’t making progress. Is it easy to figure out? 🤪 No. But I have the tools to help me. One of my biggest tools with getting to this point is my reading level notebook and conferring companion. I can’t meet with students without either. Maybe you have all of the reading levels memorized…me? No. 😂 What do you use to help you working with students and their reading? It is such a large part of our early elementary jobs, I’d love to know! You can check out my notebook and conferring companion through the link in @mrsbfirstgrade 👆🏻 (https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-and-Writing-Conference-Teacher-Tools-Bundle-4105199)
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    During my first years of teaching, I was so stinking lost when it came to guided reading / conferring. I had zero clue what I was doing 🤷🏻‍♀️ I knew how to make groupings and figure out levels - but where to go from there? No clue. It took years for me to refine my practice. I even earned both my masters in reading and my National Board certification in reading to help move my teaching forward. I finally feel like I am at a point where I have it together. I know what to look for, what to say, how to move a kiddo forward, and what to do when they aren’t making progress. Is it easy to figure out? 🤪 No. But I have the tools to help me. One of my biggest tools with getting to this point is my reading level notebook and conferring companion. I can’t meet with students without either. Maybe you have all of the reading levels memorized…me? No. 😂 What do you use to help you working with students and their reading? It is such a large part of our early elementary jobs, I’d love to know! You can check out my notebook and conferring companion through the link in @mrsbfirstgrade 👆🏻 (https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-and-Writing-Conference-Teacher-Tools-Bundle-4105199)
  • Leo and I are big fans of these cute alphabet and number posters from @hubblebubblekids! 😍 They are great for both home and school. We have done a lot of fun preschool things with them - gone on a letter hunt, practiced pointing to certain letters/numbers, talked about beginning sounds, and practiced writing. You could use them in the classroom for the same things - plus so much more! I especially love how they have odd and even labeled. To see more, you can check out my stories. You also might hear Leo’s alphabet song there 😉❤️ Check out @hubblebubblekids for even more fun resources! #teacherapproved #momapproved #kidapproved
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    Leo and I are big fans of these cute alphabet and number posters from @hubblebubblekids! 😍 They are great for both home and school. We have done a lot of fun preschool things with them - gone on a letter hunt, practiced pointing to certain letters/numbers, talked about beginning sounds, and practiced writing. You could use them in the classroom for the same things - plus so much more! I especially love how they have odd and even labeled. To see more, you can check out my stories. You also might hear Leo’s alphabet song there 😉❤️ Check out @hubblebubblekids for even more fun resources! #teacherapproved #momapproved #kidapproved
  • Do you remember how I taped my alphabet pictures together before putting them up? Well, I do the same with any type of poster I need to create too! 😜 #worksmarternotharder #teacherhack #aintnobodygottime (https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Math-Strategies-Posters-3119450)
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    Do you remember how I taped my alphabet pictures together before putting them up? Well, I do the same with any type of poster I need to create too! 😜 #worksmarternotharder #teacherhack #aintnobodygottime (https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Math-Strategies-Posters-3119450)
  • It’s time for DOLLAR DEALS!! 🎉 For the next two days, you can find two of my favorite resources for just $1! My reading strategy posters have made such a difference for my kiddos. I found them not using strategies - and quite frankly - not knowing what the various strategies were. I hung these at eye level, gave them each their own personal copy, and saw SUCH a difference! I also can not go without our personal word walls! You may have seen my post last week on my moveable word wall. I use this to supplement it! My kids keep them in their writing folders and reference them all the time. They are super simple to put together! To check out these two resources you can use the link in @mrsbfirstgrade 👆🏻💗 You can also search the hashtag #TpTFireworks and see tons of other great resources for just $1! (https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Mrs-B-First-Grade-Sarah-Barnett/Search:%23TpTFireworks)
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    It’s time for DOLLAR DEALS!! 🎉 For the next two days, you can find two of my favorite resources for just $1! My reading strategy posters have made such a difference for my kiddos. I found them not using strategies - and quite frankly - not knowing what the various strategies were. I hung these at eye level, gave them each their own personal copy, and saw SUCH a difference! I also can not go without our personal word walls! You may have seen my post last week on my moveable word wall. I use this to supplement it! My kids keep them in their writing folders and reference them all the time. They are super simple to put together! To check out these two resources you can use the link in @mrsbfirstgrade 👆🏻💗 You can also search the hashtag #TpTFireworks and see tons of other great resources for just $1! (https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Mrs-B-First-Grade-Sarah-Barnett/Search:%23TpTFireworks)
  • One of my favorite Amazon finds for my classroom are these magnetic curtain rods! I literally have all of my anchor charts for the year hanging on them - and they don’t fall down! 😲 It’s been the best way that I’ve been able to display anchor charts, but also my kids and I can go back and reference old ones. I don’t like to hang up all of them throughout the room. I think they just become clutter and are not useful then. You can check out the ones I use through the affiliate link in 👆🏻@mrsbfirstgrade! They are almost half off today! (https://amzn.to/2XgwRqO) PS - those cubes you see below? I put all of my ziplock bags in them (I empty them out of the boxes.) They also double as seating! They are from Target. 🎯❤️
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    One of my favorite Amazon finds for my classroom are these magnetic curtain rods! I literally have all of my anchor charts for the year hanging on them - and they don’t fall down! 😲 It’s been the best way that I’ve been able to display anchor charts, but also my kids and I can go back and reference old ones. I don’t like to hang up all of them throughout the room. I think they just become clutter and are not useful then. You can check out the ones I use through the affiliate link in 👆🏻@mrsbfirstgrade! They are almost half off today! (https://amzn.to/2XgwRqO) PS - those cubes you see below? I put all of my ziplock bags in them (I empty them out of the boxes.) They also double as seating! They are from Target. 🎯❤️
  • How do you organize your word wall? Before I started my moveable word wall, mine was a mess. 😬 It was huge, overcrowded, had a mix of words from different sources, and was basically useless to my kids. One summer I decided I was going to change it. I bought a huge pack of plastic hooks from Costco and created a word wall set with 400 words. It took up just two closet doors and was SO much more effective for my little friends! 💗 I’ll never go back to that big mess I had before! (https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/EDITABLE-Interactive-Word-Wall-Cards-First-400-Sight-Words-2058160)
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    How do you organize your word wall? Before I started my moveable word wall, mine was a mess. 😬 It was huge, overcrowded, had a mix of words from different sources, and was basically useless to my kids. One summer I decided I was going to change it. I bought a huge pack of plastic hooks from Costco and created a word wall set with 400 words. It took up just two closet doors and was SO much more effective for my little friends! 💗 I’ll never go back to that big mess I had before! (https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/EDITABLE-Interactive-Word-Wall-Cards-First-400-Sight-Words-2058160)
  • Did you know I added mixed equations to my digital facts resource? If you already own the bundle - go re-download! 💜 If you haven’t heard of them, you can grab a freebie through the link in @mrsbfirstgrade. My kids LOVE practicing with them. Completely self-checking and they think they are on an app that I made! 😉💜 (https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Mrs-B-First-Grade-Sarah-Barnett/Category/-Digital-306845)
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    Did you know I added mixed equations to my digital facts resource? If you already own the bundle - go re-download! 💜 If you haven’t heard of them, you can grab a freebie through the link in @mrsbfirstgrade. My kids LOVE practicing with them. Completely self-checking and they think they are on an app that I made! 😉💜 (https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Mrs-B-First-Grade-Sarah-Barnett/Category/-Digital-306845)