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Teaching Kindness and Acceptance With The Name Jar

As teachers, we want to provide a positive experience for our students. This involves creating a safe and loving classroom environment. The beginning of the year is the perfect time to teach kindness and acceptance. With so many students coming from other cultures, The Name Jar is an excellent book to read at the beginning of the year.

I've joined my blogger friends with The Reading Crew to share some of our favorite back-to-school read-a-loud books or reading skills activities. We'll share teaching tips and FREEBIES to go along with the resources.

Is your to-do list for the upcoming year starting to stress you out? Or, are you nauseous over how much you spend to create a warm, welcoming classroom with updated materials? Don’t worry, you are not alone! Teachers are trying to accomplish so much with limited budgets. Additionally, they are working hard to find FUN, engaging, worthwhile social studies lessons for students. Thankfully, the upcoming Social Studies Bundle Sale has incredible resources at a HUGE discount. However, these bundles are so amazing that they won’t be available forever. The Social Studies Super Bundles are only available from August 7-14th. The bundles are so amazing that you want to set your calendar reminder now!

Back to School Made Easy for Teachers

It's hard to believe it's almost time for the new school year. I've joined my teacher blogger friends with The Reading Crew to help make Back to School Easy for You. We have a FREE Back to School eBook filled with activities that are perfect for the beginning of the year.

Preparing for a Fantastic Beginning of the Year

Many schools are trying to decide how learning will take place this fall. No matter what, it will definitely be different. There are schools that are going with the hybrid model or blended model and some are beginning the year with online only, So, let's Prepare for a Fantastic Beginning of the Year so the transition is easy for you and your students.

5 'Getting to Know You' Activities to Begin the Year With FREEBIES

When students begin the new year, they are anxious about meeting their new teachers, moving up to a new grade, the classroom expectations, and fitting in with their new classmates. Most teachers begin the new year by explaining all the rules and expectations. This can be so overwhelming. And, to tell you the truth, students won't remember what you've told them. Their minds are elsewhere! I have 5 Getting to Know You Activities to Begin the Year that will help your students relax and enjoy the beginning of the new school year. It will also help lay the foundation for a positive and safe environment.

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Grab these fun Back to School Freebies. Students can share their summer memories, learn about their new friends, and make goals for the new year.

It's time for school to begin and I know your students are eager to get to know their new classmates and tell all about their summer activities. I'm going to share some fun beginning of the year activities that can be displayed for Back to School Night with your parents. All you need are scissors, glue, staplers, and crayons.

It's Christmas in July! Grab this great freebie for Back to School.

It's Christmas in July and I'm sure you never stop thinking about all that you need for your students and classroom for the new year. I'll make your life a little easier with this FREEBIE.

At the beginning of the year, there's so much you need to discuss with your students and parents. Many of you have a back to school night when you go over Snapshots of what's coming up during the year.

This blog posts is a tutorial in learning how to create flipbooks.

I love to use flipbooks with my students. They are so easy to create and the students love them. Using this interactive activity is perfect for the beginning of the year.

Try an "All About Me" flipbook. This icebreaker gives students an opportunity to write about themselves as they create the fun flipbook. Use color paper or print in black and white so students can color their own booklets. Then, just trim just below your categories. I love using different fonts to distinguish each category.

Flipbooks can be used for biographies, countries, book reports, animal research and so much more. I would love to get ideas from you.

Back to School Book Favorites

If you're like me, I'm always looking for great books for myself and for the classroom. Our Reading Crew Blogger group has joined together to share some of our favorite books to begin the year.

Have you had new students in your class from another country? What do you do to help these children adjust to a new school and new country? Living in Austin, we have so many students who have immigrated from Mexico and Asian countries. And, we have students who have been adopted from another country. It's our job to help these children adjust to their new environment and to help other students learn how to accept them.

I've come across a beautiful book that is perfect for the beginning of the year. There are so many life lessons that come from The Name Jar by Yanksook Choi. This book opens wonderful discussions on how it feels to be different and what we can respond to others' differences. The book is recommended for grades k-2, but I would read it to any elementary level.