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What Are You Learning? Linky Party

In life, we are always learning. We think that, as our name says, we were created for learning. Some people intentionally learn new things and, at other times, we accidentally learn things. Lately I've been learning about what linky parties are and how to host one. You can see a lot of what I ... READ the POST

Linky Parties – So You Want to Join the Party?

Recently, I, Lisa, have been learning a lot about linky parties. As a blog reader I had clicked on links that were part of a linky party but I just never realized the name for what I was participating in. I wouldn't consider myself an expert but I can share with you what I've been ... READ the POST

Classroom Quote Book Idea & The Best Cookies Ever Raffle

I'm linking up with I'm Lovin' Lit this week to share a way that I, Lisa, make learning more interactive when teaching quotation marks. I had some really witty second graders in my very first class. Some of the things they said were hilarious. At the time, teaching quotation marks was a ... READ the POST

1,000 Followers Holy Wow 20%-off Labor (of Love) Day Sale!!!!!

Holy wow! 1,000 amazing people are following us on TeachersPayTeachers. So we're throwing a party! 20% all day tomorrow. We'll call it a Labor (of Love) Day Sale!!! http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Created-For-Learning ... READ the POST

Taming the Paper Monster – How to Hand Back Papers Faster

As if grading papers wasn't bad enough, handing them back can take up so much time. So I thought I'd share a little process I started 2 years ago that has saved me a ton of time. It started when I realized how long it took to walk around the classroom to each student to give them their ... READ the POST

365 Days of Loving Each Other – Today’s Affirmations

For the next 365 days, my wonderful wife and I are going to affirm each other and post them publicly. We'd love for you to join us on this very fun adventure into each other's hearts. Our Blog name and Teachers Pay Teachers store is called "Created for Learning" because we focus a lot on how we were ... READ the POST

42 Futures – My Back to School Rant #lecture #soapbox #inspiration

Today was the day I had to got to introduce my classes to my classroom guidelines. This year was even a little different because last Friday I chose to show them this little discussion piece from young adult author John Green, which was a great intro to our talk today. Here goes my talk to the 42 ... READ the POST

18 Things to Consider When Decorating Your Secondary Classroom

Some teachers love it. Some dread it. But no way around it, decorating your classroom for the new batch of students can be time-consuming, exhausting, and costly. So we pooled together the collective wisdom of some fellow teachers to discuss 18 things to consider when decorating your secondary ... READ the POST

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