Are you looking for easy-to-grab and use tags for Poppers? I have the perfect set of freebie popper tags you can grab absolutely free. Print them and attach them for outstanding end-of-the-year gifts. And you have so many options to choose from. End of the Year Wrap Up As the end of the year approaches, teachers always have a never-ending to-do list. It is BIG, and constantly growing, and … [Read more...]
How to Easily Share Your End-of-the-Year Movie With Families
How to Easily Share Your End-of-the-Year Movie With Families: In the end of the school year movie, I love to create a class movie with all the pictures and videos from our learning adventures. Today I am going to share with you a simple and fun way to share this class movie with your families. We want this to be the best end-of-the-year movies for elementary students. Make Your End-of-the-Year … [Read more...]
Tips & Tricks for an Amazing End-of-the-Year Slideshow
End-of-the-Year Slideshow: Who is searching for fun ways to make an easy and amazing end-of-the-year slideshow to share with your students and families? Every year this topic is brought up so let's break it down to make it easy for you. More Than One Way to Make End-of-the-Year Slideshow There are many ways you can create an amazing end-of-the-year slideshow. I am going to share with you a … [Read more...]
When You Know Your Year is Almost Over
When you know your year is almost over, something special happens in the classroom. It really starts after Spring Break in elementary school classrooms as we begin to countdown to the days left in the school year. This is a special time in the classroom for many reasons. What We Count Down Counting down the days left in the school year does not have to be a moment of cruelty, reminding our … [Read more...]
End-of-the-School-Year Emotions
Experiencing a variety of end-of-the-school-year emotions is real. Many teachers feel many different ways. Does the end of the school year bring you to tears? Does the end of the school year bring you to get up and cheer? Chances are, as an educator who gives your all to your students, your classroom, and your second home of your school, you feel a little of both of these emotions. That is … [Read more...]
How to Make a DVD-Free Class Movie
One of my favorite things to make my class each year is an end-of-the-year slideshow or class movie. It is a fun way to wrap up the year, celebrating all of our learning activities and events. How to Make a DVD-Free Class Movie One of my least favorite things to do is to burn 20-25 DVDs. I hate doing to the store to buy them, then staying up all night burning copy after copy. A few copies … [Read more...]
End-of-the-School Year Exhaustion
What is End-of-the-School Year Exhaustion? My countdown to the end of school is sitting at 5. My countdown to our big graduation play and program is 2. Do you know what that means? I am officially in the epitome of the End of the Year Exhaustion Zone. Let's Break Down End-of-the-School Year Exhaustion The to-do list is ever-growing. I get at a minimum of 10 emails a day of … [Read more...]
End-of-the-Year Classroom Clean-Up Idea
End-of-the-Year Classroom Clean-Up Idea: The first year I taught, I felt like I had to complete all the end-of-the-year cleaning. It took forever and it was exhausting. Honestly, this was unproductive. Then, I got smart and got all those little hands busy. I do not clean the classroom room at the end of the year, but instead, the entire classroom cleans the room together. Let me show you how we do … [Read more...]