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Ladybug Number and Tally Mark Matching Cards This is a great game for beginning learners! Match the tally marks to the number on the ladybug cards. By Rebecca Anderton-Teaching First
April Fluency Packet – Reading Supplement By Jodi Southard 40 pages – This 4 week packet is a wonderful supplement to any reading program. It is created to increase your students vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension skills.
Frog Earth Day Glyph Activity! By Tech Girl-Engaging Lessons This Adorable Frog Earth Day Glyph activity has the students answer a quick Earth Day survey about their Earth Saving habits and then create their Glyph based on their answers!
Mega Poetry and Figurative Language Pack 54 Pgs! Tech Girl/Engaging Lessons A Best Seller with great reviews! This Literacy Activity Bundle is packed full of creative and engaging activities! There are 4 activity books included!
Poetry Pack (Literacy Center Activities) By KindergartenWorks Create a poetry center or use these nursery rhymes and poems to accomplish meeting your standards!

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It would be fantastic if we could share a link that is highly beneficial/useful, that doesn't cost a thing to use, no hoops to jump through. I encourage others to add to my links, creating some nice references to have on-hand. You can never have too many resources. I love free when it comes to […]
Broken pencils.... Missing erasers....
Can someone explain to me why poor students break my pencils and remove the erasers? I know I asked this before but can’t find the old topic just to look at. I just can’t seem to grasp why a free pencil pretty much any time they want one goes unappreciated. This gets me every time […]
Teacher obsolescence
Do you ever wonder about teachers becoming obsolete? What with so much being geared toward student-centered environments, homeschooling, an overabundance of online tools...I dunno. I sometimes wonder what is a teacher's purpose if were moving so much toward "guide on the side." Thoughts?
Do teachers have delays and early dismissals?
I'm a new substitute teacher working my way to becoming a regular teacher, and I was just wondering if teachers get to have early dismissals just like the students or if teachers are still required to be at school for their full regular hours regardless? Also, for wintertime, if your school gets delayed or even […]
Wanting to teach CS at another school
I’ve got a new CS certification by passing the Praxis Exam and will be updating my teaching certificate. In the meantime, I’m trying to figure out how to get the word out to nearby principals that I’d be willing to teach math and CS if positions ever open up. Would it be tacky for me […]
Teachside for finding school?
Hello everyone. Did anyone use Teachsde (teachside com)? They claim to find you a "perfect" school within hours from a curated school list. Sounds too good to be true. Looking for anyone that had any experience with them?
Proprietory teachers
Hi, I'm curious if anyone here would agree/disagree with this... I work at a school, where more than one teacher, has called on me to not teach things because it is something they (themselves) teach. Preface: IMO, these teachers are good teachers. I don't think they are bad teachers. But I've done a few things […]