Teaching isn&#39;t all fun and games, but some of it is!!! Follow along for stories, ideas, and laughs straight from our elementary classrooms!

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James and Emily share projects they use to direct the chaos of the classroom once testing is over.

E23 Post-Testing Projects

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James and Emily share how they host their morning meeting each day!

E22 Morning Meetings

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James and Emily share some of their strategies and resources for preparing for end of the year standardized tests.

E21 Test Prep

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James and Emily share how they do stations for their content areas. They explain the activities and strategies they incorporate throughout each rotation cycle.

E20 Stations and Rotations

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To break up the monotony of the year, James and Emily share some of their funniest stories from the past few years.

E19 Funny Stories

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James and Emily share what Valentine&#39;s Day looks like in their upper elementary classrooms.

E18 Valentine's Day

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We&#39;ve got plenty of mottos and mantras to repeat through the year or at least keep you laughing.

E17 Teacher Mottos

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James and Emily discuss how they implement self-care, some misconceptions about it, and how to prevent burnout in students, too.

E16 Self-Care

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James and Emily share how they reset their classrooms in the New Year to ensure a successful semester.

E15 Resetting

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James and Emily share stories from their Christmas parties and ways to make the season jolly while sticking to the academics!

E14 Christmas in the Classroom

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James and Emily share their tips and tricks for field tripping along with some of their experiences.

E13 Field Trips

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James and Emily walk through the observation process and recap funny stories from theirs.

E12 Observations

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James and Emily tell about all the fun ways they celebrate Halloween in their classrooms.

E11 Fall Festivities

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Experience what a day in the life of Emily&#39;s class feels like as she presents an example lesson.

E10 Emily's English Lesson

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Experience what a day in the life of James&#39;s class feels like as he presents an example lesson.

E9 James's Math Lesson

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James and Emily share stories and activities from their school wide reading celebrations.

E8 Reading in the Schools Day

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James and Emily share their 3 most valuable jobs for students and how they make their rooms a better functioning place.

E7 Classroom Jobs

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James and Emily explain how they celebrate their individual students during their designated weeks.

E6 Student of the Week

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We&#39;ve got plenty of stories from our first week back! It&#39;s going to be a great year!!!

E5 First Week of School 2022

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James and Emily share their best tips for beginning a brand new school year.

E4 Beginning of the Year Tips

Tips and stories all about teaching!!!

Looking for teaching stories or ideas to get you through the year?  Follow us for a laugh and some inspo straight from our classrooms!!!