Tag: Back to School
Using Your Classroom Rules as Personal Behavior Goals with “I can” Statements
When you are introducing your classroom rules at the beginning of the school year, you hope they stick! As teachers, we make every effort to repeat, rehearse and restate our classroom expectations, but will our students remember them and follow through? Setting personal behavior goals […]
Beginning or End of the Year Class Writing Project: The Important Book
If you are looking for a way to celebrate friendships either at the beginning of the year or during your end of the year activities, this class project is just what you are looking for! The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown is an ideal […]
A New Year, A New Look
The NEW year gifts you a second chance at hitting the RESTART button with your students. After holiday break, your students (and you!) come back refreshed and happy to see one another again. The New Year brings the hopes of a new beginning and purpose […]
A Back to School Freebie for YOU!
It’s that time of year again! We’re Back to School! It’s bittersweet isn’t it? Everything is fresh and brand new, new faces, new friends, new beginnings…and new school supplies! WooHoo! Yet, no more lazy mornings, late nights, planning your days on a whim. BooHoo! Here […]
Bookshelf Makeover for my Readers Today, Leaders Tomorrow!
A few years back, one of my favorite “teeps” passed down her tiered bookshelves when she retired. They were in good shape but just needed a bit of lovin’. I finally got around to giving them a little TLC. Here they are with a little […]
Classroom Library Labels: Freebie!
It’s that time of year again and as teachers we are torn between soaking up the last days of summer vacay and prepping our classrooms and resources for another school year! Let it be a great one! To help you get your year off on […]
The Back to School Listening Center with QR Codes
This Back to School Listening Library includes 24 stories with SafeShare.tv QR codes and one Retelling Story Map. You can use these during your Daily 5 centers: Listen to Reading or as whole group Read Alouds! All SafeShare.tv QR code links are safe to share with […]
A New Student!
You know the struggle! Picture this, on a random day in the school year, your class is running smoothly and the children know your routines and (hopefully) everything is running like clockwork. Then you learn that you are soon to welcome a new student to […]
If you’re like me, you consider teaching a form of art. Having taught for 20 years, I have created many teaching resources, and here at The K Files, I would like to share them with you.
As a mother of three boys and a “school mom” for my students, it is my belief that the classroom is a “home away from home”.
From my home away from home….
…to yours.
