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Ideas & Activities for Surviving the Winter Season & Holidays (Without Losing Your Sanity)

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Do you need ideas for surviving the holidays as a teacher? Read on for a huge post full of ideas, tips, resources, books, and more for all of winter!

The winter months....as in December, January, and even February are full-fledged madness. It's no wonder you probably worry you won't survive the holidays as a teacher. With so many holidays that can be covered, a classroom full of antsy

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Fun & Educational Hands On Centers for the Winter Season for Math & ELA Learning

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Centers are a fun way to get through the long winter months! Get 10 winter themed hands on centers perfect for smalls groups or independent work.

The winter season is CRAZY between all the holidays. The classroom would not be complete without winter centers! Your students are just as antsy as you to have winter break and it can challenging to keep them engaged. Before springtime hits

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Fun & Engaging Ideas for Celebrating Earth Day (In A Meaningful Way)

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Get ideas for fun and engaging math and ELA activities to celebrate Earth Day in the classroom all while covering concepts such as parts of speech, regrouping, main idea, shapes, proofreading, graphs, and much more!

There is a special day in April that we should all be taking part in year-round. And no I don’t mean tax day. (Albeit taxes are the bane of my existence). I’m talking about Earth Day. When I first made my Earth Day mini-unit years ago it

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Spring Activities for Practicing Creative Writing (And Creating Multiple Displays)

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Get ideas and fun hands on writing crafts that are perfect for teaching writing during the spring season!

The end is near! I mean the end of the school year, not the end of the world zombie apocalypse. Spring is the season we all have a love/hate relationship with. On the one hand, we have spring break. On the other hand, depending on the grade

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No Prep Activities for Celebrating Valentine’s Day (Without the Mess)

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Are you looking for ideas for celebrating Valentine's Day in the classroom? Read on for ideas and resources to celebrate without the stressful mess!

Ah, the month of love and holidays galore. There are a ton of holidays in February (check out this post for even more ideas for the month). However, I believe that when people think of February the holiday that first comes to mind is

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Easy Activities for the Winter Season That Cover Math & ELA Standards (and require NO prep)

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Are you looking for math and language arts activities to get your students through the winter season? Read on for fun and engaging activities!

The winter season. A season not for the faint of heart. Between the cold and kids spending an hour putting on and taking of layers and ALL.THE. HOLIDAYS, it's no wonder by the end of February teachers are looking a little bit more haggard.

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Using the Winter Season to Teach How to Write A Cinquain (And Create A Winter Display)

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Writing does not have to be avoided or hard to fit in during the winter months, With this activity students will write a winter themed cinquain!

During all the winter holidays over the span of three months, it can be hard to fit in teaching new concepts such as poetry. However, it doesn't have to be! With this cinquain activity, it can easily be done! One thing I always did was

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