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2-Year Teachers Pay Teachers Birthday … Coming Soon

Our 2-year Teachers Pay Teachers birthday is coming up. Stay tuned for a fun fun fun surprise ... from us ... to you! http://bit.ly/CreatedForLearning ... READ the POST

The Perfect Seating Chart

What goes into making the perfect seating chart? Likelyhood to disrupt classroom learning. Vision and hearing needs. ADHD. 504 plans. Effectiveness of group work. Efficiency of handing back papers. Troublemaker quarantine. Not until recent years did I include respect at the top of ... READ the POST

Paying It Forward

Our new online friend, Jamie, over at Play to Learn Preschool is celebrating her 1 year TeachersPayTeachers store anniversary by hosting a Pay it Forward Event! Jamie collected items from 30 sellers and created a bundle. For each bundle she sells, 100% of the proceeds will be donated to ... READ the POST

Surviving the Paycheck Desert: How to Save for Summer

The end of June has arrived, and you are gaping at your bank account balance, trying to figure out how you're going to survive July, and maybe August too. You're considering whether those Starbucks barista position or Pizza Hut delivery jobs are worth your time. But the money has to come from ... READ the POST

Death by Classroom: How to save our meetings from the doom of boredom

Last year at Open House, a parent asked me a question I don't think I'd been asked before: "What one book has impacted your teaching the most?" I was caught off guard, and for a few moments, my brain whirred like a morning blender. Of course, I wanted to wow this dad with some wise book ... READ the POST

Halloween Bash Blog Hop

We've teamed up with The Teaching 2 Step for a fun Halloween Bash Blog Hop. To get in the Halloween spirit, here are some pictures of us in Halloween costumes and dressed-up for other reasons: My ladybug and me (I was dressed like a princess) Zoolander (Lookin' Good, ... READ the POST

Learning the Hard Way … or the Easy Way

I don't know how you were as a kid, but I didn't like learning lessons the way Oregon's football team had to learn them this week. Ranked #2 in college football, Oregon was touted by most football commentators as a favorite to roll into the national title game this year. Then this ... READ the POST

Sunday Scoop

I've seen people do The Sunday Scoop and link up at The Teaching Trio and thought it looked fun. I'm doing it for the first time. Here it is: ... READ the POST

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