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3 Easy Ways to Level Up Math Notebooks
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My 3 Favorite Activities For the First Day of Math Class
Planning the first day of school can be stressful, even for an experienced teacher! You want to start the year off on the right foot, set the right tone for the year, get…
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A Stress-Free Solution for Handling Absent Students
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How to Set Up Your Classroom Store
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How To Set Up a Bank for Your Classroom Economy
Last week I started my classroom economy series with a post about my classroom jobs, and I’m back today to tell you about my banking system! My classroom economy is based on checkbooks.…
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How To Use Classroom Jobs in Middle School
Classroom jobs are pretty commonplace in elementary classrooms – but can they work in middle school when you have multiple classes every day? YES! I have used jobs in my 6th and 7th…
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Low-Prep Minute to Win It Games for Middle School
At the end of every school year, my school does an Activity Day. Each teacher comes up with their own activity, and students rotate around to the different activities all day. For the…
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5 Ways to Use Digital Activities in Your Classroom
I have been at a school with 1:1 technology for 4 years now, and at first, it was hard to find ways to use technology meaningfully with my students! Just this past year,…
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How to Get Started With Gimkit: My Students’ New Favorite Tech Game
My students love Kahoot, Quizizz, and Quizlet Live, but since introducing them to Gimkit, it’s all they want to play! It’s easy to use, fun for students, and perfect for filling an extra…
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Introducing Combining Like Terms: This Video is Worth 1000 Words!
I saw this idea shared on Instagram by @middleschoolandmacchiatos back in the fall, and was so disappointed that I saw it after I had already taught this concept to my 7th graders! Luckily,…