by Megan Smith | Aug 11, 2019 | Class Decor, First Days, Organization, What's New
Back to school 2019 Inspiring visuals to promote diversity + culture Some of you are already back to school and others are still waiting on the floors to be ready… I know when I’m prepping for a new school year I often suffer from DESICION FATIGUE. ...
by Kara Parker | Aug 2, 2016 | Class Routines, Organization, What's New
Today I want to share my “flags” to help you simplify life in the classroom. This is a ready-to-use system for assigning research topics and partners. Check out ways to use this huge time-saver! I’ve learned that I don’t need to be the expert...
by Megan Smith | Oct 6, 2014 | Class Decor, Organization, Past Challenges
Let’s start with Megan Murphy’s classroom… She’s the winner for our MOST ORGANIZED CLASSROOM award! Congrats! I like Megan’s simple folder system to keep work and notes organized for absent students. Another great example is how she used...
by Megan Smith | Apr 29, 2014 | 1 Planning, Class Routines, Organization, Speaking
If you’ve had your students in class all year your job should be so easy! Flawless transitions, no personality conflicts, 100% cooperation… Plus, by now they have learned a lot of language and can stay in the target language so much longer than they could...
by Kara Parker | Aug 19, 2013 | Class Decor, Organization
As a former cart teacher, some habits have stuck with me over the years. I learned to be very efficient and organized. Problem: I needed a way to organize student notebooks and work that I can easily take with me if needed. Solution: I bought crates to put hanging...
by Kara Parker | Sep 25, 2012 | Class Routines, Organization
Megan posted before about giving students a Hispanic name and country that they are “from” to get students more interested. I wanted to add a little more culture based on some ideas from the comments, so I created passports with the flag as the background....